History
Wheat Ridge Congregational Church
The United Church of Christ
6310 West 29th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80214
303-238-6271
www.wheatridgeucc.org
Sunday Worship at 10:00 a.m.
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HomepageThe Wheat Ridge Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is one of the oldest continuously worshiping churches in metro Denver, having been organized on May 20, 1882. The people first met in the Webber home at 2535 Federal Boulevard. Within six months "Boulevard Congregational Church" was conducting services in a debt-free brick building located on the northwest corner of West 26th and Federal.
In 1956 the church moved to its present site at 6310 West 29th Avenue in Wheat Ridge. The building in which we now worship was completed in 1963.
From the beginning the church identified itself a part of the Congregationalist denomination, which traces its North American roots to the British Congregationalists who came to New England on the Mayflower in 1620.
Over the years, our congregation has been known for the progressive tone of its theology and for its involvement in social concerns.
- In the 1960s and 70s, the national Civil Rights struggle found our pastor and members deeply involved.
- One of our ministers helped to organize the Third Way House for the care of youth involved in drugs.
- We have given space in our building for The Cottage for the Clothing Bank of the Church Women United of Jefferson County.
- Our congregation sponsored Cuban refugee Raul Batista and his family.
- The Child Care Center of Wheat Ridge has been one of the most gratifying of our church projects.
- its historic connection with the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
- its congregational polity. Congregations govern their own affairs and choose their own pastors, though they normally obtain assistance from denominational officers.
- its intellectual heritage. Congregationalists founded Harvard and Yale.
- its progressive stances on social issues.
- its affirmation of pluralism and diversity. Members of the UCC or its predecessors were the first American Protestants to ordain women and the first to ordain gays and lesbians.