Open and Affirming Churches – Massachusetts

Alphabetically by Town - Updated August 1, 2008

1. South Acton Congregational Church, Acton
2. First Congregational Church, UCC, Amherst        
3. North Congregational Church, UCC, Amherst
4. South Congregational Church, Amherst    
5. Ballard Vale United Church, Andover      
6. South Church, UCC, Andover     
7. West Parish Church, Andover     
8. Park Avenue Congregational Church, Arlington    
9. Pleasant Street Congregational Church, UCC, Arlington
10. First Congregational Church, UCC, Ashfield        
11. Pakachoag Church, Auburn        
12. United Parish of Auburndale, Auburndale            
13. Memorial Congregational Church, Baldwinville     
14. The First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Bedford, UCC, Bedford
15. The Congregational Church in Belchertown, UCC, Belchertown   
16. Church of the Covenant, Boston  
17. Mount Vernon Congregational Church, UCC, Boston
18. Old South Church, Boston           
19. Brighton-Allston Congregational United Church of Christ, Brighton            
20. United Parish, Brookline             
21. United Church of Christ, Congregational, Burlington
22. First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge     
23. Christ’s Community Church, UCC. Chicopee       
24. Trinitarian Congregational Church, UCC, Concord                          
25. West Concord Union Church, Concord
26. Village Congregational Church, Cummington
27. Maple Street Congregational Church, UCC, Danvers
28. First Church of Deerfield, Deerfield         
29. First Congregational Church of Dudley  
30. Feeding Hills UCC, Feeding Hills             
31. Edwards Church UCC, Framingham        
32. Grace Church, UCC, Framingham           
33.  North Hadley Congregational UCC, Hadley        
34. The Evangelical Congregational Church, UCC, Harvard   
35. First Congregational Church of Harwich, Harwich            
36. Haydenville Congregational Church UCC, Haydenville     
37. Hingham Congregational Church, Hingham
38. First Congregational Church, Holliston
39. Housatonic Congregational Church, Housatonic    
40. First Church in Ipswich, UCC, Ipswich    
41. Central Congregational Church, Jamaica Plain
42. Church on the Hill, Lenox           
43. First Congregational Church of Leverett, Leverett
44. Hancock UCC, Lexington           
45. Pilgrim Congregational Church, UCC, Lexington  
46. The First Parish in Lincoln, Lincoln Center           
47. Christ Church United, Lowell      
48. Centre Congregational Church, UCC, Lynnfield   
49. The First Church in Malden, Malden        
50. First Church of Christ, Old North Congregational, UCC, Marblehead
51. First Congregational Church in Melrose, UCC, Melrose    
52. North Congregational Church, UCC, Middleboro  
53. East Congregational Church, UCC, Milton                         
54. First Congregational Church of Natick, Natick      
55. Congregational Church of Needham, UCC, Needham       
56. Pilgrim United Church of Christ, New Bedford
57. Belleville Congregational Church UCC, Newburyport       
58. Central Congregational Church UCC, Newburyport          
59. Eliot Church of Newton, UCC, Newton   
60. Newton Highlands Congregational Church, Newton Highlands
61. Edwards Church, UCC, Northampton      
62. First Church of Christ, Northampton        
63. Trinity Church, Northborough      
64. United Church of Christ Congregational, Norwell             
65. First Congregational Church of Norwood, UCC, Norwood
66. First Church in Pembroke, Pembroke       
67. First Congregational Church of Reading, UCC, Reading    
68. First Congregational Church, UCC, Rockland         
69. First Congregational Church of Rockport, UCC, Rockport             
70. Hope Church, Roslindale                           
71. Tabernacle Congregational Church, UCC, Salem  
72. First Congregational Church of Somerville, Somerville       
73. Congregational Church of South Dartmouth, UCC, South Dartmouth
74. South Congregational Church, UCC, Springfield                 
75. Memorial Congregational Church, UCC, Sudbury             
76. Townsend Congregational UCC, Townsend
77. United Church in Walpole, Walpole         
78. Wellesley Congregational Church, Wellesley        
79. West Parish of Barnstable, West Barnstable        
80. West Dennis Community Church, West Dennis    
81. Second Church in Newton, UCC, West Newton   
82. Congregational Church, UCC, West Stockbridge
83. Congregational Church of Weston, UCC, Weston             
84. First Congregational Church, UCC, Williamstown             
85. First Congregational Church, Winchester             
86. Hadwen Park United Church of Christ, Worcester           
87. United Congregational Church, Worcester

