No sooner had Darlene Collins helped set the wheels in motion for the Stillspeaking Voices campaign than she heard God speaking to her – about five times faster than usual.

The Unified Governance Working Group met recently to review governance dialogue and discernment feedback.

Several dozen human-rights advocates, bracing for the long haul in comprehensive immigration reform, made their concerns public June 2-5 during a 72-hour fast in multiple New York City locations.

It started out as a loving favor for her Navy chaplain husband. But now it has turned into an inspiring symbol of affirmation and connection for a growing number of UCC military chaplains serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lynn Redgrave, renowned actor and a member of First Congregational UCC in Kent, Conn., died May 2 after a seven-year journey with breast cancer. She was 67.

The Rev. Cameron Trimble eagerly expects elevated participation in this summer's New Church Leadership Institute. But, she says, don't look too high into the sky when "Seven Secrets" for vital, transformational church leadership takes place Aug. 9-13 in Atlanta.

While the United Church of Christ continues to lose both members and congregations, the decline may be slowing.

As the World Council of Churches commemorates its World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, the co-executives of Global Ministries, the joint world mission organization of the UCC and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), have asked that their member churches join in prayer for peace in the region.

The United Church of Christ has raised nearly $19,000 from more than 370 contributors nationally for the purpose of placing a full-page ad in the statewide Arizona Republic newspaper on Saturday, May 29, the day when 500,000 protesters are expected to march in Phoenix.

The much-publicized, initial splash of the UCC Stillspeaking Ministry’s “The Language of God” video message continues to make waves across the internet.

Members of the United Church of Christ from Arizona and around the country joined an estimated 20,000 protesters May 29 to march in opposition to the state's SB1070 immigration law that, according to critics, targets Hispanics and could leave the door open for racial profiling by law enforcement agencies.

“We need UCC chaplains in the military,” insists the Rev. Donald P. Troast, a U.S. Navy captain and commander of U.S. submarine force chaplains, offering his own “commercial” at the outset of his sermon at the UCC’s Amistad Chapel on May 26.

The UCC's National Office budget, recently presented to the Executive Committee, paints a picture of declining donations and return on investments that will require creative fundraising and staffing plans for programs in the coming years.

The UCC's Calvin Synod recently elected its new Bishop while the Boards of Directors of two other UCC Conferences have voted unanimously to recommend Conference minister candidates.

The United Church of Christ is launching a fundraising effort to raise $50,000 to mount a public response to Arizona’s stringent immigration law, enacted April 23, that makes racial profiling permissible by allowing police to detain those of Hispanic origin suspected of being undocumented immigrants.

Receiving affirmation that the crucial contributions of their day-to-day administrative work comprise "more than just office work," 43 members of the UCC Office Support Staff Network (UCCOSSN) gathered last month for the group's 23rd annual meeting at the UCC's Church House in Cleveland.

An unprecedented 17 workshops, two prominent keynote speakers and the first-ever staging of the event west of the Mississippi River will trumpet the 2010 UCC Musicians National Network event June 28 – July 1 in suburban Denver.