Casas Adobes Congregational Church, UCC

Led by Justice and Witness Ministries board and staff representatives, 10 UCC members were among more than 150 participants in late July at an ecumenical peace conference titled "Peace Among the Peoples: An Ecumenical Peace Conference on Overcoming the Spirit, Logic and Practice of Violence."

Phil Porter of the Unified Governance Working Group (UGov) has issued the following update on the group's progress toward fulfilling a General Synod 27 request to bring a proposal for a single UCC governing board before the July 2011 assembly in Tampa Bay, Fla.

The Rev. Dr. Carol Vaccariello clearly appreciated the validation she received in sharing her perspective at the New Church Leadership Institute 2010 conference Aug. 9-13 in Decatur, Ga.