Welcome Rev. Gordon Rankin

Please join us in welcoming Rev. Gordon Rankin (Pastor Paige's husband) as our guest pastor this week. Wishing Pastor Paige a speedy recovery. We hope to see her back on the pulpit soon!

HCC Annual Meeting

Sunday, February 8th, 11am

Our 273rd Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, February 8, 2026 in Hadley Hall following worship. Please attend this vital gathering, as we look back at this past year’s accomplishments and look ahead to God’s call in our congregational life this year. A quorum of members is needed.

The annual report will be e-mailed/mailed to each member family once it's completed.

Please take some time to read the reports and familiarize yourself with the proposed budget for 2026.

Steeple Lighting



Steeple Lit

January 11th to the 15th 

In Loving Memory of



Gisela Koester

Music Corner with Herb Tardiff

The St. Thomas Church (German: Thomaskirche) is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany, located at the western part of the inner-city ring road in Leipzig's central district. Martin Luther preached in the church in 1539. It is associated with several well-known composers, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, who was its Thomaskantor (music director) from 1723 until his death in 1750. Bach is buried in the church. 

My love for church music was cemented in my memory when almost 60 years ago, I attended a performance of Bach’s B minor mass for choir and orchestra. The actual performance was not here, but in a church in Belgium. Each section of the mass was very moving and done to perfection. 

   Aside from the more than two-hour duration, I was so impressed with the boy's choir who sang their music from memory. Speaking of memory, I recently watched a performance of this piece on YouTube from St. Thomas Church and the conductor Sir John Elliot Gardner conducted the entire work from memory including all of the instrumental and choir cues. He had also mouthed the words for the choir in German. Wow! 

Saint Anne's Food Pantry

Thank you all who continue to donate food for St. Anne’s Food Pantry! 

They have updated their needs list: Salad dressings, 

Spam, Coffee, Ketchup, Mayo, Ensure, Large bottles of juice

Juice boxes, Syrup, Jelly/jams.

St. Anne’s Food Pantry has also updated their

 Amazon Wish List

in addition to listing items here.

Please no expired items. Non-perishable items only.

Drop off is in the foyer of Hadley Hall.

New Hampshire Conference UCC

Weekly News

We thought you might enjoy reading the NH Conference UCC weekly newsletter. You can read it with this link.

1/13/2026 Newsletter

Each week, we will update this section of our Weekly Word with the new link

for the current newsletter.

Want to get the word out about what’s happening at HCC? If you want to publicize your event or remind the congregation about something, please email the office (hcc1752@gmail.com) by Wednesday at noon so that your information can be included in that week’s Weekly Word. Feel free to send in information up to three weeks in advance of an upcoming event. We want all of the congregation (not just the Team leaders) to be empowered to get the word out about all the activities that are happening at Hampstead Congregational Church!

Our Mailing address:

61 Main Street

Hampstead, NH 03841

Church Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:00am to 3pm