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On Sunday, May 18, at 3:00 PM, the Richmond Congregational Church will celebrate the end of its worship life in a service (both in-person and on Zoom) open to everyone in the Berkshire Association and the Richmond community.

The congregation has served the town through its scholarship program and generously supported the wider community’s environmental and social justice causes locally and through the UCC. True to its founding as the town’s meetinghouse, it has hosted countless community gatherings including a drop-in place for coffee to pancake breakfasts to community suppers and music performances.

The Rev. Carol Killian will guide the service, with a sermon by the Rev. John Hamilton and special music. It will be a time to remember, release, and rejoice as the congregation proclaims its legacy and honors its saints. Its former pastors and our Associate Conference Minister, the Rev. Terry Yasuko Ogawa, will offer their final blessings. It will also be a time to look ahead. Though this congregation’s worship life will end, its ministry will continue through other community partners, recipients of the congregation’s largesse. A reception following the service will present the congregation’s history through pictures.

If you cannot attend in person on May 18, you can attend online with this Zoom link

Meeting ID: 886 7373 7575  Passcode: 846307