Our Pastor

Welcome to Higganum Congregational Church!!!

Come and experience the spirit at Higganum Congregational!

We are a faithful and fun congregation with our arms open wide

for you, for our community, for the world!

While HCC embraces the traditions of our faith, we are a forward-moving church.

We live up to our motto “A Place to Grow”

with our growing Sunday School, increasing congregation, and building expansion.

Come and experience the presence of God, the richness of community, and the joy of faith.

No matter who you are of where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

REVEREND JUDITH M. COOKE

Rev. Judith Cooke begins her work as Pastor of Higganum Congregational on August 1, 2011. She comes with eighteen years of parish ministry experience, having served three years as Associate Pastor of Trinity UCC in Cincinnati, OH, ten years as Associate Pastor in Church of Christ Congregational in Newington, CT, and five years as Pastor of Unity Hill UCC in Trumbull, CT. She earned her Bachelor of Art from Coe College, and her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Judith is married to Jay Cooke, who is ordained as an Episcopal priest and is currently working at Hartford Hospital as the Director of Pastoral Care. They have a six year old son, Jamie, who begins first grade in the fall.