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Finding Joy in Times of Fear and Uncertainty

By Annie Turner — If you are at all like me, you are probably eating far too much, (“I NEED four cookies!”), maybe slipping in another glass of wine each night over your limit, doing retail therapy, and lying on the couch watching reruns of “Scrubs” or SNL. Sigh. Also spending far too much time on social media, Facebook, Twitter, and obsessively…

Resources for Black Lives Matter series

Resources for BLM Series Haydenville Congregational Church 2/12/17 UCC Resources Toyan Harper, Jr. (TJ) is a new Associate for Racial Justice Ministries for the  Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ.  In this role he will seek to provide leadership and training in the area of racial justice ministries; coordinate and guide the work of MACUCC staff, clergy and lay leaders in this…

Annual Meeting Feb. 26

Call to the Annual Meeting February 26, 2017 following Worship Due to inclement weather, the Annual Meeting of the Haydenville Congregational Church, United Church of Christ was postponed until Sunday, February 26th following the worship service. Please plan on staying to review the Annual Report and vote on many important issues. All members have a vote and are encouraged to attend. Non-members…

Next steps for our church in the transition to a new settled pastor

February 12, 2017 Dear Church Family, On behalf of the Church Council, the Transition Leadership Team has worked to guide the process for selecting new pastoral leadership following the retirement of Pastor Andrea. The Annual Report describes the work we did together to select Chris Mereschuk as our Acting Pastor. Now we must address the path forward toward a new settled pastor.…

We have to be ready to show up and march again

By Lindsey Peterson  — People, women especially, gathered Jan. 21 to march. We held signs that said women’s rights are human rights, and no human is illegal, and build friendships not walls. We moved our bodies along the trails for the march, the path, chanting, “The people united will never be defeated.” We leaned on our friends’ shoulders when we were tired…