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    Settlements: A stumbling block to peace.

    November 21, 2017

    The mayors of Bethlehem and Wadi Foquin in the West Bank visited Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. last week. They spoke at a congressional briefing and met with members of Congress.

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    Ministry WITH the poor

    January 29, 2018

    How are you and your congregation partnering with people and communities to challenge the systems and structures that obstruct the path to abundant life?

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    Meeting the other: Can we talk?

    November 22, 2017

    The Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center in North Carolina will host an interfaith peace conference March 1-4, 2018.

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    World Diabetes Day

    November 14, 2017

    People without health insurance live lives that are shorter and less healthy because it’s harder for them to get preventive, diagnostic and ongoing care. As we honor World Diabetes Day, make sure you and everyone you know has health insurance.

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    A prayer for United Nations Day

    October 24, 2017

    Today is the 72 anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. The Rev. Mark Terwilliger of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, offers this prayer.

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    Support the People of Puerto Rico

    October 24, 2017

    As UMCOR does relief and recovery work in Puerto Rico, your help is needed to get Congress to pass an aid package.

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    Who runs the world? A sermon for International Day of the Girl Child

    October 13, 2017

    International Day of the Girl Child was October 11. Sandra Sorensen of the Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ preached at Church and Society's chapel service marking the day.

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    Apply today: Healthy masculinity training

    August 30, 2017

    Church and Society, the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference Board of Church and Society, and the Healthy Masculinities Action Project have teamed up to put on a training October 23-26, 2017.

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    Honoring International Human Rights Day today, everyday

    December 10, 2017

    Dec. 10 is International Human Rights Day. This is an occasion to recommit ourselves to fully-realized human rights worldwide.

    Local schoolchildren celebrating International Day for the Eradication of Poverty at the U.N.​
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    Annual conferences vote to support Palestinians

    August 10, 2017

    Jesus, the Prince of Peace, calls us to be agents of peace with justice. How we treat each other is at the core of Christ's call to us. How and where we spend our money is a part of this call.