WE BELIEVE IN GOD’S
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
AND IN THE INHERENT GOODNESS
OF ALL CREATION
A JUST WORLD FOR ALL
Taos UCC is a progressive community of faith, grounded in the life and teachings of Jesus and in the historic peace-making Christian tradition. If being part of progressive social justice community of faith makes sense to you please join us. We are open to people of all faiths and no faith.
Our community practices radical welcome of all- young, old and middle aged, male, female and gender non-binary, gay and straight, and all ethnicities and cultural traditions.
Sunday Service
We meet at 10am every Sunday at 209 Camino de la Merced, unit f, or join us on Zoom:
Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey, whatever you believe, used to believe or will never believe, you are welcome here.
Never place a period
where God has placed a comma.
God is still speaking.
GRACIE ALLEN
OUR MISSION
We are a 7 day a week faith community investing our time and money and passion to create a consciousness of faith and social justice. Passionate and progressive in our faith practice, we return to the roots of that which
Jesus and his followers were doing- giving ourselves in love. We believe in the scripture – not in its inerrancy
– and know that God is still speaking in this time and place.
Welcome home.
ABOUT US
Our Staff
SHEPHERD BODY
Hi! We are the pastor of Taos UCC. Yes, that’s right, we! We are an engaged community of friends, believing that shared talents keep us all involved and make us stronger. So instead of a pastor, we have a Shepherd Body! Meet the members.
Cidney Fee, Congregational Care Shepherd, Leonor Kennell, Community Service Shepherd, Eileen Wiard, Worship Shepherd, Jerry Kennell, Vision Shepher
CIDNEY FEE
Growing up and active in a Presbyterian Church gave me a wonderful base and a desire for a spiritual home. It also gave me a strong interest in social justice and service. When my dear friend Pam Shepherd started Taos UCC, I decided to attend. This has been a good home for me and I am honored to give back being the Congregational Care Shepherd.
LEONOR KENNELL
Growing up in a Cuban-Puerto Rican family in the South Bronx, NYC, I developed a deep awareness of the concerns and needs of immigrants and of those who live in poverty. I was fortunate to be introduced to the teachings of Jesus at a young age and was deeply influenced by his messages of hope, healing, and love. These experiences have compelled me to seek how I might join forces with those in the margins of the communities where I have lived to address their hopes, concerns, and needs. I am thankful to be in the role of Community Service Shepherd at Taos UCC where we work together in support of community organizations to create a just world for all.
EILEEN WIARD
I have been playing music and singing in church since I was a young girl in Connecticut. Eighteen years ago, I married a Methodist pastor at El Pueblito here in Taos, where I became the music director and helped him prepare worship services. A few years after the passing of my dear friend, Pastor Pamela Shepherd, I became the liturgist of this church she founded. Now, as the Worship Shepherd at Taos UCC, I enjoy the freedom to invite speakers to join us and nourish our beloved community with their perspectives and experience as we become who we are meant to be in service and love to all we meet.
JERRY KENNELL
Growing up in the peace church tradition, I have spent my life enamored by the cry for justice and fairness from the Old Testament prophets, and the singular invitation of Jesus to join a movement of compassion, healing, peace, justice, and love. Taos UCC’s founding pastor, Pamela Shaepherd, called this the “Kindom of Heaven.” I am thrilled, as a lay minister in the United Church of Christ, to serve as Vision Shepherd for this progressive congregation, representing a wide variety of faiths and practices, focused on creating a just world for all.