JUSTICE AND WITNESS MINISTRIES
Our mission: "Guided by the Holy Spirit we will work together with local churches
and individuals, towards action for justice and peace for all of God's creation."
We support VLIAC ( Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council) and the Summer Lunch program through funding assistance.
We support Vermont Interfaith Action through funding grants.
We have done some advocacy work on behalf of refugee resettlement in Vermont.
We have hosted Global Ministries partners the past several years in some of our churches and communities, as well as at the Annual Meeting.
We have advocates for issues of Prison Justice, Environment Justice, Gun Violence, Racial Justice, Mental Health Justice, and Reproductive Justice!
Many of our churches are active in climate change, a moral economy, prison justice, equal rights for those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and non binaryl identities. Our congregations have relationships with other churches and people in many places around the world. Churches offer community suppers to support building relationships, run food shelves, feeding programs and other projects to alleviate food insecurity. These are just few of the ways we seek justice because of our faith in Christ.
In response to recent anti-LGBTQ+ acts in Vermont, clergy of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ are speaking out in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
Christians in the Vermont Conference oppose the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade
Black Lives Matter: Racism and the Church
The Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC) has issued a statement regarding the murder of George Floyd, the white supremacy that underlies it and a lamentation of our silence in the face of systemic racism and its consequences for people of color. This statement is signed by the staff of the Vermont Conference, UCC as well as scores of UCC ministers living and serving in Vermont.