200th Anniversary Service

Forward in Faith. Forward in Spirit.

Horton Center and Laconia!

This week was a bit like Old Home Day at Horton Center Grandparent Camp! From left: Susan Hatem - who grew up in our church and is the daughter of Betty and Mendon MacDonald- who were wonderful long time members,

Diane Tinkham- enthusiastic Dean (not a grandparent!), and the great Grady Lowe

and his grandfather, Rev. Neil Wilson.

In the back row is our awesome Staff Pen Pal, Thaddy.

Creating an In-House Photo Directory

The Diaconate is very excited to see that photos of church members are

continuing to be sent to Carolyn Jorgensen at the Congregational Church of Laconia

so she can add them to our Church Photo Directory! Apparently some of you are

“camera shy” and you have not submitted your photo yet?! To help you along, we

have permission from Lorraine and Granville Barrows, Diane Wells, and Richard &

Maurine Bastille to share their photos and we hope this inspires you to get creative

with your own photos. Maybe a photo of you and your family, you and your dog, or

you and your cat?

Please share your photo with Carolyn Jorgensen at carolyn@laconiaucc.org and she

will slip it into the photo directory for you!

Thank you!

Diaconate

The Outreach Committee sponsored a high school student for 2024 from OneLife Africa. We received the following introductory letter about Elly Otieno. 

Thank you for your help supporting him!

Elly Kamoni Otieno

Elly Kamoni Otieno is the youngest in a family of four children. Both of his parents died when he was in second grade. He lives with a guardian who is a peasant farmer. His siblings were unable to continue their educations beyond high school due to the loss of their parents.

Elly is a bright young man who hopes to attend university after high school and become a medical doctor. His favorite subjects are mathematics, chemistry, and biology. He loves the Lord Jesus and has accepted him as his personal savior!

Bicentennial 1824-2024

Congregational Church of Laconia History Book

Bob Harrington has been working hard updating our first history book from

our first 150 years. This new history book is a timeline of events from 1774 with the history of early Congregationalism in the Lakes Region to the present, with lots of fabulous photos.

The book will be available for $5.00 to help defer the cost;

and will be available. Date to be determined

SAVE THE DATE

Sunday, October 6th, 3pm

Installation of the Rev. Eliza Tweedy

as Pastor of the Congregational Church of Laconia

Reception to follow

CARING CONNECTIONS for rides to medical appointments and/or church please call Margie at 1-(603) 556-9898 and leave a message that you are looking for a ride. You will get a return call with in a day or two.

Book Club

August 28th 10:00a.m. in the Library

Stolen

by Ann-Helen Laestadius

Peace

Given by Janet Janke

Altar Guild is responsible for the lovely flowers on the altar every Sunday. The following is a list of members to contact if you would like to donate:

Aug: Mary Ellen Azem, (603) 455-0972

Sept: Catherine Tokarz, (603) 998-3811

Oct: Diane Lockwood, (603) 524-3076

Nov: John Gill, (603) 520-4248

Dec: Claudia Wright, (603) 387-5275



Women's Breakfast August 21st, 8:30am at the Water Street Cafe

please RSVP to bettobergstrom@gmail.com



Men's Breakfast August 9th & 23rd at the Water Street Cafe

Come and Worship

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

!!! In Person !!! at 9:00 AM, or via Live-stream

●      Via live-stream through YouTube Sundays starting at 8:50 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