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UCC Constitutional Amendments

Click here for the UCC Constitutional Amendments as referenced in the 2012 Conference Annual Gathering materials.

Click here for the UCC Constitutional Amendments as referenced in the 2012 Conference Annual Gathering materials.[read more...]

Around the Conference

Pilgrimage to the Holy Lands

Join our Conference Minister, Rev. Jeffrey Whitman on a two week Pilgrimage to the Holy Lands in February, 2013.  During our journey through Israel/Palestine we will visit Capernaum, Jesus’ home [read more...]

A Gift From Above

A Gift From Above

Dr Marc A. Wessels, Associate Conference Minister It was a dangerous time when God became flesh and entered into his world in the physical form of an infant in a Manger in the little backwater town [read more...]

An OCWM Update

As we approach the end of the year we want to thank all of the congregations for your generous support of Our Churches Wider Mission. Your gifts enable our ministry with congregations seeking [read more...]

From Our Staff and Leaders

A Tale of Two Cities – The Vine

A Tale of Two Cities – The Vine
Ande Reiter offers this monthly column for and about older adults. There are 2 cities in the Biblical story which framed Jesus’ life and ministry: [read more...]

November: Remembrance Month (The Vine)

November: Remembrance Month (The Vine)
November has appropriately been called the “Month of Remembrance.” It is the only month of the year which calls us into Christian reflection both [read more...]

So Where Are We Exactly??

So Where Are We Exactly??
Alice came to a fork in the road. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” responded the Cheshire cat. - [read more...]

Wider Church News

31st Annual Rural Ministry Conference

The 2012 Rural Ministry Conference, “Courage in a Caring Community,” will be held march 4-6 in Dubuque. The Center for Theology & Land hosts the annual Rural Ministry Conferences that have been held in Dubuque since 1982. Each year’s conference addresses issues and themes pertinent to the wellbeing of rural communities and the ministry of [read more...]

Technology

Mission:1 and Evangelism through Social Media

I have recently had the privilege of working closely with the Mission: 1 effort here in the Missouri Mid-South Conference. First, a grassroots group from St. Louis Association, Eastern Association, and the Illinois-South Conference formed over the last year to jointly execute a seemingly far-fetched plan to get the UCC ad on TV. Guess what? [read more...]