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Presenting the third in a five-part series of live, on-line Lenten gatherings, the OGHS LIVE 2010 program on March 10 will be led by the Rev. Sandra Gourdet, Global Ministries area executive for Africa. The international webcast will begin at 7:15 p.m.

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of America's first foreign mission society, the United Church of Christ has planned a two-year observation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), a historic predecessor to Wider Church Ministries.

Commemorating 20 years in Cleveland and installing its new general minister and president, the United Church of Christ kicks off a special spring weekend with a celebration dinner Friday evening, April 16, at the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Cleveland.

In a move intended to strengthen coordination among the United Church of Christ’s publishing, marketing and communication efforts, the Rev. J. Bennett Guess, the denomination’s director of communications, has been appointed acting director of The Pilgrim Press / United Church Press and the UCC’s distribution service, United Church of Christ Resources.

Denominations and interfaith organizations recruit thousands to sign on to health-care reform push for those 'left out, left behind.'

OGHS LIVE 2010 will present on March 3 the second in its live, five-part online series of international Lenten gatherings led by area executives from Global Ministries. Live web programming embracing the theme "Do You Love Me . . . Feed My Sheep" is being held on five consecutive Wednesdays during Lent.

When “The Fire” starts in the desert at Rincon United Church of Christ in Tucson, it can spread quickly. The Fire – aka the youth group at Rincon UCC – fed its desire for service by participating in February’s Souper Bowl of Caring. They raised more than $700 and nearly 100 cans of food for their local food bank.

The Central Atlantic Conference received two affiliating churches into the UCC on Feb. 27, when Covenant Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and United Christian Church in Lexington Park, Md., were granted congregational standing by the UCC’s Potomac Association.

The United Church of Christ and its Global Ministries partners working in Chile are responding to requests for assistance through ACT Alliance and Church World Service (CWS.) CWS has worked in Chile for many years in emergency preparedness training and assistance to the country's sizable population of Colombian émigrés. Assisting Chilean organizations Fundacion de Ayuda Social de las Iglesia Cristianas and the Methodist Church of Chile, CWS is immediately providing emergency assistance such as food, water and shelter.

UCC-led group files complaint A group of 13 mainline Protestant pastors – including several from the United Church of Christ – has filed a letter of complaint with the Internal Revenue Service, claiming that a townhouse on Capitol Hill that provides inexpensive lodging and meals for conservative Christian members of Congress is not a church, and that it should not hold the tax-exempt status afforded a house of worship.

Six weeks after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the ACT Alliance has assisted more than 150,000 people with direct aid, according to published reports.

Beginning this week, OGHS LIVE 2010 will provide online participants with an international Lenten presence as area executives from Global Ministries present five consecutive Wednesdays of live web programming for Lenten Gatherings.

Ice storm creates need for emergency supplies - UCC responds.

The United Church of Christ will launch its next “God is Still Speaking” commercial on April 16, utilizing the church’s best broadcasting arsenal: its own members.

In an organizational move designed to meet the denomination's commitment to an efficient management structure and maintain a strong focus on media justice, the United Church of Christ's Office of General Ministries (OGM) and Office of Communication, Inc. (OC Inc.) announced that they will operate independently from one another as of Jan. 31, 2010.

A decision by CBS to allow a Super Bowl advertisement for Focus on the Family, a conservative religious organization, is eliciting concerns from leaders of the United Church of Christ, which sought to buy advertising from the network but had its ads rejected.

As emergency relief personnel and crucial supplies continue to pour into Haiti, United Church of Christ members and congregations are maintaining their overwhelming support of the earthquake-ravaged nation, according to UCC leaders.

The Unified Governance Working Group (UGov), chaired by the Rev. Dr. Bernard Wilson, is encouraging all bodies of the United Church of Christ to participate in dialogue and discernment regarding Unified Governance for the National Setting of the UCC.

Continuing a 10-stop listening tour of United Church of Christ conferences throughout the United States, the Rev. Geoffrey Black, UCC general minister and president, is preparing to make several stops Feb. 5-7 at Southeast Conference churches.

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