Learn about the four Affinity Groups being offered this spring through the Together We Thrive program.
Rev. Darrell Goodwin, Executive Conference Minister for the Southern New England Conference, speaks with Rev. Ed Rawls and Rev. Meg Williams at First ...
The Small Church Collaborative is an experiment in sharing resources so that congregations can focus their energy on being a vital presence in their community. This experiment of the Central Association of Massachusetts, in collaboration with the Center for ...
Rev. Darrell Goodwin, Executive Conference Minister for the Southern New England Conference, speaks with Rev. Jacki Gilchrist in his latest "Go Tell ...
Rocky Hill (CT) Congregational Church Celebrates Creation and Creates Partnerships
The Southern New England Conference will be awarding substantial recoverable grants to nine churches in May, to help them grow in spite of - and in ...
When you focus not on what a pandemic has taken away but what new opportunities it has created, magic can happen!
The Board of Directors of the Northeast Association of the Southern New England Conference announced a Ministry Catalyst Grant program to benefit its ...
Two churches share experiences with online events and the energy they've seen as a result.
Pilgrim Congregational in Harwich Port Responds to Covid-19 With Online Children's Program
In March, the Rev. Timothy Haut celebrated 40 years serving as pastor of the First Congregational Church of Deep River, Connecticut.
In West Woodstock, Connecticut, a small village in the town of Woodstock in the northeast corner of the state is the equally small church, the Church of the Good Shepherd. Their pastor, The Rev. Alice O'Donovan, says the average attendance in worship is between 20-25 ...
Churches have modified food ministries to adapt to physical distancing measures to keep recipients and volunteers safe.
Churches around the conference have shared their experience with the changes made in the Covid-19 shut down.
In a time when lines drawn between groups of people get darker and more defined, Newtown Congregational Church is making efforts to break barriers and...
Flagg Road United Church of Christ has been experimenting with a communion service that they call Open Table Communion. The result is a unique perspective at what it means to worship.
Started in Summer 2016 by Youth Directors Isaac Monts, Jodyann Gaynor, Ashlee Satchell, and Shauna Stennett, the Liberty Christian Center International, UCC Annual Community Fair was created with a vision to unleash love on the community.
Madison church offers to trade reusable bags for single-use plastic bags that can be re-purposed as sleeping mats.
"When we put church in the ecosystem of everything else that we do, it makes sense." — Lydia Gajdel
“You hear the word incubate all over. We don’t need to incubate. We’re 324 years old. We need to accelerate.” - Rev. Sara Smith
"If it doesn’t work, it’s not a failure. It’s something we tried. — Rev. Erick Olsen
In a letter to the congregation at First Church in Middletown, Rev. Julia Burkey outlines the events celebrating the church’s 350th anniversary, the ...
North Branford Congregational Church took a creative approach to worshipping beyond their walls. Members of the congregation traveled to New Haven to ...
First Congregational Church of East Hartford take creative look at using its parsonage for building communities ties for new or beginning education ...
On July 1, First Congregational Church of New London, UCC became the 100th church in the Connecticut Conference to declare itself as Open and ...
“So God’s doors are always open to you, which of course begs the question, are your doors open to God?” - Rev. Vance Taylor
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Each year the Massachusetts Conference Church Development Council recognizes ministries that exemplify innovative and impactful ministries. Here are this year’s three recipients. WOVOS ~ Congregational Church of Brockton To change lives and create a better world. That ...
Four UCC Churches are engaged in a interdependent project to create a new youth ministry program for the youth of their churches.
"Today, this church is called by the same God who formed it in 1735 to reach out in loving service to ALL their neighbors." — Rev. Greg Gray
GREENWICH – At Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, a new evening worship is changing the way some people think of church, and some of those people have never set foot in the church.
The season of Advent is a busy time of year for a church. Many churches find their pews a bit more crowded in the weeks leading to Christmas. This year, churches around the Connecticut Conference will hold dozens of pageants, both modern and traditional, as well as ...
"People expect us to solve problems. If you look at corporations that value innovation, they create innovation spaces.” - Rev. Susan Townsley
The First Church of Christ in Simsbury has added three young adults to the church community this year to serve in their new Young Adult Service Community (YASC).
Bridgewater Church Growth Attributed to Internal and External Changes
Braintree Church Youth Tries to Inspire Congregation with her Written Words
"The interfaith aspect of this program strengthens our interconnectedness with other congregations and empowers us to do more than we think we can."
The First Congregational Church of Woodstock held a benefit concert on Saturday, February 25th for Community Kitchens of Northeastern Connecticut ...
For most clergy, the role of church pastor is a solo gig. Of the 235 UCC churches in CT, just over 40 have associate pastors. Of course, any church may have plenty of willing members, lay leaders, and volunteers ready to take on all aspects of church life. Yet there is ...
CTUCC young adults gather to serve a meal at the Warburton Outreach with First Church of Christ, Congregational in Hartford.
WILTON – Wilton Congregational Church has found a creative way to reach young people in the community: read to them.
The Connecticut Conference released a new video featuring highlights from the 2016 CTUCC Revival.
The Second Annual CTUCC Revival was held at Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 13-15. The three night gathering featured inspirational music and passionate sermons that called for renewal of the church through understanding ...
Saturday worship attracts a new crowd at West Parish of Barnstable, UCC.
No missionary was present. No one from Nepal visited. Only people from the local community attended the Sparks Mission Dinner at Wolcott Congregational Church in Wolcott on April 24. But the scope and reach of the program will impact children more than 7,000 miles away.
On April 17, the Church of Christ Congregational of Goshen celebrated God's creation and their own efforts to create a healthy planet for future generations, efforts that have earned the church the Green Houses of Worship Award.
Some churches share a pastor. Some share a building. In Middletown, the pastors of First Church of Christ and South Congregational Church are sharing keys. In the recent installation service of the Rev. Thea Racelis of South Congregational, Racelis and the Rev. Julia ...
The United Church of Christ in Devon has kept its doors open for all for over 100 years. Recently, a deaf woman who attended the church as a child returned to worship with us. She wants to attend the services of the church, but her communication is American Sign ...
The Church Development Council of the Massachusetts Conference presented two churches with "Bold Initiative Awards" at the 216th Annual Meeting this weekend.
At Super Saturday on March 21, 2015, The Rev. Ruben Duran, Program Director for New Congregations for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, gave...
The Monterey United Church of Christ is a small church in a rural community in Berkshire County who thrives on being small. They have technically 12 members, but soon they will be taking in 11 more -- virtually doubling their membership in one fell swoop. How did they ...