History

Union Congregational Church was born as the First Presbyterian Church
of Green Bay in the old Fort Howard Hospital in January, 1836. Early
in its life, the First Presbyterian Church became a part of the Winnebago
Association of Congregational and Presbyterian Churches. When the
Winnebago Association dropped its Presbyterian affiliation, the First
Presbyterian Church of Green Bay also changed its affiliation and its
name. We have been Union Congregational Church since 1899. In
January of 1964, Union Congregational Church voted to join the majority
of Congregational Churches by becoming a part of the United Church of
Christ. Gathered twelve years before Wisconsin statehood, this broad-
spirited congregation has a strong heritage of social involvements,
including:
- being a stop on the Underground Railroad
- sponsoring a neighborhood youth center
- organizing the Astor Neighborhood Association
- bringing Habitat for Humanity to Green Bay
- playing an instrumental part in the founding of the Ecumenical
  Center at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay
- along with the Salvation Army, beginning a program for temporary
  housing for families in crisis that includes Union Church's own
  Jubilee House and the Ecumenical Partnership for Housing.

OUR PASTOR

Charles E. Mize
  Chuck Mize is our Senior Minister. He came to us in January of 1995
  from Samuel United Church of Christ in Clayton Missouri (a St. Louis
  suburb) where he had been pastor for ten years. Chuck grew up in Wood
  River, Illinois, received his B.A. degree from Elmhurst College (Elmhurst,
  Illinois) in 1977, his Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological
  Seminary (St. Louis, Missouri) in 1980, and his Doctor of Ministry Degree
  from Eden Theological Seminary in 1995. He has served churches in
  Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. Chuck's primary responsibilities at
  Union Church include worship, administration and pastoral care. He is a
  member of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra's Board of Directors and
  is Co-Founder and Co-President of the Northeast Wisconsin Interfaith
  Alliance. He is married to Jeanie Bond (an early childhood educator).
  They have one son, Jody.