Open and Affirming


Ivy Chapel United Church of Christ is a small, caring congregation of faith where ALL are accepted and loved. We invite you to come to God’s house and offer the gift of who you are.  Whoever you are, wherever you are, you are on life’s journey:

You are welcome here.

Called by God to love one another, Ivy Chapel commits to being an Open and Affirming community of faith. We invite everyone into full participation in the life and leadership of this congregation, celebrating that each unique human being is a child of God. We love and affirm every person of any age, race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, faith tradition, physical ability, mental ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. We joyfully invite everyone to join in this ministry of ongoing commitment to live as an actively Open and Affirming community of God.