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History inspires UCC-related seminary’s new name
History inspires UCC-related seminary’s new name
Hartford Seminary has a new name, partly inspired by an old one. To be sure, the new name — Hartford International University for Religion and Peace — is forward-looking. It will “better reflect the expanded, international scope of our rigorous…[…]
Source: United Church of Christ News
Created on: Oct 15, 2021 | 02:35 am
United Church of Christ News | Oct 15, 2021 | 02:35 am -
UCC national mandates COVID-19 vaccines for staff
UCC national mandates COVID-19 vaccines for staff
Add the United Church of Christ national offices to the list of organizations mandating COVID-19 vaccines. “UCC national is committed to the health and safety of our employees, their families and the community at large. It made sense to mandate…[…]
Source: United Church of Christ News
Created on: Oct 13, 2021 | 20:00 pm
United Church of Christ News | Oct 13, 2021 | 20:00 pm -
UCC continues — and expands — its ways to be anti-racist
UCC continues — and expands — its ways to be anti-racist
In 2020, a police officer murdered George Floyd — and interest in dismantling racism spiked in the United Church of Christ. A year later, that interest is still high. And the UCC still offers four ways to become deliberately anti-racist.…[…]
Source: United Church of Christ News
Created on: Oct 12, 2021 | 16:13 pm
United Church of Christ News | Oct 12, 2021 | 16:13 pm -
Colorado church becomes ‘firearms recycling center’
Colorado church becomes ‘firearms recycling center’
It’s a “firearms recycling center.” That’s what the Rev. Sarah Verasco, senior minister of United Church of Christ, Longmont, Colo., is calling her church after a gun buyback day Sept. 25. “In Longmont, you can bring metal scraps for recycling and get money for it,” Verasco said. So the church gave gun…[…]
Source: United Church of Christ News
Created on: Oct 11, 2021 | 18:51 pm
United Church of Christ News | Oct 11, 2021 | 18:51 pm -
Don’t overcharge prisoners for phoning home, advocate says
Don’t overcharge prisoners for phoning home, advocate says
Prisoners shouldn’t have to go into debt to make phone calls to their families, the leader of the United Church of Christ’s media-justice ministry told Congress Oct. 6. Cheryl Leanza testified before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. She…[…]
Source: United Church of Christ News
Created on: Oct 11, 2021 | 17:05 pm
United Church of Christ News | Oct 11, 2021 | 17:05 pm
