This Week April 26, 2022

 Dear Folks,

 

Even when the skies are cloudy, the sun still shines!

This Sunday, May 1, is the Third Sunday of Easter.  We will be celebrating Holy Communion, so be sure to have your elements handy.  The scriptures are Acts 9:1-20 and John 21: 1-19.  The sermon is "Feed and Tend".  The 9:30 a.m. service is on-site and Facebook live-streamed.

 

VALLEY REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROJECT - HCCUCC and other organizations and individuals will be partnering to resettle refugee families across the lower Naugatuck Valley. Our HCCUCC members, Bob & Deb Margolies and Gordon & Linda Harris are on the Steering Committee. To make the project a success, we will need at least 30 volunteers from across the Valley. Volunteers are required to take 3 – 2-hour online training sessions. Tasks would include (but not limited to) teaching English as a second language, driving to appointments, setting up housing, getting supplies, and teaching driving skills. HCCUCC will be hosting an orientation meeting on May 15 at 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you have any other questions in the meantime, please contact Bob Margolies.

 

Community Tag Sale: Women’s Fellowship will again be holding our annual tag sale on June 4 (rain date June 11). You are welcome to have your own space or donate items to the church table. Please note that we cannot take items yet, and they may not be dropped off in Reuman House. As the time gets closer, there will be information on where and when to do this. Until then, please consider us as you do any spring clean-out!

 

SAVE THE DATE:  CHURCH AUCTION JUNE 18!

 

The Valley Food Bank at Spooner House is in need of these items: shelf stable milk and powdered milk, pancake mix and syrup, peanut butter and jelly, canned fruit and applesauce, garbanzo and navy beans, canned tuna and chicken, oatmeal and other cereals, and pasta sauce.  There is a box in the Alcove, also the "wishing well" in Fellowship Hall for your donations.  Please be generous!

 

Please continue to support HCCUCC with your contributions.  Now more than ever, our mission of being the beacon of love and light on the Huntington Green and beyond is vital. Contributions sent in by mail are welcome. Please consider donating at our website, www.huntingtonucc.org. Electronic Fund Transfer giving is also available. Please email the church, hcc@snet.net if you would like a form to set that up. Any way you give is a blessing and is greatly appreciated.

 

Let us pray.  As the days pass and we move further away from Easter day, may we remember that every moment can be a new Easter, filled with new live and new possibilities.  Amen.

 

In Christ's love,

Rev. Lucille      

This Week April 20, 2022

Dear Folks,

May we all continue to embrace the new life of the Resurrection.

This Sunday, April 24, is the Second Sunday of Easter.  The scriptures are Revelation 1:4-8 and John 20: 19-31.  The sermon is "Look and See".  The 9:30 a.m. service is on-site and Facebook live-streamed.

Community Tag Sale: Women’s Fellowship will again be holding our annual tag sale on June 4 (rain date June 11). You are welcome to have your own space or donate items to the church table. Please note that we cannot take items yet, and they may not be dropped off in Reuman House. As the time gets closer, there will be information on where and when to do this. Until then, please consider us as you do any spring clean-out!

SAVE THE DATE:  CHURCH AUCTION JUNE 18!

Please submit your $12 gift per member to offset our commitment to the Fairfield East Association and the Southern New England Conference UCC ASAP. This can be done by in-person, mail, or through our website on-line giving. Thank you for your continued support and faithfulness.

The Valley Food Bank at Spooner House is in need of these items: shelf stable milk and powdered milk, pancake mix and syrup, peanut butter and jelly, canned fruit and applesauce, garbanzo and navy beans, canned tuna and chicken, oatmeal and other cereals, and pasta sauce.  There is a box in the Alcove, also the "wishing well" in Fellowship Hall for your donations.  Please be generous!

Please continue to support HCCUCC with your contributions.  Now more than ever, our mission of being the beacon of love and light on the Huntington Green and beyond is vital. Contributions sent in by mail are welcome. Please consider donating at our website, www.huntingtonucc.org. Electronic Fund Transfer giving is also available. Please email the church, hcc@snet.net if you would like a form to set that up. Any way you give is a blessing and is greatly appreciated.

Let us pray.  O Holy God of new life and love, may your resurrection power course through us to begin our lives anew each day, as we seek and work for the best for all.  Amen.

In Christ's love,

Rev. Lucille      

Holy Week

 

This Week: Holy Week and Easter 2022

 

Dear Folks,

 

As we journey through this most holy of weeks, may we walk Jesus, knowing that all our pain and suffering are carried with him to the Cross, the Grave, and the Resurrection. Hope and love never die.

 

On Maundy Thursday, April 14, Tenebrae will be at 7:45 p.m., on-site and live-streamed.

 

Good Friday service will be at Noon, on-site and live stream.  How can we rejoice on Easter Sunday if we do not journey with Christ on Good Friday?

 

Easter Sunday Sunrise service will be held at 6 a.m. at Jones Family Farm.  This will not be live-streamed.

 

Easter Service at HCCUCC will be on-site and live streamed at 9:30 a.m.  The scriptures are I Corinthians 15:19-26 and John 20:1-8.  The sermon is "Seeing Is Believing".

 

All live stream links will be sent out after each service for later viewing.

 

Let us pray.  O Holy God, through our sorrows and through our joys, your ever-present love is near.  May we continue to acknowledge and share that love with our own words and works of compassion.  Amen.

 

In Christ's love,

Rev. Lucille

This Week April 5, 2022

  

Dear Folks,

 

Hope you are all well.

 

Continued prayers for the people of Ukraine and for peace in all places where there is warfare.

 

This Sunday is Palm Sunday.  The scriptures are Psalm 118:19-29 and Luke 19:29-40.  The sermon is "A Loud Voice".  The service is on-site and Facebook livestream.  It will be posted to Facebook and YouTube for later viewing.

 

Tenebrae service is on Maundy Thursday, April 14 at 7:45 p.m. is on-site and Facebook live-streamed.  Good Friday service will be held on April 15 at Noon, on-site and Facebook live-stream.

 

April 17, the Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service will be at 6 a.m. at Jones Family Farm.  Our HCCUCC Easter service will be at 9:30 a.m., on-site and live-stream.

  

The Valley Food Bank at Spooner House is in need of these items: shelf stable milk and powdered milk, pancake mix and syrup, peanut butter and jelly, canned fruit and applesauce, garbanzo and navy beans, canned tuna and chicken, oatmeal and other cereals, and pasta sauce.  There is a box in the Alcove and also the "wishing well" in Fellowship Hall for your donations.  Please be generous!

 

Community Tag Sale: Women’s Fellowship will again be holding our annual tag sale on June 4 (rain date June 11). You are welcome to have your own space or donate items to the church table. Please note that we cannot take items yet, and they may not be dropped off in Reuman House. As the time gets closer, there will be information on where and when to do this. Until then, please consider us as you do any spring clean-out!

 

Please continue to support HCCUCC with your contributions.  Now more than ever, our mission of being the beacon of love and light on the Huntington Green and beyond is vital. Contributions sent in by mail are welcome. Please consider donating at our website, www.huntingtonucc.org. Electronic Fund Transfer giving is also available. Please email the church, hcc@snet.net if you would like a form to set that up. Any way you give is a blessing and is greatly appreciated.

 

Let us pray.  O God of love and light, as we approach Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week, may we never forget the great love you have for us, a love that triumphs always.  Amen.

 

In Christ's love,

Rev. Lucille