Meriden Congregational Church Newsletter

OCTOBER 2026

Volume 9 Number 10

www.meridenucc.org

603-469-3235

secretary@meridenucc.org

IN THIS NEWSLETTER

• A message from our Interim Pastor David Felton
• Leadership Team Listing and Points of Contact
• OCTOBER Calendar
• Special Events

*October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29thThursday 4:00 Justice Vigil, Meriden Blinking Light

*October 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, 9:30-10:45am Friday Yoga with Natasha in Parish House

*October 9th Friday 6:00pm MCC Potluck

October 12th, 19th, 26th Monday 9:30-10:45am Yoga with Natasha in Parish House

*October 15th Thursday 5:00pm Leadership Meeting

*October 20th Tuesday 7:00pm Men's Group

*October 24th Saturday 2:00pm Claremont Soup Kitchen

*October 28th Wednesday 6:00 Caregivers Potluck Supper Meeting

*October 31st Saturday Halloween

• OCTOBER Leadership Report
• Yoga in the Parish House by Natasha Goodwin
• Crop Walk Sunday October 11th after church in Lebanon
• Memorial Prayer Flag Initiative
• Assistant Treasurer's Report
• Peace, Justice and Outreach News
• Join Share to help Immigrant Families
• OCTOBER Birthdays and Anniversaries
• Prayer List, Into God's Hands

The Message from Interim Pastor, Rev. Dr. David Felton

This Sunday is World Wide Communion Sunday. This has always been a special Sunday for me because it has always been the one Sunday in the year when all Christians around the world celebrate communion together. With all of our differences it is wonderful that on this one day we all break bread together.

In the UCC it is also the day that we receive a special offering for Neighbors in Need. This is an all church offering for ministries in the United States. One third of the offering goes to support American Indian Ministries.

On the second Sunday of October, Martin Toe will be our guest speaker. We had hoped he could be with us in September but he had to cancel. We are pleased to welcome him now.

But most of this week instead of planning ahead, I've bee reflecting on last Sunday, September 27th. It was an amazing day. I've never experienced anything quite like it. The spirit in the room was alive! It was a mixture of celebration and grief. We laughed and cried but we were all together.

We began the service with a time of recommitment. I'd never done this before. I believe that it is one of the many gifts that John and Susan gave to this church. We used, in the service, an antiphonal reading from Gail Kinney:

To try to open our minds, ears and hearts to the Still Speaking God

To try to be patient

To try to be kind

To acknowledge the humanity of one another

To try not to be envious or arrogant or rude

To try not to be irritable or resentful

To try to trust in the power of God's Love.

This set the tone for the whole morning.

We concluded the morning with the reception of new members--Jo-Ellen Courtney, Josie Queneau, and Ginger Chiappetta. Actually it didn't feel like any of them were "new". We've already gotten to know and love them. It was an opportunity to thank God for their presence in our lives. I also want to thank all those who prepared the celebration dinner that followed the service.

Furthermore I want to say to all of you "Thank You" for including me in this special ministry. It's hard for me to realize we've been together two years.

David

LEADERSHIP COVERAGE

Pastoral Coverage: Rev. David Felton

Email: dfelton1940@gmail.com ; cell phone: 716-908-2750

Available for emergency and ongoing pastoral care needs

Kathy Wright can also contact David as needed

If you have a pastoral care need (or know someone who does), please contact Kathy Wright (see contact info below)

Administration: Kathy Wright, (Church Leadership Team)

Church email: secretary@meridenucc.org; church office: 603-469-3235; Email: kathywright@myfairpoint.net; home phone: 603-675-5989 or text 603-543-7663

Financial Transactions: Cindy Griffin, Church Treasurer

Church email: treasurer@meridenucc.org;

Email: csvensen1s@gmail.com; cell phone: 203-209-0922

Church Leadership/General Inquiries:

Ed Cousineau, Leadership Team Chair

Email: cousineaued@gmail.com

Pastoral Search Committee:

Andrea Keen, Chair; Marianna McKim, Secretary; Glenn Griffin, Chaplain; Julliette Hampton; Scrib Fauver.

