Tithing and Step-Up Churches

Contributions to Our Church’s Wider Mission (OCWM) Basic Support are the lifeblood of the mission and ministry of the Connecticut Conference. We are deeply grateful for the faithful sharing of financial resources that we receive from local churches.

OCWM is the program that enables our churches to extend their reach far beyond the local church. The United Church of Christ encourages churches to strive to more fully participate in our covenantal relationship by offering 10 percent or more of their Operating Expenses in OCWM Basic Support sharing.

Each year, we recognize those churches that have achieved or sustained this goal as Tithing Churches. We also highlight our Step-Up Churches, those churches that have increased their OCWM contribution by 1 percent or more from the previous year.

In 2006, we experienced a reversal of a recent trend of OCWM decline in the Conference, which was most heartening. Our Tithing Churches increased by two, Step-Up Churches by 50 (!) and “5 for 5” Churches by five. We thank these churches for leading the way!

The monies from Basic Support help enable the work of the national setting of the United Church of Christ and the Conference. Your congregation’s OCWM sharing is the primary means of supporting your denomination; there are no mandated fees to be part of the UCC, as in other churches. We thank these, and all contributing churches, for their faith-full support!

Tithing Churches in 2006

Hampton Congregational Church 13%

Rocky Hill Congregational Church 12%

First Congregational Church of Derby 12%

First Church of Christ, Simsbury 12%

First Church in Windsor 12%

First Congregational Church of Guilford 12%

First Church of Christ, Congregational, Bethany 10%

Congregational Church in South Glastonbury 10%

Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational 10%

North Guilford Congregational Church UCC 10%

Step-Up Churches in 2006

Hadlyme Congregational Church of UCC 7%

Rocky Hill Congregational Church 4%

Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational 4%

First Congregational Church of East Windsor 4%

Shalom United Church of Christ, New Haven 4%

First Congregational Church of Lyme 3%

North Haven Congregational Church 3%

First Church in Windsor 3%

First Congregational Church of Haddam 3%

First Congregational Church, Bristol 3%

First Congregational Church of Washington 2%

First Church of Christ, Congregational, Bethany 2%

First Congregational Church of Derby 2%

Church of Christ, Congregational, Newington 2%

Warren Congregational Church 2%

Congregational Church of Salisbury 2%

Mt. Carmel Congregational Church, Hamden 2%

Congregational Church of New Fairfield 2%

Church of Christ, Congregational, Norfolk 2%

First Church of Christ, Congregational, Groton 2%

Congregational Church of Brookfield 2%

Storrs Congregational Church 2%

North Canaan Congregational Church, UCC 2%

Center Congregational Church of Meriden 2%

First Church of Christ, Congregational, Middletown 1%

The First United Church of Christ Congregational, Milford 1%

East Granby Congregational Church 1%

First Congregational Church of Greenwich 1%

Second Congregational Church of Coventry 1%

North Guilford Congregational Church UCC 1%

Dunbar United Church of Christ, Hamden 1%

First Congregational Church of Woodstock 1%

Center Congregational Church, Torrington 1%

First Congregational Church, Ansonia 1%

First Congregational Church, Kent 1%

First Congregational Church of Essex 1%

Congregational Church of Somersville 1%

Congregational Church in South Glastonbury 1%

First Congregational Church, Wallingford 1%

South Congregational Church, East Hartford 1%

Somers Congregational Church 1%

United Churches of Durham 1%

First Congregational Church, Woodbury 1%

First Congregational Church of Willimantic 1%

North Greenwich Congregational Church 1%

Middlefield Congregational Church Federated 1%

Columbia Congregational Church 1%

Scotland Congregational Church 1%

King Street, UCC, Danbury 1%

First Congregational Church, Deep River 1%

Church of Christ, Congregational, Goshen 1%

Mystic Congregational Church 1%

Congregational Church, Putnam 1%

South Congregational Church of Granby 1%

First Church of Christ in New Haven 1%

Wapping Community Church, South Windsor 1%

First Congregational Church in Bloomfield 1%

Woodmont UCC, Milford 1%

Orange Congregational Church 1%

First Congregational Church of Canterbury 1%

First Congregational Church of Granby 1%

First Congregational Church of South Windham 1%

Niantic Community Church 1%

North Congregational Church of Woodbury 1%

Falls Village Congregational Church 1%

Faith Congregational Church, Hartford 1%

First Church, Winsted 1%

North Madison Congregational Church 1%

2006 “5 for 5” Churches

Five for Five churches are those churches that contribute to Our Church’s Wider Mission– both Basic Support and Special Support, including the four special mission offerings (One Great Hour of Sharing, Strengthen the Church, Neighbors in Need, and The Christmas Fund). For information about any of the special offerings, please visit the UCC website, www. ucc.org.

First Congregational Church, Andover

Olivet Congregational Church, Bridgeport

First Congregational Church, Canton Center

The United Church of Chester

Columbia Congregational Church

UCC in Devon

First Congregational Church of East Hartford

Enfield Congregational Church, UCC

Mount Carmel Congregational Church, Hamden

Whitneyville United Church of Christ, Hamden

Hampton Congregational Church

Congregational Church of Marlborough

Morris Congregational Church

First Church of Christ in New Haven

Newtown Congregational Church

Congregational Church of North Stonington

Oxford United Church of Christ

Storrs Congregational Church

The Congregational Church of Union

First Congregational Church, Wallingford

First Congregational Church of Willimantic

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