Orinda Community Church History Learn about the OCC's background.
Contact
Contact the Church Staff & Council
Where We Are - Directions
and Map
How to find OCC
The Greening of Orinda Community Church
Report in pdf format
United Church of Christ
Orinda Community Church is affiliated with the United Church of Christ
(UCC).
UCC is the coming together of many rich and diverse denominational
traditions
including the Congregational Churches founded in Plymouth in 1620, the
Puritans,
the Reformed Churches, Christian Churches and Evangelical Churches. UCC
has
also been very active in supporting new and emerging Congregations,
many
of which have started with ethnic roots. The UCC motto, That they all
may
be one (John 17:21), expresses the commonality of our Christian faith,
yet
recognizes and accepts the differences in the details of our worship.
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Northern California Nevada
Conference
The Northern California Nevada Conference (NCNC) supports UCC churches
in
many ways. These ways include:
- Coordination of activities such as mission and outreach;
- Staffing search clearing house;
- Maintenance of pastoral standards; and
- Periodic meetings during which individual church members may introduce, discuss and vote upon proclamations. If adopted at the meeting, these proclamations sent back to the churches for whatever action deemed appropriate by each church. Recent proclamation subjects have included: Preventing school violence, Peace and justice in the middle east and environmental issues.
The Bay Association of the Northern California Nevada
Conference
Serving the Churches and People of the Eastern and Northern San
Francisco Bay Area.
Pacific School of Religion
Since its beginning, Orinda Community Church has benefited from a close
working
relationship with Pacific School of Religion (PSR) in Berkeley. Each
year
one or more students from PSR serve as interns at OCC. These interns
have
helped us broaden our perspectives was well as gaining practical
experience
in parish ministry. These programs are administered by the Field
Education
Ministry at PSR. PSR which was the first Protestant seminary founded in
California
is affiliated with Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley. GTU
offers
graduate programs and study for many Christian and Non Christian
denominations.