Eastertide Is the 50 Days from Easter to Pentecost

This Saturday Pizza and Game Night

Appreciation for the Helpers

Family Message

Shows a Teacher's Passion for the Earth

Provides Hands On Experience

Thanks Debbie

Live Streaming

Making It Happen

Thanks Mindy

This Week's Counting of Days in Eastertide #24 - #31

For Eastertide, A Favorite Story that Jesus Told

The Wise and Foolish Builders

Where to build your house of Faith.

John 21:1-14

Growing Our Faith

Still Thinking About Our Earth - God's Creation

Earth Day was Last Wednesday But It's Always with Us

For Adults Growing The Faith

Pilgrimage Faith Formation Offerings

What's New & News from SNEUCC Conference

Sunday April 26 - CE meets right after church in the sanctuary to talk about Youth Sunday, June 7th

Tuesday - April 21 - Rev. Tim's Bible Studies (2 times) 10:30 - 11:45 and 5:30 - 6:45 JRC

Wednesday - April 29 - Men's Bible Study 7:00 - 8:30 via Zoom

Sunday - May 3 - Social Action gathe - 11:30 in JRC

Word of Thanks from Project Linus

from Nancy Kearns

Chapter Coordinator

Project Linus

Thank you for an amazing variety of 67 fabulous blankets and quilts. You are a group of fabric artists, so talented and generous.

I am touched by the fact that they are blessed on the altar and the crafters and recipients are prayed for!

I hope you all are familiar with the La Salette Shrine in Attleboro. They have a group of nuns who minister to the children and families who are often disadvantaged and unhoused. The fact that they have been prayed over makes them even more valuable.



Sending you all the blessings of Easter. Nancy Kearns

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(from CE - We are still looking for the talented quilter who made the blanket pictured at the bottom.

We hope you think it ok if we give it from you for the

Time and Talent Auction)

Devotional

Chosen for Eastertide and Earth Day

UCC Daily Devotional

April 10, 2026

by Matt Laney

(the week of Earth Day)

God Is Good

I say to God, "There is no good apart from You." (adapted)

Psalm 16:2

(referencing premarital counseling casefile #157)

The bride-to-be was the daughter of a church member who hadn't been to church "in a while." The groom-to-be was a self-described atheist who seemed to enjoy revealing that to a person in the God business. They met at Harvard.

Here's the thing: after two decades of dialogue with atheists, I am convinced that very, very little separates theists and atheists. What separates the two is only an "a".

Or maybe an "o".

If you ask an atheist about their highest ideal or aspiration, as I did with the groom-to-be from Harvard, they might offer something like "doing good in the world," which is exactly what he said.

To which I said, "Then all that separates me and you is an "O". You believe in G-O-O-D. I believe in G-O-D. Not that different!"

He pursed his lips. I imagined he wanted to say something like: Good is a principle for God's sake! That's way different than believing a supreme being in the sky. But we had wedding planning to do. Instead, he breathed a good laugh, "Okay then!"

Regardless, the ice was broken. It was smooth sailing from there.

God is not a supreme being in the sky. According to the psalmist, God is wherever good is, or wherever there is the potential for good, because God is Good.

Prayer

How good it is that none of our categories can define how Truly Good You Are.

Poetry, a Gift to Consider:

Chosen for Eastertide and the Coming of Spring

Life Is A Pilgrimage

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