First Lutheran Church of the Reformation
First Lutheran Church of the Reformation is a Lutheran church at 77 Franklin Square in New Britain, CT 06051. It is one of 70 churches in New Britain, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.
We continue to dedicate ourselves to living Christian lives of worship and service with joy and enthusiasm, and we welcome others to join us in our worship, fellowship, and service to God, our neighbors and humanity.
WELCOME TO FLCRFLCR was created by Swedish immigrants who settled in the New Britain area in the 1870s and shared a Lutheran heritage.
Serving since 1885
77 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT, 06051Service times
- Sunday 10:15am
Phone: +1 860 224 2475 · Website: https://www.1stlutherannb.org
First Lutheran Church of the Reformation is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 101 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Connecticut — 15,755 across the United States on The Church Map.
Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.
Ministries at First Lutheran Church of the Reformation
- Pasta Dinner
- Clothing Rack
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The community around First Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 38.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
- Obesity: 41.3%
- Social Isolation: 38.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Poverty Rate: 25.1% (15.2–34.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Unemployment: 11.3% (3.0–19.6%)
- Depression: 23.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New Britain city is served by 47 churches — about one congregation for every 1,578 residents.
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- Saint John's Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Right Now Ministries, Inc. — 0.2 mi away
- South Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away in Southington, CT
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal — 0.4 mi away
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