Welcome to
Acton Congregational Church
Mission Statement
Open and Affirming
Open and Affirming means more than just welcoming. It means ACC accepts you whoever you are, wherever you are in your life’s journey and your spiritual journey. This acceptance encompasses gender identities and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, physical and mental ability, economic and social status, and political persuasion.
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ACC's Open and Affirming Covenant
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We at Acton Congregational church accept, affirm, and invite all families and individuals, as we all are created in God’s image.​
Following the loving example of Jesus, we welcome into our community persons of every gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and marital status; of every mental and physical ability; of every economic and social status and political affiliation; of every faith background and at any step on the journey of faith.
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We welcome all of God’s people to share in the life, mission, leadership, ministry, worship, sacraments, service, education, and fellowship of our congregation. As we grow together in Christian faith and love, we celebrate the diversity God has created, and we are committed to working together, with God’s help and the Spirit’s guidance, to make this statement a reality in our church.
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Adopted January 27, 2019
United Church of Christ
Acton Congregational Church is a member of the United Church of Christ (UCC) in the Central Association of the Southern New England Conference.
The mission of Acton Congregational Church, which it shares with the Church Universal, is to preach and teach the good news of the salvation that was secured for us at great cost through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
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The church encourages each individual to accept the gift of Christ and to respond to God’s love by taking part in worship, ministry to one another, and the Christian nurture of people of all ages.
With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we are called as servants of Christ to live our faith in our daily lives and to reach out to people of this community and the world with love, care, and concern for both their physical and spiritual needs.