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Alex Sánchez Rodriguez Finds Vocational Inspiration at United

By | on 11, Dec 2025 |   Academics Community Relationships

Alex Sánchez Rodriguez, who plans to graduate from United in 2026 with an MA in Religion and Theology, was initially drawn to the seminary’s Interreligious Chaplaincy program. Since taking more classe[...]

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Rev. Gloria Roach Thomas (’98) Ministers through Love, Healing, and Hope in a Hurting World

By | on 25, Nov 2024 |   Community Relationships VOICES

Rev. Gloria Roach Thomas (’98) grew up in a small town in South Carolina. As she recalls, “I drank out of the colored water fountains, I went to the colored elementary school.” Still, she reflects, th[...]

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United’s Brief Foray into Football: 1967–1968

By | on 21, May 2024 |   Alums Community Relationships

These days, it’s hard to imagine that United would ever have fielded a football team—flag or full contact. More than 50 years ago, however, it almost made sense. As Ted Meads (’71) and former seminary[...]

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Mizpah Church Offers United a Legacy Scholarship Fund | VOICES

By | on 06, Jun 2023 |   Alums UCC Community Relationships VOICES

Rev. Rebecca Lemenager (’01) was only seven when she knew she wanted to be a minister. All she needed was fertile soil in which to nurture that calling. Mizpah United Church of Christ (Mizpah), her ho[...]

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Finding Light out of the Darkness of Trauma through Community

By | on 06, Jun 2023 |   Religion Community Relationships Baha'i Healing

The American Psychological Association defines trauma simply as “an emotional response to a terrible event.” Broken down further, trauma can be acute (from a single horrific event that threatens one’s[...]

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Making the Most of Community: Damen Jensen-Heitmann Balances Brewing and Ministry

By | on 11, Aug 2022 |   Alums Entrepreneur Community Relationships

To hear him talk, Damen Jensen-Heitmann has had pastoral aspirations since he was confirmed in the Trinity United Church of Christ in rural Marengo, Iowa in seventh grade. He grew up in a small town n[...]

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