The Lakewood Community Congregational Church was founded by Pastor Martin Murray Jr., and 35 charter members on June 14, 1953. The sanctuary was built in 1955, remodeled in 1966, and the entire building was remodeled again in 2003. In 1960 we became part of the United Church of Christ and officially changed our name to Lakewood United Church of Christ in 1965. In June of 2001, we voted to become an Open and Affirming (ONA) church and renewed and expanded our ONA statement in 2021. In January of 2018, we adopted our Care for Creation covenant. In 2020 we became members of the Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence (CFCU). Rev. Curtis Preston was called as our Pastor in 2008 and in 2018 we called Rev. Mollie Landers Hatt as our first full-time Associate Pastor.

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The United Church of Christ (“UCC” for short) is a Christian denomination formed in 1957 when the Congregationalist Church (founded by the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock) and the Evangelical and Reformed Church (founded by German Protestant settlers) decided to merge. The UCC tends to get in the news for championing social justice issues like marriage equality. Our slogan, “God is still speaking,” is generally represented in national marketing materials by a big black comma on a red background. Because, as Gracie Allen said, “Never place a period where God has placed a comma.” Although UCC churches all share core Christian beliefs, we believe in pitching a big tent—allowing individual congregations the freedom to choose how they want to “be church” together