06/21/2020 - WWLP.COM:Community to-go meals resume at First Congregational Church of Chicopee
Chicopee’s First Congregational Church resumed its mission late Sunday afternoon of providing food for families facing hard times caused by the ...
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06/13/2020 - TELEGRAM.COM: Worcester’s Park Congregational Church ends 133-year run
People have worshipped at Park Congregational Church United Church of Christ since 1887, but the number of members has plummeted so the church will ...
06/04/2020 - CTPOST: Milford clergy lie silently on ground to note last minutes of George Floyd’s life
A heartbeat coming from a loudspeaker drowned out the noise of traffic around the Milford Green when 16 members of the clergy and 100-plus ...
06/04/2020 - MIDDLETOWN PRESS: First Church Middletown launches partnership to feed city’s neediest
Just days before the pandemic closed down the state of Connecticut, First Church of Christ in Middletown approved a new outreach plan focusing in part...
05/28/2020 - NEWS8: Bloomfield churches pool resources to support families in need with backpack program
The Bloomfield Congregational Church may not be able to hold services as usual during the pandemic, but it’s food programs are still going strong ...
05/23/2020 - JOURNAL INQUIRER: Interview with Rev. Nina Barlow Schmid
The First Congregational Church in South Windsor celebrated its 325th anniversary this past October. The original roadside chapel may not exist ...
05/04/2020 - REPUBLICAN AMERICAN: Local woman “Zoomed” into Ordination
Kaeley McEvoy was ordained via Zoom in a service that included art, scripture, music, sermon message, and even a virtual laying on of the hands.
05/02/2020 - FOX8: Pastor memorializes each of the thousands of COVID-19 victims in his state with a white flag
A pastor in Connecticut is planting white flags on his church’s property for each person who has died from COVID-19 in the state. Patrick Collins of ...
04/22/2020 - VALLEY NEWS: Hope Garden sprouts outside First Congregational Church in Woodstock
The First Congregational Church in Woodstock has started a new garden.
04/13/2020 - THE GARDNER NEWS: Congregational Church of Phillipston broadcasts Easter Sunday service on the town common
On Easter morning, April 12, the town common was reminiscent of a drive-in theater, but instead of a movie, it was a live five-star feature ...
03/02/2020 - FALMOUTH ACADEMY NEWS: MLK Day, A Call for Restless Determination
On Monday, January 20, several Falmouth Academy faculty members and students (and a few siblings) attended the sold-out 13th Annual Martin Luther ...
01/16/2020 - THE GARDNER NEWS: Karen Hodges, New Pastor At First Congregational Church In Gardner, Is Ready To Lead The Way
Karen Hodges took over the duties as pastor at First Congregational Church in December, and the new minister, who lives with her husband in Wayland, ...
11/26/2019 - THE BULLETIN: Griswold Church Celebrating 300 Years
Members of the First Congregational Church in Pachaug are kicking off a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the church’s founding.
11/26/2019 - UCC.ORG: Conference Ministers Tour Sacred Sites in Alabama
Thirty United Church of Christ Conference Ministers - including Southern New England Bridge Conference Ministers Marilyn Kendrix, Don Remick and Kent ...
11/22/2019 - UCC.ORG: First Transgender Day of Remembrance Service in NW Connecticut Draws 70
Back in September, the Rev. Robyn Gray was planning ahead. A new resident of rural Washington, Conn., she wanted to attend and support a Transgender ...
11/21/2019 - ORANGE TOWN NEWS: Orange Congregational Church Welcomes New Senior Minister
Orange Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, has called a new Senior Minister. The Reverend Jennifer Campbell studied anthropology at SUNY ...
10/25/2019 - PATCH: Five Churches Hold Benefit Concert for Milford Pride
Five Milford churches have come together to sponsor a family-friendly a benefit concert for local LGBTQ+ advocacy group, Milford Pride.
10/19/2019 - THE INDEPENDENT: Peace Dale Congregational Church hopes to help you find your ‘Pumpkin with a Purpose’
Hundreds of orange, white, blue, green pumpkins for sale in an assortment of sizes and shapes fill the church’s front lawn. It’s a Halloween setting ...
09/23/2019 - THE HARFORD COURANT: Avon Congregational Church Celebrating 200th Anniversary With Special Worship Service
The Avon Congregational Church is celebrating the 200th anniversary of both the founding of its congregation and the building of its meetinghouse with...
07/29/2019 - THE HARTFORD COURANT: Farmington First Church Of Christ Begins Partnership With Family Promise
The First Church of Christ, Congregational, 1652, in Farmington is starting a new partnership with the nonprofit Family Promise of Central ...
06/18/2019 - THE WILTON BULLETIN: Wilton Congregational Church is ‘Open and Affirming’
The Wilton Congregational Church has a long history. Founded in 1726, eight years before the birth of George Washington, the present church building ...
06/01/2019 - PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: Bristol church offers shelter to Nicaraguan youth group
Several members of the performance group are seeking asylum in the United States.
05/26/2019 - NewportRI.COM: Tiverton church’s art gallery aims to open doors to the community
Funds will help raise money to pay off a loan for the new handicapped addition, and kick off a plan for an art gallery in the church hall
05/22/2019 - MASSLive: Area religious leaders: Rev. Franklin Graham does not speak for us
Numerous Mass. Conference clergy signed on to this letter expressing concern about the message that the Rev. Franklin Graham planned to bring to the ...
05/12/2019 - WGBH: Boston's Old South Church Turns 350
“We've had a lot of smart people who with great faith have weathered revolution, war, epidemic, persecution and slavery, and look to the future,” Nancy Taylor said. “I think looking to the future has always been a key for this church with our storied past.”
