The 8 Points of Progressive Christianity include the call to form ourselves into communities dedicated to equipping one another for the work we feel called to do: striving for peace and justice among all people, protecting and restoring the integrity of all God’s creation, and bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brother.

The Justice & Witness Team exists to carry out this calling through its own work and form Faith-into-Action groups to work on today’s inequalities and injustices. This includes addressing issues of poverty, food insecurity and homelessness, providing a safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals following our call as an open and affirming church, providing protection and restoration of the environment and addressing racial injustice, voter suppression, and more.

Some examples of these activities are:

• Regular donations and collections for area food banks as well as operating our own Little Free Food Pantry on site;
• Participation in the local Meals-on-Wheels program multiple weeks per year;
• Donations and support of the Community Relief Fund (CRF) through Community Action Center (CAC) (https://www.cacwhitman.org/) which is used to provide emergency funding for homelessness;
• Creation of CCUCC’s Gun-Free Zone statement 
• Providing hosting and financial support to Family Promise of the Palouse. CCUCC hosts families on site multiple times per year (https://www.familypromisepalouse.org/);
• Partnering with Inland Oasis in support of their annual Pride Festival (https://www.inlandoasis.org/) and the LGBTQ+ Youth Support Group.
• Participating in regular Adopt-a-Highway clean-up activities;
• Establishment of an electric vehicle charging station in CCUCC’s parking lot for public use. 
• Annual host of the “Ability Experience Bicyclists,” a national fraternal group that raises money for awareness of people with disabilities through their bicycle tours across the county. 
• Hymn singing sessions at local senior care residences. 
• Adoption of CCUCC’s Environmental Justice Covenant. 
• Support of Cooper’s Legacy Shop through donation of used goods for resale (https://www.cooperslegacyfoundation.org/);
• Regular donations to Faith Action Network (FAN)( https://fanwa.org/)
• Providing meeting space for Palouse CORE (Council on Racial Equity) and supporting their activities (https://palousecore.org/)
• Sunday movie nights at the church every month, focused on social justice.  Pizza provided. 
• Providing space and technical support for speakers on various topics and fundraising concerts in support of Justice and Witness activities;
•  Monthly potlucks with speakers on a variety of topics. Open to the community. 
• Adoption of CCUCC’s statement on Sexism & Women’s Rights.
• Writing postcards and letters through Vote Forward campaigns to counter voter suppression efforts within the states (https://votefwd.org)
• Annual support of the Nicaraguan Scholarship Program through ASLA Foundation which provides financial support for students to attend school and college – https://www.aslafoundation.org/what-we-do. Read more about what CCUCC is doing to support this program (https://pullmanucc.org/nicuraguan/) 
• Support of the Pullman Child Welfare Annual Christmas Giving Tree (https://www.pullmanchildwelfare.org/).

The Justice and Witness team meets monthly. Members share responsibility for facilitation of the various activities of the team. We share information with the congregation and encourage participation in helping to carry out these important projects.