First Congregational United Church of Christ

‘That they may all be one’ has been the motto of the United Church of Christ from John 17:21.
During these 11 days of November 1 to November 11, 2011 [11.1.11 - 11.11.11] the United Church of Christ is on a shared mission to feed the hungry and confront food-related injustice.
Each congregation is encouraged to be creative with the #1 to not [...]

Join us for a simple soup and bread supper Wednesday nights during Lent! We’ll enjoy homemade soup and bread. Supper is at 6:00 p.m. followed by an informal time of Study and Conversation about spirituality and our spiritual formation. 
We have just 2 Wednesdays left - April 6th & 13th – from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.  We’ve been having a great conversation about our [...]

There are hundreds of art pieces and countless churches named for the Transfiguration of Jesus. Sunday’s lectionary text from Matthew 17: 1-9 tells about Jesus and three disciples climbing a mountain where Jesus carried on a conversation with long-dead Jewish holy men, Elijah and Moses!
The disciples couldn’t get their heads around what they had witnessed [...]

Immanuel, God-with-us, is born among us once again on Christmas day! How will you celebrate? Come, join us for word, song, and a candle-lit ‘Silent Night’ as we celebrate the Light of the World coming to scatter darkness. Bring your children, family, and friends to eat at God’s table and to prepare our hearts to receive [...]

On this 3rd Sunday of Advent, our focus scripture, Luke 1: 47-55, tells about the surprising work of the Spirit in the choice of a very young, unmarried peasant girl, Mary, to be the mother of  God on earth. She must have been terrified of what her parents and her neighbors would say about being pregnant out [...]

SERRV International is a non-profit organization that has worked for 60 years to eradicate poverty wherever it resides by providing opportunity and support to artisans and farmers worldwide. When you purchase an item from a SERRV sale, you have a “direct impact on our global market’s great injustices: the inequality in income and quality of life for [...]

 The gospel according to Luke 12: 49-56 tells us that Jesus confronted the crowd about God dividing and judging them. Wow! What in the world is Jesus talking about here? Is he talking about the church or families or both? Is he talking about the cost of discipleship?
Join us for worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday and we’ll explore this [...]

I first heard the Mount Carmel Trio when they played during worship in September last year. The deep, harmonic tones of the cello and the melodic violin perfectly accent the elegant piano accompaniment offered by these three very talented women.
Jane Schuneman, violin, Sonja Hinderlie, cello, and Kay Hoffland, piano will provide our worship music on Sunday, June 6th. Come [...]

I’ve never done a dialogue sermon before much less with my husband, but this Sunday we’re going to have a conversation as if we are on the road to Emmaus [Luke 24: 13-35]. Paul, a Presbyterian, will be joining the membership of the church this Sunday also. This was quite a surprise to me because his [...]