As leaders of our faith traditions in Arizona, we, the undersigned members of the Bishops and Executives Roundtable, join our voices to affirm the value of every human being. We stand together to bear witness to what is happening in our streets, offering a truthful counternarrative to stories that blame victims and rationalize bodily harm and murder. We name as evil the thoughts, words, and deeds of white supremacy because they violate the image of God in which every human being is created.
Read MoreThis year, Just Peace Sunday is September 17th and our theme is Remember, Repent, Renew: The Way of Just Peace. This theme is based on the lectionary passage Genesis 50:15-21 in which Joseph is reconciled to his brothers.
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2017 is World Suicide Prevention Day. That weekend, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Faith Communities Task Force invites faith communities across the nation to pray for those whose lives have been touched by suicide. In collaboration with other leaders in faith, business, government, healthcare, and social justice, the Task Force has organized a campaign for a National Day of Prayer for Faith, Hope, & Life.
Read MoreThe famine designation was lifted from South Sudan, thanks to a concerted global effort that included your generous support to One Great Hour of Sharing and its recent East Africa Famine Response campaign.
But millions remain at risk of severe malnutrition and need help to feed their families as the rainy season gathers momentum.
Read MoreOn the morning of Tuesday, August 8, Debby Stinton, Member in Discernment and pastoral assistant at Church of the Palms UCC, learned that her son, Rick, had been hit by a car and suffered numerous internal and external injuries.
Read MoreThe 3 Great Loves is the denomination’s opportunity to express how our Love of Neighbor, Love of Children, and Love of Creation work together to address the inequities in our current world.
Read MoreYou are specially invited to a Moral Revival Mass Meeting in the style of the civil rights movement with national religious leader Rev. William Barber, Repairers of the Breach team and local NM & AZ faith and justice leaders.
Read MorePlease contact your Senators to support the Dream Act of 2017. NBC News is reporting, "The legislation was introduced with some urgency because a group of conservative state attorneys general has issued an ultimatum on the subject to President Donald Trump.
They’ve demanded that by Sept. 5, his administration stop renewing or granting temporary deportation deferrals and work permits to young immigrants through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The DACA program was authorized by former President Barack Obama."
Read MoreThe consequences of repealing DACA would be severe and profound, as it would put the nearly 800,000 dreamers at immediate risk of deportation.
Read MoreHaving given us their best advice and counsel, and having made requests of us, each Conference, association, and local church within the United Church of Christ now begins the covenantal responsibility of reviewing what General Synod has discerned, and asking itself, "What does this mean for us? What now shall we do in response?"
Read MoreThe Medicaid Talking Points and a Medicaid Advocacy Toolkit will give you guidance as you reach out to elected officials and demand they protect healthcare for the most vulnerable in our society.
Read Morewritten by Randy Meyer
Last June the Good Shepherd and the Green Valley/Sahuarita Samaritans agreed to accompany a Honduran family that was getting ready to present themselves to immigration officials at the US/Mexico Border.
Read MoreIn major court cases the Southwest Conference has been actively opposing the President's executive orders on immigration.
Read MoreMake contact; make a difference. Senate leaders will release draft healthcare legislation soon. Continue to urge Congress to improve access to health care instead of deconstructing it.
Read MorePresident Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris Climate Accord violates the values and vision that are basic to Christian faith.
Read MoreRev. Talitha Arnold, Senior Minister of the United Church of Santa F (a United Church of Christ) is part of a 3-person delegation to the Kurdistan region of Iraq in early June. She will visit the refugee camps around the city of Erbil, home to more than 200,000 people who have fled their villages and cities in other parts of Iraq.
Read MoreFrom the United Church of Christ Justice & Peace Action Network:
The United Church of Christ is a long-time leader in communications rights. As part of that tradition, last year we founded the Faithful Internet campaign. Millions of us rose up in a movement to protect the open Internet, and we won.
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