Our mission is to welcome all, love all, and seek justice for all. Our vision is a just world for all.
Our purpose is to love God, and our neighbor as ourselves.
Who We Are
We are an Open and Affirming Church which means: We extend the extravagant welcome of God to all people regardless of race, class, immigration status, ancestry, gender identity, marital status, ability or sexual orientation. No matter who are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.
We are Servant Church which means: We put our faith into action by serving and caring for each other and serving and caring for the world, because faith without works really is dead. At First Church we come to encounter God and engage the world.
We are a Progressive Church which means: We believe in a dynamic God who is still speaking and revealing to us – through Scripture, reason, history, science and the experiences of life – the ways of justice and peace. Our faith is 2,000 years old, but our thinking is not.
As a community, we share the joy and sorrows of life, the journey of faith, supporting each other and reaching out to others to join with us. God has called us into the church, to share the cost and joy of following Jesus.
We are a member of the denomination called the United Church of Christ, know to its friends as the UCC. Click here for links with more information about the United Church of Christ and the Connecticut Conference of the UCC as well as our ministry partners in our local area.
The Covenant of the Church
We are united in striving to know the will of God as taught in Holy Scripture and in life, and in our purpose to walk in the ways of the Lord, made known or to be made known to us.
We hold it to be the mission of the Church of Christ to proclaim the gospel in word and deed, exalting the worship of God, and laboring for the progress of knowledge, the promotion of justice, and the reign of peace.
Depending upon the continued guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead us into truth, we work and pray for the transformation of the world into the kingdom of God; and we look with faith for the triumph of righteousness and the life everlasting.