UCC General Synod – Friday, June 26

“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”  That’s how a Southern Conference colleague summarized his impression of how Geoffrey Black answered questions in an open forum Friday afternoon.  Rev. Black is the candidate for General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.  He will be elected and installed [...]

(Questions and Answers with the UCC’s nominee for General Minister and President)
Friday, June 26, 2009, 12:30 PM
What visions do you have for the UCC in the 21st century?
·         We will be a smaller and flatter denomination.  We will be networked more closely and engaged in deeper relationship.
·         We will grow in generosity.
What role do you [...]

UCC General Synod - Thursday, June 25
“Tell me again – what are we doing here?”
That’s the question Linda and I ask ourselves as we get closer to Grand Rapids for the UCC’s General Synod.  We stayed the night near Toledo, Ohio, and will journey the final three hours today.  We’ll set up our booth this [...]

UCC General Synod – Wednesday, June 24
This morning the love of my life, Linda, and I will leave the rolling farmlands of Amish country in southeastern Pennsylvania and head northwest to the Great Lakes.  Our pilgrimage will take us to the Twenty-seventh biannual General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
We will gather in Grand [...]

UCC General Synod – Tuesday, June 23
He is arguably one of the most influential figures in all of Christian history.  Philip Schaff’s 8-volume History of the Christian Church reserves more pages (620) to tell his story than any other single individual.  (Martin Luther gets about 500.) 
His place in history towers above any other figure [...]