OCTOBER Calendar

Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Immigrants on October 6th

Our faith calls us to welcome the stranger and to support the dignity of every person. Today I am sharing an action step you can take to show support for immigrants interacting with ICE. 

You are invited to attend an Interfaith Prayer Vigil at the NH Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office on Tuesday October 6th at 9:00am. The location is 275 Chestnut St. Manchester, NH.  

Prayer vigils happen each month to show solidarity and support for immigrants that are interacting with ICE in this building. They are powerful and moving events with singing, prayer and include a Jericho walk in silence.

In solidarity and peace,

Shideko (she/her)

Please text or phone mobile 603-252-7898 

shideko.terai@gmail.com

Update From the Pastoral Search Committee

Dear MCC Congregation,

The Pastoral Search Committee has been hard at work preparing our Church Profile. We thank you for your continued support, feedback, and input through the listening sessions and online poll.

We have discussed, at length, the core values of our Church, and have constructed a list of major pillars to answer the question, “Who Are We?” This is the first piece of the Church Profile. The pillars we chose are:

1. Community (supporting, gathering, family)

2. Music

3. Spiritual Guidance (inclusive spirituality)

4. Action (social justice and outreach)

At this point, we have begun the drafting process. We plan to have a final draft of all essential documents by the fall, which will then be posted to bring in pastoral candidates. 

Thank you for your support,

Pastoral Search Committee

Many people joined us for our Recovenanting Service and Cook Out on September 27th

Leadership News

More thoughts on the Wilderness

Ten days ago,  Pastor David's Sunday meditation on the "wilderness" experience grabbed hold of my imagination.  The freeing of a captive nation once enslaved  in Egypt and the Israelites'  subsequent whining and  grumbling in the desert wilderness struck a familiar chord with me.  Frankly, I grumble a lot, sometimes telling those closest to me that "we deserve better"--when I really mean that I deserve better.

"The wilderness is a place between what was and what will be." said David.  Even today the in-between times in life can be just like a desert wilderness.  So I want to think about the wilderness moment in which we all find ourselves. It's not a church or an MCC thing:  It's bigger.  I want to reflect on faith and the journey we make through the years as persons, families and communities.  You don't have to be a person of deep religious devotion or studied thought.  You only need be a person who regularly asks themselves "What in the world does this all mean?  And consequently, what should I do?"

Today, religious search and religious practice are changing--this really is an in-between time.  Once  people were taught that religion was a matter of gaining surety by learning a set of demonstrable "godly facts" and "godly beliefs" with a rigid checklist of "godly behaviors, " but  now many more of us are starting to take a different approach.  (I am taking a different approach.) 

We start our journey differently and frame our deepest questions differently.   We start with more doubts and seek out temporary footholds along the way, though we seem to reach neither assured nor permanent stopping points.  (I am moving forward tentatively  and maybe you are too.)  We are not afraid to meet obstacles or retrace our steps if necessary.  (I mess up a lot and ask for a "re-do" nearly every day.)

These days the ground rules of a faith journey are different.  We're not travelers toward a final or glorious certainty--we're pilgrims just barely getting by from day to day.  We welcome friends and acquaintances not because they are pillars of godly certainty, but because we recognize that they are moving along the journey with us through this strange, modern wilderness.  Like us, they search out the true and the common good.  (I hope I seek the common good.)  This moment starts differently: it starts with me and you and our communities.

Here's the un-holy, near-blasphemous truth:  In this wilderness our present search starts with understanding ourselves first (first understanding "my" self).  What we hunger for, what we fear, what takes hold of our true, deep and hidden selves.  (I hunger, I am afraid and I haven't yet explored my hidden depths.)  Whatever God or spirit of vitality or living and holy presence is ahead, I'll only  discover by getting there with you. I am not sure what that may be, but I am convinced that I'll only arrive there if we are walking together, taking our steps alongside one another.

