About Us
No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!
Our History
Making God’s visions of the future, while living with the realities of the present, has been the task of the Richville United Church of Christ for over a century and a half. In 1840, a gathering of 30 people in the Richville area met and eventually established a Reformed Christian congregation which, as a denomination, later joined with the Evangelical Synod in 1937, and again with the Congregational and Christian Churches in 1957, creating one of the most diverse denominations in the United States - the United Church of Christ. Since this union, while maintaining many Reform traditions as well as encouraging a variety of faith traditions, the Richville United Church of Christ has sought to continue the faith of Jesus Christ in ministry and program. This is who we are, people seeking God and God’s kingdom as expressed through the Richville United Church of Christ.
Our Statement of Faith
We believe in God, the Eternal Spirit, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and our Father, and to his deeds we testify:
He calls the worlds into being, creates man in his own image and sets before him the ways of life and death.
He seeks in holy love to save all people from aimlessness and sin.
He judges men and nations by his righteous will declared through prophets and apostles.
In Jesus Christ, the man of Nazareth, our crucified and risen Lord,he has come to us and shared our common lot, conquering sin and death and reconciling the world to himself.
He bestows upon us his Holy Spirit, creating and renewing the church of Jesus Christ, binding in covenant faithful people of all ages, tongues, and races.
He calls us into his church to accept the cost and joy of discipleship, to be his servants in the service of men, to proclaim the gospel to all the world and resist the powers of evil, to share in Christ's baptism and eat at his table, to join him in his passion and victory.
He promises to all who trust him forgiveness of sins and fullness of grace, courage in the struggle for justice and peace, his presence in trial and rejoicing, and eternal life in his kingdom which has no end.
Blessing and honor, glory and power be unto him.
Amen.
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.