History

Annual Open & Affirming Sunday

Each year in October we hold a special worship service each year celebrating the inclusion of individuals of all sexual orientations in our worshipping community.

In 1985, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ accepted a resolution that called on congregations to declare themselves open to and affirming of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the full life and ministry of the church. 

In 1990, a committee was formed at First Congregational to study the possibility of becoming an Open and Affirming congregation. After two years of study and writing a resolution, the church voted in May of 1992 to become an Open and Affirming congregation. The church was the 76th church of the United Church of Christ to declare their welcoming stance. This is indeed an action to be celebrated!