Our Welcome Statement
Welcome to The First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Bedford (United Church of Christ). We welcome those of every color, culture, creed, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation and gender identity, and economic circumstance; we welcome young and old, married an single people into full participation in the life and ministry of this church. We celebrate family in all of its diverse forms, and support all loving and committed relationships. We rejoice in the presence of children among us.
We invite all to join in every aspect of the life and mission of this church. We commit ourselves to making justice and inclusion a reality in this congregation and in the world. We strive to serve others, and to love our neighbor as ourselves, as Jesus taught. We rely upon God's unconditional love and grace to be our help and guide.
To gain a deeper understanding of God’s Extravagant Welcome, please visit the UCC’s All The People page and God is Still Speaking page.
Follow these links to find pages devoted to the various elements of First Church’s Extravagant Welcome! Keep checking back as we will be adding more, and as always, contact us if you have ideas to contribute!
An Open &
Affirming Congregation – see news on the UCC standing with the gay
community in California after the passage of Proposition 8, which halts
gay marriages in the state.