 

Ed Cousineau 

for MCC Leadership

Delicious Carrot Cakes baked by Shideko for our Sept 27 gathering.

Starting on Monday October 12th

Yoga in the Parish House

Mondays 9:30-10:45am

Taught by Natasha Goodwin

by donation

Update: There will also be Yoga on Fridays 9:30-10:45am starting on October 2nd in the Parish House taught by Natasha Goodwin

Prayer Flag Memorial

This October MCC will be joining faith communities around the country by creating a Prayer Flag Memorial for those killed by ICE or who died in ICE Detention. The opportunity to help with this project--

A Potluck Supper on October 9th at 6:00pm in the Parish House--come join others to make the prayer flags. Lasagna will be served. All materials will be provided.

Come Make a Difference

We will not Forget

Ed Cousineau--our chief Grill Master at our Re-Gathering picnic Sept 27

What Motivates Me to be a Member of the Meriden Congregational Church, United Church of Christ

Meriden Congregational Church supports my faith, my confidence, my sense of agency,

the sense of “What we do in this world matters and has an effect on the world.” It is

community and connection that is intertwined with Love. The shared values of our

congregation includes the broader community of people who participate in charitable

giving as well as community services. I feel embraced by this love. I feel a sense of

belonging. There are examples of peace, justice, and outreach that may be visible

demonstrations as well as caregivers and hospitality and other forms of giving that are

behind the scenes.

The first time I came to a church service was by the invitation of Emily Quimby. It was

Children’s Sunday. Sunday School children presented their teachers with gifts of plants.

Communion was also served. Rev. Greg Marshall was giving the sermon and explained

the trip to the USSR with Bridges for Peace. Then George Butler played on the organ

Ode to Joy and we sang. I was brought to tears. I knew then that this was the church

for me. My heart was filled with joy.

I love music. I joined the choir and I got to know the choir members better. They

became my friends. After my son, Rigel was born I joined church committees and I got

to know more people. And when my stepmom died and other family and friends died, I

had plenty of care and support from the congregation. The Meriden Congregational

Church is Open and Affirming. This statement of solidarity shows the strength of the

love of this church.

Shideko Terai

WELCOMING and CARING MINISTRY

THE NEXT GATHERING OPPORTUNITY WILL BE OUR MONTHLY WELCOMING AND CARING POTLUCK ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH AT 6:00PM. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO JOIN US FOR THIS JOYFUL EVENT. TO RSVP AND FOR QUESTIONS CONTACT secretary@meridenucc.org

Thanks to Shideko Terai, Ginger Chiappetta, Lee Oxenham, Ed Cousineau, Greg Castell, Susan Sanzone Fauver, Nora Kells Gordon, and Kathy Wright for ushering and being Lay Readers in September. Sign up to usher at the sign up sheet in the back of the church.

HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US THIS OCTOBER!!

Kathy Wright, Co-Coordinator of the Welcoming and Caring Ministry

The joyous celebration on September 27th 2026

FAITH FORMATION MINISTRY

YOUTH AND FAMILY NEWS

Book Study Group has picked a New Book for Study

Interested in reading and discussing a book with others? Well, the MCC Book Group will be continuing to read a book and will meet on October 19th.  We meet every other week at Ed and Laura Cousineau’s when the temperature is cooler where we sit in front of a beautiful burning fireplace. We meet on Monday’s from 12:45pm (the time to arrive and get settled) and discuss from 1:00pm to 2:30pm

We take as many weeks discussing our book as needed to accommodate the pace at which the group wants to read and to make sure we allow as much time as the group feels is appropriate and necessary for ample discussion. The books we have chosen in the past have been very meaningful reads that have enhanced our individual evolvement and growth due to real personal and deep conversation that develops over time based on the content of the book.   The book on our current “to read list” is:



American Indigenous Democracy: A Call for Interdependence by Oren Lyons, John Mohawk, Katsi Cook and others is a collection of 18 essays by Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) leaders, elders, and scholars that explores how Native American governance systems inspired the foundations of U.S. democracy and offers ancient wisdom as a solution to modern political crises. Key Themes and Concepts include: The Great Law of Peace, The Missing History of the U.S. Constitution, Matrilineal Values, Interdependence over Empire, and Modern Re-humanization.

