Small enough to know your name, big enough
to make a difference.

Colonial is a single community but it is also many communities in one. The congregation is one body, worshipping and working together in a covenant relationship. But it is also smaller groups that come together for fellowship, to celebrate and commenorate, to share experiences to support one another and to increase understanding of our world, our faith and ourselves.

We have opportunities to demonstrate – as a group and as individuals – our concern for others. We support ongoing humanitarian efforts here at home and elsewhere as well as help meet the needs of those who face a special crisis such as contributions to hurricane relief and refugees.

Colonial Church in Prairie Village is a member congregation of the United Church of Christ, a denomination that has always valued education and embraced diversity. It was responsible for the founding of Yale, which came out of the Congregational church. It also ordained the first woman in the United States to the Christian Ministry, the Rev. Antoinette Brown, in 1853.

Colonial’s heritage comes from two denominations whose merger in 1957 gave birth to the UCC: the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. We place great emphasis on diversity, freedom of conscience in belief, and justice and mission activities.

The United Church of Christ today is made up of 1.5 million members in 6,000 congregations. Unlike most denominations where direction comes from the top down, most worship and governance decisions in the UCC are made within the local church.