Our History

Two UCC pastors, Reverend Cathie Fisher Brahman and Reverend Stephen Miller, had moved to Fredericksburg and recognized the city as the right place to plant a United Church of Christ. The congregation held its first service at the Campus Christian Center at the University of Mary Washington, with Rev. Cathie Fisher Brahman serving as the founding pastor.

As the church grew, the congregation moved to an unconventional but welcoming home: Ticker’s Coffee. The ministry flourished there until a national coffee chain moved into the same shopping center, forcing Ticker’s to close — and the congregation to relocate once more.

The months that followed found the congregation gathering in a yoga studio while searching for a permanent home. It was a season that tested and strengthened the community’s commitment to one another.

The congregation found its current home in the Baker Room of the Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge on Hanover Street in downtown Fredericksburg. That same year, Reverend Douglas Norwood Hodges joined as pastor, beginning a faithful tenure that would last nearly two decades.

Upon the retirement of Rev. Hodges, the congregation called Reverend Darryl! LC Moch to lead. He continues to shepherd the congregation with enthusiasm and a deep zeal for delivering the message of love, acceptance, and living as Christ calls us to live.