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First Christian Church Columbia
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) · Columbia, MO
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Columbia
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About this church
First Christian Church Columbia offers two Sunday styles during its regular season. The 8:30 a.m. service is casual and intimate, with unrobed clergy preaching from the sanctuary floor and hymns accompanied by piano and soloist. At 10:30, robed ministers, organ, choir anthem, children's moment, and additional responses create a more formal setting. Both include prayer, Scripture-based preaching, hymns, and weekly Communion. From Memorial Day Sunday through Labor Day Sunday, the congregation combines at 9:30 a.m. for one service with organ, piano, and chancel choir; that seasonal service is livestreamed. The sanctuary entrance is on 10th Street.
Trained nursery attendants care for infants through preschoolers during worship and church activities in the second-floor Lemmon Education Building. During the regular 10:30 service, kindergarteners through fifth graders may leave after the children's moment for songs, devotion, prayer, offering, crafts, reading, and play. School-year education meets at 9:30 a.m. for children and grades 6–12. An elevator reaches all four education-building floors, ramps connect to the sanctuary, and ushers can supply listening devices, large-print hymnals, children's activity packets, or shawls. Founded in 1832, this downtown Disciples of Christ congregation serves through Saturday breakfast, a rotating soup-kitchen team, holiday assistance, youth mission trips, and the CROP Hunger Walk. The official worship guide does not state service length, Communion instructions for visitors, attire, or nursery screening practices.
Researched from the church’s official website and reviewed August 26, 2026. Sources: Official worship page, regular and summer services, style, weekly Communion, chi · Official online-worship page, seasonal livestream time and recorded service avai · Official children and youth page, school-year classes, age groups, Children’s Wo · Official outreach page, community breakfast, soup kitchen, holiday aid, mission
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Location
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123 S 9th St
Sunday Rite II Holy Eucharist in person and on YouTube — 10:30 a.m.
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Sunday Divine Service — 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
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1301 Vandiver Dr
Sunday prayer — 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School — 9:00–10:00 a.m.
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904 Old 63 S
Columbia Ward - Sunday 9:00 AM sacrament meeting
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