"Never place a period where God has placed a comma." ~ Gracie Allen

When the Pilgrims (forebears of the United Church of Christ) left Europe for the New World in 1620, their pastor John Robinson urged them to keep their minds and hearts open to new ways. God, he said, "has yet more light and truth to break forth out of his holy Word."

We have kept our hearts and minds open ever since, listening for the word of our still-speaking God.

In the United Church of Christ (UCC), we seek and hear God’s continuing light and truth, take heart, and with faith rooted in love, rise to the challenge of the times : democracy, freedom of conscience, abolition, women’s rights, economic justice, civil rights, gay rights, marriage equality and more.

The UCC's belief in continuing revelation and consequent action is perhaps best described by the words of American actress and comedian Gracie Allen : "Never place a period where God has placed a comma."

A comma, of course, is a pause, before the speaker continues.

God is indeed still speaking, and the members and friends of Holy Covenant continue to listen, in order to create a church where all may be one.

No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome at Holy Covenant United Church of Christ.