First Church, United Church of Christ
First Church, United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 20 Lathrop Street in West Springfield, MA 01089. It is one of 16 churches in West Springfield.
We are a united and uniting church We are a multiracial and multicultural church We are a church accessible to all We are an Open and Affirming church (LGBTQA) We are a Just Peace church
Serving since 1698 · Wheelchair accessible
20 Lathrop Street, West Springfield, MA, 01089Service times
- Wednesday 6:30pm
Phone: (413) 739-6608 · Website: https://www.firstchurchws.org/
First Church, United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 157 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Massachusetts — 2,929 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 Church, United Church of Christ
- Community Pantry
- Youth Ministry
- M&M Kids
- Safe Space Youth Group
- First Church Kids Program
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Latest from First Congregational Church WEST SPRINGFIELD's YouTube channel: September 13, 2026 worship service (all videos).
The community around First Church, United Church of Christ
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. About 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 2,100 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.
- Food Insecurity: 31.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
- Social Isolation: 39.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Depression: 27.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
- Poverty Rate: 23.6% (15.5–31.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Unemployment: 9.5% (3.7–15.2%)
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
West Springfield Town city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 2,053 residents.
Churches near First Church, United Church of Christ
- St Nicholas Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Harvest Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away in West Springfield Town, MA
- French Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away in West Springfield Town, MA
- Iglesias Cristianas Rey de mi Vida — 0.2 mi away
- First Spiritualist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.2 mi away in West Springfield Town, MA
- Victory Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Templo Evangelistico Pentecostal — 0.6 mi away in Springfield, MA
- St Frances Church — 0.6 mi away
- Greater Love Church of God — 0.6 mi away in Springfield, MA
More Congregational churches nearby
- Feeding Hills Congregational Church — 4.1 mi away in Feeding Hills, MA
- First Church of Christ — 4.4 mi away in Longmeadow, MA
- Forest Memorial Church — 6.2 mi away in Springfield, MA
- First Congregational Church of East Longmeadow — 6.2 mi away in East Longmeadow, MA
- First Congregational Church of Westfield — 6.7 mi away in Westfield, MA
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