To view the live-streamed 10 AM service, please use one of the links below.

Please use your best judgement with the rain that is forecasted tomorrow.

If it is a light rain, we will still meet.

An important part of celebrating our 300th Anniversary is the planning of a Capital Campaign to equip ourselves for our 4th century of serving Jesus. We are at the very beginning stages of discerning what that looks like. In the next few weeks, we especially seek your ideas in seven areas. Here are a few examples of some ideas already gathered; what ideas do you have? 

·        Restoration of Sanctuary windows

·        New wood floors and/or carpeting

·        Move Nursery space closer to the Sanctuary

Handicapped Accessibility:

·        Elevator to the Basement Level

·        Handicapped accessible improvements, entrances/exits

·        Create an accessible and user-friendly Archive Space

·        Parking lot repaving & stripping

·        Restore the Church Barn for much needed storage

·        Create an Outdoor Worship Pavilion/Gazebo with Fire Pit 

·        Design & install a Labyrinth Walk or an outdoor Spirit and Meditation garden space

·        Plant a Tree in honor of 300th Anniversary

·        Install Solar Panels or create small Solar Farm on campus

·        Create an endowment for technology as an ongoing operational expense

·        Enhance recreation/fellowship areas indoors and outdoors

·        Create an afterschool homework help program. High Schoolers might earn community service hours.

·        Offer special music concerts and/or events.  Create a Jazz Sunday, Spirituals Sunday,

·        Wills & bequests

·        Planned giving

·        Outright gifts

We are delighted to be able to resume bringing Communion to those unable to be with us at table in the Sanctuary. On the first Sunday of each month, Communion elements consecrated in worship will then be brought to our members in homes, assisted living, and rehab centers. Please let Pastor Alison know if you wish to take part; no experience needed, just a willing heart.

We are a congregation that cares for one another, and now as Covid eases, we can add another layer of care and connection. We are now forming an Action Team of friendly visitors to extend our care to those who would welcome a visit and a chat. Please share your interest with Pastor Alison. Members of the Caring Ministry Group will offer orientation and guidance.

Sunday Flower signup

Would you like to donate flowers for Sunday worship service in memory or in honor of someone? There is a signup sheet in the Parlor for you to fill in your name and contact info. Any questions, please contact Jane Brown

10:00 a.m. Worship in Sanctuary with in-person Church School

11:00 a.m. Fellowship, Parish Hall (hosted by Caring Ministry)

7:00 p.m.  Finance & Administration Ministry, Chapel

10:00 a.m. Staff Meeting, Chapel

2:00 p.m.  Parish Care, Library

7:00 p.m.  Church Council, Chapel

12:45 p.m. Caring Crafts, Parlor

6:30 p.m.  New Haven Association Spring Meeting, Sanctuary and Parish Hall

7:00 p.m.  Choir Rehearsal

6:30 p.m.  Worship Ministry, Chapel

7:00 p.m.  Generosity Team (formerly Stewardship), Room 11

10:00 a.m. Worship in Sanctuary with in-person Church School

11:00 a.m. Fellowship (hosted by Finance & Administration), Parlor and Parish Hall

Finance and Administration Ministry group is holding an informational program about charitable giving in parish hall after service. They will also be hosting coffee hour, with set up in the parlor. Those who wish to attend the program can grab a snack and head to parish hall. Those who do not can have social hour in the parlor. (See flier above)

5:00 p.m.  Middle School & High School Youth Groups

Going Natural This Month:  May is the time when many homeowners fire up the lawnmower and get to work trimming the yard.  Unfortunately, it’s also the time when many bee species need “lawn flowers,” such as dandelions, clover, and violets, because other bee food is scarce. Mowing gets rid of these important sources of nutrition for our vital pollinators.  The answer? “No-Mow May,” an initiative that started in Britain and is taking hold in the United States.  Letting a lawn “go natural” this month helps bees, which pollinate 35 percent of our global food supply and many of the wild plants our ecosystems depend on.  If holding back on mowing your entire yard in May seems like too big a step, consider letting a part of it –– the back yard, for example, less visible from the street –– grow until the end of the month.  You’re going to see more flowers, which translates to increases in abundance and biodiversity of bees.  We’ve been conditioned to hate dandelions, but letting them grow until June in even part of your property is an ecological step forward.  Of course, to let lawn flowers grow you can’t apply herbicides (weed killers) this month. More information on No-Mow May is available here: https://beecityusa.org/no-mow-may/ 

To learn more about our church’s Environmental Justice Team, email Anne McNulty or Karen Schnitzer

SUNDAY, JUNE 5^th - 4:00 P.M.