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News & Events (Page 13)

Exploring Membership Classes: New Series Begins

Would you like to make your relationship with the Haydenville Congregational Church more formal? Would you even like to talk about what that means? Would you like to meet with others and talk about your spiritual journey and what brought you to the Church in the first place? Come to our circle as we “explore” what it means to join a Church…

Fall Book Group Theme: End of Life Issues

  Pastor Andrea will be leading a four-week Book Group this fall to discuss the books Being Mortal by Atul Gawande and When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Feel free to come even if you have already read only one of the books, or even if you just want to hear others discuss these powerful books that reflect on end-of-life issues,…

Being Allies to the Muslim Community — What We Can Do

Being a Christian ally to Muslims means getting to know them, listening to their needs, becoming friends, speaking out against Islamophobia and standing with them in the face of threatening words and actions. Those were some of the ideas that came out of the sixth and final workshop in the Haydenville Congregational Church series “Understanding Islam and Combating Islamaphobia.” Thirty people attended…

Supporting refugees in Western Mass

Members of the Haydenville Congregational Church are joining the effort to assemble Household Welcome Kits for refugee families arriving in Western Massachusetts. These kits will contain basic kitchen, cleaning, and toiletry items that refugees with few belongings will need to settle into life here. The list of items needed to assemble a kit is listed below. Pick a kit to build or choose…