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✨ This webinar offers an accessible introduction to gender and gender variance, exploring how understandings and embodiments of gender have shifted across time and cultures.

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Image of arms and hands with tattoos hanging down over feet with sneakers. The hands are tying the shoes. Prayer by Molly Baskette: Dear God, Actually, no time for words. I’m putting on my sneakers to go pray with my feet.

🙏🏾 Dear God,
Actually, no time for words.
I’m putting on my sneakers to go pray with my feet.

-Rev. Molly Baskette
Author & lead pastor of First Church Berkeley UCC

👇🏾 #DailyDevotional, 9/13
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👇🏾 Do you have a prayer to share? https://ow.ly/4mkN50X6L3f

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Disability Justice in Congregational Contexts Part II. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. You're invited for a 3-part series to go deeper into the All Church Read, "Building Up a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact," focusing on Chapter 5, "Disability Justice in Congregational Contexts" with current and former members of the UCC Disability Ministries Board. In Part I, we'll explore the complexities and different models of disability to better understand and define disability as it relates to lived experiences. We'll also explore ableism — the system of oppression experienced by disability communities. This understanding will serve as a foundation for...

✨ Join us for Part II of the Disability Justice in Congregational Contexts Series: What is Disability Justice?

✨ We'll explore the creation of the Disability Justice movement by queer & trans disabled folx of color & explain the 10 Principles of Disability Justice.

👇🏾 https://ow.ly/U6pI50X6LFv

🫶🏾 Neighbors in Need is one of the four Special Mission Offerings of the United Church of Christ. Gifts to Neighbors in Need (NIN) support the United Church of Christ’s ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States.

👉🏾 For more info, download resources & donate: ow.ly/97JC50X6LEE

YouTube video by United Church of Christ World Communion Sunday - Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson

🌍 Today we celebrate World Communion Sunday, a day where we lift up our diversity and connection through faith with churches around the world!

🙌🏾 Enjoy this special message from Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC.

with: @globalministries.bsky.social

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Image of instruments, guitar, keyboard, saxophone, and violin. Prayer excerpt by Rev. Dr. Sheila Harvey: Dear God, We are thankful that you speak to us through popular music that inspires. You spoke through John Lennon, Bob Marley, Queen Latifah, Carole King, Hal David, Burt Bacharach, and many more. You lovingly shared in Psalm 73:3, ERV, “Let there be peace and justice throughout the land.” Remind us of your lyrics calling us to open our hearts and follow your ways. Guide us, we pray. Amen.

🙏🏾 Dear God,

Thanks for speaking to us through music:

John Lennon's “Give Peace a Chance;” Bob Marley's “One Love;” Queen Latifah's “U.N.I.T.Y.;” Carole King's “You’ve Got a Friend;” etc.

Your lyrics open our hearts. -Rev. Sheila Harvey

👉🏾Add a prayer: https://ow.ly/WX7W50X6HXB

Congo Week is October 19–24 — a sacred time to learn, pray, and act for peace and justice in the DRC. Visit Access worship materials, advocacy tools, justice resources, and ways to engage; https://ow.ly/gsot50X4mNL

Theme: “Lift Every Voice” — each voice raised matters.

📣 We hope you'll join us on the new date of this webinar, 10/13 @ 3:30 PM ET!

🎵🎶 Rev. Marshela Salgado-Solorio shares how her congregation promotes various forms of art in worship, from art shows to the Theology of Broadway, [Pop]Culture, Banned Books & more!

Register: https://ow.ly/QLA750X6efR

Sermon Seeds: Return to Give Glory - United Church of Christ Sermon Seeds for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year C | October 12, 2025

"Whatever the case, there is one who does not forget, keeps their composure, and recognizes that gratitude is enough. That one was the least likely to be seen, heard, acknowledged, or welcomed. A ritualistically unclean foreigner breaks all barriers to give God glory for wellness, for wholeness,

Over one year ago, the UCC released "Countering Project 2025 With Love." Now, we return to that resource to ask: what’s changed in our country—and how are we responding in faith?

▷ Learn more here: ow.ly/3nn050X5FOy

💜 10/12 is Access Sunday!

💜 We'll celebrate the gifts of persons with disabilities & the strides that the church has made in being more inclusive & accessible to all.

💜 And, we'll acknowledge the journey yet to be taken with our siblings with disabilities.

👉🏾 Resources: uccdm.org/programs/acc...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Future of Faith: Grace in the Wilderness. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. So many of us are living in the most divided times we’ve known collectively.  Between fascism, genocide, war, famine, environmental collapse, and uncertainty about our relationships and what we are ca...

🙌🏾 Join New Hampshire Conference Minister Rev. Gordon Rankin for an engaging conversation around the future of faith in their local and regional contexts and discover how finding grace in the wilderness can be a counter-cultural practice of living into our faith expressions.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Disability Justice in Congregational Contexts. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. You're invited for a 3-part series to go deeper into the All Church Read, "Building Up a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact," focusing on Chapter 5, "Disability Justice in ...

✨ Join us for a 3-part series about "Disability Justice in Congregational Contexts" with current and former members of the UCC Disability Ministries Board.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Celebrating Neighbors in Need Grant Recipients. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join Rachel McDonald, Generosity Officer Our Church's Wider Mission and Special Mission Offerings and Christine Lucarelli, Minister for Granting and Scholarships to learn about the Neighbors in Need g...

🙌🏾 Join Rachel McDonald, Generosity Officer & Christine Lucarelli, Minister for Granting & Scholarships to learn about Neighbors in Need (NIN) grants.

