Church profile
The First Church in Swampscott, Congregational
United Church of Christ (UCC) · Swampscott, MA
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Researched profile · official sources below
About this church
The First Church in Swampscott is a United Church of Christ congregation founded in 1846 and now worshiping at 40 Monument Avenue. Its Sunday service begins at 10 a.m. and leans traditional in pace, style, and hymnody. Prayer, responsive readings, Scripture, a sermon, and chancel choir are accompanied by organ or piano and sometimes brass or strings. Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month. The church is Open and Affirming and welcomes all people into congregational life. In-person and online participation links are provided from the official site.
Coffee, tea, snacks, and conversation follow worship in Clark Hall, supplemented through the year by shared meals, concerts, a talent show, fairs, retreats, and other social events. Trained Stephen Ministers offer confidential Christian care, while the congregation maintains a prayer chain, visits people, supplies meals, and arranges rides. Outreach supports food, housing, domestic-violence, homelessness, disaster-rebuilding, racial-justice, and economic-justice organizations; the building also hosts AA, Al-Anon, scouting, concerts, and local causes. Its Sunday School and Seaside Youth Club pages are currently marked “under construction,” so families should ask what is active. Parking, accessibility, hearing devices, child care, service length, and Communion guidance for visitors are not explained online.
Researched from the church’s official website and reviewed August 26, 2026. Sources: Official church-life page, Sunday worship, traditional style, Open and Affirming · Official identity page, Christian and UCC community, questions, Scripture, Jesus · Official outreach page, food, housing, disaster, justice, local partners, suppor · Official Sunday School page, current under-construction notice, address, online
Service times
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Ministries and visitor notes
- Communion — first Sunday of the month
- Fellowship refreshments — after Sunday worship
Location
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