First Congregational Church of Bethel
UPCOMING EVENTS

April 4th
FCCB Crew Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
POSTPONED

April 10th
Good Friday
March 22 NO IN PERSON WORSHIP
Worship will be broadcasted. Details to come.

April 10 Good Friday
Cross Walk 12pm
April 5 Palm Sunday 10am Worship
April 12 Easter 10am Worship
Worship
Sunday
March 22

Worship Service will be broadcasted. Join us for service from home.
Rev. Wagner will be
leading us in Worship.
There will be no attendees except those vital to the service.

Please stay tuned, email with details to follow.                 
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear…”
Psalm 46:1-2
Greig and I are so very grateful for all the love, prayers, cards and support during our very stressful time this winter. We are enormously grateful for all the wonderful and tasty meals that were provided. Our church is truly a very caring and loving church, we are thankful to be part of it. Thank you all again.
Jill

Monday 9:00am-12:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am-12:00pm
Friday 9:00am-12:00pm

The Church office will remain open during its normal business hours and our step meeting groups will be allowed to continue meeting at their discretion.
We are working closely with our cleaning company to ensure the proper steps in cleaning, disinfecting and maintain our buildings.

Are you in need of assistance or know someone that is
please email our church secretary and we will be happy to assist.

We are excited to Welcome
Rev. Suzanne E. Wagner.




Rev. Wagner will be leading us in Worship the following Sunday's.

April 5 (Palm Sunday) Pastor Wagner
April 12 (Easter) Pastor Wagner
April 19 Pastor Wagner
April 26 Pastor Wagner
Reverend Suzanne E. Wagner

Reverend Suzanne E. Wagner was ordained into in the United Church of Christ in 2002 after earning her Master of Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Center, MA.
 
She recently ended a six-year ministry at Orange Congregational Church in Orange, Connecticut as Senior Redevelopment Pastor after serving three other area UCC churches (Olivet Congregational Church, Wilton Congregational Church and First Church Congregational,Fairfield. Currently she is a part time chaplain at Veteran’s Affairs Hospital and has just earned her fourth unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Yale New Haven Hospital, St. Raphael’s campus in preparation for Board Certification. In addition, Rev. Wagner lived in Jerusalem for a year in 2007-08.
 
Reverend Wagner resides in Milford and she has three children, John, Daniel and Christine, all married, one grandson, two granddaughters! In her free time she likes to watercolor natural science and botanical subjects.
The committee has completed the Local Church Profile and sent it on to our Senior Regional UCC Minister for final review and input. Rev. Michael Ciba will be attending the committees March 31 st Tuesday meeting to discuss the review and next phase in the process such as; listing the position and the candidate search and interviews.
 
For any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out Mary O’Hare at; themaryohare@comcast.net

Elected Officers -
  • Committee Chairperson – Mary O’Hare
  • Committee Recording Secretary – Claudia Anderson
  • Committee Corresponding Secretary – Bill Beckman
 
May God bless us and guide us in our search.
 
Thank You on Behalf of the Search Committee , Mary
Daily Bread Food Pantry is need of...

Non-perishable items:
Canned tuna, salmon or chicken
Pasta
Rice (1 or 2 pound bags)
Soup (especially Chicken Noodle!)
Macaroni and cheese
Canned vegetables
Canned fruit
Beans (canned or dry)
Breakfast cereal (hot or cold)
Marinara sauce and canned tomato products
Meal-in-a-can (beef stew, spaghetti & meatballs, etc)
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Toiletries:
Shampoo
Deodorant
Toothpaste

Please consider donating to those in need.
Give the current Health Crisis the need has grown.