Come enjoy a simple supper with soups, breads and desserts prepared by our Diaconate. Our theme this year is Prayer led by our Pastor. All are welcome!

We Won the ”Souper” Bowl!

We just got the news that our team, the

“Congregationalists of Laconia”, collected

approximately 180 cans of nutritious soup on the

day of the big game. The food-insecure in our

community were the real winners on “Souper” Bowl

Sunday. Thank you, congregation, for making this

outreach effort so successful.

Monetary donations to the pantry can be made by

sending a check, with Little Food Pantry written in

the memo line, to the church office or placing it in

the offering plate. Shelf stable food donations can

be brought to church at any time. Look for the

collection boxes by each of the sanctuary doors, or

place items directly in the pantry itself.

The Free Little Food Pantry Team

Singers Sought! The next session of Power Chords starts on Sunday evening, March 3. Come join us! Power Chords is the Broadway Show Chorus of the PowerHouse Theatre Collaborative and it rehearses every Sunday night at 6:30 right here in our own sanctuary. What could be easier? You’ve seen how much fun they have in performance. Now come experience even more good times in rehearsals! No auditions, each week starts with warm ups and a mini voice lesson. Singers come from all backgrounds and levels of experience! Come try something new!

The Alta Guild is responsible for the lovely flowers on the altar every Sunday. Following is a list of each month and the member to contact if you would like to donate flowers for one Sunday: January - Dawn Dupak, (973) 714-6871; February - Diane Wells, (603) 527-1401; March - Maureen Bastille, (603)293-0353; April - Louise Bastille, (603) 293-0182; May - in need of a volunteer to join the Altar Guild. Please contact Claudia Wright (603) 387-5275; June - Carolyn Hunt, (603) 524-5779; July- Margie Kreitler, (603) 260-3673; August - Mary Ellen Azem, (603) 455-0972; September - Catherine Tokarz, (603) 998-3811; October - Diane Lockwood, (603) 524-3076; November - John Gill, (603) 520-4248; December - Claudia Wright (603) 387-5275

Vera L. Pierce

Our love and prayers go to the family of Viera pierce, who passed on Sunday, February 11, 2024 Vera, age 95, a sweet soul, spent her final years living at Forest View Manor, in Meredith.

She was a telephone operator for New England Telephone for many years and had a great love for all animals.

A graveside service to celebrate Vera's life will be held on May 6, 2024 at 10 a.m. at Union Cemetery in Laconia.

The Travails of Travel -Lunch and Learn

On Wed, Feb. 29 at Noon, meet in Church Hall to hear a member of our church community, Mary Carpenter, talk with us about the travails of her many experiences while traveling. Mary Carpenter lived in Turkey for ten years. During that time she traveled both in and outside of Turkey. Hijacked planes, snowy mountain passes, and difficult border crossings are all part of that experience. 

A Lively Display

Take a walk through the elevator lobby of our church and you will be

rewarded with a trip through time. Photos and memorabilia from our church's

Educational Ministries past are sure to bring a smile to your face. You may see

some familiar faces if you have deep roots here. Spend some time examining

artifacts from last century - all the way back to 1910! Photos, pamphlets,

manuals, and handmade creations paint a portrait of how church life has evolved

over a large swath of our nearly 200 year old history. The display is colorful and

artfully arranged, and speaks to the vitality of our church both past and present.

Wear your coat - it's a chilly space - but well worth the detour!

Muff Kruse

for Educational Ministries

Dear Church family:

The coming of the 200 anniversary of the church. Your parish has helped many people of the community, including my family. Through the up and downs of life, God plans have a reason for everything. Being patience and understanding of the word of God. Be on the look out for the coming of the LORD. Steed fast. Lent is a time of reflect on the word of God. The 40 days and 40 nights, is not just to give up something, but what can you change. Life has sometimes large mountains to climb, understanding and being patience; is what the Lord wants us to do. Look around you, you have other churches and community looking at you for guidance (Got Lunch, neighbors helping neighbors, Belknap House) just to name a few.

       Be happy with your health, (even if it creeks and pops), Be joyful for having shelter. Most of all, feel the love that this church has done in the last 200 years.

       God Bless,

       Jenn Black, Raymond Marden and Ivy

Come and Worship

We welcome and invite you to worship with us in any of these ways. 

!!! In Person !!! at 9:30 AM, or via Livestream

●      Via livestream through YouTube Sundays starting at 9:20 AM:

Go to YouTube and search for Congregational Church of Laconia

●      On our website www.laconiaucc.org any day and any time.

●      On Public Access TV Channel 25 Sundays at 4pm and 9:30pm

or Mondays at 5am.

If you are new to the church, please introduce yourself! Let the Church Office know if we can help you in any way! 603-524-0668. Seeking to be the church God desires for us to be.

Congregational Church of Laconia, UCC | 18 Veterans Square, Laconia, NH | 603.524.0668