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July 5, 2024


Congregational Church of Laconia, UCC

Confirmation Sunday 

Please join us as we confirm Lyllah, Ellen and Zoe at 9:00 on July 7th.


Church members getting ready to celebrate

the Congregational Church of Laconia

200th Anniversary on July 28, 2024


All are welcome!


History Walk


The Congregational Church of Laconia, United Church of Christ located at Veterans Square in downtown Laconia invites the community to see some of our history in photos. The display will be outdoors on the grounds of the church from June 17th to July 31, 2024


In 1824 this church was founded in faith and continues in 2024 to move forward in spirit. Join us July 28th at 9:00a.m. when members and friends gather to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of our church. "Wherever you are on life's journey, you are welcome here." Let's celebrate together!

Hands Across the Table


See Hollis after church on Sunday July 7th or call her 512-970-6592


Our church is cooking and serving on July 10th.

An e-mail has gone out asking for food sonations to be brought to the church.

Items for July 10th will need to be brought to church on Sunday July 7th.


We also need a few volunteers to help with preparing our food starting at noon on Wednesday July 10, 2024.

Creating an In-House Photo Directory


Have you ever been to Church “in-person” and looked at someone and say “I

recognize the face but for the life of me, I cannot remember the name?” Trust

us, it happens all of the time! The Members of the Diaconate are in the process of

working with the Church Office to add photos to our current Church Directory!

This will help all of us associate a photo with a person and their name…it is more

helpful than you can imagine! Here’s how you can help us accomplish this

goal:

  • Send a good photo of you, you and your husband or wife, or you and your family (facial photos are best) to Carolyn Jorgensen at carolyn@laconiaucc.org so that she can add this photo to your other information in the Church Windows database.
  • Please limit one photo per family
  • Perhaps you don’t have a good photo of you or you and your family? ask a friend to snap a good photo from your cellphone and send it in. Carolyn will take it from that point.
  • Still not coming together? Rumor has it that one of our members may be able to help us with this process!
  • If you have already turned in a photo, we thank you!
  • Don’t forget to send any “changes” (moved, phone #, e-mail address) you may have to your church directory information to Carolyn Jorgensen as well. She cannot update it if you have not shared it with her!
  • Please remember we do not share our Church Directory with anyone outside of the church so you can be assured your photos are safe with us!

Although there is not a firm “deadline” for collecting this information, the

sooner we receive your photos, the sooner we can share the directory with

you and the sooner you can start putting names and faces together! A copy

of the directory is always available in the church office or it can be sent to

you via e-mail at your request.

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.

Horton Center Pen Pal

There is a new program that partners with churches who love Horton Center! We

were given a wonderful young man, Thaddy Sieverding, as our Pen Pal. He is on

camp staff and will be the photographer this summer. Some of us know him from

his work this past year as the ITE specialist on the staff of the NH Conference.

Please consider sending Thaddy a note or his favorite food- Peppermint Patties

and Cheez-its! We’ll have postcards available at coffee hour or you can use your

own. Let’s send Thaddy some love from Laconia!

The address for Horton Center is:

Camper/Staff name

PO Box J

Pinkham B Road

Gorham, NH 03581


Also, we have 4 young people going to camp on Sunday, July 7 and you could

send them a note too! They are: Lyllah Anstey, Odin Sargent, Owen Goleta, and

Logan Griffin.

Got Lunch Laconia Starts Season 14


Got Lunch! is grateful to the Congregational Church of Laconia for hosting its program for the 14th consecutive year. We could not provide nutritious food to the food-insecure children of Laconia each summer without the generosity of this congregation.

Got Lunch! deliveries will continue on each Monday morning during the summer. The final delivery will be on Monday, August 26.

During this 10 week period the church hall will be in use by GL! each Sunday morning. This means that Coffee Hours will need to be hosted outdoors or on the bridge/second floor of the Parish House. Each committee should plan accordingly. The exception to this schedule will be on Sunday, July 28th when the church celebrates its 200th anniversary in Church Hall. GL! will delay their use of Church Hall till after the celebration is finished.

It is people like you who help to make Laconia a better place to bring up children–even when it means some inconvenience to our orderly church life. The children of Laconia and Got Lunch! Thank you!


The Got Lunch! Laconia Board of Directors

Book Club


July 24th 10:00a.m.

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt

In loving memory of my deceased wives,

Kathleen Herbert Shaw and Linda Mont Shaw

Given by David Shaw


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:


July: Margie Kreitler, (603) 260-3673

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 July 17th, 8:30am at the Water Street Cafe

please RSVP to bettobergstrom@gmail.com



Men's Breakfast July 12th and 26th 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. 

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