Social Justice Team
- Sep 22, 2025
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Updated: Feb 10
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.
Upcoming Social Justice Team Event:
Please join the Social Justice Team for its Micah Moment on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 11:30 am in the Micah Chapel for a presentation by the Glastonbury Holocaust Remembrance Project. First Church has partnered with GHRP from its inception three years ago and members continue to be active in this important endeavor.
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.
