Children’s Message (Oct 6th, 2019) By Andrew Geery….. Something we talk a lot about in church is faith. Faith is one of those really hard words to understand because it seems so abstract. I can point at a door and say, “that is a door”. But what can I point at and say, “that is faith?” I can hold a microphone in…

By Andrew Geery Opening Words (Sept 15, 2019) The Christmas pageant I grew up watching wasn’t really a Christmas pageant.  Rather than Mary and Joseph talking as they made their way to Bethlehem or the angels shouting the good news to the shepherds, the performance was instead a recreation of famous paintings around the birth of Jesus. The lights go down, the…

Rev. Molly Baskete offers her views on how we treat the Earth and offers a prayer for us to come to our senses. Click the headline to read her short essay.

Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 19, 2019Delivered by the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas at Haydenville Congregational Church, Haydenville, MA John 13:31-15 What a blessing to be with you this morning! I serve as Missioner for Creation Care for the Massachusetts Conference UCC, and for the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts. I travel from place to place, speaking about our…

By Pat James I’ve had several trees that I counted as special. Trees I climbed, explored, hid in, hung from by my knees, read in, ate from, and a few times, fell from. A while ago Carla posted a video of Kai scampering up a tall tree as if she belonged there, as if it were home.  Did you have a special…