“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome here”
Barrington Congregational Church, United Church of Christ is an historic yet open and vibrant faith community in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Worship With Us!
We invite you to join us for our multi-platform Sunday worship service. The service takes place in the sanctuary and we invite you to attend in person. For those unable to be there in person, we invite you to attend virtually by watching the service as it’s livestreamed.
Meet BCCUCC
Meet the staff and clergy, read about our history, and find out about ministries and other activities.
Contact and Directions
Barrington Congregational UCC is located at 461 County Rd Barrington, RI 02806-2423.
Our Welcome
We believe that all people are blessed and loved equally by God. Following the teachings of Jesus we heartily welcome everyone into God’s covenantal community. Whatever your race, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic or marital status, variety of thoughts and beliefs, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression – whoever you are and wherever you come from you are welcome into the full life and ministry of our church.
Our Mission
The Barrington Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is a Christian community that worships God, embraces all people, ministers to one another, works for justice and peace, and renders loving service to God’s world.
BCCUCC News Center
“Love is a Verb”
by Rev. Dr. Dale Azevedo, Sr. Minister Years ago, the church I was serving had a guest speaker on Laity Sunday. It was one of our lay leaders and Church School teachers. The premise and title of his sermon was pretty simple: "Love is a verb." I'm not quite sure...
Lift Your Lamp Beside the Golden Door
by Rev. Racquel Ray, Associate Minister of Congregational Life In a country where we have declared to be created with inalienable rights to choose life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is remarkable that we should need to talk about the limits of those...
How do pastoral transitions work?
by Rev. Dr. Dale Azevedo, Sr. Minister With the recent announcement of my retirement from church ministry, I thought it might be helpful to talk about how pastoral transitions typically work in congregational churches. Now, every Christian tradition handles a change...