United Church of Christ ministers the Rev. Talitha Arnold and the Rev. Brandon Johnson went to the county building in Santa Fe, N.M., to stand as witnesses for same-sex couples who rushed to obtain marriage licenses -- but ended up officiating at more than two dozen weddings.

Members of First Plymouth Church United Church of Christ in Lincoln, Neb., and First Congregational UCC in Crete, Neb., are working to collect $8,000 to build homes for two deserving Guatemalan families during a joint mission trip in October.

The time is now for people of faith to call on the U.S. government to pursue a political solution to the crisis in Syria.