Open and Affirming Settings – Massachusetts

1. Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ
2. Andover Newton Theological School
3. Harvard Divinity School

Open and Affirming Churches – Massachusetts

By Area of the Conference - Updated August 1, 2008

WESTERN

• First Congregational Church, UCC, Amherst                    
• North Congregational Church, UCC Amherst
• South Congregational Church, Amherst
• First Congregational Church, UCC, Ashfield
• The Congregational Church in Belchertown, UCC, Belchertown
• Christ’s Community Church, UCC. Chicopee
• Village Congregational Church, Cummington
• First Church of Deerfield, Deerfield
• Feeding Hills UCC, Feeding Hills
• North Hadley Congregational UCC, Hadley
• Haydenville Congregational Church UCC, Haydenville
• Housatonic Congregational Church, Housatonic
• Church on the Hill, Lenox
• First Congregational Church of Leverett, Leverett
• Edwards Church, UCC, Northampton
• First Church of Christ, Northampton
• South Congregational Church, UCC, Springfield
• Congregational Church, UCC, West Stockbridge
• First Congregational Church, UCC, Williamstown

CENTRAL

• South Acton Congregational Church, Acton
• Pakachoag Church, Auburn
• Memorial Congregational Church, Baldwinville
• First Congregational Church of Dudley, Dudley
• Edwards Church UCC, Framingham
• Grace Church, UCC, Framingham
• The Evangelical Congregational Church, UCC, Harvard
• First Congregational Church, Holliston
• First Congregational Church of Natick, Natick
• Trinity Church, Northborough
• Townsend Congregational UCC, Townsend           
• Hadwen Park United Church of Christ, Worcester
• United Congregational Church, Worcester

METROPOLITAN BOSTON ASSOCIATION

• Park Avenue Congregational Church, UCC, Arlington
• Pleasant Street Congregational Church, UCC, Arlington
• United Parish of Auburndale, Auburndale
• The First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Bedford, UCC, Bedford
• Church of the Covenant, Boston
• Mount Vernon Congregational Church, UCC, Boston
• Old South Church, Boston
• Brighton-Allston Congregational United Church of Christ, Brighton
• United Parish, Brookline
• Burlington UCC, Burlington
• First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge
• Trinitarian Congregational Church, UCC, Concord
• West Concord Union Church, Concord
• Central Congregational Church, Jamaica Plain
• Hope Church, Roslindale
• Hancock UCC, Lexington
• Pilgrim Congregational Church, UCC, Lexington
• The First Parish in Lincoln, Lincoln Center
• Centre Congregational Church, UCC, Lynnfield
• The First Church in Malden, Malden
• First Congregational Church in Melrose, UCC, Melrose
• East Congregational Church, UCC, Milton
• Congregational Church of Needham, UCC, Needham
• Eliot Church of Newton, UCC, Newton
• Newton Highlands Congregational Church, Newton Highlands
• First Congregational Church of Norwood, UCC, Norwood
• First Congregational Church of Reading, UCC, Reading
• First Congregational Church of Somerville, Somerville
• Memorial Congregational Church, UCC, Sudbury
• United Church in Walpole, Walpole
• Wellesley Congregational Church, Wellesley
• Second Church in Newton, UCC, West Newton
• Congregational Church of Weston, UCC, Weston
• First Congregational Church, Winchester

SOUTHEAST

• First Congregational Church of Harwich, Harwich
• Hingham Congregational Church, Hingham
• North Congregational Church, UCC, Middleboro
• Pilgrim United Church of Christ, New Bedford
• United Church of Christ Congregational, Norwell
• First Church in Pembroke, Pembroke
• First Congregational Church, UCC, Rockland
• Congregational Church of South Dartmouth, UCC, South Dartmouth
• West Parish of Barnstable, West Barnstable
• West Dennis Community Church, West Dennis

NORTHEAST

• Ballard Vale United Church, Andover
• South Church, UCC, Andover
• West Parish Church, Andover
• Maple Street Congregational Church, UCC, Danvers
• First Church in Ipswich, UCC, Ipswich     
• Christ Church United, Lowell
• First Church of Christ, Old North Congregational, UCC, Marblehead
• Belleville Congregational Church UCC, Newburyport
• Central Congregational Church UCC, Newburyport
• First Congregational Church of Rockport, UCC, Rockport
• Tabernacle Congregational Church, UCC, Salem

Open and Affirming Settings – Massachusetts

• MA Conference, United Church of Christ
• Andover Newton Theological School
• Harvard Divinity School