UCC News Digest: Turning Swords into Plowshares

Safe Surrender Boulder church collects guns, turns them into gardening tools. Learn more

Lives at Stake Advocates ask Synod to back ban on conversion therapy and its 'demonstrable harm.’ Read about the Resolution   Starting Something New A former CHHSM scholar is awarded one-year fellowship with CHHSM and UCC Justice and Local Church Ministries. Read more

Juneteenth Celebrations Learn more about three opportunities to mark freedom day for all Americans. Read more, register today   Why Reparatory Justice ‘Without interrupting,’ listen to the need for repair in church and society, webinar urges. Learn more

Embracing Refugee Neighbors UCC community of care helps a refugee family through an emergency. Read more   Summer Worship Resources Churches Uniting in Christ share teaching and preaching video sermons. Use the resources

Mind the Gap: Worker Justice In a June 15 webinar, 3:30 p.m. ET, see the gaps workers and their families face that make it difficult to survive and thrive. Register now   Wednesdays with the World Take a journey through Southern Asia, meet the people and learn about their initiatives for change when you join a June 16 webinar at 2 p.m. ET. Register today

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UCC in the News ––––– Faith and the fight for a $15 minimum wage California church’s pandemic-themed lotería game spreads vaccine awareness to Latinx parishioners Boston church award recipient’s message of Pride: ‘We get free when we love ourselves’ Kentucky church, closing its doors, turns property over to addiction recovery center Chicago’s faithful rejoice as church services return to ‘normal’ amid reopening More News >   Other Religion News ––––– At least three critical race theory statements proposed for Southern Baptist meeting Houston’s new short-term center offers respite to migrant families Justice Department says it can ‘vigorously’ defend religious schools’ exemption from anti-LGBTQ discrimination laws China, U.S. diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin Saudi Arabia to limit Hajj to 60,000 people, all from within kingdom More News >

Take Action: Protect the Right to Organize Around the Globe: Channels of Compassion – Mexico Witness for Justice: Red-Tagging the Gospel Vital Signs & Statistics: Where are we at this moment? Ministerial Changes: Changes and Deaths

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