First Congregational Church of Meriden
First Congregational Church of Meriden is a United Church Of Christ church at 62 Colony Street in Meriden, CT 06451. It is one of 52 churches in Meriden, and one of 2 United Church Of Christ congregations in the city.
First Congregational Churchis a Christian Communitycalled by God to Grow in faith, knowledge and spirit, Share the love of God by our time, talents and treasure, Celebrate our faith with courage, creativity, joy and love, and Embrace our neighbors in this community.
62 Colony Street, Meriden, CT, 06451Service times
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Phone: (203) 235-5704 · Website: http://www.fccmeriden.org
Shares a ministry location with Lighthouse Christian Fellowship.
First Congregational Church of Meriden is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 219 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Connecticut — 2,928 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
Ministries at First Congregational Church of Meriden
- Food Drive
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The community around First Congregational Church of Meriden
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 40.5%
- Food Insecurity: 40.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 27.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.1%
- Obesity: 43.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
- Poverty Rate: 29.6% (20.2–39.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
- Diabetes: 14.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.5–18.2%)
- Unemployment: 6.9% (2.4–11.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Meriden city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 2,018 residents.
Churches near First Congregational Church of Meriden
- Lighthouse Christian Fellowship — 0 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. de Meriden — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Center Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Meriden Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostés Puerta de Esperanza Meriden ct — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph Church — 0.4 mi away
- Solid Rock's Perfected Praise THCAF — 0.4 mi away
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- First Congregational Church — 5.8 mi away in Southington, CT
- Kensington Congregational Church — 5.8 mi away in Berlin, CT
- Plantsville Congregational Church — 5.8 mi away in Southington, CT
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