If you would like to join this discussion, please let Kathy or Jan know and we will add you to the list and keep you informed. 

Jan Lord and Kathy Wright

Jan-jblord_2007@comcast.net

Kathy-secretary@meridenucc.org or 603-543-7663

Continuing in October Kathy Wright, Our Secretary/Administrator, will Be Available for Questions/Information

Want to add your birthday to our list? Kathy is available every week. I am often in the church office (603-469-3235). My cell number is 603-543-7663.

MCC New Directory for 2026-27

The New MCC Directory is ready. Thanks to Rev. David Felton, Jim Lenz,

Elaine Lenz, and Donna Beaupre for all their help. If you want a copy you may pick one up in the church office, at the back of the church or you may email me at secretary@meridenucc.org and I will send you one. Also please let me know of any errors or omissions.

Thanks

Kathy Wright

October Updates to the Church Directory

Phone Number for Suzanne Spencer Rendahl 603-477-7346

Personal email for Kathy Wright kathrynyw326@gmail.com (My MCC email is still secretary@meridenucc.org)

Report of the Assistant Treasurers

 As of September 25th we have received $2,730 in pledge payments for 2026, We have received $320 in Plate payments for 2026. The monthly total for the church was $3,050. When added to what was collected last month, it makes $88,634--this is the amount collected for the year so far.

Thanks for your donations!!



There have been stock payments or donations to the camp that are not listed here. Thanks for all your contributions.

Kathy Wright, Jim Lenz

PEACE, JUSTICE AND OUTREACH

Peace Justice and Outreach Ministry Teams

News for October 2026

Desmond Tutu said: If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.    

Don’t be neutral.

PEACE

War is not the answer. The most current bumper sticker that the Quakers have, reads War is Still Not the Answer. Many lives have been lost with the U.S. war in Iran.

JUSTICE

Labor Justice/Immigrant Justice/Legislative Justice/Racial Justice/Climate Justice (as follows. And…

Weekly Justice Vigils are held in Meriden on *Thursdays 4-5 PM* which continue in October at the Meriden Blinking Light. Come when you can, leave when you want. Join Us!

Labor Justice

Hear ye! Hear ye! Oct 6 at 6 PM in Hanover inside the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College we bear witness of the union organizing at Dartmouth College by attending the 4th Annual Labor Town Hall. Please come!  Rev. Dr. Gail Kinney co-convenes the NH Faith & Labor Alliance monthly on the third Thursdays at noon by Zoom. I attend and represent MCC and VIMS Engaged Buddhists. If you would like to join the meeting let me know. 

Legislative Justice

Our legislative advocacy means protecting the freedom to vote, women’s reproductive rights, trans rights, those that are unhoused, and protecting the environment. Your voice is our power to help our neighbors in need. Our vote on Nov 3rd means leveling the playing field in the NH house & senate plus our Federal delegation of Congress & Senate. And we vote for Governor plus other local reps. The high cost of everything is going up but not our paychecks. Please respond to appeals to submit testimony to NH House & Senate from AFSC, Kent Street Coalition, and League of Women Voters NH, among others.

Immigrant Justice

The first Tuesday of each month NH Immigrant Solidarity Network (NH ISN) meets in Manchester after the Interfaith Prayer Vigil at 9 AM in front of the Federal Building (just an hour program held in the courtyard rain or shine at 275 Chestnut St. Manchester).

In November the vigil will be on Tues Nov 10 because of the NH General Election on Nov 3rd. This will be led by the Buddhist community, Valley Insight Meditation Society. Singing Resistance will lead the opening and closing songs! MCC is a member of NHISN as well as GSOP. Organizations include GSOP, AFSC, faith leaders and community groups such as ours. NHISN is interfaith and non-partisan. Please contact me if you would like to get involved. We are also participating in a project called REFUSING TO FORGET that is a memorial of prayer flags with the names of nearly 60 immigrants who have died while in ICE detention centers. These are names of immigrants found on the public ICE database just in the past two years. 

