What's Happening at East Weymouth Congregational Church!

EAST WEYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Faithful to God's Ways, We Bring Hope, Love and Light to our Community and the World.

WELCOME FROM OUR PASTOR

Grace and Peace to you!

This past week, the Weymouth Vietnam Veterans paid tribute to four more Veterans who died of Agent Orange. It was a profoundly moving service on Agent Orange Day. It was an honor to represent our church and offer prayer there in this special Weymouth Vietnam Park. Did you know that Weymouth had 1000 people serve during the Vietnam War?

I'm proud of our church for finding ways to show support of our Veterans, through mission and outreach, during music and prayer of our worship services, and by supporting our Veterans during annual parades.

The Patriotic Rocks we collected at our church in June and July were given to bereaved families of the Vietnam Veterans memorialized during the service. Also, Veteran Frank Burke and the director of Weymouth Veterans Council George Ponte will offer these Patriotic Rocks to more Veterans during the next monthly coffee gathering.

A Weymouth high schooler played taps during the service. I close with the beautiful words that accompany Taps (below).

Blessings and God's grace,

Rev. Gretchen

TAPS

Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hill, from the sky. All is well, safely rest God is nigh. Fading light, dims the sight, And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright. From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night. Thanks and praise, for our days, 'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, 'Neath the sky. As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

Join us for worship in the park this Wednesday. We will gather at the Gazebo. Please bring your summer chairs and your Bible. Our church worship will be from 7 - 7:30 pm

After worship, from 7:30 until the sun sets, we'll relax and behold the beauty of the sunset in Webb Park together while listening to spiritual music, poems and prayer. If you have a poem or prayer you'd like to share that inspires, gives us hope and helps us center ourselves as the sun sets, please feel free to share.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Annual Weymouth CandleLight Vigil is August 31st at 6:30 pm. Rev. Gretchen will offer prayer. Consider coming and showing your support as we remember those who have died from such a harrowing disease of substance addiction and offer our prayers and love. Your support of grieving families can make all the difference.

Church Fair There will be an all-church fair this year. It will be November 20. If this news gets your creative juices flowing, we have an opportunity for you to find material or other items you may wish to use to make your items. The craft room has been cleaned and organized. If you would like to check to see if there is material good for your projects, give Bettyanne a call at 781-335-2267 to set up a time to check it out. You won't be disappointed.

Church Council is Monday, August 16th, 7:30 -- 9 pm

UCC Worship Need a little extra inspiration? Check out these beautiful worship services which premiered at UCC General Synod 2021. Check them out.

Click here for The 1st Worship Service led by Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Click here for the 2nd Worship service led by Rev. Michelle Higgins

Click here for the 3rd Worship service led by Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson

Safety during Pandemic: We will need to stay current and adapt our plans in accordance with public health trends concerning Covid and the current variant transmission rates. Check back here for any updates. Stay safe.

WORSHIP

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Sixth Assessment Report. Our Sunday online worship on YouTube & Facebook will be about Creation Care and how our faith guides us to address the Climate Crisis. Rev. Jim Antal offers a powerful sermon.

For those of you who can make worship in person, please join us at 7PM this Wednesday, August 18. We will be worshipping at Webb Memorial Park in Weymouth. The sermon title this Wednesday is:

"In All Things Thanks" from Ephesians 5: 15-20.