Worship This Week

Please join us

in the Sanctuary

or online at 10am for

Baptism Sunday

25th Sunday After Pentecost

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: Linda Tilden

Coffee hour host: Kathy Waller





artwork: "Meditation" © Mary Southard

www.ministryofthehearts.org. Used with permission.

Town Thanksgiving Service

The annual Thanksgiving service in the Old Hampstead Meeting House will be held this Sunday, November 19th at 4pm. Join local clergy and congregations for this special celebration.

Rev. Kathy will preach, and Herb, our music minister, is leading the music. If you’d like to join the informal choir, let him know.

A Thank You From Judy Dobson

Thanks to all for the wonderful care I am receiving at home AND to all the cards and notes of concern and encouragement you have sent to me over the past seven weeks, I can now report that I am doing extremely well!  Don’t get me wrong – there are still challenges ahead for me – but the worst is definitely over. I will be meeting with my doctors this week, at which time I hope to get their approval for beginning an outpatient cardiac rehab program in the very near future.

My goal is to be “officially” back to church by the first of

January. In the meantime, please know that I give thanks everyday for your continuing love and support. It means the world to me! Happy Thanksgiving to all! 

Love, Judy

Advent Devotional Available

We are beginning Advent on Sunday, November 26th.

We have a wonderful daily Advent devotional booklet, "Living Well Through Advent" available to anyone who wants one. This year's devotional focuses on practicing wonder with all your heart, soul, strength and mind. This is a great opportunity to make some space for reflection and wonder this Advent season.

Copies are available in the foyer of Hadley Hall, or if you would like one sent to you, please contact the church office.

Advent Discussion Group

Begins Nov. 30th

Using the Living Compass devotional (described above), we will have a 4-week discussion group starting Thursday, November 30th. Because we at HCC are beginning Advent one week early, please start reading the reflections on November 26. On the 30th we will discussion the first five days of reflections.

We will meet upstairs in the Davis Room (large room at end of hall) at 10am. Sessions will run for about 75 minutes, and all are welcome.

Our discussions will be based off the reflections and discussion questions provided in the booklet.

If you have questions or would like to learn more, please contact Pastor Kathy.

Need 2024 Offering Envelopes?

If you would like offering envelopes for 2024, please let Maria know in the office by either calling 603-329-6985 or email at HCC1752@gmail.com.

Please specify if you would like weekly or monthly envelopes, or something else. We can print to order.

Christmas Craft Fair

Help & Donations Needed

The Christmas Craft Fair is only 17 days away. Due to a cancellation by one of the crafters the Fundraising Team has decided to replace that table with our own.

It will be a combination of handmade crafts by our crafty members and friends, and high end, quality Christmas décor and household items. We ask that all items be cleaned, and priced if you feel the item is of a particular value.

Items can be brought to the church during office hours Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9am to 3pm or they can be left in the Hadley Hall foyer in the designated box.

This is a new venture for us, so we hope it will go well.

There are other areas where we can use your help including the following:

• Make soup
• Provide baked goods
• Donate raffle items
• Staff tables at the event
• Help set up before the event on Thursday, November 30th 3-8pm
• Help break down after the event
• Attend and invite others to attend

Sign-up sheets are located in Hadley Hall.

Let’s make this the best Christmas Fair ever! As always, thank you for your support.

Your Fundraising Team

Questions: Email Barbara Wallack at bsw91@comcast.net

Greens Workshop

Help Create Items for the Craft Fair

Join us Thursday, Nov. 30th at 6:30pm in Hadley Hall

What to Bring: Scissors, clippers/pruners for greens

We will be decorating wreaths and making swags and centerpieces out of greens. Kari will be leading, teaching and directing, so even if you have never done anything like this before, come join us. We always have so much fun!

Ahead of time: If you have any pine, hemlock, spruce, holly, or any other kind of evergreen in your yard that you could cut and bring in, please bring it in ahead of time. We can store it in the basement. Collect pinecones, birch branches, winterberry and any other interesting natural finds that could be used as well. Kari will be providing ornaments, ribbons etc. for decorating.

All the products we create will be for sale on Saturday, Dec. 2nd at the Christmas Craft Fair.

Steeple Lighting

Steeple lit November 20th – 26th

In loving memory of 

Harry Mildonian, Jr.

Forever in our heart, mind and spirit.  

Love, His family & friends

Steeple Lighting

Steeple lit November 20th – 26th

In loving memory of 

Roberta Bobbie Kelleher

With love from family & friends

St. Anne's Food Pantry

The food pantry is currently

collecting for their

holiday distribution.

Donations are appreciated.

 Current needs:

Hearty Soups

Salad Dressings

Spam

Muffin mix/quickbread mix

Pie Filling/Pudding Mix

Jelly

Cereal

Brownie Mix



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

Recently I’ve been sharing some governmental initiatives to make New Hampshire more accommodating to older citizens, mainly in the areas of health care and senior housing access. Today I’m sharing a NHPR article about the Department of Justice expansion of its Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Unit. This is in response to a 71% increase in reports of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation over the last 5 years. The three-person unit will double in size from one prosecutor, a victim-advocate and a program specialist to an additional prosecutor, an investigator, and a paralegal.

State officials shared that crimes targeting older adults are widespread and underreported, estimating that for every 1,500 cases reported 35,000 go unreported even with state law reporting mandates. As the state’s population approaches 35% of adults over 60 with the majority over 70, “the problem is only going to get worse,” said Senior Assistant Attorney General Bryan J Townsend II.

The unit also sees education of older adults, medical professional, caregivers, financial institutions and law enforcement as a critical piece of their mission. These efforts give people the tools to protect themselves.

The Music Corner by Herb Tardiff

The librettos of many famous operas are filled with tragedy and death. Even some operas have the lovers dying on stage while they sing beautiful arias to each other. Take for instance, West Side Story (sort of a modern day opera), Maria sings a moving aria to her lover Tony and he manages to cling to life until the aria is completed.

A more devastating tragedy happened on 1908 at the Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown. St. John’s Lutheran Church supplied many of the performers and at least 50 were children. There was a loud hiss and the cast lifted up the curtain to see what happened and accidently knocked over a kerosene lamp that started a small fire on stage. Unfortunately, the fire expanded and the audience escaping encountered many obstacles. 

On that tragic day, January 13, 1908, 170 men, women and children were killed. For a small town, this was quite devastating for the opera house was one of the towns treasures. 

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.

11/14/2023 Newsletter



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