Social Justice Team

Upcoming Social Justice Team Event:

The Social Justice Team is happy to be hosting a trip to the Amistad Center for Art and Culture in Hartford on Saturday, May 30. The group plans to meet at the church to have an early lunch locally around 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning before heading to the Center when they open at noon. Depending on the number of participants, the group would plan to carpool from the church. Please RSVP to Jessica Bean by Monday, May 25, if interested at jessicalrd@yahoo.com.

Mission Statement:

The overarching goal of First Church’s Social Justice Team is to broaden engagement within our church community in matters related to race, gender identity, and social, economic, educational and political inequalities.

Our aim is also to broaden congregants’ understanding of other faiths, cultures and their needs, and to combat prejudice and discrimination wherever it exists.

Our work can take the form of frank facilitated conversations, book and film studies, hosting speakers and working with other church and/or community groups with similar goals. We will offer ways to put social justice into action.

In short, the Social Justice Team seeks to marry the Micah commandment to “do justice and love mercy” with First Church’s commissioning charge “to hold fast to that which is good…to support the weak [&] to help the afflicted…” and to welcome the stranger in our midst. In this way we hope to walk in God’s path.

Contact: If you’d like to become a member of the Social Justice Team and/or learn more about our activities, please contact Deborah Willard at deborahgladdingwil@sbcglobal.com or 860-334-1983.