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Welcome Here
The Congregational Church of Rupert, an Open and Affirming church, located in the beautiful Rupert Valley of southern Vermont, a rural farming community. Our worship service begins at 10:30 A.M. every Sunday which includes musical accompaniment on our 1929 Estey pipe organ. Worship is followed by fellowship after the service. We welcome vacationers, guests and area residents to visit.
Our church is easy to find on Route 153, the main road in Rupert, next to the Rupert Street Cemetery. We are due north of Bennington and near the towns of Dorset and Manchester, VT. We are east of the town of Salem, New York and NYS Route 22.
Mission
The mission of Congregational Church of Rupert is to seek to follow Jesus’ teachings in his Sermon on the Mount, and to practice the words of Micah by living justly, by being kind and compassionate while walking with God in all humility.
The Congregational Church of Rupert’s faith and covenant is expressed as follows: “Surrounded as we are by field and forest, our faith and covenantal mission is a call to care for our earthly home, to honor our habitat and all our relations. We remain open to the ways God imparts insight through the Bible; God’s blessed Word of Truth, through ancient wisdom, scientific insight, the natural world and religious experience. This we do pro gloria Deo (for the glory of God), for our spiritual and personal growth; and increase in all graces. We seek to live a nonviolent life and work toward justice in the spirit of Jesus within the context of community. We believe that each member shall have the undisturbed right to follow the Word of God according to the dictates of his or her own conscience under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. We accept our personal responsibility to nurture our individual faith as well as the call to share such faith insights humbly and lovingly with others in community. We are prompted to move forward into a time of greater inclusivity and love as we seek to welcome people of other traditions and faith experiences. So, that in the 21st Century, we may “raise up the foundations of many generations” (Isaiah 58:12) and that we may, as a people, grasp Jesus’ words “that we may all be one.” (John 17:21)