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About Bridgeport
People
We're a different kind of church! Where thoughtful and
compassionate progressive people can be challenged and nurtured by a
community that seeks to understand what Christianity can really mean. We
are redefining the idea of church for ourselves and generating
opportunities for people to remember (or discover!) their faith and to
create community.
All kinds of people come to Bridgeport: women and men; kids and
grandparents; families and single people; lesbian, gay, bisexual and
heterosexual people. People who gave up on church years ago and people who
just left the one up the street. People who care about the world. People
like you. We share the essential theological conviction that we must all
do whatever we can, whenever we can, to work for justice and peace in the
world — social, economic, political and environmental.
Children are welcomed as vital members of the
community. We sing, pray, listen to a sermon and laugh out loud. We have
silence, wonderful music, and good coffee, too.
Vision of the Almighty
This is a church where people can wrestle with the astonishing idea
that God loves the world so much that (s)he would choose to experience the
depth and breadth of human experience, from suffering the betrayal of
friends, to the pain of a wounded body, even to the lonesome powerlessness
of a horrible death.
What do we make of the crucifixion? If sacrificial atonement is
ethically unacceptable, how else can we understand it? These questions and
many more guide our faith journey.
History and future
Bridgeport began in 1998. We have grown from meeting once a month to
worshiping weekly. We have gone from being a wild idea to being a vital
and growing congregation of the UCC. We
have a thriving children's program, an amazing choir, and a challenging
adult education program. All this has happened because Bridgeport is
speaking to people in important ways. We look forward to welcoming you! |
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Reach us
Where
621 NE 76th
(one block N of Glisan)
Portland, Or 97213
(by TriMet
or car)
Who
The Rev. Susan Leo, pastor (bio)
503-258-0992
When
Services 10:30 am Sundays
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