No matter who you are,
no matter where you are on life's journey,
you are welcome here!
Please come and join us every
Sunday for Worship at 10am
Welcome Statement
First Congregational United Church of Christ, Watertown, SD Welcoming Statement
Based on welcoming statement from Prince of Peace Lutheran, Philadelphia, PA
Who is welcome here?
If you are Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Black, White, or multi-racial . . .
If you are three days old, 30 years old, or 103 years old . . .
If you are male or female or transgender . . .
If you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or not registered to vote . . .
If you are single, married, divorced, separated, or partnered . . .
If you are straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual . . .
If you are Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Jewish, Buddhist, atheist, agnostic, or a life-long Congregationalist . . .
If you have never set foot in a church, attend only on Easter and Christmas, or attend every Sunday . . .
If you are fully-abled, living with a disability, or a person of differing abilities . . .
If you have or had addictions, phobias, mental illness, or physical illness . . .
If you own your own home, rent, live with your parents, or are homeless . . .
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE!
This congregation is committed to being a loving and welcoming community.
In faithfulness to God, and to the best of our ability, we work to provide programs, ministries, fellowship, and pastoral care to all who seek God in this place.
We dedicate ourselves to living the UCC church’s motto:
“No matter who you are, no matter where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Pastor's May Message
Siblings in Christ,
There’s a lot to look forward to over the next several weeks, and I’m not just talking about the weather!
Our church will be doing our annual spring cleaning on April 29th, starting at 10 am. We’ll be cleaning both inside and outside of the building. Please come as you are able, even if it’s just for an hour or two.
On May 21st, we’ll be recognizing our high school and college graduates in worship, and celebrating with them with cake and other refreshments after church. I hope you’ll come to celebrate this major accomplishment with all of the graduates. If you have a graduating student in your family that would like to be recognized on the 21st, please let us know.
The following Sunday, May 28th, is Pentecost. It’s one of my favorite holy days – the birthday of the church; the day when Jesus’ followers take up his mantle and ministry; the day when the Holy Spirit descends to ignite a fiery passion for justice and mercy in the Christian community.
Finally, and going through May and beyond, I’m leading a Bible study on the Book of Revelations. Unlike most of my Bible studies, which are just a session or two, this will be an ongoing study that will take many sessions to complete as we go through the entire Book of Revelations. If you, like many Christians, find Revelations to be both interesting and challenging, I hope that you’ll find this study illuminating.
Blessings,
Rev. Dustin Bartlett