After a year of discernment, education, and dialogue First Congregational UCC voted to become a Just Peace Church.

Since their founding in 1854 with a covenant signed by the first members of the church that included a promise to be open to all who believe in Jesus irregardless of the color of their skin, this church has found ways to be a church of peace and justice.

Also an Open and Affirming church, the members here consistently look for ways to create a just world for all. For them, living out Christian faith and discipleship is about openly up the invitation to embody love to all lived out through faithful action in service to others.

The Just Peace designation commits our church and its members to seeking pathways to reconciliation, to accountability, to speaking truth to power in love, to advocating for the rights of the most vulnerable among us, to welcoming the stranger in our midst, to setting free the oppressed, to making sure that no person is treated differently because of life choices they have made, to caring for our environment and reducing our carbon footprint, and so much more.

We are proud to add to our identity and our mission a clear commitment and calling to be a Just Peace Church.