Greetings from the Leadership Team (LT)! We’d like you to know what we’ve been working on, and as always, we invite you to share your ideas, concerns, or questions with us. All are welcome to attend the monthly LT meetings — the dates are listed in the church calendar. 2019 Budget Thanks to the very […]

Things seem very quiet in Ripely these days. But that does not mean work is not progressing. Seaver continues to work through the permitting process as well as getting sub-contractors and vendors to commit to deliver on their components. The Working Group has contracted with Shanahan Sound of Lowell. That enables Shanahan and Seaver to […]

Join us for worship at 10 am on Sunday. The youth will offer reflections on their mission trip to Alabama and we’ll share in communion together. This is the last Sunday before Lent, so our guiding scripture is Jesus transfigured in Mark 9:2-8. It’s a vision of what is to come on Easter which offers […]

March has five Sundays in it, which means an opportunity to help the Outdoor Church! There are many ways you can make a difference! On March 31, we will receive donated ingredients, make sandwiches and send them with 2 or 3 church members to Cambridge who will accompany the Outdoor Church clergy in serving the […]

“How does our heart change, when we begin to care not only for our children and grandchildren but for future generations? ” Rev. Margaret Bullit-Jonas, Missioner of Creation Care for Episcopal Diocese of Western MA and Mass Conference United Church of Christ A while back, I attended a Conservation Committee Meeting as sponsored by the Appalachian […]

Join us at 10am this week as we baptize another of God’s children – Madison Nordstrom – and reflect upon Jesus’ powerful words in the Gospel of Luke wherein lies the most famous of passages – “do unto others what you would have them do unto you.” The children will participate in the baptism and […]

The Faith Formation Ministry has decided to postpone the Talent Show. We realized that there was not enough time given to allow people to sign up and we wanted to make sure that everyone who wanted to be a part of it can be. We will choose a new date this weekend and send […]

Using a sacred word, Centering Prayer is a path to feeling God’s love deep in heart and soul, opening us to God’s presence and action within. Join Health Ministry Next Sunday, 2/24 at 9:15 AM in the Palmer Room when Pam Budner will introduce and lead the prayer. We welcome both those new and experienced […]

Take an opportunity on Sunday to send out roots to the stream of God’s grace by worshiping with us at 10 am. We’ll consider the ancient and beautiful words of the Prophet Jeremiah for an anxious people in an anxious culture as we prepare ourselves for a new week of serving God’s purposes in everything […]

This Sunday, 13 youth and 4 adults are heading down to Tuskegee, Alabama to work with the Alabama Rural Ministry or ARM for a week. ARM focuses on helping families make their houses warm, safe, and dry, and that is exactly what the youth will be doing there. Some of them will be skirting a […]