OUR CHURCH
Christ Community Alliance Church has existed in Orange, Vermont, since the early 1800s under various names, most recently the Orange Alliance Church. In 2013 The Barre Christian Alliance Church and Orange Alliance Church joined forces to become Christ Community Alliance Church, utilizing the Orange site. In 2022, the East Barre Christian Church joined the Christian and Missionary Alliance by merging with Christ Community. We are now one church with multiple sites – Orange and East Barre.
Living the call together.
At Christ Community Church we believe the Christian life is more than just something you learn about or believe in, it is a call to be lived out in community.
Called to love God more.
We are called first of all to Love God. Jesus said the greatest commandment was to love God with our all heart, soul, mind, and strength. So in all we do and particularly in our worship we seek to cultivate a closer walk with Him and a deeper sense of his presence.
Called to love people more.
Jesus said the second greatest command was to love one's neighbor as one's self. We recognize that love for our Church family flows out of our love for God and participation in this family deepens our walk.
Called to love more people.
Our love is to go beyond our church family to the whole world. Therefore we seek to have a positive impact both locally and globally
OUR INTERIM PASTOR
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Bill Wick has served as Norwich University’s Non-denominational Chaplain since August ‘89. Born an identical twin in West Chester, PA, he attended Calvary University (Kansas City, MO) before transferring to Trinity International University (Deerfield, IL) where he earned his BA in Biblical Studies from Trinity College (‘75) and his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (‘78). He also studied twice at Jerusalem University College/the American Institute of Holy Land Studies on Mt. Zion, Jerusalem, ISRAEL (1981/1984) then again independently in 2023. Ordained by the Evangelical Free Church of America “Rev” served as a “church-planter” from '78-'96 assisting in the establishment of three Vermont churches. Bill often provides “pulpit supply” for churches throughout New England and has ministered as an interim pastor nine times at Central Vermont churches of various denominations. His passion is for careful grammatical-historical exposition of God’s Word along with making relevant practical application of its message in our contemporary world.
He served on the New England District Board of Directors and subsequently on the National Board of Directors for the EFCA, eventually holding the position of Vice-Secretary. Chaplain Wick also served three terms of office on the Board of Governors for Trinity Western University (Langley, British Columbia, Canada). He was a member of three other EFCA National Boards (its Ministerial Association, its Board of Ministerial Standing, and its Chaplains’ Commission). He was the VT Civil Air Patrol Wing Chaplain for a number of years. As an avid alpine skier, “Rev” is a PSIA instructor teaching part-time since 1996 at Sugarbush Resort (Warren, VT) and at Ski Cooper (Leadville, CO) since 2017. Certified as a PADI scuba diver, he also enjoys sailing, biking, and astronomy (using a Celestron 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain and an Explore Scientific 6" Refractor in his home-based “Ritzer-Davenport Astronomical Observatory”). He and his wife, Debra, have one middle-aged son, Christopher, who resides in Seattle, Washington.