Miner Congregational United Church of Christ
Miner Congregational United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 137 Abbott Street in Plains, PA 18705. It is one of 5 churches in Plains.
Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish
137 Abbott Street, Plains, PA, 18705Website: http://www.ucc.org
Miner Congregational United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 368 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Pennsylvania — 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 Miner 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 Miner Congregational United Church of Christ's public calendar (http://www.ucc.org). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Miner Congregational United Church of Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Obesity: 39.1%
- Depression: 24.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
- Poverty Rate: 17.3% (8.6–25.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Wilkes-Barre city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 820 residents.
Churches near Miner Congregational United Church of Christ
- Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wilkes Barre Spanish SDA Church — 0.3 mi away in Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Living Hope Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Faith Deliverance Ministries — 0.3 mi away in Plains Twp, PA
- Plains United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away in Plains Twp, PA
- Wyoming Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away in Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away in Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Ebenezer International Harvest Assembly Of God — 0.7 mi away in Wilkes-Barre, PA
- St. Dominic's — 0.8 mi away in Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Valley Cities Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Hudson, PA
More Congregational churches nearby
- St. Luke's United Church of Christ — 1.7 mi away in Wilkes-Barre, PA
- First Congregational United Church of Christ — 4.8 mi away in West Pittston, PA
- Zion United Church of Christ — 9.5 mi away in Nanticoke, PA
- First Congregational United Church of Christ — 10.5 mi away in Taylor, PA
- Trinity Congregational Church — 12.7 mi away in Scranton, PA
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