Hi everyone!

I used to attend a UCC in Boston, when I was studying there. I now moved abroad and am wondering how do UCC-ers manage abroad?

I would be really interested to find any UCC members in Poland – my current place of abode. I REALLY miss the UCC inclusiveness here

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GO TO UCC.ORG.   THERE YOU WILL FIND UCC RELATED WEBSITES --CLICK ON IT.  IT GIVES NAMES OF CHURCHES OUTSIDE OF THE US THAT ARE UCC RELATED; ALSO CHECK ECUMENICAL RELATIONS LINK

Kaz, the church in Poland with which we are historically related is the Evangelical Reformed Church. Their website is at http://www.reformowani.pl, and you'll see a link to an English-language page that's very informative.

"Evangelical" in Europe means "Protestant," of course.

The church worships in Polish.

I don't think we officially an ecumenical partnership with this church, but they are members with us of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. Their English page suggests that, by Polish standards at least, they are relatively liberal. Their paragraph on "open and affirming" says the church officially holds a "conservative" position on human sexuality but that there is freedom of opinion on this subject in their congregations and that all are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. By Polish standards, as you probably know, this is a comparatively open attitude.

There's also a strong statement signed by the leaders of the three historic Protestant churches in Poland (Reformed, Lutheran, Methodist) opposing the U.S. preemptive invasion of Iraq.

Andy Lang, i.UCC