Our Ministries & Fellowship
We do our best to try and serve the community. Below are just a few ministries we have regularly to do so.
Please refer to our calander for more events!
First Congregational Church
of Clarkston
5449 Clarkston Rd, Clarkston, MI
31st Annual
Labor Day Fair & Classic Car Show
Monday, September 1, 9:00-4:00
Fun for the Whole Family!
*Food, Ice Cream, Pop, Popcorn
*Dime Auction *Giant Rummage Sale
*Crafters *Bake Sale *Food Trucks
*50/50 Raffles *Silent Auction
*Antiques & Collectibles
*Children’s Fun Land packed with games, inflatables, & prizes*
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Free admission for attendees & spectators!
$2.00 parking donation
Car show entrance fee $20/car - Door prizes, trophies,
dash plaques, goodie bags! (No pre-registration needed)
Questions: 248-394-0200 www.fcclarkston.com​
Come join the fun!
Our Pastor needs your help!
Tim Chappell, our pastor at the First Congregational Church of Clarkston (Michigan), has been diagnosed with kidney and lung cancer. Tim (and his wife Athena) are currently working with doctors to restore his health. As many of you know, medical costs these days are very high. Even with great insurance, the out-of-pocket costs can be quite exorbitant. Unfortunately, Tim and Athena do not have great insurance, to help cover the majority of costs. Even before the pending surgeries and treatments, the medical bills are now accumulating for the doctors, diagnostics, CAT scans, etc.
The life of a pastor is extremely rewarding from a personal and spiritual perspective; however, it is not a financial windfall. Despite Tim's full-time commitment to the church and the surrounding community, he will ultimately be unable to afford the onslaught of medical bills heading his way.
Please reflect back on what the church has provided to you in your time of need and know that your donations will help support a great man and pastor of a church that has helped so many people.
Thank you for your prayers or donations!
Prayer Requests
Please feel free to submit any prayers you may have. We can share with our congregation to pray over you, or please let us know, and we can keep your prayers private.
The Congregational Way is a way of following Christ. People of a Congregational Church do not seek to be led by a creed, but by the Spirit. Ours is the tradition of a free church, gathered under the headship of Christ and bound to others by love, not law. The beauty of the Congregational Church is that we are autonomous, which simply means their is no church hierarchy, or outside leadership dictating how we should govern our own church.
Our Church's Beginning
It was at the home of Samuel Bent on Feb 6, 1831 when he met with Mary Bent, Mary K. Bent, Mr. Rhinehart and Mrs. Rhinehart when they entered into a covenant to walk together in the bonds of the Gospel. He founded several Congregational and Presbyterian churches in the area. He wrote to the Society that at one time he had a parish 29 miles long, with six churches receiving his help. He called himself "a cicuit rider without a horse" because he covered the area on foot. On May 11, 1834, the "first building erected to worship God" was dedicated at the corner of Huron and Saginaw street in Pontiac.
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MEMBER
The National Association of
Congregational Christian Churches
We are a member of The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. (NACCC) is a voluntary association of churches committed to fellowship with each other. It is designed to allow local congregations to consult and advise together as churches upon matters of common concern to them, both temporal and spiritual, without infringing on their self-government.
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The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (naccc.org)
Covenant Statement
We are banded together as a Christian Church to maintain the worship of God, to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to develop a consciousness of the Christian's relationship and duties to God and to the world around us and to inspire our world with a love for the truth, a passion for righteousness and an enthusiasm for service. To this end we pledge our loyalty to Christ, and covenant with each other to strive to express His spirit in our individual and corporate lives, to live together as Christian believers and to submit to the government of this church, working, giving, praying for its increase, its purity, its peace and seeking in every way to make it a power for the building up of the Kingdom of God.