Remarks delivered by Susan Farrell, June 26, 2022 at the Williamsburg Congregational Church, part of an ecumencial service to mark the state of the town’s 250th anniversary. Good Evening,  When Reverend Noyes asked me, as the Moderator of the Haydenville Congregational Church, to speak about the history of our beloved Church, I said Sure – how long does it need to be?…

By REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN “Her Choice, Not Mine, Not Yours.”       That was the first sign I saw when I arrived at the pro-choice rally in front of City Hall in Northampton on May 14. I thought we were off to a good start. As I joined the large, passionate, and clearly agitated crowd, I saw other posters that made me feel grateful…

As I was getting in my steps on our nice, big, flat deck today (also saying many Hail Marys for Ukraine), I looked up at one of our swamp Maples by the edge of our brush field. It had lost one of its big branches in an ice storm several years back, but we had left it in the field as we…

                  By Annie TurnerSermon delivered via Zoom to Haydenville Congregational Church January 9, 2022 How does your story, your small, individual story, intersect with God’s bigger story? What happens when we link our narrative to God’s narrative? In what ways will this change us? In what ways will this make for a better world?…

By PAT JAMES Delivered during the Offering on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021 at Haydenville Congregational Church. We are facing another transition as we plan our farewell to Pastor Don, and I suspect there were at least as many responses to the news as there are members. My responses included dismay, fear, sadness, grief. I worried that our shrinking participation might take us…