Faith Formation's seventh Spotlight on Service, showcasing Second Congregational Church of West Boxford's Boston-North Backyard Mission.
Like many congregations, First Church of Christ in Woodbridge (CT) has very few young children participating in worship. In a recent conversation, Interim pastor, Rev. Susan Murtha described how this congregation took steps to reach out to families in the area in a ...
Rev. Jack Davidson, pastor at Spring Glen UCC in Hamden, CT convened a virtual meeting of clergy and youth leaders in late January to discuss various models for multi-church youth ministry. The meeting was a forum to share successes, struggles, and creative ideas for ...
Barnstable church asks folks to take pics of Nativity scenes at their favorite spots and post on social media with the hashtag #MyCrecheTake.
The Health Ministry of this Wellfleet church offers medical acupuncture to help those recovering from substance use disorders, living with mental illness, or simply coping with life’s many stresses.
Andrew Wicks, founder of Incredible Days Group, talks about this organization that focuses on immersive service learning, team-building, leadership development, and non-profit management.
Faith Formation's fourth Spotlight on Service, showcasing Northampton, MA's Cathedral in the Night.
Faith Formation's fifth Spotlight on Service, showcasing Southborough, MA's Southborough Safe Spaces.
“As we begin to emerge from this time of unprecedented challenge and change, the need to strengthen our churches for the sake of the world is greater than ever. The Southern New England Conference is responding to your expressed needs for reliable, innovative resources ...
Grantees can now apply for four different funding sources offered through Justice and Local Church Ministries
First Congregational Church and South Congregational Church, both of Granby, voted overwhelmingly to come together as a new church to better serve the needs of the congregations and the community. Here's their journey.
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Two SNEUCC pastors who took to Tik Tok to spread a message about God’s all inclusive love found themselves targets of hatred and vitriol by those who ...
The Southern New England Conference is inviting everyone to take part in two online book groups this spring: one looking at faithful change leadership, and the other at stewardship. Ground-Breakers Breakfast Book Group Beginning in May, the Rev. Dr. Sarah B. Drummond ...
South Acton Congregational Church Movers Form New Partnership
First Church of Ipswich Calls for Freedom of Leonard Peltier
Early this year, The Southern New England Conference awarded several recoverable grants to churches through the Faith in Our Future Together program. ...
First Church in Windsor Illuminates Their Faith
Pastors, do you long to lead your congregation with less anxiety? Would you like to better understand how internal and external anxieties are ...
Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains, in his most recent books, reveals much of what today’s pastors and congregational leaders need to ...
Sandwich Church Educates The Community about Juneteenth and its Local History
Are you looking for a fresh, new inter-generational program this summer that will engage your youth and benefit your congregation? One that will make the concept of “resiliency” come alive? We invite you to proclaim your resiliency! Join us in this ground-breaking ...
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.
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.