Fiber Arts Meets This Saturday

The Fiber Arts group (knitting, crochet, hand work, etc.) meets the 4th Saturday each month from 10am-noon in Hadley Hall. This month we are meeting on October 28th.

All skill levels are welcome and no commitment is needed. Just drop in when you can and enjoy the company and crafting.

We hope you'll join us!

Pot Luck Breakfast this Sunday!

We will be having a potluck breakfast in Hadley Hall on Stewardship Sunday, October 29th beginning at 9am. Bring your favorite breakfast dish to share and come for good food and conversation before the worship service!

Worship This Week

Please join us

in the Sanctuary

or online at

10am for

Stewardship Sunday.

Bring your pledge cards to be dedicated in this special service.

Coffee hour will be held after the service in Hadley Hall.

The service will be live streamed

through Facebook Live here

or on 3CX here

Reader: Barry Sargent

Coffee hour host: Bill and Nancy Cheyne

artwork: "Circle of Love" © Mary Southard

www.ministryofthehearts.org. Used with permission.

Here is the second of our Stewardship videos! Click here or on the picture below.

MANY thanks to Paul D'Adamo and Tommy Bastian who created it!

Free HCC Logo Items

We still have some HCC logo clothing for the taking

Stop by during coffee hour this Sunday 10/29 and choose what you'd like. Or, if you are unable to attend, and would like something, let Maria in the office know before then.

Anything left after Sunday will be donated.

More than 25 people came to our book discussion this past Thursday for "Help, Thanks, Wow" by Anne Lamott. The conversation continues this Thursday at 10am.

Fall Clean-Up Volunteers Needed

Operations is hosting a day to perform hedge and shrub maintenance around the church. We have scheduled Saturday, November 11th from 9am to noon.

Volunteers are welcome and needed. Many hands make light work.  

Thanks, Operations Team 

Loaf & Ladle November 12th

Join us for our Loaf & Ladle soup lunch on November 12th after worship in Hadley Hall. There will be 7+ types of soup plus bread and brownies. Come for the food and conversation, and to help a good cause.

Donations to benefit Saint Anne’s Food Pantry.

New UPPER ROOM Devotionals

We have copies of the

November/December Upper Room 

devotional available

in the foyer

to Hadley Hall.

If you need a copy mailed to you, please contact the main office.

St. Anne's Food Pantry In Need

of Thanksgiving Donations

The food pantry is currently collecting for their

Thanksgiving distribution. Donations are appreciated

 Current needs:

Stuffing

Cranberry sauce

Turkey gravy

Canned chicken

Salad Dressings

Quickbread mix

Jelly

Brownie/Cake mixes

Rice pilaf

Coffee



Please drop off any donations in the foyer of Hadley Hall

Please, no expired items.

Thank you for all your support!

A Word from Peace & Justice

Here is an opportunity for hunters to share meat with the NH Food Bank: Share the Harvest – Hunt for the Hungry. This program is advertised and promoted by NH Fish and Game. The New Hampshire Food Bank is collecting donations of processed deer and moose to distribute to more than 400 food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and group homes in the state. The food bank cannot accept bear meat, fowl, or wild game birds.

Last year, the program took in over 2000 pounds of donated deer and moose meat for distribution. This year the protein donations are down 10% from last year so the Hunt for the Hungry will fill an even bigger need this year. Wild game is a local renewable resource that is high in protein, low in fat, and all natural.

To learn how to donate game, and for packaging instructions, call the New Hampshire Food Bank at (603) 669-9725. If you would like to share an entire deer or moose, please process the meat and have your donation stamped by a USDA approved butcher. Contact the Food Bank for USDA approved butchers in your region.

For more information on donating to the New Hampshire Food Bank, visit www.nhfoodbank.org.

For information on hunting in New Hampshire, or to purchase a hunting license, visit www.huntnh.com.

The Music Corner by Herb Tardiff

The brothers John and Charles Wesley were religious men. John was a preacher and evangelist and Charles was a hymn writer.

Charles' other well-known hymns include “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today,” and “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.”

The music for “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” was taken from a composition of Felix Mendelson and his other hymn settings utilized familiar hymn tunes.

It was George Whitefield, the famous evangelist, who changed the first line of Wesley’s hymn to “Hark, the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king.” Whitefield, a

rough and tumble man, didn’t bother to ask Wesley’s permission to make the change—perhaps knowing that Wesley would never approve. Whitefield just made the change

and began using it in his great evangelistic meetings, where the changed version quickly caught on. It is rumored that Charles refused to sing the newer line.

New Hampshire Conference UCC Weekly News

We thought you might enjoy reading the NH Conference UCC weekly newsletter. You can read it with this link.

10/24/2023 Newsletter



Each week, we will update this section of our Weekly Word with the new link

for the current newsletter.

Scam Texts & Emails

This summer, a number of congregants received a scam text "from Rev. Kathy." This was sent from an unknown phone number, not Pastor Kathy's cell phone. The text said it was an urgent request. Those who called/texted back were asked to send gift cards.

Please know that Pastor Kathy will never ask you for money/gift cards over email nor via a text. And if there is something urgent, Pastor Kathy will reach out via phone. Scammers are often successful due to the "urgent" nature of their communication.

Also, any email from Pastor Kathy will always have her signature line on the bottom with her phone number/address.

If in doubt, please contact the church office or Pastor Kathy.

These scams are increasingly common, and many church communities are affected.