Casas Adobes Congregational Church

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of America's first foreign mission society, the United Church of Christ has planned a two-year observation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), a historic predecessor to Wider Church Ministries.

Commemorating 20 years in Cleveland and installing its new general minister and president, the United Church of Christ kicks off a special spring weekend with a celebration dinner Friday evening, April 16, at the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Cleveland.

In a move intended to strengthen coordination among the United Church of Christ’s publishing, marketing and communication efforts, the Rev. J. Bennett Guess, the denomination’s director of communications, has been appointed acting director of The Pilgrim Press / United Church Press and the UCC’s distribution service, United Church of Christ Resources.