The Network of Wider Church Youth Ministers (NOWCYM) met in Atlanta following AM21. The role of NOWCYM is to coordinate with the Faith Info Team in the national office and also collaborate across conferences for youth ministry programs and resources.

Registration for the United Church of Christ’s 34th Synod will open online Monday, Jan. 23, for all delegates and visitors. The biennial gathering is taking place June 30-July 4 at the Indiana Convention Center.

Friends, I pray you and your loved ones experienced a peace filled Christmas and a happy beginning of the New Year. I’ll share with you some of the things conference leaders and I have been working on.

Grants and scholarships are available for authorized ministers and members in discernment (MIDs).

This week, please join with the Rev. Tyler Connoley, Conference Minister for the Central Pacific, in praying for all our authorized ministers.

Congregations are encouraged to register for Saturday Feb 11 from 3:00 to 6:00pm. When they choose "Congregation" on the registration form there will be no charge. 

KIFA has  "advocacy day" once a year where people of faith gather at the statehouse in Topeka to meet with legislators and express our concerns.

The Kansas Oklahoma Conference, the Central Pacific Conference, and the Pacific Northwest Conference have been invited by the Southern New England Conference to join in a weekly prayer circle for the month of January.

“After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.” -Matthew 14:23

Upcoming Clergy, Coffee, and Conversation meetings through January 2023

The National Ministries is proud to be a multicultural, multiracial, open and affirming, accessible to all, equal opportunity employer.

2023 STEWARDSHIP WEBINARS

Webinars offered from 6:30 to 7:30pm Central Time

A new year brings new opportunities to learn and grow in faith. PATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. is pleased to announce our January term online, asynchronous courses that are accessible and affordable for curious Progressive Christians.

Antoinette Brown Award Nominations: Celebrating the life and ministry of Antoinette Brown and all women in ordained ministry, the national setting announces that nominations for the Antoinette Brown Award are open until January 31, 2023.

Where did the year go? I imagine this is a familiar question many of us ponder as we near the final week of Advent, moving from darkness toward the light that is the birth of Jesus with the holiday season of Christmas and New Year’s just around the corner.

In addition to fostering love for others, we must work towards disrupting the hate that takes away our LGBTQ+ siblings’ ability to have life and life abundantly.

A new day has been dawning for the church in all the world. Maybe we don’t really need to be wide awake, ready for a fresh start. Maybe it’s okay to show up, bleary-eyed, coffee cup in hand, tired of being tired, and ready for a change.

We're excited to officially announce the 2023 KO Annual Meeting for September 29-30 at Mayflower UCC in Oklahoma City!

The KO Conference has an instagram presence! We’re just getting started, with many posts to come! Over the weeks and months, we’ll be adding content, build a following, and having a lot of fun sharing pictures, thoughts, and stories with the world.

The UCC will focus our Giving Tuesday efforts on raising dollars for environmental justice work this year. Environmental justice will remain our Giving Tuesday focus for the next several years.