First Congregational UCC

The community around First Congregational UCC

It takes 3.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 40.0%
• Child Poverty: 37.0% (23.9–50.4%)
• Social Isolation: 32.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
• Poverty Rate: 22.1% (14.9–29.3%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (8.8–24.7%)
• Depression: 25.7%
• Food Insecurity: 19.1%
• Diabetes: 14.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Congregational UCC

• St. Mary's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Assembly of God Church — 1.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Chapel of Grace — 3.5 mi away in Monett, MO
• The Church of Monett — 3.7 mi away
• Countryside Christian Church — 3.7 mi away in Monett, MO
• New Site Church — 4 mi away in Monett, MO
• First Free Will Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Monett, MO
• The Gathering — 4.4 mi away in Monett, MO
• Clear Creek Church — 4.6 mi away