OUR MISSION
We are a 7 day a week faith community investing our time and money and passion to create a community 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.
Our Staff
REV. JULIE PARMENTER
Julie is a second career pastor following a career in trauma medicine as a nurse practitioner. Ordained in the UCC since 2002, she worked as a hospice chaplain for many years. A partner/member of Taos UCC since 2018, she has accepted spiritual leadership of TUCC while we search for a new pastor. She serves the SW Conference as a member of one of the church and ministry committees. The scope of her ministry includes spiritual direction, retreat leadership, and education for clergy and lay people.
You can reach our pastor at
taosucctoday@gmail.com
MICHAEL VIRGA
MUSICIAN
Michael has been providing music for Taos UCC services since fall of 2017. Outside of Taos UCC, he heads a local Taos band called The Second Wind Endeavor, which released its eponymous debut album in the spring of 2021.
He grew up in Maryland and moved to Taos in early 2017, and spends his days working as a handyman/carpenter. He is very glad to be a part of the Taos UCC community.
OUR HISTORY
Taos United Community Church started as the dream of our founding pastor, Reverend Pamela Shepherd, to bring a progressive and inclusive denomination to Taos. With the support of the United Church of Christ, this church began weekly services in 2017. The covid pandemic changed our weekly services to a ZOOM service. Attendance dropped slightly, but we persevered in our attempts to find worship space and furniture and in October of 2021 we were fully open for hybrid services: in person and interactive ZOOM. Sadly, our founding pastor died in late October 2021. The church is still thriving with new visitors and members/partners.
We continue our outreach in the community.
Southwest Conference UCC Website: swcucc.org
National UCC Website: ucc.org