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Reverse Advent Calendar
We will be using the Reverse Advent Calendar for the month of December, 2022. Items will be collected in the Bride's Room. They will be blessed at the Christmas Day service and brought to the town hall on Tuesday December 27.
CAROLYN COFFIN OBITUARY
CAROLYN COFFIN OBITUARY Carolyn Fisher Coffin, 94, of West Hartford, CT, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022, after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. She was blessed by supportive friends and family throughout her illness. Carolyn celebrated 60 years of marriage...
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Lenten Bible Study
We are happy to announce something new for Lent 2022. We will gather for Bible Study and fellowship after church in Conte hall following church each Sunday for the 6 weeks before Easter. Coffee and tea will be offered and the hope is to have Bible Study and...
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Schedule for Fall/Advent
October 31 - Remembrance Sunday November 7 - Veterans Sunday November 21 - Thanksgiving Sunday November 28 - 1st Sunday in Advent December 5 - Hanging of the Greens Service December 12 - 3rd Sunday in Advent December 19 - 4th Sunday in Advent (Christmas Sunday)...
Bible Study
Bible Study will resume on Tuesday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m., and continue every other Tuesday until December 7. For now, we will video conference via Google Meet. Dates for 2022 will be announced after the New Year.
SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK
SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK
Bible Study Starting!
Pastor Janet Stoddard has offered to hold a twice monthly Tuesday evening 7:00 p.m. Bible Study via Google Meet. All church members are welcome to participate. The dates are: February 9th & 23rd, March 9th & 23rd, and April 6th & 13th. Bible passages will...
2020 Adopt-a-Family
Merry Christmas to our Adopt-a-Family!. Keren Paquette and Astrid Calderon of WH Social Services are with the gifts we collected for the family of 5. Thanks to all the church members who contributed! Ho Ho Ho!
Noisy Gongs
“If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, But do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clashing cymbal.” I Corinthians 13.1 “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” Old Saying “Do I not destroy my enemies When I make them my friends?”...
Hope
“Those who hope in the Lord Shall renew their strength. They shall soar on wings like eagles; They shall run and not grow weary, They shall walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40.31 The key to this verse is that there is a difference between just plain hoping and hoping in...
Crackers and Cheese
The crackers and cheese pictured above look good don’t they. Too bad they are just a picture and not the real thing. So… we cannot taste the crackers and cheese and nuts. Too bad, they look really good. Being present for something is very different from viewing it on...
The Tenth Commandment
“You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor’s House; You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor’s Wife, or Male or Female Slave, or Ox, or Donkey, or Anything that Belongs to Your Neighbor.” Exodus 20.17 This is the tenth and final commandment. To covet is to do more than simply want...