First Congregational Church of West Haven
First Congregational Church of West Haven is a United Church Of Christ church at 1 Church Street in West Haven, CT 06516. It is one of 41 churches in West Haven.
Inspired by this love, we are sent out of our church into active mission in our beloved wider community.
First Church is a community of believers. As a community, we believe that together in fellowship, we grow closer to God and one another. First Church strives to be a church without walls. Jesus calls for us to go outside the walls to reach the lost and the broken. It is there that the lost will be found. First Church makes an effort to be the Church God has called us to be. First Church highly values our relationships with one another. We look to grow through fellowship and ultimately grow closer to God. We value the Word of God and the leadership of the Holy Spirit. We look to extend grace to
Serving since 1719
1 Church Street, West Haven, CT, 06516Service times
- Saturday 4pm–6pm · of th -
Phone: (475) 224-9958 · Website: https://www.fccwesthaven.org/
First Congregational Church of West Haven is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 218 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Connecticut — 2,948 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 West Haven
- Community Kitchen
- Food Insecurity Engagement and Community Meals
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Latest from FCCWH's YouTube channel: August 2, 2026, he Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (all videos).
The community around First Congregational Church of West Haven
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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 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: 36.3%
- Food Insecurity: 21.4%
- Obesity: 37.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (5.8–17.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
West Haven city is served by 21 churches — about one congregation for every 2,635 residents.
Churches near First Congregational Church of West Haven
- Haven Pointe AME Zion Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Holy Spirit — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Harbour Light Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Westside Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Union Full Gospel — 0.2 mi away
- Redeemed Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Korean Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Center Church on the Green — 2.8 mi away in New Haven, CT
- United Church on the Green — 2.9 mi away in New Haven, CT
- Shalom United Church of Christ — 3 mi away in New Haven, CT
- Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church — 3.4 mi away in New Haven, CT
- Orange Congregational Church — 4 mi away in Orange, CT
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