​We, the congregation of Peace United Church of Christ, declare and commit ourselves to be welcoming to all people.

Our Mission Statement
​The Mission of Peace United Church of Christ is to follow the teachings and values of Jesus as we live in fellowship with other believers, to further the coming of God’s kingdom by enabling people to minister to one another through unconditional love, concern and support. To be committed to influence social policy in such a way that all human beings are treated with dignity, diversity is respected and unity in spirit is fostered. Believing that God has created us with freedom of choice to be our unique selves, to think independently and to act upon our beliefs, and believing that the United Church of Christ has supported and encouraged us, we of Peace Church seek to fulfill our mission in the following ways:
  1. To provide for the education of children, youth and adults in the teaching of the Bible and its application to our individual lives within a constantly changing world.
  2. To provide a place of worship and a fellowship of believers who will encourage and sustain each other no matter where they might be on their faith journey.
  3. To work together to support and aid the sick, the homeless, the downtrodden, the needy of every kind, showing to them the love of Christ and welcoming them as equals within out midst.
  4. To work with others to create a society of peace and justice, through study, exploration of our differences and sameness in open and non-judgmental ways.
  5. To present the Good News of God’s saving grace to our community with special outreach programs and to demonstrate this grace in our own church life.
  6. To encourage and develop programs that will foster spiritual growth and will meet the spiritual needs of our congregation.

Open & Affirming

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​We, the congregation of Peace United Church of Christ, declare and commit ourselves to be welcoming to all people. We, as a community, affirm that every person has worth and is created in the image of God. We recognize, celebrate, and give thanks for the many diverse gifts of God among us. In accordance with Christ’s commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39), we declare ourselves to be an Open and Affirming congregation of The United Church of Christ. We welcome into the full life and ministry of the church persons of every race, culture, age, ability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and economic status. We commit to model a community of faith and spirit that works continually toward openness and understanding, offering justice, healing and wholeness of life for all people. Through our diversity we will strive to grow and practice a unity of faith that transcends our differences.

Explore the UCC!
The United Church of Christ came into being in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. Each of these was, in turn, the result of a union of two earlier traditions.
The Reformed Church in the United States traced its beginnings to congregations of German settlers in Pennsylvania founded from 1725 on. Later, its ranks were swelled by Reformed immigrants from Switzerland, Hungary and other countries.
The Evangelical Synod of North America traced its beginnings to an association of German Evangelical pastors in Missouri. This association, founded in 1841, reflected the 1817 union of Lutheran and Reformed churches in Germany.
The Congregational Churches were organized when the Pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation (1620) and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629) acknowledged their essential unity in the Cambridge Platform of 1648.
The Christian Churches sprang up in the late 1700s and early 1800s in reaction to the theological and organizational rigidity of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches of the time.
​The Evangelical and Reformed Church, General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches, and the Afro-Christian Convention, united on June 25, 1957, to form the UCC.
Through the years, other groups such as American Indians, Afro-Christians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Volga Germans, Armenians, and Hispanic Americans have joined with the four earlier groups. In recent years, Christians from other traditions, including the Roman Catholic Church, have found a home in the UCC, and so have gay and lesbian Christians who have not been welcome in other churches. Thus the United Church of Christ celebrates and continues a broad variety of traditions in its common life.