The Damascus Project

Dear Friends, As 2023 draws to a close I am grateful for my first year as Director of the Damascus Project, the shared theological learning ministry of the Minnesota and Wisconsin Conferences, United Church of Christ. The Damascus Project was formed in 2017,...
A Community Conversation about Gun Violence

A Community Conversation about Gun Violence

We are living within a gun violence epidemic. Is that acceptable? Is that inevitable? How do we even talk about it? On Tuesday, Jan 23 at 7-8:30, the UCC will host a public conversation about gun violence and its prevention, jointly sponsored by the League of Women...

Keyless Entry Notice

Dear Members and Friends of First UCC, We are writing as the Chair of Trustees and the Chair of the Facilities Committee to update you on a new project being implemented in the coming weeks. We will soon be doing away with all exterior keys to the building and will...

Starfish Program

The Starfish has been accepted as a program of Rice County Habitat for Humanity. At the December meeting of Northfield’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA), a request will be made for another house in town to be donated for rehabilitation and available to...

Fair Trade Palestinian Olive Oil Sale

Fred Rogers will be selling Palestinian Fair Trade Extra Virgin Olive Oil after church on Sundays December 3rd and 10th. Olive Oil is a great gift for the holidays and for use in your own home. $25 for 750ml and $20 for 500ml. We’ll also have Zatar spice and a...

Presentation from the BLA Team

David Garelick of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF), a national organization “focused on American Indian land recovery and management” will present on the land tenure movement after worship on Sunday, 3 December in the sanctuary. ILTF partners with...