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Christ Church
561 Springfield Ave
Summit, New Jersey 07901
All of our facilities are wheelchair accessible All are welcome -- including gays and lesbians! Click to learn more about the United Church of Christ

An Interdenominational, Open and Affirming Congregation

Affiliated with the United Church of Christ (UCC) and the American Baptist Churches USA (ABC-USA)

•  Rev. Charles Rush, Senior Minister   •  Rev. Julie Yarborough, Associate Minister  
•  Rev. Caroline Dean, Associate Minister   •   Mark A Miller, Minister of Music  

No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you're welcome here!

On Sept 7 we gathered to reflect on getting in touch with the mystery of the world during the summer. These are a few memorable shots from Church members. You can hear a musical performance from the service [ here ].

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Jeannette's UCC Blog,  with emphasis on social justice issues, has May postings about spiriturals, the proposed closing of Muhlenberg Hospital, and the UCC Sacred Conversation about Race.

Christ Church is pleased to host Heavenswill Church (Rev. Jae Han, Pastor), which serves the Korean-American community and meets at noon on Sundays.

Rev Chuck Rush as 'Devil's Advocate'

Click for details -- Hosted by Rev Chuck Rush, on TV 36 in Summit.

Weekly showings: Mon at 8:00 PM,  Wed at 9:00 PM,  Thu at 11:00 PM,  Fri at 8:30 PM,  and Sat at 7:30 PM & 10:30 PM.   [ more | full TV-36 program schedule ]

   We joined other congregations in Summit to build Summit Faith House, a Habitat for Humanity house in Newark


'Never place a period where God has placed a comma' -Gracie Allen'Never place a period where God has placed a comma' -Gracie Allen'Never place a period where God has placed a comma' -Gracie Allen
Curious? Click to learn more about the UCC...
Reflections on "What Christ Church Means to Me" by [ Betsy Crosby | Neale Trangucci | Janet Quartarone ]
You can hear Rev. Julie Yarborough's sermon “Holy Ground” from our 6-9-2002 outdoor worship service at Camp Riverbend.
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<span style="display:none"> <pre style="font-family:courier new,courier;margin-left:1.25in;font-size:7pt;color:#EFE7D0"> Welcome to Christ Church, Summit NJ. We are an interdenominational, open and affirming congregation serving Summit, New Jersey, and its neighboring communities including Chatham, New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Watchung, Mountainside, Madison, Morristown, and Springfield. We invite you to share the beauty of our century-old building, enjoy the music of our adult, children's, and handbell choirs, and experience the warmth of our fellowship. Our diverse church family is engaged in numerous activities, including community service, adult education, children's and youth activities, Bible study, and cultural events. We participate in the Stephen Ministries program. Click here for a fuller description of our church community and its ministries. Our affiliate denominations are: UCC - United Church of Christ. ABC - American Baptist Churches. Our staff: Rev Dr Charles (Chuck) T Rush, Senior Minister. Rev Julie Yarborough, Associate Minister for Christian Education. Mark Miller, Minister of Music. Cheryl Levy, Church Secretary and Office Manager. God is still speaking... Never place a period where God has placed a comma. -- Gracie Allen. Our "Open and Affirming Declaration": We believe that we are all part of God's creation and that we are all sisters and brothers in God's family. We welcome and affirm gay men and lesbian women into the life and leadership of our congregation. We condemn all acts of violence against people because of their sexual orientation. To this end, we join the United Church of Christ Open & Affirming Congregations and the American Baptist Churches Welcoming & Affirming congregations. And in the spirit of this affirmation, we authorize our ministers to extend to gay men and lesbians all of the blessings of life in our congregation, including the blessing of same-sex unions. Our Illuminators bring dramatic presentations to our worship services. Other words and phrases characterizing our Church... Adult Education, Advent, Alternative Gift Market / Mitzvah Mall, Baptism, Barnwell Hall, Bible Study, Board of World Fellowship, Chancel Choir, Charity, Children's Choir, Christian Education, Christmas, Church Mice, Church School, Communion, Community Service, Confirmation, Congregational Church, Deacons, Diversity, Easter, Ethics, Ethical Principles, Genesis Choir, Good Friday, Habitat for Humanity, Handbell Choir, Homeless Hospitality Network, Homosexuality, Interracial Homosexuals, Inclusive, Inspiration, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Jesus Christ, Journey of Faith, Joy, Jubilation Bell Ringers, Labyrinth, Lile Hall, Liturgical Music, Let us Pray, Loving Spirit, Maundy Thursday, Meditation, Ministry, Moral Principles, New Testament, Nicaragua Outreach, Nondiscrimination, Old Testament, Pastoral Concerns, Peace Be with You, Pipe Organ, Praise God, Praise the Lord, Prayer Concerns, Protestant Church, Religion, Religious, Sacred, Salvation, Sanctuary, Savior, Saviour, Social Action, Social Justice, Spirit of God, Spiritual, Spirituality, Stained Glass, Sunday School, Theology, Worship Service, Tom Reiber Martinez Reiber-Martinez former Associate Minister, Youth Fellowship, Workshop Rotation Model - (WRM), City of Summit, NJ, New Jersey, 07901, USA, United States of America. UCC, Summit NJ. United Church of Christ, Summit NJ., gay-friendly, Adam Grabois, ABC Summit NJ. American Baptist Church, Summit NJ, The Devil's Advocate </pre> </span>