What denomination is First Congregational United Church of Christ?

First Congregational United Church of Christ in Beardstown, IL is a United Church Of Christ church.

What events are coming up at First Congregational United Church of Christ?

First Congregational United Church of Christ has 5 upcoming events on its public calendar, including Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church, Be Prophetic, Not Partisan: Election Engagement 101 for Congregations, Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything?.

First Congregational United Church of Christ

First Congregational United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church in Beardstown, IL 62618. It is one of 16 churches in Beardstown.

Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish

Beardstown, IL, 62618

Website: http://www.ucc.org

First Congregational United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 218 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Illinois — 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.

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Upcoming events at First Congregational United Church of Christ

Thu, Aug 6 · 3:30 PM: Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church — Zoom
Tue, Aug 11 · 4 PM: Be Prophetic, Not Partisan: Election Engagement 101 for Congregations — Zoom
Wed, Aug 12 · 1 PM: Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything? — Zoom
Thu, Aug 13 · 3:30 PM: Economic Justice: Love Our Laborers as Yourself — Zoom
Wed, Aug 19 · 3 PM: Money, Ministry, and Meaning: Financial Wellness as an Act of Pastoral Self-care — Zoom

From First Congregational United Church of Christ's public calendar (http://www.ucc.org). Times are the church's local time.

The community around First Congregational United Church of Christ

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

Food Insecurity: 25.1%
Obesity: 43.1%
Social Isolation: 36.3%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%
Unemployment: 6.5% (1.8–11.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Beardstown city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 559 residents.

Churches near First Congregational United Church of Christ

Casa De Dios Para Las Naciones Beardstown illinois — 0.1 mi away
First Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Saint Alexius Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
Beardstown Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
Beardstown Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away
First Southern Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Community of Christ — 0.7 mi away
Calvary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away

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