Our Mission Statement
[From the Bylaws of the First Congregational Church UCC, North Adams, Massachusetts]
We are an open and affirmative community seeking to grow into Christ’s common life of love and service to the world.
We covenant to:
- Grow in love of God with heart and mind.
- Deepen our prayer with energy and faithfulness.
- Widen our embrace in Christ’s name as we walk humbly in His way.
- Engage in ministries of justice and love as we seek God’s peace for ourselves, our church, our community, and the world.
Our Practices
- We worship together.
- We study and learn together.
- We engage in good works.
- We gather together in friendship.
- We support the ministry of the church.
- We embrace the joys and challenges of following Christ and His teachings.
Our Beliefs
- We believe in the United Church of Christ’s Statement of Faith.
- We believe we are saved by the grace of God.
- We take the Bible very seriously, but we do not take it literally. It is God’s own holy word passed down to us through human beings.
- We celebrate reason and science, and we believe that faith and science are compatible.
- We believe that our ministers do not speak for us but bear witness to us. We are all ministers.