In an effort to protect church members and friends from the phishing scams that target churches, we will no longer be including phone numbers in the email blast. We will continue to include email addresses, as scam email addresses tend to be easier to detect. In addition, many email servers are equipped to filter out likely scams.

If you need an updated church directory with phone numbers, please let Carmen or Eliza know, and we will get one to you.

As always, please remember that it is very unlikely that Eliza will text you asking for help in getting gift cards or other means of financial assistance. If you receive any such communications, please feel free to block the number; if you're not sure, please call the office.

The teacher from Franklin who reached out for pumpkins for her 6th grade class sent me these pictures. How sweet we were able to help make this happen for her students!!  

The pumpkins are featured in downtown Laconia 

Great community we live it! 

Thank you to everyone who donated! 

Carolyn 

The Nominating Committee is currently working to fill positions of all standing committees in the church.

The good news is there is a strong group of people who continue to serve, but there are still several opportunities for others to join.  

Right now there are openings in Diaconate, Educational Ministry, & Outreach Committee. And a golden opportunity for a Vice-Moderator. 

And if you are not always in the area or don't like going out to a meeting, not to worry, every group, anytime is happy to have you join via Zoom wherever you may be.

As quoted, "Being a member of this church is not a spectator sport." Jump in! 

Contact Martha for any details martha@metrocast.net

Imagine Compassion Together

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of it members.” Coretta Scott King

This quote definitely reminds me of the power of choice. Whether in the midst of crisis or daily routine, we are called to make choices that affect the actions that we take in any given situation. Our collective imaginations also come into play during these times. Are we imagining the best that something can be or the worst? Is our mindset based on a perspective of compassion or anxiety?

Our Mission in Motion moments have been about an actively compassionate congregation, striving to tend to the many and varied needs of our community. Our mission as a church is to be a compassionate leader in a very public story. This sometimes means having to make difficult choices. Desperation can lead us to isolation or we can honestly examine those aspects of our world that grieve us, helping to release the strength to make the choices that really matter. As you prepare for your stewardship contribution for the coming year, we encourage you to view the choices you make by imagining what our collective compassionate actions can do for not only our church community, but the wider one as well.

Warmly submitted by Jaylene Bengtson for the Stewardship Committee

Here is a photo of the attendees of the Beede Falls Autumn Walk in Sandwich from October 20, 2024

5 NH Peace Activists on Trial October 29th

Ride Assistance

For Sunday rides to Worship Service service contact Louise Bastille elrevs@earthlink.net

For Monday thru Friday needs for rides for appointments contact

Diane Wells dianesluyterwells@gmail.com

Book Club

November 20th 10:00a.m. in the Library

Housekeeper & Professor

by Yoko Ogawa

“If you wish to donate altar flowers in November, please contact John Gill at johngill6x7@gmail.com”

Thanks, 

John Gill

In loving honor of her mother's birthday, Marjorie Goodnow Isham

Given by Alida Millham

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:

Nov: John Gill, email johngill6x7@gmail.com

Dec: Claudia Wright, email Claudia.Wright2840@icloud.net



Women's Breakfast November 20th, 8:30am at the Water Street Cafe

please RSVP to bettobergstrom@gmail.com



Men's Breakfast November 1st, 15th, & 29th 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 9:30 AM, or via Live-stream

●      Via live-stream 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