About Wilton Congregational Church

We want you to feel at home here! 

Following Christ, we welcome all, no matter who you are or where you are on your life journey. We inspire everyone to connect with and deepen their own relationship with God and one another. We lead with the heart and serve others with love and compassion; giving hope, healing, and support, so that lives may be transformed as we build God’s community.


Our Vision in Action


  • We provide a safe and welcoming environment for learning and growth in spiritual faith, so that each of us can develop a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God.


  • We provide the opportunity to connect with and create community with each other and our neighbors.


  • We foster a sense of service to others through love and compassion so that lives can be transformed.


  • We provide the opportunity to develop each person’s individual God-given gifts and talents.


What We Believe

We seek to live out the Gospel in relevant, contemporary ways. While we may be at different places in our lives, we share a common belief: Connecting with God and one another through Christ, we cherish all – giving hope, healing, and help so that lives and communities may be transformed.



Affiliation with the United Church of Christ (UCC)

As a member congregation of the United Church of Christ (UCC), we are in covenant with nearly 600 other churches in Southern New England and over 5,000 churches throughout the United States. The United Church of Christ believes all are welcome and united by God’s love. The UCC is anchored by these beliefs: God is still speaking; each person is unique and valuable; and it’s the intent of God that every person belongs to a family of faith where they have a strong sense of being valued and loved.


Click here for the UCC Statement of Faith:

https://www.ucc.org/what-we-believe/worship/statement-of-faith/

Click here for UCC Website:

https://www.ucc.org/

Click here for the UCC Southern New England Conference Website:

https://www.sneucc.org/

Open and Affirming

Open and Affirming (ONA) is the United Church of Christ’s (UCC) designation for congregations, campus ministries, and other bodies in the UCC that make a public covenant of welcome into their full life and ministry to persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Wilton Congregational Church has been an Open and Affirming congregation since May 19, 2019, when we voted to do so in a congregational meeting. Some of the first words you hear in our worship service are: No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here at Wilton Congregational Church. Together we are certain that there is more that binds us together than tears us apart. We know that we are called to help people connect more deeply to God, to themselves and to one another. 

 

This is the Open and Affirming statement the congregation voted to embrace:

 

Open And Affirming Statement adopted by Wilton Congregational Church on May 19, 2019:

 

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12) 

 

Wilton Congregational Church is an Open and Affirming congregation that actively expresses Jesus’ inclusive embrace of all people. We welcome into full membership, employment, and ministry persons of every race, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, economic circumstance, family configuration, marital status, and faith background. We believe that God is still speaking and faithfully commit ourselves to the ongoing work of making God’s unconditional love a reality in this congregation, and in the world.


Local Wilton Church Autonomy

UCC congregations are independent in matters of doctrine and ministry. There is no UCC hierarchy or body that can impose any doctrine or worship format onto the individual congregations within the UCC. So everything about Wilton Congregational Church is decided right here in Wilton. All of our worship, all of our fellowship, all our decisions about staff – everything we do – we accomplish on our own. That includes our funding and our budgeting. Any funds we spend, whether for salaries or outreach or buildings or music, all come from our own congregation. That means we depend upon ourselves – for both dollars and volunteers. We are led by a strong staff, and we are blessed to have strong lay leaders. And everyone participates!


Our History

In 1726, the Connecticut General Assembly granted 31 inhabitants of Norwalk the right to establish Wilton Parish, and the first meeting house was built on Wolfpit Road. Ten years later, the congregation outgrew that building and built a larger one at the corner of Danbury Road and Sharp Hill. Today’s sanctuary on Ridgefield Road was the third meeting house built by the congregation, in 1790. Our sanctuary stands as the oldest meeting house in Fairfield County that’s still in use as a church. In 1802, the Town of Wilton was incorporated, and Wilton Congregational Church served as the Town Meeting House for the next 30 years, until the first Town Hall was built across the street. The rear of the sanctuary was expanded in 1946, the Pilgrim Hall addition was erected in 1952, and the latest addition was completed in 2009.


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