Because of You, Our Church Changes Lives Thank You from Your Stewardship Team

We are thankful to those who attended Stewardship Sunday service. Whether you sent your pledge card to the church in advance or presented your pledge card during the service, all were blessed as symbols of our faithful financial gifts given in covenant. For this, your Stewardship Team is thankful.

If you were not able to attend the service on Sunday and have not made a pledge for next year, we welcome your consideration to support the many ministries your planned commitment will fund. Additional pledge cards are available by contacting the church office. 

Abundance can be found even when we are not aware that there is enough. So, with God’s help we nurture our gifts through our faith to grow ministries that Changes Lives.

Thank you,

Your Stewardship Team

Thanks to all who joined us for the potluck breakfast.

Good food, good friends and good company.

Worship This Week

Please join us

in the Sanctuary

or online at 10am for

23rd Sunday After Pentecost

& Communion Sunday.

Coffee hour will be held after the service in Hadley Hall.

The service will be live streamed

through Facebook Live here

or on 3CX here

Reader: Fred Malcolm

Coffee hour host: Carolyn Currier &

Jill Gauthier

artwork: "Fragile Mystery" © Mary Southard

www.ministryofthehearts.org. Used with permission.

Several Emails Hacked

If you have received emails from the following addresses, please do not click on attachments or respond to gift requests, as they have been compromised:

rjdobwood@comcast.net

Conradsen2@comcast.net

If you think these congregants are trying to reach you, call or text them.

These scams are increasingly common, and many church communities are affected. If you think your email has been compromised, please notify Maria in the office.

Office Closed on Wednesday 11/8

There is a change in office hours for next week. The office will be closed Wednesday, but will be open 9am-3pm on Tuesday, November 7th instead. It will be open as usual on Thursday.

Fall Clean-Up Volunteers Needed

Operations is requesting your help to clean up the church grounds in preparation for winter. In addition, there are some areas inside the building such as the kitchen and under furniture that need to be addressed.

If you have a rake, blower, pruners, a tarp, etc., bring them with you. The date is Saturday, November 11, 9am-12pm. Please see the task list if you cannot make it Saturday.  Many hands make light work.  

Thank you,  

Operations Team  

Town Thanksgiving Service

The annual Thanksgiving service in the Old Hampstead Meeting House will be held on Sunday, November 19th at 4pm. Join local clergy and congregations for this special celebration.

Rev. Kathy will preach, and Herb, our music minister, is leading the music. If you’d like to join the informal choir, let him know.

Loaf & Ladle November 12th

Join us for our Loaf & Ladle soup lunch on November 12th after worship in Hadley Hall. There will be 7+ types of soup plus bread and brownies. Come for the food and conversation, and to help a good cause.

Donations to benefit Saint Anne’s Food Pantry.

St. Anne's Food Pantry In Need

of Thanksgiving Donations

The food pantry is currently collecting for their

Thanksgiving distribution. Donations are appreciated

 Current needs:

Stuffing

Cranberry sauce

Turkey gravy

Canned chicken

Salad Dressings

Quickbread mix

Jelly

Brownie/Cake mixes

Rice pilaf

Coffee



Please drop off any donations in the foyer of Hadley Hall

Please, no expired items.

Thank you for all your support!

A Word from Peace & Justice

In another article from NHPR concerning the needs of the state’s 65 and older citizens is a description of the recently approved New Hampshire State Plan on Aging. The plan outlines how New Hampshire agencies will better support older adults going forward. It calls for more funding to make the long-term care sector more robust in response to the understaffing of nursing homes and in-home care providers. The focus is on access to home- and community-based series. This aspect is in response to an analysis last year by New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute that estimated that the state underfunded these services by more than $150 million over the last decade. And, as shared in previous articles, the state is expecting to see more than one third of the population to be 65 and older during the next few years. A quote from the analysis states, “While NH has one of the fastest growing number of older adults in the country, we are nearly last in offering a balanced system of care.” 

The state also intends to make it easier for people and family care providers to navigate the services so that they have the information and support they need. More on this later.

The Music Corner by Herb Tardiff

Some of our favorite hymns were also popular with famous persons. At Robert E. Lee’s request, it was sung at his funeral. It was also one of Theodore Roosevelt’s favorites, and was sung at his funeral. But it shouldn’t be reserved for funerals, because its assurance of God’s help meets our needs through every chapter of our lives.

How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, O saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in his excellent Word!

What more can he say than to you he has said

Who unto the Savior for refuge have fled?

In ev'ry condition, in sickness, in health,

In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth,

At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea —

The Lord, the Almighty, your strength e'er shall be.

Fear not, I am with you. Oh, be not dismayed,

For I am your God and will still give you aid;

I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,

Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call you to go,

The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow,

For I will be with you your troubles to bless

And sanctify to you your deepest distress.

Throughout all their lifetime my people shall prove

My sov'reign, eternal, unchangeable love,

And then, when gray hair shall their temples adorn,

Like lambs they shall still on my shoulders be borne.

New Hampshire Conference UCC Weekly News

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10/31/2023 Newsletter



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