First Congregational Church

Service times

Sunday School & Child Care 10:30 a.m; Saturday, October 19 from 9 a.m; Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m (as listed)

The community around First Congregational Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 43.4%
• Poverty Rate: 33.2% (24.4–42.0%)
• Depression: 29.5%
• Unemployment: 8.6% (2.9–14.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
• Food Insecurity: 15.8%

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

Amherst Town city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 2,568 residents.

Churches near First Congregational Church

• First Church Amherst — 0 mi away in Amherst, MA
• Grace Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst — 0.2 mi away in Amherst, MA
• St Brigid's Church — 0.3 mi away
• Hope Community Church — 0.3 mi away
• Johnson Chapel — 0.3 mi away
• Goodwin African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.4 mi away
• MERCYhouse — 0.6 mi away in Amherst, MA
• First Baptist Church of Amherst — 0.6 mi away
• Mercy House — 0.6 mi away in Amherst, MA