STAYING CONNECTED TO YOUR CHURCH COMMUNITY
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
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CHRISTMAS EVE VIRTUAL WORSHIP
All services will be available at noon on Christmas Eve
Family Worship with Christmas Pageant
Rev. Anne Marie Holloway preaching
December 24 at 4 pm
Traditional Service of Lessons & Carols
Rev. Matt Wooster preaching
December 24 at 7 pm
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Hills Church Christmas Eve
Drive-thru
Register HERE for our Hills Christmas Eve Drive-thru and candle lighting!
All are welcome to drive on through and take a moment to visit our beloved Hills Church between 12 noon and 3:00 pm. When you arrive, you will receive a small gift which includes a Christmas Season Calendar, a set of Christmas Eve Candles to light at home during the worship service, and an opportunity to walk through the Sanctuary and light a candle as a way to bless the space between us this Christmas. We hope you will join us. Please remember to register for a time slot.
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*NEW* . . . CHURCH MOUSE CORNER |
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Welcome the Newly Baptized!
The Hall Family celebrated on Sunday, December 20, 2020 with a Hybrid Baptism Service in our sanctuary. This new family looks forward to meeting you all in person soon!
Christmas Card Collection
There is a plastic bin on the table just inside the East side entrance to the church. Please bring in your Christmas cards and place them in this box. They will be recycled and made into gift tags like the ones hanging in the window. Thank you, Susan
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Second Chances Clothing Drive a Success! |
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Thank you, and everyone at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, for being part of our generous community. We deeply appreciate your time and effort to make this drive such a success.
Your clothing drive collected 1,882 pounds of clothing that will positively impact the lives of hundreds of community members as they navigate life-changing transitions by providing them with free, empowering clothing, shoes, and accessories.
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This year more than ever, clothing is needed for people experiencing job and income loss, health issues, and tenuous housing and shelter situations. It is because of your generosity that we can help ease some of that financial stress by enabling people to go to work, job interviews, and housing appointments in clothing that promotes self-esteem and wellbeing. You are providing sneakers to walk to work, shorts and t-shirts for playing in the park, raincoats to stay dry at the bus stop, boots to protect feet from ice and snow on the way to school, coordinated outfits to wear to training programs, and winter coats for warmth.
You’re also reducing textile waste in our area, respecting our environment by giving community members a way to reuse and recycle more than 250,000 pounds of clothing, shoes, accessories, and textiles each year. Together, we’ve diverted more than 1,750,000 pounds of textile and apparel waste from local landfills since Second Chances began this work in 2005.
Thank you for working with Second Chances to bring people, clothing, and resources together. On behalf of our board, staff, partners, and beneficiaries, thank you for supporting wonderful new beginnings for women, men, and children in our community and for recycling and reusing textiles locally. Without your partnership, none of this is possible.
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Anti-Racism Workshop
Sunday, January 10, 1:00-4:00 pm
How to talk about Racism with Connection:
Introduction to the model of “Validate, Challenge & Request”
At a pivotal time in our nation, the Hills Church seeks to build on a tradition of racial justice ministry by providing knowledge and competencies for racial reconciliation. This training model has been planned by the Racial Justice Working Group, appointed by Church Council to implement next steps for our congregation to support racial justice, continuing the tradition of the church’s founding as an abolitionist church in 1847. All sessions will be held on Zoom, with presentations from our trainers, discussion, and break-out rooms. Friends and neighbors are invited. These are resources that we want to share with the broader community. Register HERE for the free workshops to receive additional ZOOM link information.
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Hills Church Weekly Calendar |
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December 24
12:00 noon
4:00 pm
7:00 pm
December 25
7:30 pm
December 26
December 27
9:30 am
10:00 am
7:30 pm
December 28
7:00 am
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
December 29
9:30 am
10:30 am
12:00 pm
2:00 pm
December 30
12:00 pm
8:00 pm
December 31
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THURSDAY - CHRISTMAS EVE
Services available online
Christmas Pageant (LIVE)
Christmas Service (LIVE)
FRIDAY - CHRISTMAS DAY
AA Meeting (Assembly Room)
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Community Coffee Hour (Zoom)
Worship Service (Online)
AA Meeting (Adams Board Room)
MONDAY
A Cup of Morning Prayer
Clergy Pastoral Care Meeting (Zoom)
Food Pantry Donations (Assembly Room)
TUESDAY
Morning Meditation (Zoom)
Staff Meeting (Zoom)
Noonday Prayers with Rev. Holloway (Facebook)
Food Pantry Operation (Assembly Room)
WEDNESDAY
Noon Prayers with Rev. Wooster (Facebook)
Choir Rehearsal
THURSDAY - NEW YEAR'S EVE
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"Events at the Hills" Newsletter Publications
Need to spread the word about an activity or event?
phone: 781-235-4424
email: office@hillschurch.org
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE IS FRIDAY @ 5 PM
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