Dear Hingham Congregational Shepherds, 

As you all know, it takes a village to raise kiddo/s! We are so looking forward to the upcoming church school year and, as you know, we'll need help. 

While we have some excellent leads on teachers and are working diligently to hire, we might need extra support in the mean time. That being said, as you sign up to shepherd using this link:  https://signup.com/go/fHAHuST, please also let me know if you'd like to teach one Sunday. Curriculum is provided and I always find it to be rewarding. The children and youth have great thoughts and ideas about our faith. (Well of course they do!)

Please let me know if you have any questions; I look forward to seeing you soon!

Best, 

Sara

JR. CHOIR RESUMES SEPT. 15  

Would you like to sing with the Jr. Choir this year?  Our first rehearsal will be after church on September 15, starting at 11:20 and ending about noon time. If you are 4 years old to 6th grade and like to sing, we would love to have you join Mr. B. and Mrs. England. Rehearsals are almost every Sunday morning after church. We know you cannot make every Sunday, so we also send out sound files so you can learn the songs at home. It's a wonderful way to express yourself through song shared with our church family in worship about once a month. If you sang last year, please come back this fall. If you are new, we will warmly welcome you. We are friendly group. Any questions, contact Mr. B. Mr.s England - or the church office.

Sept 9th,
Oct. 7th, Nov. 4th, Dec. 2nd (all 7:30 - 8:15 pm)

Come explore, workshops, worship, and much more... Registration deadline is Sept 21st.  Check out the many activities at https://www.macucc.org/eventdetail/12749786/item/12868552  and register on line.

SUMMER READS

Two reads for this summer: 

Beautiful Boy (by David Sheff) book study and reflection will take place on Sept. 29, Oct. 6 and Oct. 27 just after worship. We encourage participation and anyone can come, even if they have simply watched the movie.

       H ingham Congregational Church Presents:

              HCC ON BROADWAY

              A Musical Gala event

"USE WISELY..."  HELP US CARE FOR OUR FRAGILE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING WASTE.

  REDUCE -  REFUSE - REUSE - RECYCLE - REPAIR - REPURPOSE - ROT(compost)  

Summer Music Thanks

Once again we were able to enjoy Special Music every Sunday during the summer, thanks to the many dedicated volunteers and generous professionals in our church community. If you see them, thank them for sharing their musical gifts with us:

June 30     Randy McGee, piano and voice

July    7       Elly Cope, Jennifer Cope, Mark Goodman, violin and piano

         14     Jane Kungie, oboe

         21     Rosemary Arthur

         28     Ed Bartholomew and Sarah England, baritone horn, and piano

August

           4       Ed Bartholomew, David Giessow, Steve Waynen, Sarah England

          11     Nick Capodilupo and Randy McGee

          18     Kate Kallis and Randy McGee

          25     Carolyn Antoine, Jan Heuman, Steve Waynen, James and Peter Allen

September

             1       Sarah England and Steve Waynen

From Our Community Garden!

In Support of the Green Team and Our Planet

 

Dear HCC Community:

I'm reaching out to you regarding a topic that's becoming increasingly dear to me with each passing day: the health of our planet. As I sit at my keyboard, thinking about the thousands of folks in the Bahamas who are right this minute being terrified by an unprecedented weather event, a massive hurricane being fueled by record-setting 85-90 degree water temperatures, I can only wonder what's next. Recent memory raises other unprecedented weather events, from Superstorm Sandy to the hurricanes of the past few years that have destroyed large portions of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico and the Florida panhandle. Moving beyond the weather, I think of some of the other stories that I've seen recently that for me evoke tremendous sadness at the environment we've created; like the massive "whirlpools" of plastic trash that are spinning in the oceans, or the images of smothering smog and gas masks in Beijing.

 

In the immortal words of Howard Beale from the movie Network, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" At HCC, that means I'm going to do everything I can to support our own Green Team and our collective efforts to advocate on behalf of a healthy planet. In particular, I would like to ask you to join me in supporting the Green Team and an exciting event that has been scheduled for HCC on October 20^th. On that day, Jim Antal, former Massachusetts UCC conference minister and president, nationally known climate activist, and author of Climate Church, Climate World, will be preaching to our congregation and leading a discussion after worship that will explore the shared values we must embrace to build a clean, safe, healthy and viable future. Jim will help us address questions like

With October 20^th just around the corner, I would be very grateful if you would consider contributing to the cause, to help pay for Jim's appearance and for other programming the Green Team will be developing in the months to come. A number of folks have already stepped forward. I hope you will, too. Please leave your contribution in the offering plate or send it to the church office at Hingham Congregational Church, 366 Main Street, Hingham, MA, 02043. Just mark "Green Team/Jim Antal" on your check or envelope made out to Hingham Congregational Church.

 

It may be cliché, but it's very true: This is a cause we must embrace, for our children, and for their children. HCC can serve as a foundation for our action. Please take part in making that happen!

 

With best wishes,

 

Todd Anderson

 

Todd K. Anderson

8 Water St.

Hingham, MA 02043

Office:   781-878-2994

Mobile:  617-512-1449

e-mail:  [email protected]