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Mondays (3:30-4:30 pm) or Thursdays (5:45-6:45 pm) beginning the week of 1/14. This series, led by Pastor Brent explores central practices of our faith including prayer, food, worship, sacraments, money, service and community. Using a video series that features folks like Brian McLaren, Sara Miles, Phyllis Tickle and Shane Claiborne, these groups will learn about…

Thank you! You all helped to bring Christmas to a dozen families with 30 young children. I hope that all of you experienced the joy of truly giving to folks you don’t know. Families who only know that some very generous neighbors chose to open their hearts and wallets to them. Also, you gifted single…

The Church Office and Building will be closed from December 24-December 28. Staff will be away on vacation and there are no scheduled committee meetings. While there will be a couple of events taking place at the church, in general we will be giving the building a rest too! We will spring back to life…

Thanks to all of you who contributed baked goods, donated to Grandma’s Attic, knitted and sewed, helped with set-up and take-down, worked at the Fair, and to all who came and shopped. Every cent we earned will be distributed in the church, the community, and the world at large and will make a difference in…

On the Sunday after Christmas (Dec. 30), we will hold a “pick-up” pageant featuring angels, shepherds, wise ones, donkeys and of course Mary, Jesus and Joseph. Costumes will be ready for children of all ages, no rehearsal will be needed, and it is a perfect time to invite friends along for the joyous service. We…

We Hear the Christmas Angels: Their Great Glad Tidings Tell! Tracy Wilson–Conductor, Lee Dixon–Piano, Tim Weisman–Organ, and a forty-voice choir. Kirke Mechem’s Seven Joys of Christmas and other favorite anthems and carols of the season. Recommended admission $20; members of local community choirs $10; children age 18 and under free. Tickets purchased at the door.…

Help make this a special Christmas season for other families by choosing a tag (or 2 or 3!), with an age-appropriate gift request, from our Christmas tree, located in the Jonathan Edwards room (starting Sun., Nov. 25). The amount you spend is up to you, but we suggest a dollar amount of between $25 and…

Thanks to Rick Floyd and the Board of Christian Education, we are happy to present this year’s UCC Advent Devotionals to the congregation. Entitled Come Lord Jesus, the devotional provides short readings, reflections and prayers for each day of Advent which begins on December 2.

Pastor Patty Fox preaches a sermon, Birth Pangs, based on Mark 13:1-8.

Mark your calendars, tell your friends, be sure to drop by the JE Room to sample the delicious baked goods, purchase some gorgeous greenery, handmade crafts and decorations, peruse Grandma’s Attic, visit the Kids’ Shop, enjoy a delicious lunch, and have a visit with Santa. The women of the Service League been working all year…

Pastor Brent Damrow preaches the sermon Giving Up or Surrendering? based on the story of Elijah and the widow as told in .

Following worship, we will gather as a family in the JE Room for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. The church will provide and cook turkey breasts and vegetarian alternatives, plus we invite you to bring a dish to pass if you are able. This is a great opportunity to share this day as a church family…

We will host an ecumenical worship service on Thanksgiving Day at 10:30 a.m. Transcending boundaries of denomination and tradition, we turn toward the source of our blessings and toward one another in relationship. Bringing together the churches of Stockbridge, it is a simple, child-friendly, uplifting, and deeply moving kind of worship. With the light shining…

Membership in the United Church of Christ is an important part of our life together. We see it as a covenant that joins us together as one body; promises are made by those joining and promises of support, love and fellowship are made in turn to those joining by the congregation. The act of welcoming…

The Letter to the Hebrews encourages us to live faithfully by reminding us that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.  On this Sunday, we will remember the saints of this church and our lives that have gone before us and cheer us on today. Special music from Bob Chilcott’s Jazz Mass, communion…

Church member artists Cindy Brown, John McKinstry, Olga Schwede and Terry Wise are participating in a Fall Art Show currently on display in the JE Room. The show is entitled “Angels” and is in coordination with the Dec. 9, 2018 Stockbridge Festival Chorus Concert on the theme of Angels. Enjoy the show!

We are forming a team to fundraise and walk on Sat., Sept. 29 in support of the Out of Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide (https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.teamParticipants&teamID=181813). Our Mission & Action Committee has agreed to match the first $1,000 donated for this Walk and also Construct’s 30th Annual Walk to Prevent Homelessness on Sun., Sept. 23! Join…

This year we are not only walking and fundraising on Sun., Sept. 23 in support of Construct’s 30th Annual Walk to Prevent Homelessness (https://www.firstgiving.com/team/378341), but we are forming a team to fundraise and walk on Sat., Sept. 29 in support of the Out of Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide https://afsp.donordrive.com/. We believe both are important,…

This is a singing ensemble for children of all ages who are ready to sing. Both young children and older youth are invited to participate. The Youth Choir will sing in the Service every few weeks on various Sundays throughout the year. Parents are welcome in rehearsal but do not need to attend. The Youth…