Ornament Making Workshop

Saturday, December 3 at 1pm

Fun and crafty event for families. Join us here at the church to make ornaments to be used for the Sheffield Tree Lighting taking place the next day.

Reply to this email by Friday to reserve your spots. Please let us know how many in your group will be participating. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Stewardship Sunday

This year's Stewardship team (Maggie Helck, Julie Hannum, Caitlin Hotaling and Pastor Jill) are so grateful for all of you who love and support this congregation in so many wonderful ways. Together we are the Church at work in the world.

Some of you are in the vicinity of the church and can physically engage in one ministry or another while also participating in weekly/monthly/annual financial giving. Others of you 'love from a distance,' pray for the congregation and support its ministries with your enthusiasm as well as your financial gifts. Thank you!

This year's Stewardship Sunday will be December 11th. We will bless our pledges for 2023 and commit ourselves anew to the year ahead. Early next week a letter and pledge card will go out in the mail. If you have not received a pledge card recently and would like to receive one this year, please respond to this newsletter with your request. Or you could give now by using the button below.

Together we acknowledge the budgetary challenges before us, while at the same time giving thanks for the multitude of opportunities also before us as we live the love and justice of Jesus in this community and beyond.

Thank you for sharing the journey!

Reverse Advent Calendar

Collection of non-perishables to benefit

the Sheffield Food Assistance Program

We are proposing a fun Advent idea that would help restock the SFAP shelves, the “Reverse Advent Calendar.” Would you consider participating either partially or fully?

Look for the large tupperware container in the narthex should you prefer to bring donations weekly.

There will be a blessing of the offerings at the end of Advent.

Thank you in advance for whatever you may be able to do!

Berkshire Children's Chorus

Winter Concert

Saturday, December 10th at 3:00pm McConnell Theater at Simon’s Rock

This winter Berkshire Children’s Chorus teams up with Chorus & Dance students from Bard College at Simon’s Rock to tell the story of "The Ballerina and the Clown" – a multi-movement work by Libby Larsen (b. 1950) inspired by the storytelling and paper cuttings of Hans Christian Andersen.

Lighting the Steeple

For the month of November, the steeple will be lit by Grace Campbell in memory of her brother Theodore Merrill French, November 16, 1946—July 17, 1965.