Please join us in welcoming our newest members to Plymouth Congregational Church:

Cassidy Cwiertnia - Originally from Lake Zurich Illinois, Cassidy moved to Fort Wayne in May of 2024. Cassidy enjoys being creative, playing games, and getting to know people!

Mason Darnell - Mason joins us from Convoy, Ohio. Mason was baptized his senior year on Christmas Day. Mason believes that God is all joy and love and is honored to have found a church that is all the joy and love like God. 

Jeanne Sheridan - Jeanne has been visiting Plymouth since before the Pandemic, and felt it was time to make a commitment. She is a widow, mother of four, grandmother of ten, and great-grandmother of one. After 53 years as an educator for students with special needs and teachers of special needs, she is retired, and enjoys time with family, reading, travel, and stitching.

It has been several years since we observed our last fire drill. The Safety Committee has scheduled a drill for after worship for this Sunday, May 25. You will receive instructions at the beginning of the service as well as at its end on how the drill will proceed. Such practices make it more probable than in the unlikely scenario of an actual fire in our building, we all know what to do so that everyone can safely exit the building.

Rev. Ofner-Seals and Rev. Murphy will be co-leading a four-week series on Wednesday evenings on progressive Christianity starting this Wednesday, May 28. The gatherings will meet for one hour starting at 6:00 pm in the Chapel. This educational series is designed for newcomers and anyone who would appreciate a refresher. Topics will include: 1) the authority of the Bible and experience, 2) images of Jesus, what salvation is, and the truth of other religious traditions, 3) different conceptions of God, and 4) the connection of social justice with our understanding of the gospel. We look forward to seeing you there!

For the past year, the Anti-Racism Action Team has been reviewing Plymouth’s history from an anti-racist perspective. The team is excited to share its initial findings with the congregation and will do so at an after-church forum on Sunday, June 1. Come hear some of what it has learned as they share why they did this project, how they went about gathering their information, and a selection of what they have learned thus far. Light refreshments will be served. There will be a time for questions at the conclusion of the presentation as well as an update on next steps.

The Women's Book Study will not be meeting in May while we organize our reading for the following six months. However, you may be interested to know that the books we have chosen are the following:

Girl Braiding Her Hair (Marta Molnar), The Women (Kristin Hannah), The Girl Who Said Goodbye (Heather Allen), The Tobacco Wives (Adele Myers), Doppelganger (Naomi Klein) and The Kingdom, The Power and the Glory (Tim Alberta).

We welcome anyone identifying as a woman to drop in for one session or many as you are interested. We meet in the Amistad Room at noon on the third Tuesday of each month.

A special congregational meeting has been called by the Executive Council at the request of the Stewardship and Finance Board. It will be held on Sunday, June 22 immediately following the worship service, will begin at approximately 11:00 am, and will take place in the Sanctuary. The topic is for a recommended adjustment in the investment allocation of our Special Funds in order for them to align with our Endowment Fund. All members are eligible to vote at this congregational meeting and are encouraged to attend.