Legislative Justice

Our legislative advocacy means protecting the freedom to vote, women’s reproductive rights, trans rights, those that are unhoused, and protecting the environment. Your voice is our power to help our neighbors in need. Our vote on Nov 3 means leveling the playing field in the NH house & senate plus our Federal delegation of Congress & Senate. And we vote for Governor plus other local reps. The high cost of everything is going up but not our paychecks. Please respond to appeals to submit testimony to NH House & Senate from AFSC, Kent Street Coalition, and League of Women Voters NH, among others.

Climate Justice

Lee Oxenham and Jo-Ellen Courtney alert you about informative events and presentations connecting us to how we can become more engaged in climate justice. Please contact Lee to find out the latest ways to be involved.

OUTREACH

Listen Community Dinners As a church, MCC has offered the commitment to prepare and serve dinners the FIRST Thursdays of the odd-numbered months. The next date is Nov 5. Anyone, including the broader community is welcome to help with this. If you or if you know somebody who might want to volunteer, please text or phone Ed Cousineau or Anne Cragin. Ed will send out a notice a week beforehand to seek volunteers. Many thanks to those who volunteered in September.

Claremont Soup Kitchen Bill Chapelle continues to lead volunteer participation at the Claremont Soup Kitchen on the fourth Saturday of every month and this slot covers the hours 2-5:30 PM. No cooking experience necessary. October 24th is the next opportunity. “We always have a lot of fun. Your Saturday night begins with a good feeling that you have given nice people a delicious meal.” ~Bill Chapelle Please let Bill know if you are available. (chappellebill@gmail.com)

In solidarity and hope, 

Shideko Terai (she/her), Peace, Justice & Outreach Coordinator

text or phone 603-252-7898, email shideko.terai@gmail.com

Environmental Good News In Californis

Tribal-led prairie restoration is moving forward in Yurok ancestral territory with new federal conservation funding.

The Yurok Tribe has been awarded $247,900 to support prairie restoration and wildlife habitat work in California. The funding was announced through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s September 24 funding round.

According to the grant description, the planned project includes removing invasive plants, seeding native grasses, and using cultural burning. These practices are intended to improve habitat for elk, deer, and black bears, while also strengthening traditional land-care practices that have long shaped healthy landscapes in Yurok homelands.

Prairies are important ecological and cultural places. When invasive or competing vegetation spreads, native grasses and other plants that wildlife depend on can be reduced. Restoration work that supports native plant communities can help improve forage and habitat conditions for animals across the landscape.

Cultural burning is also an important part of many Indigenous land stewardship systems. When applied under appropriate conditions, it can help maintain open prairie areas, support native plant growth, and reduce the buildup of vegetation. For many Native communities, these practices are connected to knowledge passed down through generations.

The award is part of a broader $13.3 million National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding round supporting 14 conservation projects across the western United States. This announcement confirms funding for the Yurok project, not that the restoration work has already been completed.

What are your thoughts on Tribal-led habitat restoration and the return of traditional land-care practices?

#YurokTribe #Conservation #NativePlants #Restoration

Sources: NFWF

Article collected by Kathy Wright

How to get Legislative Updates for the New Hampshire Legislature

Resources for legislative updates and testimony:

AFSC

https://afsc.org/state-house-watch

New Hampshire Network

bills affecting environment, energy, and climate

https://www.newhampshirenetwork.org/NH-bills

League of Women Voters of New Hampshire

https://lwvnh.org/issues-actions/

Kent Street Coalition

sign up for their Happenings newsletter here

Go here to submit online testimony for House bills

and here for Senate

These resources will let you know what bills are being considered and those that need testimony.

Black Lives Matter and Justice Concerns Vigils are back in action at the Meriden Blinking Light on Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:00. Come for the whole hour or just part.

