Julie Britton, a member of Second Congregational Church, UCC Greenfield, MA and a member in discernment with the Franklin Association, has received the 2021 G. Campbell Morgan Aware for Excellence in Preaching from Chicago Theological Seminary
First Church in Middletown is helping the fight against food insecurity while supporting city restaurants with its Sunday Lunch program.
A virtual event on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday will bring a colleague of the icon to speak about the historical Civil Rights movement and the ...
Rev. Darrell Goodwin, the new Executive Conference Minister for the Southern New England Conference is interviewed by the Hartford Courant.
Kimberly Guy has not used crack cocaine in 18 years, a success she partially attributes to her ability to seek and receive help for her addiction.
The Parish Council of First Parish UCC, Westwood invites the churches of our Conference to join them in remembering the 200,000+ Americans who have ...
Chicopee’s First Congregational Church resumed its mission late Sunday afternoon of providing food for families facing hard times caused by the ...
People have worshipped at Park Congregational Church United Church of Christ since 1887, but the number of members has plummeted so the church will ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
The First Congregational Church in South Windsor celebrated its 325th anniversary this past October. The original roadside chapel may not exist ...
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.
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 ...
The First Congregational Church in Woodstock has started a new garden.
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 ...
On Monday, January 20, several Falmouth Academy faculty members and students (and a few siblings) attended the sold-out 13th Annual Martin Luther ...
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, ...
Members of the First Congregational Church in Pachaug are kicking off a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the church’s founding.
Thirty United Church of Christ Conference Ministers - including Southern New England Bridge Conference Ministers Marilyn Kendrix, Don Remick and Kent ...
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 ...
Orange Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, has called a new Senior Minister. The Reverend Jennifer Campbell studied anthropology at SUNY ...
Five Milford churches have come together to sponsor a family-friendly a benefit concert for local LGBTQ+ advocacy group, Milford Pride.
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 ...
The Avon Congregational Church is celebrating the 200th anniversary of both the founding of its congregation and the building of its meetinghouse with...
The First Church of Christ, Congregational, 1652, in Farmington is starting a new partnership with the nonprofit Family Promise of Central ...
The Wilton Congregational Church has a long history. Founded in 1726, eight years before the birth of George Washington, the present church building ...
Several members of the performance group are seeking asylum in the United States.
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
Numerous Mass. Conference clergy signed on to this letter expressing concern about the message that the Rev. Franklin Graham planned to bring to the ...
“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.”
First Church Middletown will present a performance of Julius Lester’s “Day of Tears,” a novel centered on the largest slave auction in American ...
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 ...
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?
Local officials are endorsing a plan that would see the city purchase the First Congregational Church of Danbury and lease it back to the ...
The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, which successfully helped fight a deportation case last year, announced it would be working with ...
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 ...
The Congregational Church in Needham welcomed its newest reverend on Jan. 2, John MacIver Gage, who has filled the senior minister role left open ...
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 ...
Following its move out of New London in 2013 and the cessation of independent worship services in September, the Second Congregational Church — more ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Amicable Congregational Church, in collaboration with the Tiverton Public Library, expected to provide meals for more than 160 families with this ...
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 ...
The two-century-old Newman Congregational Church looks like a piece of history, standing on a grassy lawn in the Rumford neighborhood of East ...
A senate candidate is facing criticism after sending out a controversial campaign advertisement. Wednesday, faith leaders from all denominations came ...
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...
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 ...