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On April 23rd we will be having a Holy Humor “Souper” Sunday luncheon after the service.  Sign up to bring your favorite soup, bread or dessert. The church will supply table service and beverages.    

This minister decided to skip church one Sunday morning and go play golf. He told his assistant that he wasn’t feeling well. He drove to a golf course in another city, so nobody would know him. He teed off on the first hole. A huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it an extra… Read More »

(All services will also be livestreamed)   Palm/Passion Sunday – April 2 10:00 a.m. Worship Service, Nave   Maundy Thursday – April 6 7:00 p.m. Service  with Communion, Nave   Good Friday – April 7 7:00 p.m. Community  Service at Broad St. United Methodist Church, 74 N Broad St.   Easter Sunday – April 9… Read More »

We are introducing a new tradition as we prepare for Lent. Our worship service on Sunday 2/19/23 will be in the theme of Mardi Gras. While generally taking place on Tuesdays (ergo, the Mardi), worship is on Sunday, so this old religious tradition of feast before fast will meet us in worship that last Sunday… Read More »

Lenten Book Read and Study Pastor Jason has chosen another book for us all to read together — The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem, y John Dominic Crossan and Marcas J. Borg.  Copies are available in the church office.  Discussion groups will be held Tuesdays at 7:00… Read More »

Community Ash Wednesday AND Ukraine Prayer Service, February 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Nave. Lent begins with our Ash Wednesday service, which will also be a prayer service for Ukraine. In fact, it is planned that our ashes, instead of the traditional burnt palms from the previous year, will instead be burnt sunflowers —… Read More »

Join us as we celebrate the Savior’s birth  Christmas Eve beginning at 4:45 p.m. Special music, Communion, Candlelight Children welcome. In Person or Livestream.

Click for more details and live stream.  Free and open to the public. A free will offering will be taken to benefit retired UCC clergy.

Saturday, December 3 at 10:00 a.m. Join the Deacons to set up trees, tie ribbons, hang garland and put out poinsettias.    No need to sign up – just come and join in the fun!

SEEKERS OF THE LIGHT  A Cantata for Christmas by Mark Hayes and Lloyd Larson  Mary Williams, Director Jason Handy, Accompanist Live performance Sunday  December 18, 2022 4:00 p.m. at the United Church of Christ 11 West Main Street Norwich, NY.