05/06/2019 - THE MIDDLETOWN PRESS: Middletown Church Presents ‘Day of Tears’ Performances
First Church Middletown will present a performance of Julius Lester’s “Day of Tears,” a novel centered on the largest slave auction in American ...
04/15/2019 - THE DAY: New Niantic Communinity Church Pastor Has Local Ties
Prior to moving to Connecticut to serve as the new pastor at Niantic Community Church, the Rev. Stephanie Haskins’ only experience in the state had ...
03/12/2019 - UNITED CHURCH NEWS: Small Connecticut church consistently tops OGHS giving
How can a church that didn't become part of the UCC until 1989 celebrate being a major donor to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering for 67 years?
01/31/2019 - THE PATCH: Danbury Looks to Preserve, Lease First Congregational Church
Local officials are endorsing a plan that would see the city purchase the First Congregational Church of Danbury and lease it back to the ...
01/24/2019 - THE PATCH: Old Lyme church Assists Family With Immigrant Deportation Case
The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, which successfully helped fight a deportation case last year, announced it would be working with ...
01/08/2019 - PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: Interfaith vigil at R.I. State House lays out goals to fight poverty
Hundreds of activists, many of whom were clergy, gathered in the State House rotunda Tuesday afternoon, taking a moment to recover from the rain that ...
01/07/2019 - WICKED LOCAL: Needham Welcomes New Reverend, John MacIver Gage, at Congregational Church
The Congregational Church in Needham welcomed its newest reverend on Jan. 2, John MacIver Gage, who has filled the senior minister role left open ...
01/05/2019 - PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: Women of the cloth: R.I. clergywomen serve as role models while serving their flocks
Answering God’s call brought these women into a field that has long been dominated by men. Though the number of clergywomen nationwide has increased ...
12/30/2018 - THEDAY: After 183 Years, Congregational Church Is Dissolving
Following its move out of New London in 2013 and the cessation of independent worship services in September, the Second Congregational Church — more ...
12/21/2018 - TELEGRAM.COM: Rev. Dawn M. Adams helped put First Congregational Church back on its feet
When the Rev. Dawn M. Adams first joined the First Congregational Church on Main Street, there were only 20 to 40 members struggling with the ...
12/13/2018 - NEWSTIMES: Danbury, First Congregational Church negotiating sale to city
The steeple of the First Congregational Church of Danbury will remain an iconic part of the city’s skyline for years, though more than church music ...
11/26/2018 - NPR: Connecticut VA Opens Its Doors To 'Bad Paper' Veterans
Last month, Connecticut opened state VA resources to vets who can show that one of those conditions is linked to their discharge. For veterans like ...
11/23/2018 - NEWPORTRI.COM: Church’s Thanksgiving basket project provides meals for 160 families
Amicable Congregational Church, in collaboration with the Tiverton Public Library, expected to provide meals for more than 160 families with this ...
11/16/2018 - The Bulletin: ‘It’s time’ to rebuild a focal point in Thompson
On Thursday, nearly two years after the fire, members of the church, along with community members gathered at the church for the start of a capital ...
11/06/2018 - Rhode Island church uses solar to promote environmental stewardship
The two-century-old Newman Congregational Church looks like a piece of history, standing on a grassy lawn in the Rumford neighborhood of East ...
10/31/2018 - WSFB: Faith leaders denounce 'anti-Semitic' campaign ad
A senate candidate is facing criticism after sending out a controversial campaign advertisement. Wednesday, faith leaders from all denominations came ...
10/22/2018 - UNITED CHURCH NEWS: Dover Church's Love of Neighbor Brings Life, Health to Mothers and Babies in Haiti
Our faith teaches us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Often, that can mean the folks in our own communities. But as the members of Dover (Mass.) UCC...
10/16/2018 - UNITED CHURCH NEWS: One year later, Amherst Church walking with, learning from father in Sanctuary
On Oct. 19, 2017, First Congregational UCC in Amherst Mass., took a leap of faith: it offered sanctuary to Lucio Perez on the day he was to be ...
10/15/2018 - HARTFORD COURANT: Unionville Woman Rediscovers Model Church, Gifts It To Avon Congregational
A 50-year-old model of a church inspired by Avon Congregational Church was presented to the church by the artist, Dorothea Howard.
08/31/2018 - WSFB.COM: Plainfield Students Head to School in Killingly Following Fire
Westfield's Rev. Jonathan Chapman greets Plainfield students as they begin school year in Killingly while repairs are completed at Plainfield Memorial...
08/24/2018 - THE NEW YORKER: No One Is Safer, No One Is Served
Malik Naveed bin Rehman and his family have lived in the basement of First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, hiding from the reach of ICE officials for over a hundred and fifty days. This is their story.
08/10/2018 - HARTFORD COURANT: Rainbow Communion Marks Middletown Church's 'Open And Affirming' Anniversary
First Church of Christ on Court Street makes it obvious that everyone is welcome in its sanctuary. From the rainbow flag flying on the brownstone ...
06/16/2018 - THE BOSTON GLOBE: New England UCC churches look to organize progressive ‘Christian voice’
United Church of Christ churches in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut agreed Saturday in a first-of-its-kind vote to join together to help ...
06/12/2018 - GREENFIELD RECORDER: United Congregational Church of Conway to be leveled and new church to be built
CONWAY — Television stations from across the state had camped out in front of the ravaged 19th-century church, which had just taken a beating by a ...