Annual Meeting sign made by James Beach of Hillsboro, North Dakota.

Ash Wednesday Service in Amistad Chapel, Cleveland, Ohio

Ash Wednesday Altar at the Amistad Chapel, Cleveland, Ohio National Office.  The Quilt was a Gift Quilt to Kimberly Whitney during the Annual Meeting in 2007 in New Town, North Dakota.  It was presented to her after her presentation at the Women’s Luncheon of the meeting.  The Ash Wednesday Service was written by Rev. Marilyn Kennedy Levine of New Town, North Dakota for the Worship Ways.

New Church name in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The church in Grand Forks has a new name.  The name is now the United Church of Christ in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  It is an open and affirming

Amistad Model

Do This In Rememberance

This is the picture from the Annual Meeting in Valley City, North Dakota.  Do This In Rememberance Of Me……….  The picture was taken by Stephen Holmes of Garrison, North Dakota.

Website Redesign

Welcome to the new look of the Northern Plains Conference of the United Church of Christ. We hope you find it warm and inviting. We have made it much easier to navigate to find the information you need in a quick and timely manner. We focused on a sleek and user friendly environment, we believe that with this new look we will be better able to serve you, our conference members and guests.

Some new things you will notice include:

Updated look
Easier Navigation
Better Search Features
Register and pay online for events

You’ve most likely noticed the Pay Pal “widget” to the right. You will now be able to easily pay for your registration fees in a safe and secure enviornment; with it we are now able to accept pay pal payments, as well as credit and debit card payments. We will also still be accepting checks with our mail in registration forms or for those who do not wish to use an online form of payment.

You will find that we still accept online and “snail mail” forms of registration.

You will also notice in the upper right we now have our own RSS feed as well as comment RSS feed. If you have Internet Explorer 7 or above, or some other RSS feed reader, you can subscribe to our feed for up to date news and announcments.

We will also now be able to accept comments in our posts to encourage discussion and sharing of ideas. We have in place a spam filter as well as other measures to ensure that we keep the garbage out.

Please browse around, take it for a test drive and see what you think. Your comments are welcomed and appreciated.