You can also watch worship via Livestream at 10 am HERE!

Now that we can once again have a cup of coffee and a goodie at Community Hour, we need to find those who are interested in being part of the Community Hour Ministry Team. Your involvement might be limited or it might be almost weekly depending on your schedule. Please know that your church family will be so appreciative of any help you can offer!

Mimi D'Angelo - mimi8386@hotmail.com

David Otten - otten@mit.edu

For those of you who have been asking how to help Ukraine through the church, we have just received this from Global Hope:

The United Church of Christ has issued a “Ukraine Relief” appeal for the people of Ukraine and will be working with global partners to assist the hundreds of thousands fleeing that country. Checks may be made to Wellesley Hills Congregational Church with “Ukraine Relief” in the memo line.

“Members of the United Church of Christ are joining the global community to respond to the events unfolding in Ukraine,” said the Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson, associate general minister, Wider Church Ministries and Global Operations. “We are praying earnestly for peace and for the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the war. And, we are adding our resources to ensure that all can have access to safety and shelter as the fighting escalates.”

Click HERE to read more.

James Cone taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York over 4 decades.  He was the leader in Black Liberation Theology.  His first book was Black Theology and Black Power.  He has also written extensively about black spirituals and the blues.  In 2011, he published this painful yet hopeful book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree.  Painful, because the lynching tree symbolizes the violent racism that has terrorize the lives of African Americans in this country.  Hopeful, as the cross of Christian faith – the dominant faith of African Americans – is the symbol of violence transformed. 

We are planning to offer this study on four Wednesdays in Lent – March 9, 16, 30 and April 6 – at 7pm in the Reception Room. The fifth Wednesday in Lent, March 23, will be a lay-led service in Wallace Chapel with Jim McKinney. For more information, please speak with Jill Edens (jill@hillschurch.org) or Richard Edens (richard@hillschurch.org). The church office will have paperback copies available.

For Busy Parents and Caregivers.

Busy parents and caregivers this gathering is for you! We will focus on themes from Jill Duffield’s book; Lent in Plain Sight. Together we will seek to carve out an hour a week for spiritual practice and renewal. Join Rev. Anne Marie in-person in the Wallace Chapel on Thursday evenings throughout Lent from 7:30-8:15pm for breath prayer, blessing and leave with a small loaf of freshly baked bread.

Email Rev. Anne Marie to receive a devotional and attend on any of the following Thursday nights: 3/10, 3/17, 3/21, 3/31.

Those interested can also sign up HERE.

Faith & Fun Ministry Team is excited to offer some in-person events that nourish the mind, body, and spirit! Below, find multiple opportunities to gather together in faithful fellowship and care!

To begin our journey and time of reflection in the season of Lent, the Faith & Fun ministry is hosting a Soup Swap so that we may nourish and take care of one another... with homemade soups! Simply bring your favorite homemade soup and plan to go home with servings of a variety of homemade soups (along the same lines as a cookie swap)! Please register HERE to join us on Sunday, March 6th after worship in the Assembly Room!

Please register HERE to join us in person on Monday evenings from 7:30-8:30 pm beginning on February 28th.

Come join us in the great outdoors for hikes led by Jessica Sturtevant! Jessica will offer a series of hikes over the next few months with varying degrees of difficulty for both adults and families. Let’s enjoy some time together in the woods surrounded by the beauty of God's creation! Find the sign up HERE

Come join us in the Assembly Room on Friday, March 18th from 6:30-8:30pm for an evening of family fun! We will have games for all ages and abilities- like UNO, LCR, Spoons and much more. Pull up a seat at a table to play one of your favorite games or step out of your comfort zone to learn a new one. Drop in any time and stay for as long as you would like- it's nothing but good, clean family fun! It is our hope to be able to serve light refreshments during this event! (More to come!!) Please RSVP HERE!

 https://castecommunityread2022a.sched.com/event/sDka/caste-the-origins-of-our-discontents-book-discussion

The Hills Church Racial Justice Working Group would like to invite our church to participate in the Community Book Read event supported by the World of Wellesley (WOW). WOW is inviting Wellesley residents to read Isabel Wilkerson's book, Caste: The Origins of Discontents. 

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, from 6:15 to 7:30pm, author Isabel Wilkerson will speak to the community via webinar about her book (find the sign up link HERE). On hand to facilitate will be Dr. Regine Michelle Jean-Charles, Director of Northeastern University’s Department of Africana Studies, and Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice, and Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Leading up to March 10th, the Hills Church Racial Justice Working Group would like to invite our community to join in this town wide reading of Caste and will offer weekly reflection questions and discussion group zooms throughout the week leading up to Isabel Wilkerson's talk. If you would like to receive a copy of the book Caste, a reading guide and/or a schedule of zoom discussion book group being sponsored by the World of Wellesley

please email Rev. Anne Marie 

The Hills Church has started collecting gently used children’s books for the benefit of The Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center. Books are given to children while receiving treatment and to the children’s siblings who often accompany them during these visits. Books are a blessing to these families, who welcome a diversion during a difficult time.

There are two collection bins at the church: one is in the stairwell to the Nursery School at the East Entrance and the other at the North Entrance near the coat racks. A third bin will be on the porch of Donna & Gary McCabe’s home at 124 Washington Street, Wellesley. Their house is just east of the church with a circular driveway and a large, covered porch. Donations will be taken until the end of March. Email Martha Stowell or Gary McGabe for more information!

P.S. "Great news! We have received permission to once again gather for dinner and fellowship before the service. So come to the reception room at 6pm for a full dinner prepared by Captain Marden’s Seafood.

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