🫶🏾 Hear about the ministries supported through NIN grants, including breakfast programs for kids, LGBTQIA+ safe spaces & accessible food pantries.

Jimmy Kimmel vs. the FCC: How the UCC continues to fight for media justice - United Church of Christ Sara Fitzgerald is a member of Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ in Arlington, VA, and a member of the board of the UCC Media Justice

FCC Chair Carr’s intimidation tactics drew fire even from conservatives. UCC Media Justice board treasurer Sara Fitzgerald explores what Kimmel’s case reveals about the threats facing free expression on the @unitedchurch.bsky.social blog:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Celebrating Neighbors in Need Grant Recipients. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join Rachel McDonald, Generosity Officer Our Church's Wider Mission and Special Mission Offerings and Christine Lucarelli, Minister for Granting and Scholarships to learn about the Neighbors in Need g...

🙌🏾 Join Rachel McDonald, Generosity Officer & Christine Lucarelli, Minister for Granting & Scholarships to learn about Neighbors in Need (NIN) grants.

🫶🏾 Hear about the ministries supported through NIN grants, including breakfast programs for kids, LGBTQIA+ safe spaces & accessible food pantries.

🏳️‍🌈 October 11th is #NationalComingOutDay and in celebration we’re inviting YOU to share your story of Love OUT LOUD with the wider church!

🎥 Share a short video or your writings about how you’re embracing Love OUT LOUD in your community.

👉🏾 More Info: www.ucc.org/loveislouder/

@onaucc.bsky.social

In an act of defiance, a @unitedchurch.bsky.social congregation in Florida painted a pride and transgender mural in the church parking lot to show solidarity with LGBTQIA+ people.

The State had removed all pride cross walks and even banned the flag in schools & Government buildings.

Sermon Seeds: Increase Our Faith - United Church of Christ Sermon Seeds for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Year C | October 5, 2025

"While the lectionary omits the context of the request, it is worth noting that the disciples believe their faith is insufficient to the responsibility they have to one another. They want more faith to help them be accountable for each other. The plea is rooted in communal care and relationship."

🙌🏾 "It’s our ministry as the Church to recognize & protect what God has granted to all of us everywhere, a holy blessing of dignity and worth that no injustice should be allowed to diminish."

-Rev. Shari Prestemon
AGM, UCC & Co-Exec of @globalministries.bsky.social

👉🏾 Full blog: bit.ly/46JVPQo

UPDATE: This webinar has been rescheduled for October 13th. The registration link is the same. If you have already registered, you do not need to register again. We apologize for any inconvenience!

🎉 Happy National Punctuation Day!

At the UCC, we celebrate the comma, and embrace the words of Gracie Allen: “Never place a period where God has placed a comma.”

#GodIsStillSpeaking

The commandment to love and care for each other is a fundamental principle easily ignored in the stereotyping of others, the weaponizing of differences, and the promotion of racial or ethnic supremacy that suggests one people are of lesser value or importance than another. History has taught us that valuing people and a commitment to human rights is important for the decisions we make today and the history we are writing now. What will history make of this time we are living through and the decisions being made by people, communities of faith, and governments? History is being made today.

What will history make of this time we are living through and the decisions being made by people, communities of faith, and governments? History is being made today.

-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson
GMP/CEO, UCC

👉🏾 Full Blog: ow.ly/tQUa50X1wco

World Communion Sunday is a time to celebrate unity, faith, and shared mission. We invite you to enhance your worship with our curated resources!
Explore all resources here: ow.ly/F47v50WU4CA

"In a time when diversity is misunderstood, preachers can shine God’s light of love upon all people who might be feeling afraid of being targeted, stigmatized, and punished because of their neurodivergence."

-Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund, UCC
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WCC shares resources for World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel - Global Ministries The World Council of Churches (WCC) has published resources for people and churches all over the world to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land during the World Week for...

Sept. 20-26 2025 is World Week for Peace in Palestine & Israel. Join the World Council of Churches and churches worldwide in a week of prayer, justice-seeking, and solidarity.
Discover and download all the resources here:
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#WorldWeekForPeace #PrayForPeace #PeaceInPalestine #WCC

‘A time to form unlikely allies’: Experts urge response to AI Data Centers in Creation Justice webinar - United Church of Christ As massive data centers are being built or proposed across the country to accompany the rising use of AI programs, the burden of running these facilities

🌍 As massive AI data centers across the country raise environmental justice concerns, experts are urging people to respond.

“It's time to form allyships & coalitions with people you may not think to form allyships with.”

-Anthony Rogers-Write, @mvmnt4blklives.bsky.social

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Today is Sun Day 9/21 - sunday.earth

TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth

Sermon Seeds: Comfort and Agony - United Church of Christ Sermon Seeds for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year C | September 28, 2025

"The manner in which we live bears consequences that death does not erase….Justice is meant for this life. The time to repent for the rich man was any one of the occasions he noticed Lazarus at the gate in misery. He could have housed him, fed him, ensured he had care and the resources necessary

Echoes of Fred Friendly: When networks bow to power What is really concerning about Kimmel’s suspension is the role that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendon Carr—and by extension President Trump—played in threatening to pull the broadcas...

FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC affiliates over Jimmy Kimmel’s on-air comments. It’s not the first time networks have bowed to power—and history warns us what’s at stake.

Read our latest blog from UCC Media Justice board treasurer Sara Fitzgerald: