Union Congregational Church

United Church of Christ

 

The Rev. R. Bricker Gibson,

Interim Minister

 

Route 129 and Middle Road

PO Box 59

South Bristol, Maine 04568

 

Phone 207.644.8242

 

email: ucsb@tidewater.net

 

 

 

 

 

WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT...

According to our by-laws…..."The avowed purpose of the Union Congregational Church shall be to worship God, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, to celebrate the Sacraments, to realize Christian fellowship within this church and the Church Universal, to render loving service to mankind, and to strive for righteousness, justice, peace and truth.  Its understanding of Christian truth is that common to the churches affiliated with the United Church of Christ."  We are a small, dedicated and enthusiastic group trying to live out this mission in our daily lives as witnessing people demonstrating the Good News of God's love and a covenantal people joining together with God and each other to be an expression of the Body of Christ in today's world.  We are a friendly church and all are welcome.

· Boards and Committees

 

· Our Location

 

· Calendar of Events (NEW)

 

· Usher Roster

 

· Fisherman’s Net

 

 

 

Thrift Shop

 

Our thrift shop is open Friday and Saturday mornings from

9:00 AM to Noon.

 

Church Office Hours

 

Pastor Brick’s office hours will be

announced each week in the bulletin.

The Rev. R. Bricker Gibson, Interim Minister

 

             The Rev. R. Bricker Gibson begins his interim ministry at Union Congregational Church on Sunday, Nov. 2nd.  We welcome “Brick” and his wife, Carolyn to our community.  A brief summary of his background follows:

 

             The Rev. R. Bricker “Brick” Gibson could have been born in Maine.  His parents were ordained in Portage in 1935; the legendary Hilda Ives participating.  He came along the following year in Billings, Montana.  His childhood years were spent in Montana, Minnesota, and Oklahoma.  College years were divided between Missouri and Oklahoma.  He graduated from Hartford Theological Seminary and ahs served UCC churches in CT, NY and MA.  Her served in a “partnership” Interim Ministry in South Freeport from 2004-2006.  The Gibson’s spent vacation time in Owl’s Head and Bailey Island, beginning in the early eighties.  They built their home in Cundy’s Harbor in 1996.

             As Stewardship Associate in Massachusetts, he has assisted many congregations in strengthening their annual giving, consulted with a number of churches undertaking capital campaigns, guided trustees in developing endowment and  investments policies and planned giving programs, helped clergy and search committees develop compensation packages that are “tax wise”, and preached many a “stewardship sermon”.  Those efforts have continued in his role with the Maine Conference of the UCC.

             He presently serves as Stewardship Consultant to the Maine Conference and it’s churches since becoming a year round resident of Maine in 2001.  In 1989 he added the designation of Certified Financial Planner in order to inform his growing ministry in funding the ministry and mission of the Church.

             Brick is married to his wife of fifty-one years, Carolyn.  They have two children: Deren, who lives with his wife, Orla and son, Conor in Hingham, MA, and Susan, who teaches French and German to English High School students in Epsom, England, where her husband, David runs his small business.  They have a daughter, Carey and son, Christopher.

 

 

 

 

 

The Pastoral Search Committee is working diligently to find Union Congregational Church’s new pastor. The eight enthusiastic committee members are Jane Alley, Gordon Claar, Cotton Damon, Bill Glendinning, Jr, Betsy Graves, Donna Plummer, Sally Reilly and Lori Wright.  Interested friends and members are asked to complete a confidential Pastoral Search Questionnaire.  If you would like receive a questionnaire, please contact Cotton Damon, Chairman of the Search Committee.  Thank you.