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    • Welcome
      • Pastor's Welcome
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      • This Week's Bulletin
    • About Us
      • Our Staff
      • Our Mission and History
      • Open and Affirming
      • Our Journey in Photos
      • Contact Us
    • Worship & Music
      • Worship
      • Live-streaming Service
      • This Week's Bulletin
      • We Celebrate Music
      • Music Survey
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      • The Good News 5/2025
      • FCC Kids!
      • Care & Connection
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      • Good News Past Issues
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      • Calendar
      • Dates to Remember
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  • HOME
  • Welcome
    • Pastor's Welcome
    • Wedding, Baptism, Funeral
    • This Week's Bulletin
  • About Us
    • Our Staff
    • Our Mission and History
    • Open and Affirming
    • Our Journey in Photos
    • Contact Us
  • Worship & Music
    • Worship
    • Live-streaming Service
    • This Week's Bulletin
    • We Celebrate Music
    • Music Survey
  • Connection
    • The Good News 5/2025
    • FCC Kids!
    • Care & Connection
    • This Week's Bulletin
    • Good News Past Issues
    • UCC Liturgical Colors
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Dates to Remember
    • Special Ongoing Events
    • Archived Earlier Services

Open and Affirming at First Congregational Church

Our ONA Covenant

We reach out to the wider community

About The Ichthys

We, the First Congregational Church of Falmouth, Massachusetts, are a community of faith, called to love one another as Jesus Christ loves us. 


We strive to be champions of justice, compassion, and inclusion. We welcome all people into the full life and ministry of the Church, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identities, gender exp

We, the First Congregational Church of Falmouth, Massachusetts, are a community of faith, called to love one another as Jesus Christ loves us. 


We strive to be champions of justice, compassion, and inclusion. We welcome all people into the full life and ministry of the Church, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identities, gender expressions, race, ethnicity, culture, and all of the multitude of differences that span the fullness of humanity. 


As an Open and Affirming church, we covenant with God to create a safe and accepting space for everyone. Respecting our differences and supporting one another, we seek to demonstrate Christ’s unconditional love. 


We commit ourselves to the ongoing work of being an Open and Affirming congregation, one that lives out the belief that God is still speaking. With God’s grace, we will encourage one another as we journey together in Christian faith.

About The Ichthys

We reach out to the wider community

About The Ichthys

 The First Congregational Church in Falmouth can be and should be and, with God’s help, will be our finest expression of God’s Kingdom on Earth. And if it is going to be  like God’s Kingdom, then it should be a place where  everyone is welcome and everyone knows it! It should  be a Kingdom where everyone is fully encouraged to  work toget

 The First Congregational Church in Falmouth can be and should be and, with God’s help, will be our finest expression of God’s Kingdom on Earth. And if it is going to be  like God’s Kingdom, then it should be a place where  everyone is welcome and everyone knows it! It should  be a Kingdom where everyone is fully encouraged to  work together, a Kingdom where everyone supports  and is supported by one another in Christian  community, a Kingdom where all of God’s children are  affirmed as worthy and welcome, and a Kingdom where  all of us, together, can follow in Christ’s righteous way. That is a Kingdom worth  building! The Ichthys (or Icthus) is a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs that overlap at the  end, creating an image that appears to be like a fish. It is believed the symbol of the fish  was adopted by early Christians as a secret symbol (a shibboleth) used to help identify  other Christians and to indicate safe places where Christians could gather at a time  when they faced persecution from the Roman Empire. Our FCC Church Council has  voted to adopt the symbol of a rainbow Ichthys to indicate our status as an Open and  Affirming congregation and to let members of the LGBTQ+ community know they are  welcome and will be safe at the First Congregational Church in Falmouth. From now on we will find the rainbow Ichthys incorporated into our church stationary,  on the cover of our bulletins and newsletters, and displayed on the front and back  signage of our church. Many people will see our rainbow fish and think of the beauty of  Cape Cod. And some will see our rainbow fish and recognize it is inviting them to be  participants in building God’s Kingdom, one church at a time. 

Go now and live, Jonathan  


PS — A very special thank you to Brennan Carlson for designing and refining our rainbow Ichthys.   

We reach out to the wider community

We reach out to the wider community

We reach out to the wider community

Please use the link below to read the article "First Congregational Reaches Out to LGTBQ+ Community" from the Falmouth Enterprise.


Enterprise Article

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