UCC @ 50
Subtitle: our history--our future
By: J. Martin Bailey and W. Evan Golder, co-editors
Publisher: United Church of Christ
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Cleveland, OH]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Anniversaries; History; United Church of Christ
Other titles: United Church of Christ at fifty; UCC at fifty
Notes: Produced for the 50th Anniversary Committee United Church of Christ, Cleveland, Ohio.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Who could have guessed?  -- John H. Thomas; title: What does it mean to celebrate?  -- Norman W. Jackson -- sect. 1. The; title: UCC emerges  -- Barbara Brown Zikmund; title: 12 influential figures leading to the union  -- Davida Foy Crabtree; title: Handshake birthed the United Church of Christ  -- Everett C. Parker; title: Theology + photography: preparation for the 'handshake photo'  -- George Conklin; title: Our church helped change the world  -- Andrew Young; title: Great cloud of witnesses: the African-American contribution  -- Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.; title: Gift of land is key American Indian contribution  -- Rosemary McCombs Maxey; title: Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans provide diversity  -- Wallace Ryan Kuroiwa; title: Seeking to be partners: the Hispanic contribution  -- Dan Romero -- sect. 2.; title: Unity takes new forms  -- Barbara Brown Zikmund; title: 50 persons who contributed greatly to the shaping of the UCC in its first 50 years  -- Teruo Kawata; title: Preamble defines our faith  -- Clyde J. Steckel; title: Worship at the center: 50 years of Sundays  -- Riess W. Potterveld; title: How theology lives in the UCC  -- Gabriel J. Fackre; title: Commitment to education a distinguishing landmark  -- Ansley Coe Throckmorton; title: Youth-- past, present and future  -- Herman C. Ahrens Jr.; title: Advocating for health and wholeness ministries  -- M. Dosia Carlson; title: Jesus modeled justice for the United Church of Christ  -- Theodore A. Braun; title: Official recognition of women's ministries comes and goes  -- Marilyn M. Breitling; title: COREM: making one out of many  -- Patricia J. Eggleston; title: Preparation for ministry: evolution of an essential  -- Richard Sparrow; title: Restructuring the United Church of Christ  -- Mary Ann Neevel; title: Reformed faithfulness: our past is our future  -- Martha Kriebel; title: Living into the United Church of Christ  -- Otis Young; title: Struggling to be faithful in a mid-sized congregation  -- Jill and Rick Edens; title: United churches of the world bring gifts to us  -- Dorothy G. Berry; title: Reflections on "being first" in 1966  -- Héctor E. López; title: Go forward into the future with faith, not fear  -- William R. Johnson; title: Stepping out of the shadows  -- Yvonne Delk; title: Our justice ministry has deep biblical roots  -- Jim Smucker; title: Why the UCC apologized to Hawai'i  -- Charles McCollough; title: How I chose Talladega College  -- Ora Myles Sheares; title: What do the numbers mean?  -- William McKinney; title: God is still speaking here!  -- John R. Deckenback -- sect. 3. The; title: church looks forward  -- Barbara Brown Zikmund; title: Who will we be tomorrow?  -- W. Evan Golder; title: Awkward but promising place  -- J. Bennett Guess; title: Finding our way in the wilderness: reflections on a new church start  -- Susan B. Goodwin; title: God is still speaking: a kairos moment  -- Cliff Aerie; title: Why Victory Church joined the United Church of Christ  -- Kenneth L. Samuel; title: Forging a bold agenda of ecumenical collaboration  -- Stan Hastey; title: Ecumenical progress over 50 years  -- J. Martin Bailey; title: Challenges facing the future church  -- Karen Lebacqz; title: As the world turned: our changing view of a global church  -- Dale Bishop; title: Can the UCC save the world?  -- Gregg Deehan Jr.; title: Assessing the UCC @ 50  -- Frederick R. Trost; title: Suggestions for making the most of this book -- Deborah Gline Allen.