On February 25th, the members and friends of First Congregational Church invite you to help us celebrate our designation as the 1472nd Open and Affirming Congregation in the United Church of Christ. Service begins at 3pm, at the end of which our rainbow pole will be installed in the front of our church. Refreshments will be served immediately following in our fellowship hall. All Are Welcome!
Our Open and Affirming Covenant ~
We, The First Congregational Church of Lockport, United Church of Christ, believe that each of us is created in God’s image. We celebrate everyone, including people of all ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, family configurations, economic circumstances, physical, cognitive or emotional abilities, education, or spiritual and religious traditions.
We seek to proclaim Christ’s selfless and unconditional love in what we teach and in how we live together within our congregation and our community.
We encourage all persons to pattern their relationships after the model of Christ’s love.
We commit ourselves to the ongoing work of being an Open and Affirming congregation; one that lives out the belief that God is still speaking. With God’s grace, we journey together in Christian faith.
In our community of faith, all people are encouraged to participate and share their gifts, talents, and energy in worship and sacraments, leadership positions, ordained ministry, lay ministry, learning, service, mission and fellowship.
No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome in this United Church of Christ.
