MBCCUCC was founded in 1983, to be a welcoming community church in the Malletts Bay area of Colchester, VT. We worshiped first in the roller skating rink, and then in a school cafeteria, and built our current building on West Lakeshore Drive in 1991.
That whole time, a few central values have been the foundation of this community: we share a welcoming family atmosphere where worship, prayer, and discernment is at the core of everything we do.
We strive to be faithful followers on Christ's way -- both in our words and in our actions. We are directly involved in community-based social service projects, both through giving financial support and through donating our time and energy and abilities where we can. We are a diverse community, with members who grew up just down the street as well as members from far-flung places like Japan, France, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our many voices and backgrounds create a richness and depth to our experience of worship together.
Education and critical thinking are important here: Malletts Bay is not a place where you have to check your brain at the door! We hold diverse opinions in this community -- liberal, conservative, progressive, moderate, Democrat, Republican, other... Malletts Bay is a place where we can agree to disagree. In June 2010, the members of MBCCUCC elected to become an Open and Affirming church.
Thursday 7:15 p.m. - Choir rehearsal (during school year)
Friday 1-3 p.m. - Volunteers serve at the Colchester Food Shelf
Monthly meetings: Trustees - first Tuesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. Deacons - first Thursday of the month, 7:00 p.m. Missions - second Sunday of the month, 11:00 a.m. Christian Education - third Sunday, every other month (or so), 11:00 a.m. Memorial Garden committee - Wednesdays in summer Pastoral Relations committee - ad hoc Fundraising committee - ad hoc Nominations - ad hoc
OPEN AND AFFIRMING STATEMENT (adopted June 27, 2010)
We, the congregation of the Malletts Bay Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, declare ourselves to be an open and affirming church.
We are a community of faith-keeping and faith-seeking people who affirm that every person has sacred worth as a unique creation made in the image of God.
We welcome in a spirit of hospitality all who seek to follow Jesus. As a congregation we invite people of every age, race, ethnicity, national origin, faith background, marital status and family structure, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, mental and physical ability, socioeconomic status, and educational background to share in the life, leadership, ministry, fellowship, worship, sacraments, responsibilities, blessings, and joys of our church family.
No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here.
