Events – National Association of Congregational Christian Churches https://www.naccc.org National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:21:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 2025 Annual Meeting and Conference Resources https://www.naccc.org/2025-annual-meeting-and-conference-resources/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:08:33 +0000 https://www.naccc.org/?p=17866

The 71st Annual Meeting & Conference of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, from June 21-24, 2025. 

Business Sessions and Plenary Sessions Recordings

Meeting Information

For Your Review – 2025 Annual Reports

NACCC Apparel

Image proofs of the NACCC apparel options available to in-person attendees can be found in the registration brochure above! The deadline to order NACCC apparel for pick up at the Annual Meeting and Conference in St. Louis was May 25, 2025.

  • Click here to view the size chart for the women’s v-neck t-shirts.
  • Click here to view the size chart for the hooded sweatshirts.
  • Click here to view the size chart for the unisex crewneck t-shirts.

Bring Your Banners!

At the 2025 AMC, we’d love to decorate our space with the beautiful banners of our member churches. Please plan to bring a banner that is up to four feet wide (including the stand) to be put on display, as well as a stand to mount it on.

Banners of all kinds are welcome! Some examples of what your banner may include are direct representations of your church and its history, depictions of biblical scenes or artistic renderings, and scriptural or devotional quotes. Feel free to be creative – the options are limitless!

2026 Annual Meeting and Conference

Join us June 27-30, 2026, in Springfield, Massachusetts for the 2026 Annual Meeting and Conference of the NACCC!

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The NACCC’s Mission and Outreach Ministry Council’s recent Freedom Journey trip to Greenville, SC, was a deeply enriching experience that allowed participants to explore and learn about African American history, culture, and faith.

The journey began at the Greenville, SC, airport on Friday, March 13th, as participants arrived at the location of the New Year’s Day March, the first large-scale demonstration of the civil rights movement in South Carolina, in which 1,000 individuals protested the removal of Jackie Robinson from the airport’s “white waiting area.”

On Saturday, the group shared an amazing day with Brenda Lee Pryce, the first Black female state legislator in South Carolina and author of North of Main. Brenda engaged the group by sharing with them the history of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, which was organized during the year of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Mabel Owens hosted the Freedom Journey group on Sunday, sharing her family’s story of resilience when their farm was threatened by the KKK and, in retaliation for the family’s decision to hold their ground, the Soapstone Baptist Church and a home owned by the Owens family were burned.

On Monday, the group visited Ft. Hill at Clemson University, a plantation owned by John C Calhoun, US Vice President under Andrew Jackson, which had employed several slaves who were buried without markers. Only recently was that addressed. They also explored Oberlin Faith Cabin Library, built to serve rural African Americans during segregation, which received many of its books from Congregationalists at Oberlin College in the 1940s. They group rounded out the day with a visit to The Retreat Rosenwald School, significant for its role in African American public education during the first half of the twentieth century.

The Freedom Journey trip to Greenville, SC, was a great success, providing participants with a profound and enriching experience that deepened their understanding of African American history, culture, and faith, highlighting the enduring legacy of resilience, community, and justice.

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Our 70th Annual Meeting & Conference in Spokane, Washington was a hybrid event which was both an in-person and virtual attendance meeting.

Welcome Sister Churches!

As part of our celebration, we welcomed four new churches into our historic fellowship:

PLENARY SESSION VIDEOS

View the plenary sessions by clicking the links below. 

For Your Review ~ 2024 Annual Reports

Future Annual Meeting & Conference Dates:

June 21-24, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri

2025 Promo Video and Sneak Peek

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Join us for the following upcoming webinars.

September 30, October 7, 14, and 21, 2:30 – 4:00 pm CT (12:30 pm PT; 3:30 pm ET)
Webinar Series: The Leaders Table Cohort 3 
“The Leaders Table” is a four-part webinar training series designed to help attendees become better leaders in times of uncertainty and when facing unfamiliar challenges. Click here for more information or to register to attend.

October 15, 16, 22, and 23, 2025, 12:30 – 3:30 pm CT (10:30 am PT; 1:30 pm ET)
Webinar Series: Effective Transitional Leadership 
Now more than ever, leaders of faith communities and organizations need strong transitional leadership skills. This engaging virtual seminar is designed for clergy and lay leaders who are guiding churches or ministries through times of transition. Click here for more information or to register to attend.

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Mark your calendar! The 70th Annual Meeting & Conference of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches takes place in Spokane, Washington from June 22-25, 2024.  Hosted by the Pacific Northwest Association, the conference will take place at The Centennial. Details to follow! Enjoy this preview:

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Our 69th Annual Meeting & Conference was a hybrid event which was both an in-person and virtual attendance meeting.

Welcome Sister Churches!

As part of our celebration, we welcomed four new churches into our historic fellowship:

PLENARY SESSION VIDEOS

Click to view. Videos will open in a new window.

MEETING INFORMATION

Vote Required:

For Your Review ~ 2023 Annual Reports

FUTURE ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE DATES:

June 22-25, 2024; Spokane, Washington

2024 Promo Video and Sneak Peek

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SAVE THE DATES!

