Who Are We?

Waterford Congregational Church is a member of the United Church of Christ. The UCC came into being in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Church. The basic unit of the UCC is the congregation. Each congregation covenants with other congregations to form larger structures for more effective work. We are part of the Oxford Union Association of the UCC which is in turn part of the Maine Conference of the UCC.

The UCC calls itself "a community of faith that seeks to respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed" and notes that "from the beginning of our history we were a church that affirmed that Christians did not always have to agree to live together in communion. Our motto -'that they may all be one' - is Jesus' prayer for the unity of the church. The UCC is one of the most diverse Christian churches in the United States." Read more about the UCC on line.

Waterford Congregational Church is also very much a part of the Waterford Community. We seek to serve the community through outreach, education programs, and community building projects. We also seek to heed Jesus' call to minister to our brothers and sisters everywhere through various mission projects, local, national, and global. We are concerned about faithful stewardship of the environment and work to be responsible dwellers in the global village. We are a very open, welcoming, and friendly worshipping community, and hope to provide spiritual nurture for all who wish to join us.