We Welcome You To Union Congregational Church
Our Doors Are Open...To Everyone
Union Congregational Church is an open and inclusive church located in Montclair, New Jersey. We welcome and celebrate all persons, without exception, to participate in worship and fellowship. We are a vibrant community of faith that seeks to follow Jesus' example of welcome and hospitality. We are a congregation of people from all walks of life and faith traditions. Our church is a place where everyone can connect to God in worship, service, education, or by having fun together. Here you'll find us seeking wisdom, searching for movements of the Spirit, and serving others. We invite you to join us, ask questions, and most importantly, be yourself. We welcome LGBTQ+ people into the full life and ministry of our church.
We invite you to spend time exploring the tabs of our website to learn more about our LGBTQ+ welcome, justice and community engagement work, spiritual growth offerings, and community events. Also, you can click here for our weekly newsletter or click here for a list of our small groups.
Our Statement Of Purpose (Adopted by the congregation in 2018):
As Christians and as members of Union Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, we believe it is our purpose and calling to...
- grow in relationship with God and neighbor through communal worship, fellowship, mutual respect, prayer, and service;
- empower each other, across generations, to discern Christian truth and meaning using a variety of sources;
- welcome and celebrate God’s people, and affirm the many images of the Divine manifested in differing abilities and disabilities, ages, gender expressions, gender identities, sexual orientations, faith traditions, social and economic classes, ethnicities, colors, races, immigration statuses, and nationalities
- minister to others using our spiritual gifts and financial resources ethically, mindfully, and creatively;
- work to recognize and relieve systemic oppression, individual suffering, poverty, and isolation, through dialogue, action, and partnership with other religious and secular organizations;
- honor the environment as God’s sacred creation, worthy of praise and protection;
- reflect the love and grace of God in all that we do, joyous in Christ and grateful in the Spirit.