Saint John United Church of the Cross
Saint John United Church of the Cross is a United Church Of Christ church in New Buffalo, MI 49117. It is one of 13 churches in New Buffalo.
Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish
New Buffalo, MI, 49117Website: http://www.ucc.org/
Saint John United Church of the Cross is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 101 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Michigan — 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 Saint John United Church of the Cross
- 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 Saint John United Church of the Cross's public calendar (http://www.ucc.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Saint John United Church of the Cross
In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.
- Unemployment: 9.1% (0.9–18.1%)
- Obesity: 36.0%
- Social Isolation: 28.3%
- Depression: 24.4%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Saint John United Church of the Cross
- First United Methodist — 0.1 mi away
- Converge Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Converge Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mary of the Lake Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- True Vine Revealed — 0.5 mi away
- Water's Edge United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 1.2 mi away
- Calvary Chapel New Buffalo — 1.3 mi away
- Lighthouse Village Church of God — 1.3 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Saint John United Church of Christ — 7 mi away in Three Oaks, MI
- Christian United Church of Christ — 10.3 mi away in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI
- Saint John's Church — 10.8 mi away in Michigan City, IN
- Zion United Church of Christ — 17.3 mi away in Baroda, MI
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