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The Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC

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No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey... you are welcome here.

April 2013

Inside this issue:

People & Passages 2-3

Christian Education 4-5

rAise the roof 6

Stewardship 7

In Our Prayers 8

Women’s Federation 9

Scrip program 10

Thrift Shop 11

Special Music event 12

Calendar 13

Clean up! 14

Spotlight: Coffee and 15

CT Women of UCC 16

Community 17

Ministerial Musings ~ April, 2013:

A Verbal Collage of Insightful Sayings: A Tapestry

Last Saturday morning I opened the Chair’s breakfast with

a reflection I would like to share, in light of the presumed

advent of Spring, and in celebration of the Easter event that

we will all share together:

Is there enough Silence for the Word to be heard?

“In many parts of the country, this is the season [in which]

we begin to see tiny miracles of creation becoming visible:

little tips of green as the early bulbs push up through the

ground, tender green buds bursting from bare branches of

trees… and we begin to feel creative stirrings in our souls

right along with nature. How do we experience those stir-

rings? What exactly is creativity? As we go into silence

with the questions and feelings we may have, we remember

that we are called to be co-creators with the Divine. We

don’t need to paint a masterpiece, or write a best-seller,

though for some that happens. What we do need are ways

to express our own, personal, unique, creative yearnings.

Listen carefully, dear friends: the answers will begin to

flow, and we will begin to bloom right along with those

spring flowers! “ Friends of Silence, March 2013, Vol. XXVI, no. 3

So, watching, listening, waiting – to, with and/or in Silence

allows for the Word to bear fruit in our souls. Listening for

and to the call to be co-creators with the Divine in the liv-

ing of our lives… what does that look like, how does that

sound? If we can embrace the idea that we are the tiny

buds, the tips of green, what will be look like, be ~ when in

full bloom? ...continued

The Congregational Church of Plainville,

United Church of Christ 130 West Main St. Plainville, CT 06062

860-747-1901

www.uccplainville.org E-mail:

[email protected]

OFFICE HOURS Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

9:30 am — 12:00 pm

SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 AM Worship (Nursery & Sunday School)

STAFF

Senior Minister Rev. Dr. Claire W. Bamberg

[email protected]

Church Secretary Barbara Steele

Organist and Director of Choirs Dale Deckert

Church School Superintendants Pauline Mowry & Suzanne Colley

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey...

you are welcome here.

Ministerial Musings ~ April, 2013:

A Verbal Collage of Insightful Sayings: A Tapestry

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“Unless we are creators, we are not fully alive,”

says one of my favorite authors and theological

role models, Madeleine L’Engle. “Remember the

root word of humble is human is the same:

humus, earth. We are dust. We are created; it is

God who made us and not we ourselves. But we

were made to be co-creators with our maker.” (from Walking on Water)

We have a unique opportunity here at The Con-

gregational Church of Plainville, UCC for we are

indeed beginning new days and year ahead – new

building, new projects, new life! What great and

small things will we do and be in God’s name and

service? We are all blessed with the ability to be

successful co-creators with God. See here:

Happy Birthday to: Sharon Charest (4/7), Tabitha Manafort (4/7),

Linda Hill (4/8), Steve Swets (4/9), Tito Casiano (4/9),

Olivia Wazorko (4/12), Curtis Johnson (4/12),

Cory Zapatka (4/14), Jonathan Adams (4/16),

Alexis DeVoe (4/17), Chris Johnson (4/20),

Kristen Beausoleil (4/21), Conner Beausoleil (4/21),

Lisa Simone (23), Vickie Flener (4/25),

Kaara Larsen (4/26), Lisa D’Urso (4/27),

Laurie Cassinari (27), Alyssa Bartosiewicz (4/28),

Mikaela Marino (4/29), Sofia Cassinari (4/29).

Happy Anniversary to: Ellen & Carl Binder (4/5), Cathy & Brian Thiem (4/8),

Carol & George Peterson (4/9), Joie-Marie & Leighton (4/13),

Laureen & Steve Swets (4/14) and

Bev & Bob Raymond (4/17).

Milestones and Highpoints

New Members Shana Manafort & Brian Ely (2/17) Inactive None reported

Reactivated None reported Deaths None reported

Baptisms Brooke Ashley Fraychak (3/17) Births None reported Weddings None reported

Getting Ready!

