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

(TONIGHT!) Lent in Plain Sight:

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: 3/17, 3/21, 3/31.

Those interested can also 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!

This Sunday there will be a Youth Group Community Bonfire!

Wellesley area youth groups (St. Andrews, Village UCC, St. John-St. Paul’s Collaborative, Temple Beth Elohim and The Hills) will be gathering on Sunday, March 20 at 7pm to mark two years since the pandemic turned our lives upside down. Come roast a marshmallow, reflect, relax and release as we gather around a roaring bonfire together. We will meet at St. Andrews Episcopal Church located on 79 Denton Rd.

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!

Please register HERE to join us in person on Monday evenings from 7:30-8:30 pm through March 21st.

April dates have been added, so sign up HERE

Sign up 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

The United Church of Christ is working with global partners in Europe to assist Ukrainians displaced by war. You may assist with gifts made to Wellesley Hills Congregational Church with “Ukraine Relief” in the memo line

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 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.

If you haven’t read the book yet, consider reading it and then joining us on Zoom on Monday evening, March 28 at 7:30 pm for a conversation facilitated by Rev. Judy Swahnberg. 

If you would like to participate and get the link, email Rev. Judy

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!

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