THE UNITED CHURCH of CHRIST The United Church of Christ came into being in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. Each of these was, in turn, the result of a union of two earlier traditions.
In recent years, Christians from other traditions, including the Roman Catholic Church, have found a home in the UCC, and so have gay and lesbian Christians who have not been welcome in other churches. Thus the United Church of Christ celebrates and continues a broad variety of traditions in its common life. For more information about the UCC, its history, and information about what the UCC is doing, visit their web site at www.ucc.org. |
Sunday Morning Worship Service You will find this to be a welcoming community that celebrates a Service of the Word each Sunday with readings, hymns and a sermon. On the first Sunday of each month we celebrate a Service of the Table; Holy Communion. We celebrate an open commuion, and all are welcome to participate. Remember, it isn't "O Come, some of Ye Faithful" All are welcome here!
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The Congregational Churches were organized when the Pilgrims
of Plymouth Plantation (1620) and the Puritans of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony (1629) acknowledged their essential unity in the Cambridge
Platform of 1648.
The Reformed Church in the United States traced its beginnings
to congregations of German settlers in Pennsylvania founded from
1725 on. Later, its ranks were swelled by Reformed immigrants from
Switzerland, Hungary and other countries.
The Christian Churches sprang up in the late 1700s and
early 1800s in reaction to the theological and organizational rigidity
of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches of the time.
The Evangelical Synod of North America traced its beginnings
to an association of German Evangelical pastors in Missouri. This
association, founded in 1841, reflected the 1817 union of Lutheran
and Reformed churches in Germany.
Through the years, other groups such as American Indians, Afro-Christians,
Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Volga Germans, Armenians, and
Hispanic Americans have joined with the four earlier groups.