Where everyone is welcome...NO EXCEPTIONS!
Welcome to Central Congregational Church United Church of Christ
An Open and Affirming Congregation
WELCOME
You are Welcome Here...
We are officially an ONA Church - Open and Affirming.
You are welcome here. You are celebrated here with all the diversity you bring in race, background, country of origin, beliefs and doubts, class, education, age, abilities. You are celebrated here with all the diversity you bring in gender orientation, gender identity; our LGB TQ+ siblings you are welcome here ….
In a world where it sometimes feels unsafe to be who you are you are safe here;
You are seen here
This is God’s home
This is sacred space
God is here with us and we are here with God.
We are a people who honor God experienced by us as father and mother, Christ and Holy Spirit, but we don’t have a religious test for participation. So come with your beliefs, questions and doubts. Just come…with an open heart to where God is still speaking in your life and ours.
Because, we seek to honor the dignity of every human being, speak the truth to one another in love, listen with compassionate hearts and walk humbly with each other and our God. We’re not perfect, neither are you, and you don’t need to be.
So bring your traumas and triumphs, your fears and fervor, your anxieties and awakenings, your worries and weariness, your joys and laughter.
Bring the sounds of children and the sounds of silence and the songs we sing together.
You are welcome here, you are safe here, you are loved here, you are home here.
About Us
Worship
Please join us - no matter your age or stage in life - young families, singles, seniors, empty-nesters or young adult - there's a place for you here at Central Congregational Church.
Come and see!
Worship is held at 10:00 am each Sunday in the Sanctuary September through Memorial Day.
Join us for Worship at 9:30am June - August in our Air-Conditioned Sanctuary.
Our Church building is easily accessible and air-conditioned.
We have plenty of accessible parking and an elevator
with trained staff to assist you.
Join us - come as you are! You are welcome here!
Pastor's Ponderings
January 2026 -
I was recently at a workshop that was based on some verses from Isaiah 65:
17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating,
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy and its people as a delight.
It is my belief that God does not meet your ideal self — God meets the self you actually are. Or another way of putting it is God already loves you just as you are and loves you too much to let you stay that way.
I believe that God is constantly moving us towards becoming something new. Not because there is something wrong with us, but because there is joy there: joy and delight in the creating and creation.
And, while there may be much about this past year that we would like to put behind us and get ASAP to the new delightful creation in the New Year, I suspect God’s work is not re-creation, but evolution of the creation we already are. Our Advent Wreath candles of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love pointed us towards the deep current of connection in our souls from which this evolution emerges.
As this New Year unfolds look for and notice where that deep current calls to your life, longing to move you towards that ever-new creation. That call is the voice of God.
And, on January 4th we will be celebrating Epiphany this year and will again make ‘Star’ words available. Perhaps, the word you pick will help you focus on the call of that voice.
SPEAKING OF JOY:
Folks asked me to give them the insight and acronym for Joy in my December sermon. Here is what I shared towards the end of our reflections:
What Joy is connected to and emerges from.
- Meaning & purpose: Finding significance in life that enables us to make a difference.
- Connection: Those deep bonds with others and with God and creation.
- Presence: Connecting often with mindfulness to the present moment even in difficult times, while allowing for vulnerability and vibrancy.
- Gratitude: Appreciating beauty in all its forms in ordinary moments; the awe we can experience and the good in life.
How we connect, reconnect and deepen our connections to Joy:
We do our B. E. S. T.
1. Beauty: notice it
a. and express gratitude
2. Engage in an activity that flows out of your meaning and purpose
a. Remember who you are and who you are called to be
3. Seek out the connections to people/God who care for you,
a. who can be present to you
b. and hold all your emotions with you
c. without judgement, denial, or cliché platitudes or fixing.
4. Take care of yourself:
a. rest, nutrition, exercise
See you in Church,
Rev Don
Martin Luther King, Jr Day
39th Annual MLK Day Commemoration
You are invited to celebrate the life and legacy
of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The Sword That Heals: Protecting Freedom
and Democracy Through Nonviolence.”
Please join us for one or both public programs
1:00pm MUNICIPAL PROGRAM
Attleboro City Hall
77 Park Street
Attleboro, MA
Featuring local and state representatives, and a performance
by the Brennan Middle School Chorus.
2:00pm INTERFAITH SERVICE
Central Congregational Church, UCC
109 Commonwealth Avenue
Attleboro Falls, MA
Featuring local clergy, The Spirit of Excellence Dancers directed by former Patriots Cheerleader Patrice Ambroise, The What the World Needs Now Interfaith Coalition Singers, Pianist Daniel Hill, and keynote presentation by Meghan Irons, Professor of the Practice of Impact Journalism from Boston University.
Connect with the MLK Day Committee
Instagram: @mlkgreaterattleboro
Facebook: @mlkGreaterAttleboro
Website: mlkgreaterattleboro.org