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The Honorable Hilary Rodham Clinton
U.S. Senate
476 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3203
The Honorable Charles Schumer
U.S. Senate
313 Hart Senate Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3201
The Honorable Timothy Bishop
U.S. House of Representatives
225 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3201
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Mary Larson- Lay Assistant to the Senior Pastor
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Editor's note: Bill Moyers, veteran journalist and UCC member, delivered the following essay during the May 2 installment of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. Moyers provided the text of his remarks to United Church News with permission to reprint. Watch the video.
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UCC members and churches are responding with financial support for cyclone-devastated Myanmar, where thousands have been killed and an estimated 1 million are homeless.
"Immediate relief operations are underway with a comprehensive assessment on-going," according to an issued alert from the UCC's Wider Church Ministries on May 5. "UCC Global Ministries Southern Asia Office and the Church World Service's Asia Regional Office are in direct contact with the Myanmar Council of Churches."
Over the weekend, tropical cyclone Nargis pushed ashore, destroying three-quarters of structures in the Irrawaddy region due to fierce winds and rain. A United Nations relief worker in Yangon tells the Associated Press that villages in the Irrawaddy Delta have been completely flattened.
Contributions to the UCC's Myanmar Cyclone Fund will be designated specifically to help with relief and recovery in Myanmar.
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UCC responding to multiple disasters in U.S., China and Myanmar
The UCC's Disaster Response Ministry has issued two $100,000 emergency appeals in recent days to aid recovery in Myanmar and China, in addition to a $50,000 request to aid tornado victims in Missouri and Oklahoma.
Donations pour in; UCC able to offer relief in Myanmar
UCC members have contributed $28,880 in the past five days to aid victims of the cyclone-devastated Myanmar. The natural disaster has left more than 1 million homeless and tens of thousands dead.
Give generously: UCC issues $100,000 disaster appeal for Myanmar
UCC members and churches are responding with support for cyclone-devastated Myanmar, where thousands have been killed and an estimated 1 million are homeless.
United Church News named third-best religion newspaper
United Church News was recognized in April by Associated Church Press as one of the best national or international religion newspapers in North America.
Moyers: 'Beware the terrible simplifiers'
Bill Moyers, veteran journalist and UCC member, delivered the following essay during his May 2 installment of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.
Thomas speaks to 'broad set of emotions' involving Wright controversy
Writing from a trip to South America where he is visiting mission partners in Argentina and Chile, the Rev. John H. Thomas, general minister and president, acknowledges the 'sadness, even anger' that is being experienced across the church and nation over the Jeremiah Wright controversy.
A proud first: UCC's Chicago Seminary establishes Jewish Studies chair
Chicago Theological Seminary has established the Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies with a $2 million endowment led by Chicago’s Pritzker family. The chair, America’s first endowed professorship in Jewish studies at a freestanding Protestant seminary, honors the co-founder of the school’s Center for Jewish-Christian Studies.
UCC Insurance Board explores more direct relationship with Disciples
Executives of the UCC Insurance Board told Disciples regional ministers at an April 16 meeting that its board is actively exploring a more direct “recognized organization” relationship with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) similar to what it now has with the UCC.
Wright: 'God enjoys diversity, desires transformation'
God enjoys diversity and desires transformation. That was the message brought by Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in one of his first public appearances since his sermons stirred up controversy for the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.
Resources online for 'Sacred Conversations on Race'
A Pastoral Letter on Racism from United Church of Christ leaders highlights resources now online for use by local churches beginning their Sacred Conversations on Race http://www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation.
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