A prayer from the United Church of Christ general minister and president for this Christmas season and all seasons.

Timothy Harris, a self-described man of faith with more than two decades in the insurance industry has been called to lead the United Church of Christ Insurance Board.

The Rev. Diane Ford Dessables, an ordained United Church of Christ minister and senior associate for national church relations for Bread for the World, was one ripple in the ecumenical "wave of prayer" to end hunger that made its way around the world.

Thanks to the generosity of the Rev. Steve Burt, a retired United Church of Christ pastor in The Villages, Fla., 3,160 underprivileged children will receive an autographed book of their very own this holiday season.

It was a Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. A normal December morning, until gunshots rang out, causing chaos and panic. By day's end 26 innocent people, most young children, had lost their lives.