Church Staff

Rev. Joe Hoffman
Senior Pastor

Rev. Shannon Spencer
Associate Pastor

Gary Mitchell
Minister of Music

Judy Slater
Administrative Assistant

Penny Parker
Administrative Assistant

20 Oak St.
Asheville, NC 28801
Ph: 828/252-8729
Fax: 828/254-7362

The staff is eager to talk with you and be helpful to you. Please contact us by calling or emailing us at the church office during the week.

Note: We begin
SUMMER SCHEDULE ON JUNE 7TH.
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND
WORSHIP WILL BEGIN AT
10:00 AM.

Our Vision Statement
First Congregational United Church of Christ is a Christian Community seeking to be a progressive, passionate, and compassionate presence in the Asheville area. As faith seeking and faith keeping people, we commit ourselves to follow in the ways of Jesus by honoring questions of faith, nurturing spiritual growth, embracing God's creative diversity, and living as advocates of justice and peace.

The Visioning Team has completed their recommendations to the Executive Board. To see the recommended Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and the Synthesis of the Focus Group Data, Church History, External Data, Provocative Proposals, and Initiatives, click on this link: Visioning and go to the Synthesis Page.

We Are An Open and Affirming Congregation
We invite people of every race, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ability, financial means, ethnic and spiritual background into the full life and ministry of this congregation.

In Our Own Words
The Membership Committee conducted a church-wide survey asking people to write down what drew them to our church, and why they stay. We've compiled some of these responses into a downloadable document called "In Our Own Words".

The online Calendar, with the current events schedule, is accessed by clicking here.

Specials

Mission trip to the Franklinton Center at the Bricks in Whitakers, NC, scheduled for
July 5-10.   The cost is $25 a day per person including meals.

To download the registration form, click here.

Vacation Bible School
Marketplace 29 A.D.
Saturday, June 27 (9-3)
Sunday, June 28 (10-1)
Marketplace 29 AD is a children’s program that transports participants back to the time of Jesus’ ministry. Children experience making bread, hearing from Storytellers, tasting new foods and making crafts, dancing and singing to traditional Jewish music, and watching exciting dramas unfold before their eyes.
Rising kindergarteners to rising 6th graders
Sign up now!
Contact magills5@bellsouth.net

NEW - Our executive board has approved setting up a relationship with two missionaries in Egypt who are serving through Global Ministries (UCC and Disciples) to help the refugee population. To learn more about what they do and how you can help, go to the Christian Action webpage.