Help Make Your Church Accesible to All
As part of the denomination's goal to further Accessibility to All (A2A) throughout all of the United Church of Christ, the UCC Disabilities Ministries Board makes available resources and networking tools.

These resources are meant to help churches, associations, and conferences as they seek to be accessible to all.  Click HERE for more.

 OGHS Fund to Help Victims of the Earthquake in China
Thousands were confirmed dead when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southwest China on May 12. Buildings collapsed, leaving people trapped in the rubble. A day after the quake, rescue workers were still trying to reach the epicenter in Sichuan Province. The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reports the death toll is now nearly 12,000 and looks set to rise. Bad weather has created more suffering as surivors are forced to sleep outside in the rain, fearing that one of the hundreds of aftershocks will cause their homes to collapse.

The United Church of Christ has already responded with an initial grant from the One Great Hour of Sharing International Disaster Fund, which has been sent to one of our partner organizations, Amity Foundation, to support relief efforts. Amity is distributing shelter materials, rice, water, quilts, clothes, and medicines to survivors. The UCC will continue to work with partner churches and organizations in the region as the needs for relief and recovery become more clear.

Your donations are needed and you may donate through your local church or you can click HERE to donate through the UCC website. 

 Resources: Conversation on Race, Controversy over Jeremiah Wright
The media frenzy over Jeremiah Wright has prompted the UCC to invite churches to hold A Sacred Conversation on Race on Sunday, May 18. Click the link below to view resources for this day:
UCC Resources: Let's Talk About Race

Helpful responses were also offered recently by veteran journalist and UCC member Bill Moyers, on the May 2 installment of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS; and from John H. Thomas, UCC General Minister and President, in a pastoral letter sent May 1. 

Moyers remarks appear in United Church News with permission to reprint. Watch the video or read the transcript. 

Click HERE to watch the Bill Moyers interview with Jeremiah Wright. 

Read the Rev. Thomas' pastoral letter HERE. 

Click HERE to view John Thomas’ interview by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. 

 Myanmar Residents Need Our Prayers and Help
The death toll in Myanmar (Burma) is now over 22,000 as rescue workers continue to look for survivors after Tropical Cyclone Nargis left its devastation. In addition to keeping the residents of Myanmar in your prayers, the UCC is inviting people to donate to the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) International Emergency Relief Fund. The money will be used for immediate relief as well as long-term recovery efforts. An immediate grant of $5,000 from the OGHS International Emergency fund has already been sent to the country.

There has been much said in the news about the inability to get aid to the people in Myanmar who need it. Global Ministries Southern Asia Office and the Church World Service Asian Regional Office are in direct contact with the Myanmar Council of Churches. Through partner churches in the region and with the help of special bank accounts set up through Church World Service, gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing's Disaster Appeal for the Victims of the cyclone in Myanmar are able to reach the people who need it. 

You can donate to this relief effort through your local church or click HERE to donate online to the OGHS International Emergency Relief Fund. 

 Good News Prison Ministry Golf Event
Gather your team and join this golfing “fun-raiser” for the Good News Prison Ministry, which is committed to bringing the gospel to Hawaii’s community behind bars. All are welcome on June 13 at the Makaha East Golf Course. Click HERE to view the flier.

 Fa'anu Mao Ordination
On Sunday, May 25, at 3 pm, licensed minister Fa’anu Mao will be ordained as a minister with full standing in the Tri-Isle Association of the Hawai`i Conference UCC. Fa’anu is the pastor of the Samoan Congregation, which has been meeting at Wailuku Union Church for more than three years. He earned a Masters of Theological Studies from Southern Methodist University.

 Upcoming Spring 'Aha Mokupuni Meetings
The following Associations of the Hawai'i Conference will hold their spring 'Aha Mokupuni meetings on the dates specified. 

Kaua'i Association's 'Aha Mokupuni will be May 17-18 at Kapa'a United Church of Christ.

The Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches will hold its 'Aha Na Kai Ewalu as part of the 'Aha Iki during the ‘Aha Pae'aina in June. The 'Aha Iki will be held June 10-12 at Pa'ia Hawaiian Protestant Church.

 News Archive
Click HERE to read past Home Page News Stories. Stories will be available in the News Archive for one year. 

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