Members of our Church Leadership Ministry Team

Chair: Ed Cousineau

Stewardship: Jim Lenz

Worship & Music Ministry: Elaine Lenz, Ed Cousineau

Welcoming and Caring Ministry: Kathy Wright & Anne Cragin

Administration & Finance Ministry: Ryan McGraw

Outreach, Peace, & Justice Ministry: Shideko Terai

Spiritual Formation Ministry: Cathy Rodriguez &

Kelsey Hardy

Treasurer: Cindy Griffin

Assistant Treasurer(s): 

Kathy Wright, Jim Lenz, Evan Oxenham & Steve Beaupre

OCTOBER

BIRTHDAYS

10/01  David Weidman

10/01  Griffin Jameson

10/01  Addison Gabrault

10/02  Jim Borchert

10/03  Laura Cousineau

10/03  Jan Lord

10/03   Andrea Brown 

10/04  Rick Cunningham

10/05 Catherine Sensenig

10/06  Linda Darlington

10/06 Augustin Ramos-Glew

10/07  Erik Heaton

10/07  Nicholas Custer

10/08  Alicia Foster

10/09  Benjamin Reetz

10/11  Micah Dewey

10/11  Mikki Jaeger

10/12  Karen Lenz

10/12  Kuda Muhlauri

10/13  John Houde

10/13  Evan Oxenham

10/13 Suzanne Spencer

10/15  Allison Foltyn

10/15  Teagan Goodwin

10/15  Mirren McGraw

10/16  Susan Nugent

10/18  Grayson Davies

10/19  John Brooks

10/19  Tinashe Muhlauri

10/20  James Fadden

10/20  Steve Gordon

10/20   Carl Sandin

10/21  Jennifer Phelps

10/21  Susan Gregory-Davis

10/21   Marian Zens

10/22  Hallie Zens

10/22  Michael Hogan

10/23  Dan Croitoru

10/24  Marianne McGraw

10/24  Fiona Davis-Walsh

10/24  Jen Williams

10/26  Jim Griffths

10/26  Jaden Giaccone

10/26  Telemos Tomlinson

10/27  Elizabeth Church

10/27  Jeffrey Wilkinson

10/27  Molly Beaupre’

10/28  Daniel Beaupre’

10/29  Susan Reetz

OCTOBER Wedding Anniversaries

10/02 Nora Kells Gordon & Steve Gordon

10/03 Glen & Cindy (Svensen) Griffin

10/04 Susan and John Gregory-Davis

10/04 Karen (Phelps) and Simon Prior

10/06 Ross and Beth Wood

10/06 Judy and Dan Croitoru

10/10 Jeannie and Rick Hines

10/12 Brenda and Wally Caswell

10/16  Rigel Cable and Cam Lee

10/21 Anne and Alan Grover

10/24 Laine Gillespie and Bill Chappelle

10/25 Mark and Betsey Pensgen

10/26 Michele and Chuck Chamley

10/29 Meg Fauver and Nick Shafir

10/30 Laura and Ed Cousineau

Into God's Hands

Our hearts ache with the loss of dearly beloved friends and relatives of our faith community.

 We offer prayers for Cindy Griffin’s friend’s family because of the death of their mother, Evelyn Watts.

We offer prayers for Glenn Griffin and Sarah Winger following his brother-in-law, Clifford Winger’s, death.

We offer prayers for Greg and Judy Hardy on the death of Greg’s father, Louis Hardy.

We offer prayers for Kevin and Vicki Ramos-Glew and their families for the death of Kevin’s mother, Dottie.

As each of these dearly departed ones has returned to the source of Love from which all life comes, may their families and loved ones be comforted with Love’s healing embrace in the midst of this time of mourning.

Prayer List

As Autumn begins we give joyous thanks for all that makes our faith community such a welcome home for all of us.  So too do we celebrate with all those bearing new life, and pray with those yet hoping to conceive, or seeking to adopt a beloved child of God.  We also pray for our Search Committee as we continue the process of seeking a new settled pastor.

