Welcome to the 1st Congregational UCC of Charlevoix
Our church community seeks to embody God’s Spirit and live the teachings of Jesus. We offer a sense of belonging to each other and all of our neighbors, as we build a just and sustainable world for all.
We are proud to be one of the only Open & Affirming churches in Northern Michigan. ALL are welcome here!
This Week’s Service Information:
Nov. 16, 2025
Nov/Dec Reaching Out Focus: Care & Advocacy for the Incarcerated
Join us this Sunday as our pastor continues to share the fruits of his two-month sabbatical in Ireland and Spain. Toby’s focus this week will be on the importance of asking others for help, something he did a lot of on his challenging journey. Jesus’s instructions to “Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and the door shall be opened,” will be looked at in an entirely new and fresh way. Don’t miss it!
We gather at 10:30 am inside the church with the purple doors at 101 State St. in Charlevoix. If you can’t make it, please go to our Online Worship tab to watch on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. We are also on the Boxcaster app on your smart TV. Just look up “1st Congregational UCC of Charlevoix.”
As an Open and Affirming congregation, we welcome and include EVERYONE, regardless of gender identity and preferences. Our community is better with you in it!
Please check out Toby’s podcast on Spotify. It’s called “Toby’s Take.” Give him 10 minutes and he’ll give you a different point of view on various topics. Check out the link here: Toby’s Take
Online Worship Services
Please join us for our live-streaming online worship each Sunday at 10:30 am
We have been made aware of a phone scam going around to participants in our church. It is in the form of a text message and/or an email sent seemingly by our Pastor and/or our Office Manager, Stacey. In this message, they are asking if the recipient is available and to respond by text, and they sign off as “Rev. Toby Jones” or “Stacey Luoma Office Manager.”
The first thing to recognize the scam is that the Pastor and Office Manager will NEVER text you to ask to respond to them only by text. If they needs to reach you, they will call you or email you from the church accounts.
They will NEVER ask to have someone buy gift cards for others, or try to solicit any money for anything.
The Pastor will NEVER refer to himself as Rev. Toby Jones. Those who attend 1st Congregational know what he refers to himself as.
The best thing to do is to NOT respond to the text and block this number. If you respond in any way, the scammer will know they have a “Live Person” on the other end and you might get more texts from different numbers with the same scam.
We are looking into what we can do on our end to figure this out. In the meantime, the Login Required page of our website has been removed. Please contact the office if you need to access any reports. Church Directories will be available at the church for pickup, or you can call us directly to request one be sent to you.
Thank you for your understanding as we work to try to rid ourselves of these scammers.
Streamers! We Need to Hear From YOU!
We need to know who you are and where you are. You have become such an important part of our family of faith that we really want to connect with you. More importantly, we want to be able to connect with each other as streaming participants. We are in the process of setting up a Virtual Coffee Hour for our streamers that we hope will happen once a month. To make this happen, we need you to take two minutes right now and go to this link:
Please simply fill out your information at the bottom of the page it sends you to and click “Submit.” Then we will send you a Zoom link the week before our next Virtual Coffee Hour, which will take place immediately after the worship service. Toby will be your host and you’ll all have a chance to “see” each other and have some casual conversation.
If you have already notified us that you are a Streamer, you don’t need to fill out the form again. We have already noted this in your profile and you will get updates and invites automatically.
We look forward to hearing from you soon! Thank you for being a part of our community!
Scripture Discussion Group
Did you know that we have a Scripture Discussion Group here at FCUCC? Every Tuesday from 10a-11a we meet LIVE in Ransom Hall and share coffee, snacks, and a lively discussion of the scripture that will be a part of the following Sunday’s service. There will be questions that stimulate conversation, and help us better understand the Word and each other. Everyone is welcome!
Feel free to stop in – you will be glad you did! Can’t make it to the in-person group? No problem, we also live-stream by Zoom, and you can also participate that way. Call the church office at (231) 547-9122 to be added to the Scripture Group’s Zoom list.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Our church community seeks to embody God’s Spirit and live the teachings of Jesus. We offer a sense of belonging to each other and to all our neighbors, as we build a just and sustainable world for all.