On March 16th

we had a wonderful and energetic group of volunteers

who cleaned, painted, assembled and repaired items previously stored

away. These will be used in the “restored to new” classrooms. It was a

successful day of work and many hands made this task lighter and

certainly more enjoyable… thank-you to all for your help!! It is excit-

ing to see that our classrooms will be finished soon and we can repopu-

late them!

Project Charmer

Pink, White, Purple, Green, Blue, Yellow, Red and Orange…yes, it’s the

latest trend in horseshoes! Well - - Trail markers for the Hidden Acres

Therapeutic Riding Center. Our children painted these good luck

charms on March 17th

and will be putting them up at the farm on April

27th

. So, save that date and stay tuned for further details and watch

for a sign-up sheet.

Mission Collection Dates

On the first Sunday of every month we collect coins for Project

Charmer. The next item on deck to purchase is a two-step-mount. This

necessary piece of equipment is a sturdy set of steps onto which a rider

climbs before climbing aboard a horse.

Prayers for Lent

Each Sunday before we dismiss the children to their classes we gather

for circle time. During this Lenten season, together we read aloud the

40 Prayers that the children wrote. This is a ‘normally’ special time but

during this Holy season it is particularly poignant. We are impressed by

the insight of the children and are comforted by their prayers. These

timeless messages grow more meaningful each day. The children are

wise beyond their years.

Palm Sunday

On this day the church school presented a 2nd

hour program, called “At

Your Feet” based upon two contemporary Christian songs, “At Your

Feet” by Casting Crowns and “Live Like That” by Sidewalk Prophets. This

was yet another example of why we continue to be impressed by our

students.

Good Friday Prayer Vigil

On this day, many of you journeyed with Jesus, remembering him on

the day of his crucifixion. We thank you for your time spent in the re-

flective mood of the day. An added element to the Vigil room was a

children’s corner with inspirational books and a ritualistically

appropriate activity reinforcing day’s tone.

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Easter Sunday

March 31st - this is a family Sunday however, the Nursery is open.

A Poem: “May joy and love spread land to land, Linked heart to

heart and hand to hand!"

Scripture Hebrews 11:1

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do

not see.”

Earth Day – April 21st

Keep bringing in those recycled items for our ‘Recycle Rainbow’, you will

find bags to place your items in, downstairs in the church school office.

We want re-useable materials to make the mural; such as cardboard and

colorful scraps.

Summer Church School Coordinator

We are still looking for that special person (or persons) to coordinate

the summer program. Could it be you???

Youth Sunday

On the second Sunday in June our children will provide the entire Sun-

day service. This is an important day in the year of the church school; it

is our turn to give back to the Congregation with a special service and

message. There are several important components that make up a Sun-

day service, and while it is April we are already showing our children the

different aspects during our gathering-circle. Remember: It’s their day

to shine!!

Very special thanks go to Steve Guglietta for taking such thought-

provoking and deeply meaningful photographs of the children (all of

whom felt the moments) and then matching those pics together with

music so beautifully. We continue to maintain our theme of “Faith

Alive” and to that end, work together to create and nurture faith

inspired projects. If you missed the video, please see Pauline or Suzanne

because we’d love to share it with you. Here are a few words from the

two songs:

“Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet

Oh, to dwell and never leave

Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet

There is nowhere else for me”

“People pass, and even if they don’t know my name

Is there evidence that I’ve been changed; when they see me do they see you?

I want to live like that, and give it all I have, so that everything I say and do –

points to you…”

rAise the roof FUNdraising

rAise the roof: Not your parents’ capital campaign

Now and for the FINAL time, please save THESE dates!!!!!

April 21st ~ Our first coffee hour in our newly finished Kelsey Hall will be held

on April 21st. Please come and be a part of this “great unveiling.” During our

Second Hour Program, we will review all that has been accomplished on your

behalf over the last two years in our new space and preview what our capital

campaign will target. There will be a power point presentation, brochures,

handouts and general informational session at this Second Hour program.

Child care will be provided and hot dogs will be available for a modest (FUNd-

raising) price following worship, so children can have something substantial to

hold them over while parents listen to this important information. All of this

leads up to…….

OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF:

4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday April 28th, 2013!

Your capital campaign committee is working very diligently to make these two

events informative, fun, effective and lucrative on behalf of this community of

faith. Please plan to come and be a part of this historic undertaking in the life

and history of The Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC.