2025 Ministers’ Convocation: April 27 – May 1, 2025, Celebrating 55 years!

Location: Siena Retreat Center
5637 Erie Street, Racine, WI 53402

2026 Ministers’ Convocation: April 13 – 16, 2026

Location: University of Saint Mary of the Lake
1000 E Maple Ave, Mundelein, IL 60060

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2022 Annual Meeting & Conference

Our 68th Annual Meeting & Conference was a hybrid event which was both an in-person and virtual attendance meeting.

Welcome Sister Churches!

As part of our celebration, we welcomed six new churches into our historic fellowship:

Second Church of Plymouth
Manomet, Massachusetts

Mendota Heights Church
Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Westfield Congregational Church
Westfield, Iowa

Union Congregational Church of Amesbury
Amesbury, Massachusetts

First Congregational Church of Waterbury
Waterbury, Connecticut

Pilgrim Trinitarian Congregational Church
Dorchester, Massachusetts

Congregational Talk – Ashley Cleere Executive Director, NACCC
View Congregational Talk

View Missionary Presentations

Meeting Information

Important Documents and Links:

Vote Required ~ 

For Your Review ~ 2022 Annual Reports:

Love Talks ~ Saturday Afternoon with Book Signings
Love of God:  Diana Butler Bass
dianabutlerbass.com

Love of Neighbor:  Valarie Kaur
valariekaur.com

Love of Self:  Mihee Kim-Kort
mkimkort.com

Workshop Presentations:
How Does Your Garden Grow?

Wichita Promo Video

MORE RECENT ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE DATES:

2023 Annual Meeting & Conference: June 24-27; Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Watch the Promo Video

2024 Annual Meeting & Conference: June 22-25; Spokane, Washington

]]> NACCC Prayer Circle https://www.naccc.org/naccc-prayer-circle/ Tue, 03 May 2022 15:30:03 +0000 https://www.naccc.org/?p=2226 Monday Evenings at 8PM Central on Zoom

​The NACCC Prayer Circle is a weekly gathering of fellow Congregationalists from around the country who meet by video conference to pray for local, regional, national, and international concerns. Each week, participants pray for personal, church, and societal concerns, and follow up with one another. The prayer time is led by a facilitator, but opened to the group for those who desire to pray out loud on behalf of those who have gathered.

The group meets each Monday by Zoom video conference for about half an hour. All are welcome!

“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.”
— Oswald Chambers

To join the Monday evening prayer circle, click here.

]]> 2021 Annual Meeting & Conference https://www.naccc.org/2021-annual-meeting-conference/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:32:19 +0000 https://www.naccc.org/?p=1918 Our 2021 Annual Meeting and Conference was held as a a Virtual meeting. Below you will find documents and videos related to that wonderful event.

Welcome Sister Churches!

As part of our celebration, we welcomed four new churches into our historic fellowship:

Congregational Church of East Sumner
Sumner, Maine

First Church in Pembroke
Pembroke, Massachusetts

West Congregational Church
Taunton, Massachusetts

First Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury Center
St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont

We are THRILLED to welcome these fellow Followers of the Way!

THE CONGREGATIONAL LECTURER

Rev. Dr. Mary E. Biedron is the Senior Minister of North Congregational Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and has been active in local, statewide, and national fellowships among churches affiliated with the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches for over 30 years. She is a graduate of Methodist Theological School in Ohio, M.Div (1999) and D.Min (2015). Her dissertation explored the historical practice and contemporary possibilities for discernment in Congregational churches.

Lecture Topic: “The Great Crossing, Then and Now”
As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims’ Great Crossing to North America, it’s important to reflect on the beliefs, theological assertions, and self-understanding that they brought with them, and those that they had to leave behind. What can this tell us, as we confront a different, but just as profound, kind of Great Crossing? What are the beliefs, assertions, and understandings that we need to carefully take along, and what do we need to leave behind…and how do we make those choices in an authentically Congregationalist way?

Congregational Lecture

THE BIBLE LECTURER

David Clark, PhD, and his family moved to Minnesota in 1988 to teach at Bethel Seminary. He has served in senior leadership in a church and at Bethel University. Dr. Clark just retired from his last role as VP and Dean of Bethel Seminary. During his years as faculty, he wrote eight books and dozens of articles and contributed as a member of several boards, including the national board of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Dr. Clark now serves the wider church through consulting and public speaking.

Bible Lecture #1       Bible Lecture #2      Bible Lecture #3

 

Our 2022 Annual Meeting & Conference will be held June 25-28  in Wichita, Kansas. Click here to view a promotional video previewing our visit!

 

From 2021
Virtual Annual Meeting
and Conference

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Finance

2021 Annual Report

Ministry Council Reports

Pre-Recorded Workshop ~ List

Annual Meeting Workshops (Recorded Live) ~ List

Missionary Presentations

Videos from 2021 Annual Meeting

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