First Congregational United Church of Christ

It’s time for our annual Christmas pageant! This year it is co-written and directed by 2 youth members, Ryan and Beth. It will be a must-see worship experience as our children tell us the birth story from their perspective. We will be singing some favorite Christmas carols, too. Read Luke 2:1-20 and then sit back [...]

What do you think of when you hear the word, comfort? I see an image of hot cocoa, a roaring fire in the fireplace, and a quilt. For the second Sunday in Advent, the focus scripture is from Isaiah 40: 1-11. We hear God’s words of comfort to a people lost in generations of exile in a [...]

Join us on Saturday, Dec. 3rd from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for our annual SERRV sale. We have an extensive selection of hand-crafted baskets, scarves, jewelry, toys, and decorative items to complete your holiday shopping.
SERRV is a 60-year-old, non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty. When you purchase an item from SERRV you are helping [...]

For the first Sunday in Advent, our theme is “Longing.”  In third Isaiah 64: 1-9, we hear the prophet lamenting God’s absence. After a lengthy and painful exile in Babylon, the Hebrews return to the southern kingdom, Judah, and struggle with their feelings of separateness from God.
Don’t we all, at one point or another in our [...]

Sunday’s scripture text from Matthew 25: 31-46 separates nations as a shepherd in ancient Israel separated his sheep from his goats. Jesus explains that if a person feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, and houses the homeless then you will have a place of power at the end of time. On the other hand, if you [...]

Join the UCC on Friday, Nov. 11th at 4:00 pm EST for a celebration of 11 days of our shared mission to alleviate hunger and work together for hunger-related justice.
CHECK OUT ucc.org to see the running tally of food items, letters to congress, Neighbors in Need offering and East African Famine relief. It is stunning [...]

Jesus uses another everyday object, money, to illustrate his point in the parable of the talents. Sunday’s scripture from the gospel according to Matthew 25: 14-30 challenges our thinking about how we use our money. In light of the Occupy Movement across the country and the world, who we invest our money with is also [...]

‘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 [...]

Sunday’s scripture text from Matthew 25: 1-13 is the parable of the Ten Bridesmaids. Jesus is responding to his disciples’ insider question about what God’s kingdom looks like. Something like, “are we there yet?”
In ancient Israel, like today, weddings were significant events full of ritual, loaded with emotion. Most were arranged marriages so the bridegroom would [...]

What do you look at or want to hear, touch or taste when you need to know God is there? For some it’s being in church with stained glass windows and organ music. For others it might be the deep woods or the ocean or even just talking and playing with your best friends, the ones who [...]