Welcome to the Congregational Church in Killingworth, a member of the Middlesex Association of the Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ. Sunday morning worship is at 10:00 AM, and the sacrament of Communion is shared on the first Sunday of each month. All of God's people are welcome at our table. Children and youth of all ages are invited to join us for worship. Most Sundays, a children's message is shared, after which all children from preschool age up through eighth grade are invited to attend our Sunday School. Our sanctuary and parish hall facility are wheelchair accessible and open to all. Please stop by any time, to worship on Sunday morning, or to talk with our staff during office hours, which are Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00 to 3:00, Thursday 10:00 to 2:00, and Friday 9:00 to Noon. No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here.

Our Denomination:
The United Church of Christ is a Protestant denomination that traces its roots to four church bodies: Congregational, Reformed, Christian and Evangelical. In 1957 the UCC came into being when the previously joined Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Church formed a union, fulfilling the great prayer of Christ "that they may all be one." In 2007, the United Church of Christ is celebrating fifty years of ministry in the United States and all around the world.

The UCC is a free church, which believes in the freedom of the Gospel. Accordingly, no one dictates to the local church about the decisions it makes. It is also a responsible church where congregations covenant together out of a responsibility to God and to one another. The United Church of Christ is one of the most diverse Christian churches in the United States, affirming the belief that Christians do not need to always agree in order to live together, worship together, covenant together, and come to God's table together.

The UCC recognizes two sacraments; Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion.

Today's United Church of Christ strives to tie its historic faith to today's concerns in God's ever changing world. The UCC lives out its faith through the worship of God experienced in Christ and in the Spirit. It lives out its mission through welcoming all people regardless of differences, through working for peace and justice in society and the world, and through ecumenical and interfaith relationships.

On May 8, 1735, the town of Killingworth was divided into two Ecclesiastical Societies by an act of the Connecticut General Assembly. The Ecclesiastical Society in New England was the extension of religious privileges in the formation of a new church congregation resulting from the division of the town. The society then assumed responsibility for the religious affairs, schools and cemeteries that the town had previously exercised. The southern society resulting from the division is now Clinton, while the northern society, then North Killingworth, became present-day Killingworth.

The new society built its first meetinghouse in 1736, and settled its first pastor two years later. A new meetinghouse replaced the first in 1743; both were located near the intersection of the present Routes 80 and 81. The third (and present) meetinghouse was raised in 1817 and completed in 1820. The church as it was in 1895 is pictured here. Note the carriage sheds behind and to the left of the church, and the Agricultural Hall (now the Old Town Hall) to the right.

In 1818, the church and state were separated by law. The Ecclesiastical Society and the Congregational Church were united into one organization and incorporated under Connecticut statutes in 1891. The Parish Hall was built onto the back of the church building in 1959, and the Old Town Hall building was purchased in 1966.

In 1961, the Congregational Church in Killingworth voted to become a member of the United Church of Christ.