Open and Affirming

WE ARE AN OPEN AND AFFIRMING CONFERENCE….

GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PERSONS WELCOME!

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

  1. ALAMEDA First Congregational UCC
  2. ANGELS CAMP Union 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 Spirit Community Church DOC MCC UCC
  9. CAMPBELL Congregational Church of Campbell UCC
  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 Discovery DOC 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. KENWOOD Community UCC
  27. LA SELVA BEACH, Community UCC
  28. LOOMIS Loomis Basin Congregational UCC
  29. LOS ALTOS Foothills Congregational UCC
  30. LOS GATOS Skyland Community UCC
  31. MARTINEZ First Congregational UCC
  32. MILL VALLEY Community Church of Mill Valley UCC
  33. MODESTO College Ave. Congregational UCC
       (Modesto was the UCC’s 1st ONA church in California, 11th in the nation! )
  34. OAKLAND First Congregational UCC
  35. OAKLAND Plymouth United Church of Christ
  36. OAKLAND Skyline Community UCC
  37. OLYMPIC VALLEY Squaw Valley Chapel UCC
  38. ORINDA Orinda Community Church, UCC
  39. PALO ALTO First Congregational UCC
  40. PETALUMA Petaluma United Church of Christ
  41. PITTSBURG First Congregational UCC
  42. PLEASANT HILL Hillcrest Congregational UCC
  43. PORTOLA VALLEY Ladera Community Church, UCC
  44. REDDING Pilgrim Congregational UCC
  45. REDWOOD CITY First Congregational UCC
  46. RENO, NV Light of the Soul UCC
  47. SACRAMENTO Imani Community UCC
  48. SACRAMENTO Parkside Community UCC
  49. SACRAMENTO Pioneer Congregational, UCC
  50. SAN CARLOS Community UCC
  51. SAN FRANCISCO City of Refuge Community Church, UCC
  52. SAN FRANCISCO First Congregational Church, UCC
  53. SAN FRANCISCO St. John’s UCC
  54. SAN JOSE Congregational Church of Almaden Valley UCC
  55. SAN JOSE First Congregational Church of San Jose, UCC
  56. SAN JOSE New Community of Faith, ABC UCC
  57. SAN LORENZO San Lorenzo Community UCC
  58. SAN MATEO College Heights UCC
  59. SAN MATEO Congregational UCC
  60. SAN RAFAEL First Congregational Church UCC of San Rafael
  61. SANTA CRUZ First Congregational Church UCC
  62. SANTA ROSA First Congregational UCC
  63. SEBASTOPOL Community Church of Sebastopol, UCC
  64. SONOMA First Congregational Church of Sonoma, UCC
  65. SUISUN-FAIRFIELD Congregational UCC
  66. SUNNYVALE Congregational Community UCC
  67. SUNOL Little Brown Church of Sunol, UCC
  68. TIBURON Community Congregational UCC
  69. TULARE First Congregational UCC

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.
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