United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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Civil Rights Movement Film and Songs Event, January 7th
The United Church of Strafford is launching a series for youth and adults entitled “Songs That Can Change the World,” led by our Church Musician Annemieke McLane and Pastor Tom Kinder. The first event in the series will take place…
Read MoreA Note from the Mission Committee
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed food and other non-perishable items in the basket for the food shelf in the back of the sanctuary. A big load of items was delivered on Saturday, December 1 to the Sharon Food…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, December 10, 2017, Advent Sunday of Peace
The children will light the Advent candle of Peace at the wreath on this Second Sunday of Advent. The service will focus on inner and outer peace, and particularly on “the things that make for peace.” We will read the…
Read MoreMission News: Supporting the Work of Another of Our Grown Children
The Mission Committee recently voted to support Africa Healing Exchange. The founder and executive director of this amazing non-profit is Sara Stender (Ann McLaughlin’s daughter and Meg Albee’s sister). Some of you may remember Sara as Mary in a United…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for December 3, 2017 First Sunday of Advent
Advent is magical, in the sense of having a mysterious power to transport us. Its power is complex–part nostalgia, part longing for what is coming, part the beauty of its greens and candles and music, part the wonderful feeling of…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for November 26, 2017
This is one of the big Sundays of the church year, the equivalent of New Years Eve as the Season of Pentecost ends and the new church year is about to begin with Advent. It is Reign of Christ Sunday,…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for Nov. 19, 2017, Thanksgiving Sunday
This Sunday we will celebrate Thanksgiving during our regular 10:00 AM service. (We will also be participating in the interfaith community service at 10:00 AM Thanksgiving morning at Our Lady of Light chapel in South Strafford along with the Catholic…
Read MoreThomas Leddy-Cecere Refugee Work Invitation
Mission Invitation Thomas Leddy-Cecere, a Strafford native son and a beloved son of this congregation, is working at the University of Texas in Austin in a program that pairs university student volunteers as mentors with recently arrived refugee students. The volunteers…
Read MoreNovember 2017 United Church News
You can read our latest newsletter by clicking on: United Church News Nov 2017. The newsletter includes articles on: Upcoming special services and concerts of the season; Thomas Leddy-Cecere’s moving work with refugees; Larry Robinson’s Service; Upcoming concerts; Advent Program starting…
Read MoreMame Willey Service
We will be holding a memorial service for Mame Willey at the United Church of Strafford on the common in the upper village at 2:00 PM on Sunday, November 12th. Many of us knew Mame as a warm and witty…
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