Open and Affirming

The following 69 NCNC congregations have declared themselves Open and Affirming:

1. ALAMEDA First Congregational UCC
2. ANTIOCH First Congregational UCC
3. AUBURN First Congregational Church of Auburn, UCC
4. AUBURN New Faith UCC
5. BELMONT Congregational Church of Belmont, UCC
6. BENICIA Community Congregational UCC
7. BERKELEY First Congregational UCC
8. BERKELEY New Fellowship UCC
9. BERKELEY New Spirit Community Church
10. CHICO Congregational UCC
11. CLOVERDALE United Church of Cloverdale UCC
12. DANVILLE Danville Congregational Church, UCC
13. EL CERRITO Mira Vista United Church of Christ
14. ELK GROVE First Congregational UCC
15. EUREKA First Congregational UCC
16. FAIRFAX Fairfax Community UCC
17. FOSTER CITY Island United UCC
18. FREMONT Fremont Congregational UCC
19. FREMONT Niles Congregational, UCC
20. FRESNO College Community Congregational UCC
21. FRESNO First Congregational UCC
22. GUERNEVILLE The Community Church, UCC
23. HAYWARD Eden United Church of Christ
24. HAYWARD United Church of Hayward UCC
25. KENSINGTON Arlington Community Church, UCC
26. LA SELVA BEACH, Community UCC
27. LOOMIS Loomis Basin Congregational UCC
28. LOS ALTOS Foothills Congregational UCC
29. LOS GATOS Skyland Community UCC
30. MARTINEZ First Congregational UCC
31. MILL VALLEY Community Church of Mill Valley UCC
32. MODESTO College Ave. Congregational UCC
       (Modesto was the UCC’s 1st ONA church in California, 11th in the nation! )
33. OAKLAND First Congregational UCC
34. OAKLAND Plymouth United Church of Christ
35. OAKLAND Skyline Community UCC
36. OLYMPIC VALLEY Chapel UCC
37. ORINDA Orinda Community Church, UCC
38. PALO ALTO First Congregational UCC
39. PETALUMA Petaluma United Church of Christ
40. PORTOLA VALLEY Ladera Community Church, UCC
41. REDDING Pilgrim Congregational UCC
42. REDWOOD CITY First Congregational UCC
43. RENO, NV Light of the Soul UCC
44. RESCUE (Shingle Springs) Congregational Fellowship UCC
45. SACRAMENTO Imani Community UCC
46. SACRAMENTO Parkside Community UCC
47. SACRAMENTO Pioneer Congregational, UCC
48. SAN CARLOS Community UCC
49. SAN FRANCISCO City of Refuge Community Church, UCC
50. SAN FRANCISCO First Congregational Church, UCC
51. SAN FRANCISCO St. John’s UCC
52. SAN JOSE Almaden Valley UCC
53. SAN JOSE First Congr. Church of San Jose, UCC
54. SAN JOSE New Community of Faith, ABC/UCC
55. SAN LEANDRO San Leandro Community UCC
56. SAN LORENZO San Lorenzo Community UCC
57. SAN MATEO College Heights UCC
58. SAN MATEO Congregational UCC
59. SAN RAFAEL FCC of San Rafael UCC
60. SANTA CRUZ First Congregational Church UCC
61. SANTA ROSA First Congregational UCC
62. SEBASTOPOL Community Church of Sebastopol, UCC
63. SONOMA First Congregational Church of Sonoma, UCC
64. SUISUN-FAIRFIELD Congregational UCC
65. SUNNYVALE Congregational Community UCC
66. SUNOL Little Brown Church of Sunol, UCC
67. TIBURON Community Congregational UCC
68. TULARE First Congregational UCC
69. VACAVILLE Amistad UCC (In Care)

For more information about the UCC’s Open and Affrirming program and churches, check out http://www.ucccoalition.org

The Northern California Conference of the UCC declared itself an
Open and Affirming Conference at its Annual Meeting in 1992.
The text of the statement follows:

The 1992 Annual Meeting of the Northern California Conference of the United Church of Christ:

1. Declares the Conference to be an Open and Affirming Conference, assuring the full inclusion, participation, and rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual persons in the Conference, including but not limited to membership, ordination, ministerial standing, and full employment opportunity within the life of the Conference,

2. Encourages the churches of the Conference to continue or enter into study possibly leading toward adoption of an inclusive, non-discrimination policy and a covenant of openness and affirmation which welcomes and accepts lesbian, gay and bisexual persons as full participants within the community of faith and acknowledges their gifts and intrinsic worth, and

3.  Directs the Parish Life and Work Commission to send resource/study packets to churches that do not have them, provided with monies from the Friends of Open and Affirming, and assess and report progress toward implementation of this position statement.