Fall Clean-Up This Saturday

Operations is requesting your help to clean up the church grounds in preparation for winter. In addition, there are some areas inside the building such as the kitchen and under furniture that need to be addressed.

If you have a rake, blower, pruners, a tarp, etc., bring them with you. The date is Saturday, November 11, 9am-12pm. Please see the task list in Hadley Hall if you cannot make it Saturday. Many hands make light work.  

Thank you,  

Operations Team  

Because of You, Our Church Changes Lives Thank You from Your Stewardship Team

We are thankful to those who attended Stewardship Sunday service. Whether you sent your pledge card to the church in advance or presented your pledge card during the service, all were blessed as symbols of our faithful financial gifts given in covenant. For this, your Stewardship Team is thankful.

If you were not able to attend the service on Sunday and have not made a pledge for next year, we welcome your consideration to support the many ministries your planned commitment will fund. Additional pledge cards are available by contacting the church office. 

Abundance can be found even when we are not aware that there is enough. So, with God’s help we nurture our gifts through our faith to grow ministries that Changes Lives.

Thank you,

Your Stewardship Team

The Sunday school lesson for September was on Stewardship and 7 year old Grayson created this poster on the meaning of Stewardship in our church.

Worship This Week

Please join us

in the Sanctuary

or online at 10am for

24th Sunday After Pentecost

Coffee hour will be held after the service

in Hadley Hall.

The service will be live streamed

through Facebook Live here

or on 3CX here

Reader: Brad Robie

Coffee hour host: Missions Team/Loaf & Ladle



artwork: "The Five Wise Virgins" © Cornelis Monsma

Loaf & Ladle this Sunday

Join us for our Loaf & Ladle soup lunch on November 12th after worship in Hadley Hall. There will be 7+ types of soup plus bread and brownies. Come for the food and conversation, and to help a good cause.

Donations to benefit Saint Anne’s Food Pantry.

Several Emails Hacked

If you have received emails from the following addresses, please do not click on attachments or respond to gift requests, as they have been compromised:

rjdobwood@comcast.net

Conradsen2@comcast.net

If you think these congregants are trying to reach you, call or text them.

These scams are increasingly common, and many church communities are affected. If you think your email has been compromised, please notify Maria in the office.

Town Thanksgiving Service

The annual Thanksgiving service in the Old Hampstead Meeting House will be held on Sunday, November 19th at 4pm. Join local clergy and congregations for this special celebration.

Rev. Kathy will preach, and Herb, our music minister, is leading the music. If you’d like to join the informal choir, let him know.

Greens Workshop

Help Create Items for the Craft Fair

Join us Thursday, Nov. 30th at 6:30pm in Hadley Hall

What to Bring: Scissors, clippers/pruners for greens

We will be decorating wreaths and making swags and centerpieces out of greens. Kari will be leading, teaching and directing, so even if you have never done anything like this before, come join us. We always have so much fun!

Ahead of time: If you have any pine, hemlock, spruce, holly, or any other kind of evergreen in your yard that you could cut and bring in, please bring it in ahead of time. We can store it in the basement. Collect pinecones, birch branches, winterberry and any other interesting natural finds that could be used as well. Kari will be providing ornaments, ribbons etc. for decorating.

All the products we create will be for sale on Saturday, Dec. 2nd at the Christmas Craft Fair.

Christmas Craft Fair

Help Needed

We need your help to make our annual Christmas Craft Fair a success. If you can help in any way it would be greatly appreciated.

The fair will be held on Saturday December 2nd, and we could use your help with the following things:

• Make soup
• Provide baked goods
• Donate raffle items
• Staff tables at the event
• Help set up before the event on Thursday, November 30th 3-8pm
• Help break down after the event
• Attend and invite others to attend

Sign-up sheets are located in Hadley Hall.

Let’s make this the best Christmas Fair ever! As always, thank you for your support.

Your Fundraising Team

Steeple Lighting

Steeple lit November 6th – 11th



In loving memory of

Carolyn Chase



From Hampstead Family & Friends

Steeple Lighting

Steeple lit November 12th – 18th



Happy Birthday

Grampy & Maddie Galipeau

St. Anne's Food Pantry In Need

of Thanksgiving Donations

The food pantry is currently collecting for their

Thanksgiving distribution. Donations are appreciated

 Current needs:

Stuffing

Cranberry sauce

Turkey gravy

Canned chicken

Salad Dressings

Quickbread mix

Jelly

Brownie/Cake mixes

Rice pilaf

Coffee



Please drop off any donations in the foyer of Hadley Hall

Please, no expired items.

Thank you for all your support!

A Word from Peace & Justice

In a summary of New Hampshire news from the Boston Globe New Hampshire was an article about bail reform. The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee recently began work to research bail reform issues to assist with future legislation. The chair, Republican Terry Roy of Deerfield, and the NH ACLU’s policy director Frank Knaack spoke to the reporter, Amanda Gokee, about the goals.

Those who oppose cash bail call it “problematic” because it allows people to pay to be released which puts those without resources for cash bail at a disadvantage, creating the possibility that the lose their job. In the face of this claim, New Hampshire moved away from cash bail in 2018. But since then there has been ongoing efforts to “tweek” the system. Roy’s committee has spent the last two weeks listening to hundreds of hours of testimony on the issue. They are now working to figure out what further reforms are needed.

One important point of agreement between Roy and Knaack is that the state’s technology system is so outdated that criminal justice offices cannot determine whether someone arrested for a local crime is currently out on bail in another jurisdiction. They believe that this lack of real time information is driving much of the concerns about cash bail reform. They also find that there is a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding of what current bail law permits, so authorities are asking for powers they already have. For example, anyone deemed to be a danger or flight risk, no matter the offense type, can be held. Holding education workshops can address this problem.

The lack of mental health resources have also been shown to drive many of the problems that the criminal justice system is facing. The system was never intended to have to deal with mental health issues, substance abuse, or housing. These concerns will be addressed through a study committee.

The Music Corner by Herb Tardiff

Some of our favorite hymns were also popular with famous persons. At Robert E. Lee’s request, it was sung at his funeral. It was also one of Theodore Roosevelt’s favorites, and was sung at his funeral. But it shouldn’t be reserved for funerals, because its assurance of God’s help meets our needs through every chapter of our lives.

How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, O saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in his excellent Word!

What more can he say than to you he has said

Who unto the Savior for refuge have fled?

In ev'ry condition, in sickness, in health,

In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth,

At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea —

The Lord, the Almighty, your strength e'er shall be.

Fear not, I am with you. Oh, be not dismayed,

For I am your God and will still give you aid;

I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,

Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call you to go,

The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow,

For I will be with you your troubles to bless

And sanctify to you your deepest distress.

Throughout all their lifetime my people shall prove

My sov'reign, eternal, unchangeable love,

And then, when gray hair shall their temples adorn,

Like lambs they shall still on my shoulders be borne.

New Hampshire Conference UCC Weekly News

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11/7/2023 Newsletter



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