Holy Week Plans: Special services are planned form Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. Palm Sunday service at 10:00 a.m. Maundy Thurrsday service at 7:30 p.m. at United Church of Christ Fremont (38255 Blacow Rd). Good Friday service at 7:30 at Niles Discovery Church. Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. at the Niles Town Plaza. Easter Festival Service at 10:00 at Niles Discovery Church. Get further details here.

April Documentary: See and discuss YOUTH v GOV on Saturday, April 8, 1:30 p.m., on Zoom. This documentary focuses on a ground-breaking lawsuit against the U.S. government brought on behalf of youth. Register at bit.ly/SSDSZoom. Learn more about the documentary here.

Cabinet changes COVID protocols: At their March 20 meeting the Cabinet rescinded the COVID-19 Facilities Use Policy and the COVID-19 Covenant. Read there details of what that means here.

Office Absences: Pastor Jeff will be on vacation April 11-18.

Prep for Guest Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Celestine Fields, Associate Conference Minister for the Norther California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ, will be preaching on May 21 at Niles Discovery Church. Dr. Fields will lead a discussion about the Conference and would love to know what sort of things you’d like her to cover. Please send your questions to Pastor Jeff. He will collect them and forward them to Dr. Fields.

Check Your Spam Folder: Apparently several email servers are automatically putting church emails into Spam folders (gmail is notorious for this). Please check there for our emails and try to train your email program to recognize our emails as (what’s the opposite of Spam? Low salt and low fat?) heathy.

Friday, March 31

1:00-2:00 p.m. – Puzzle Exchange and SCRIP Sales. Drop by the fellowship hall to exchange your puzzles. While there, you can purchase gift cards through our scrip program and help send our youth to summer camp. Head over to our news blog to learn more about this program.

Saturday, April 1

9:30-10:30 a.m. – Adult Children of Alcoholics Group meeting. In the fellowship hall.

5:30-8:00 a.m. – Pack 112 Blue & Gold Bridging Ceremony. In the fellowship hall.

Palm Sunday, April 2

10:00 a.m. – Worship Service (Hybrid). Register to join us on Zoom (if you haven’t already registered) at bit.ly/reg4worship. Once you’re registered, you’ll get the link to join us on Sunday mornings for the worship of God. Register to join us in person at bit.ly/inpersonsignup (in-person registration needs to happen every week you want to worship in-person).

We celebrate communion every week, so if you’re worshiping on Zoom, please have “bread” and “cup” available so you can participate with us. Communion elements are provided for in-person worshippers. Click here to preview the order of worship and to listen to the music ahead of time. Sign up here to receive the weekly “worship music” email with links to pdfs of the sheet music.

6:00-7:00 p.m. – Patrol Leaders’ Council meeting. Meeting of the Patrol Leaders of Troop 112, in the Fellowship Hall.

Monday, April 3

11:00-noon – Monday Morning Bible Study. Join us every (or any) Monday morning on Zoom for a discussion about the coming Sunday’s scripture lesson. Register for the Monday Morning Bible Study at bit.ly/mmbsreg.

1:00 p.m. – MCE Team meeting. Ministry of Christian Education Team meeting, in the Fellowship Hall.

1:00 p.m. – MSC Team meeting. Meeting of the Ministry of Social Concerns Team, at Ron Adamson's home.

7:30 p.m. – Ministry Team Meetings. Most of our Standing Ministry Teams meet on the first Monday of the month on Zoom. Register for the Ministry Team Meetings here. You don’t have to be an official member to attend.

Tuesday, April 4

7:00-8:00 p.m. – Troop 112 Committee Meeting. In Room 3.

Wednesday, April 5

4:00 p.m. – Ministry of Evangelism Team Meeting. If you would like to strengthen our congregation’s ability to spread the good news we’ve come to know through Niles Discovery Church, please come to this online meeting by registering here.

6:30-7:30 p.m. – Green Team meeting. You’re welcome to join the Green Team, a group leading our congregation to address the climate crisis, for their monthly meeting on Zoom. Contact Susie Claxton or Bee Newell for the Zoom meeting link.

Maundy Thursday, April 6

7:00-8:00 p.m. – Adult Children of Alcoholics Meeting. In the fellowship hall.

7:30 p.m. – Maundy Thursday Worship Service. Held at United Church of Christ Fremont (38255 Blacow Rd), this service will also be streamed to a Zoom meeting you can join at bit.ly/MTatUCCF.

Good Friday, April 7

1:00-2:00 p.m. – Puzzle Exchange and SCRIP Sales. Drop by the fellowship hall (east end of the church building) to exchange your puzzles. While there, you can purchase gift cards through our SCRIP program and help send our youth to summer camp. Head over to our news blog to learn more about this program.

7:30 p.m. – Good Friday Worship Service. Held at Niles Discovery Church, this service will also be streamed to a Zoom meeting you can register for at bit.ly/GoodFridayReg2023.

Saturday, April 8

9:30-10:30 a.m. – Adult Children of Alcoholics Group meeting. In the fellowship hall.

1:30 p.m. – Second Saturday Documentary Series. See "April Documentary" announcement above.

Easter Sunday, April 9

6:30 a.m. – Easter Sunrise Service. Come a little early and enjoy the quiet of Easter morning. Please bring your own chair. Held at the Niles Town Plaza.

10:00 a.m. – Easter Worship Service (Hybrid). Come join us in person, or register to join us on Zoom (if you haven’t already registered) at bit.ly/reg4worship.