2013 Annual Report

Tony Robinson I've been wondering, could God's real name be "With"?

Donna Schaper Philosopher and political theorist Herbert Marcuse, 1898–1979, said that, in his time, we had developed an "authoritarian ritualization of discourse."

Kenneth L. Samuel For many persons, the final words of the celebrated twenty-third Psalm speak to the heavenly abode of an eternal resting place.

Mary Luti The Bible says God is "up there."

Richard L. Floyd The "shadow of death" is a colloquial saying in Hebrew meaning "mortal peril."

A Michigan UCC congregation had a pretty hands-on way of celebrating Earth Day. After their pastor preached an award-winning sermon about how people of faith are called to be caretakers of God's creation, members immediately put that call into action, continuing Sunday worship outdoors using their hands and feet.

The United Church of Christ General Minister and President makes a powerful statement about white privilege illustrated by the case of two African American men arrested April 12 in Philadelphia just for sitting at Starbucks.

'One Last Summer,' a documentary that chronicles the last season at Pilgrim Hills, an UCC Outdoor Ministries camp in Ohio, will premiere on Saturday, April 28, at the Canton Film Festival, with a free screening.