Today Is Easter Sunday!

6:15am Sunrise Service At Eagle Rock Reservation (meet by 9/11 monument)

10am Festival Worship In The Sanctuary

Rev. Katrina preaching based on Matthew 28: 1-10

Sunday School and childcare will be available.

You can launch the Sunday 10am worship service livestream by clicking the gray button.

You can view the online worship bulletin by clicking the red button.

PLEASE NOTE:

The church office will be closed tomorrow, Monday, April 6th.

Rev. Katrina Forman will be out of the office from April 6-12.

Rev. Leah McCullough will be out of the office from April 9-19.

Please call Rev. Katrina for pastoral care needs starting on April 10th.

NEXT SUNDAY:

Rev. Freeman Palmer Will Be Our Guest Preacher

Rev. Freeman L. Palmer serves as the Conference Minister for the Central Atlantic Conference United Church of Church. Freeman began this call in February 2019 after serving nine years as Associate Conference Minister, Congregational Development, for the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ. Click here for more information about Rev. Palmer.

SMALL GROUPS:

TUESDAY, APRIL 7

12:30pm Daytime Bible Study in the Guild Room

The group will discuss "Across That Bridge: A Vision For Change and the Future Of America" by John Lewis.

7pm-8:30pm "Holy Hangout," A Family-Friendly Evening Bible Study

All are welcome. Email Seo Hee Koh, or Sarah or BJ Carter for location and details.

8pm Singing Resistance Virtual Sing With Other Montclair Houses Of Worship

Singing Resistance is a nonviolent grassroots organization in solidarity with the inspiring movement that has emerged in Minneapolis. They believe that what the world needs right now is not fear, anger, or division, but harmony. Click here for the link to their Zoom sing or you can find it on the church’s web calendar. For more information, you can email SingingResistanceNNJ@proton.me.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

10:30am Gentle Yoga

Email Sara T. to confirm the location – Zoom or in person.

No Handbell Rehearsal This Week.

COMING SOON:

Monday, April 13 at 7pm: Yom HaShoah at Bnai Keshet (99 S. Fullerton Avenue)

All are welcome to join the annual interfaith Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration, hosted by the Montclair Interfaith Clergy Association. As a part of the service, Pamela Romanchuk will speak. She is the granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors. She will share her family’s stories of survival, legacy, and the enduring strength of the Jewish people.

Beginning on Tuesday, April 14^th at 12:30pm, Rev. Katrina Leads Daytime Study (Guild Room)

For four Tuesdays, beginning on April 14, Rev. Katrina will be leading a daytime Bible study group around the book of Revelation.

Saturday, April 18 at 9am: Women’s Breakfast (Assembly Room)

Get ready for a morning of fast-paced fun! At their next breakfast, the women will be rolling the dice for a few rounds of “Bunco.” This game is easy to learn and relies entirely on luck. The winners of each round move to another table. It’s a fantastic way to say hi to everyone. Come join the women for a wonderful breakfast with friends. Guests are always welcome. Please RSVP to Karen Ermler at karen.ermler@gmail.com.

Saturday, April 18, at 5pm: After Hours At Union (Assembly Room)

All ages are invited to join us for a chance to unplug from our screens and connect with a shared meal, worship, and games. RSVP at www.unioncong.org/spring or on the web calendar listing.

Sunday, April 19: Gospel Sunday (Sanctuary)

Join us for this joint service with Grace Presbyterian Church. The choir will be directed by Chaequan Anderson and will feature a band. A freewill offering will be taken to support IMANI.

Sunday, April 19^th Youth Group gathers in the Sunday School Room following worship

Friday, April 24 at 6pm: The Let’s Watch Film Series Presents “The Visitor”

Join us in the Assembly Room for a powerful, humanistic drama that deftly explores identity, immigration, and other major post-9/11 issues. It also has strong echoes of today’s situation in the Trump era with a depiction of detention centers and deportation procedures. Please see today’s email or the web calendar listing or the below RSVP link for a link to the film’s trailer. You can RSVP at bit.ly/letswatchthevisitor.

Sunday, April 26: Earth Sunday and Second Hour With Northeast Earth Coalition following worship.

Vicki is inviting people who have lost a beloved pet to a gathering at the church on Thursday, April 23rd (time TBD) to learn about what was meaningful and helpful for them going through their beloved pet(s)’ death to inform her knowledge and understanding of how to support others.  

Vicki Lea Paulson is inviting people who have lost a beloved pet to participate in a focus group to share their personal experience with the death of a pet:

• What the experience was like for them
• How they felt about it
• How other people responded to them when they shared that their pet died (family, friends, colleagues, neighbors)
• What was helpful
• What wasn’t helpful
• What would have been helpful

In the interest of everyone having an opportunity to share, the group will be limited to 10 people. If there is a need for a second group, one can be planned in the future.

Vicki is enrolled in a training program sponsored by Compassion Consortium to become an animal chaplain. An animal chaplain provides pastoral care for people who have pets and/or people who work with animals. At the conclusion of the program in June 2026, she plans to begin providing emotional and spiritual support to people going through health issues, loss, end-of-life, or other transitions with their beloved pet. In the future, she will facilitate a grief group. Participants are welcome to bring a photo or a memento of their pet.