We pray for Selden Lord, Joan Burch, Penny Arcone’s friend’s son, Greg Wheeler; Shideko’s sister-in-law Denise Cable; Brad and Jeanne Thompson; Betty Pardoe; Greg Marshall;  Scrib Fauver’s mother, Ann Fauver who just recently entered Memory Care;  for Penny Arcone’s brother, Stuart Hills;  Cindy Griffin’s friend, Paul Russell; Rich Pullen; Shideko Terai’s brother, Jeff Boyle; Elise and Trevor McGraw’s son, River; Valerie Stender; Marianne McGraw’s friend, Jeff Gold; as well as Greg Marshall’s sister, Donna; Carol Hartman’s daughter-in-law, Michelle; Angie Hinton; Karen Sutton’s husband, Robert; Laine Gillespie’s friends, Josh & Perry;  Erik Heaton; Betty Walker; Linda Perkins; Jody Schubert’s brother, Rick; Jim Schubert’s sister, Martha & her daughter, Wendy; Suzanne Lenz; Judy Croitoru; and Linda Perkins’ friends, Dorothy, Albert, & Doug.

 Likewise are our prayers with these members and friends of our faith community currently receiving treatment for cancer: Penny’s friend’s granddaughter, Emily; Ann Cragin’s sister Beth Rentch; Lee Oxenham’s cousin, Stephen Cummings; Shideko Terai’s friend, Robert Taylor; Carol Hartman’s husband, Mike; Shideko Terai’s friend, Kathy Cook; Kathy Wright’s niece Christine Griswold; Andrea Brown’s mother, Linda Brown;  Ryan McGraw’s co-worker’s mother, Jeannie Berube; Odile Clavier’s colleague;  Amaia Leach; Angie Hinton’s friend, Mickey LaHaye; Vicki Ramos-Glew’s mother, Carole Spencer;  Cecilia Hampton’s best friend Victoria’s mother, Bev; Sue Turner’s brother, Kurt; Lauryn Moeller’s daughter-in-law, Lisa Rae Moeller; and Kevin Ramos-Glew’s nephew, Duncan.

We pray for the United States in these turbulent times.  We also pray for our friends in Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe, and all those living in such troubled lands as Lebanon, Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Haiti, South Sudan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, North Korea, Yemen, and the Congo. We pray for all immigrants & refugees seeking sanctuary & welcome throughout our world, that we may be among those who offer an oasis of hospitality & compassion within the kin-dom of God’s heart. And we pray too for our BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) friends and neighbors, seeking to build with them a world wherein “Black Lives Matter!”



If you or someone you know would like a name to be added to our Prayer List, please let Kathy Wright know. In an effort to keep it as up-to-date as possible, please also let her know when you would like a name removed (secretary@meridenucc.org).

 FEDERAL

Rep. Maggie Goodlander

223 Cannon House Office Bldg

Washington, DC 20515

Phone:202-225-5206

Concord District Office

18 North Main St.

4th Floor

Concord, NH 03301

603-226-1002

Sen. Maggie Hassan

330 Hart Senate Office Building  .

Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-3324 (Washington

1200 Elm St. Suite 6

Manchester, NH 03101

Phone: 603-662-2204 (New Hampshire)

www.hassan.senate.gov

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

506 Hart Senate Office Bdg

Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-2841 (Washington)

2 Wall St #220

Manchester, NH 03101

Phone: 602-647-7500 (NH)

www.shaheen.senate.gov

STATE

Rep. Margaret Drye

1136 Rt. 12A

Plainfield, NH 03781

Phone: 603-675-9159

Email: Margaret.Drye@gc.nh.gov

Rep. Bill Palmer

603-675-2117

Email wpalmernh@gmail.com

Sen. Suzanne Prentiss

Legislative Office Building, Room 102

33 State Street

Concord, NH 03301

Phone: 603-271-3092

Email: Suzanne.Prentiss@gc.nh.gov