United Church is a community of faith seeking to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God We are open to all people at any stage in their spiritual journey and warmly welcome any who desire to walk in the way of Jesus the Christ.  We accept the challenges and joys of Christian faith, a faith deep enough to embrace even doubt.  We see to wrestle with the difficult issues of our day, understanding that God’s Word touches and guides us as a congregation and as individuals. United Church on the Green is part of the larger United Church of Christ (or UCC) across the country.  Believing that “God is still speaking” in the world, we join with our denomination in advocating a new vision of a “multi-racial, multi-cultural, open and affirming church, accessible to all.” Grounded in our belief that the Holy Spirit calls and empowers us as partners in transforming the world, we commit ourselves as a “Just Peace” church to the cause of reconciliation.  In the same way, we have made a commitment to be “Open and Affirming” of all people, specifically including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. A Just Peace Church The Just Peace Church vision is a hallmark of United Church of Christ theological identity. For nearly two decades, the Just Peace Church program has been a grassroots movement of UCC congregations committed to corporately naming and boldly proclaiming a public identity as a justice-doing, peace-seeking church. The movement traces its history to the 1985 General Synod, when... [ more ] An Open and Affirming Church As early as 1972, United Church of Christ congregations began ordaining openly gay and lesbian ministers. In 1985, the Fifteenth General Synod of the UCC adopted a Resolution calling on UCC Congregations to Covenant As Open and Affirming.  United Church on the Green was the 30th congregation to adopt an Open and Affirming Covenant and today we continue to strongly advocate for full inclusion of all God's children, specifically reaching out to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. [ more ] New Haven Congregationalists, Abolition, and The Amistad Event [This historical summary is adapted from M. H. Mitchell's, History of the United Church of New Haven, 1942] Another question which agitated the church from time to time as it did the whole country was slavery. Out of it developed some of the most famous events in the history of the churches on the Green... [ more ] Meetinghouse Dedicated as a Connecticut African-American Freedom Trail Site The following is an excerpt from a sermon preached by the Rev. Louise B. Higginbotham, senior pastor of United Church on the Green, New Haven, on the occasion of the Meetinghouse's dedication as a site on the Connecticut African-American Freedom Trail ... [ more ] Meeting House Corner of Temple & Elm Streets New Haven, Connecticut Worship: Sundays at 10:30 AM Communion: First Sunday of each Month    Parish House 323 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06514 (203) 787-4195 office@newlights.org All pages Copyright ©2008 United Church on the Green