WorshipatFirstChurchUCC - First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ

Making Disciples

Sharing the Love

An Adult Choir ministers to us weekly during 10am Sunday worship.

A Children's Choir rehearses and ministers in worship about 5 or 6 times a year.

Always welcome: folks who are willing to "make a joyful noise!"

Worship at First Church, Sundays, 10 am

Style: casual, warm, vibrant, non-threatening

Purpose: to give God praise;

to get better at being folks who love God;

to show that love in and to the world

Welcome: everyone, no exceptions!

We sing:

new songs, that nudge us into God's presence;
hymns through the ages, that teach us the historic Christian faith
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We pray:

we 'fess up to the ways we mess up;
we receive God's mercy and pardon;
we pray for ourselves and for others and for
our hurting world;
we offer ourselves to be useful
to God and to others.

We listen:

to the scriptures;
to the preacher;
and to each other;
yearning to hear the Spirit speak truth
to us, through us, and in spite of us.

We praise:

because God is worthy
and because it puts our own lives
in perspective.
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We go out:

to live as apprentices of Jesus,
seeking justice,
sharing tenderness,
and walking in humility.

No matter who you are,

whatever your life circumstance,

and wherever you are in the journey of faith,

we welcome you;

Jesus welcomes you.

First Church celebrates the Lord's Supper on the first Sunday of each month, and every Sunday during Lent. We have an open table, where all who seek to follow Jesus are welcome to participate. The bread has gluten. The juice is unfermented.

The motto of the UCC is “That They May All Be One.” This is from the prayer of Jesus (Holy Bible, John 17:11) for the unity of the church. Members of the United Church have been leaders in the movement to heal the divisions in the Christian church, and local congregations welcome into membership people from a diversity of religious backgrounds. Today, approximately two-thirds of our members have come to the UCC from other denominations, or from no denomination.