We are a Christian Fellowship where life-long friendships can be built and where you can feel at home. We are a caring community of dedicated and supportive volunteers who organize programs that engage young and old alike. Whether it is our youth programs, Sunday School, service opportunities, music ministries, social opportunities or traditional worship, you can find something that matches your interests and talents to help you grow spiritually in your faith journey.
We offer your children a nurturing and positive environment in which to begin and continue their spiritual journey. We welcome all into our family with open hearts, open minds and open doors.
We are a covenantal church. In affirming our covenant, we gain strength for walking together in Christ’s footsteps.
We who are called of God into this Christian community covenant together; to seek to know the will of God, to experience the joy and struggle of discipleship, to proclaim in word and deed the love of Christ, and to work for peace and justice among all people. We trust God’s promise of grace and forgiveness and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our trials and rejoicing.
First Congregational Church of Webster Groves was founded in 1866, and is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. We are a merger of four denominations important to the history of the larger church and the nation.
Our faith forebearers were involved in their church and in their world. They hosted the Boston Tea Party at Old South Congregational Church in 1773, and hid the Liberty Bell beneath the floor in Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, PA when the British took Philadelphia in 1777. Pilgrims were the earliest Congregationalists. They established the first university in the New World when they founded Harvard in 1636. The early church people were active in missions. At the end of the Civil War, the Congregationalists founded over 500 schools and colleges for the newly freed slaves.
Our church believes that Christians can think differently about matters of religious belief and still worship and live harmoniously in church fellowship. Every race, color and culture is welcomed into membership.
The following resolution was adopted by our church membership:
Whereas, there is a need of those seeking a church that is inclusive of all people to know that the First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, United Church of Christ is open and affirming,
Resolved, that the Congregation adopts and declares the following Open and Affirming statement,
We respond to God’s call by welcoming everyone regardless of ability, age, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation or socio-economic background. To proclaim in word and deed the love of Christ, we affirm that all may share in the full life, ministry, fellowship, responsibilities and blessings of our congregation.
No matter where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here. “