First Congregational Church was first established in Santa Cruz in 1857. In the 1950s, the church moved to its current location on High Street. The church offers two services on Sundays, both at 10:30am. One is a traditional choir service, the other a jazz and gospel service. First Congregational Church is inclusive and invites anyone to attend. Its policy on inclusiveness states, "We welcome all who seek to walk with God as we have come to recognize in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, denying no one full participation in the life of this church on the basis of race, ethnic origin, worldly condition, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other particular element of his or her total humanity." The church offers a limited number of parking spaces to UC Santa Cruz students. There is space for the community to rent out for various events.