What denomination is First Congregational United Church of Christ?

First Congregational United Church of Christ in Great Bend, KS 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 Great Bend, KS 67530. It is one of 46 churches in Great Bend.

Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish

Great Bend, KS, 67530

Website: http://ucc.org/

First Congregational United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 26 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Kansas — 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.

Find First Congregational United Church of Christ on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

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://ucc.org/). Times are the church's local time.

The community around First Congregational United Church of Christ

Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (11.1–19.1%)
Obesity: 38.6%
Social Isolation: 29.2%
Child Poverty: 23.9% (8.9–39.0%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.4%
Poverty Rate: 17.4% (12.2–22.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Great Bend city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 405 residents.

Churches near First Congregational United Church of Christ

First Southern Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint Mark Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
Heritage Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away
Central Free Will Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Heritage Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Great Bend Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
Prince of Peace Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
Saint Johns Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
Dominican Sisters — 0.7 mi away

More Congregational churches nearby

Immanuel United Church Of Christ — 10.8 mi away in Ellinwood, KS

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