Food, programming and supervision are available for all children. PARENTS,

think about it! A night out to learn what is to come in the life of the church……

A wonderful, catered dinner in our new space…Children fed, and kept safely

busy so you can focus and have adult conversation…All of this early enough in

the evening so that you can then just get them home and to bed!

Please mark your calendars. Come: plan to attend, fill out your “evite” or call

the office to reserve your space, and help this church community make history!

Butter Braids - a SWEET success!!! Thank you to all who purchased

Butter Braids - we raised $540.00 for our Church!

Lia Sophia - a BIG thank you to all who supported this FUNdraiser! $600

was rAised; and will be split between rAise the roof and Christian Education!

Oh What a 2nd Hour Program You Missed!

The Stewardship Committee’s ongoing “5 T” education effort continued in the month of March and focused on T for Tissue. In collaboration with the Mission-Social Action, Diaconate, and Evangelism & Church Growth committees, the Stewardship Committee provided a speaker for the second hour program that was held in the Music and Green rooms as well as the sanctuary.

After an expanded coffee hour, we were blessed to host Lisa Slinsky from the New England Organ Bank in the sanctuary. Lisa very tenderly described the process that her family experienced as they worked through her husband’s wish to be an organ/tissue donor in 2002 after a catastrophic medical event.

The New England Organ Bank describes that gift in this way: the kidney transplant saved a life and freed the recipient from dialysis treatments that take from 12 to 15 hours per week. The pancreas transplant freed a diabetic from daily insulin injections. The cornea transplant restored lost sight. The bone transplant was used to repair joints. The donated skin provided a temporary covering and protection from pain and infection for several burn victims. The donated heart valves were used for someone whose life was threatened by disease or malfunctioning valves. The saphenous veins were used in reconstructive procedures and help avoid amputation.

In total, this man’s single gift, enabled by his courageous family, directly impacted the life of 27 individuals. Please consider your potential gift to others as an organ donor. Talk about this with your family. You, too, can give the gift of life, again and again.

There are a number of ways you to give this gift of life.

The best and easiest way to become a donor is to sign up online. Just go to www.DonateLifeNewEngland.org and register.

You can go to your local DMV office and register. Your registration will include you in Connecticut’s Donor Registry - which is legal consent for both organ and tissue donation.

Carrying a signed donor card is another way to indicate your consent for donation. These can be obtained from your local DMV office as well.

SHARE your decision to donate with your family so that your family knows about your interest in becoming an organ and tissue donor.

http://www.donatelifenewengland.org

In our prayers Gerry Aiello, Robin Anderson’s sister & in-laws, Charlene Archambault, Ron Archambault, Robert Blake, Borry family, Henry Bremner, Shirley Brown, Stacey Burkett, Polly Camerato, Fred Campbell, Joanne Carlson, Nancy Carlson, Karen Caves, Emily Christiansen, Gilbert Cloyes, Rose Colella, Julia Collins, Pam Collins, Hank Czajkowski, Tommy Daigle, Joan Dante, Bessie Darden, Christina deZuniga, Jorgito deZuniga, Yamilee deZuniga, John Dombroski, Nancy Downs, Holly Drachenberg, Barb Edge, Heather English & family, Brian Ely, Marty Gephart, George & Jane Goodall, Dorothy "Dot" Haley, Harold & Peggy Hind, Nancy Holden, Burton Johnson, Shelley Johnson’s mom, Eleanor Kordes & family, Kelly Kosma, Anne LaRoux, Becky Lincavicks, Tony Madigan Marquese family, Lisa Martin, Kathleen Maskery, Gordon McCann, Ron McClellan, Sharon Meyer, Bert Michaud, Blanca Miranda, Awilda Montez, Mike O., Bob Oberg, Kathy O’Leary, Beatrice Oulton, Marie Palaia, Pam Palmer, Eleanor Philpot, Audrey Posadas, Potter family, Corey Proctor & Megan Cookingham, Robert Raymond Jr., Sherri Ryan, Polly Sauer, Peg Scanlon, Ruth Seeds, Rebecca Silvernale, Ron Silvernale & Claire Collin, Tom Silverio , Lisa Simone, Stephanie Spratt, Cecile Sylvia, Miriam Taylor, Triputti family, Laura Turcotte, Cindy Urbanski & family, Frank Urbanski, Sophia Urbanski , Jayden Valeri, Linda Valeri, Woody Winslow, Laura Zaleski and her family, Jeremy, friends of Tabitha Manafort, Jackie, Casey, Fiona, Duane & wife, Joe, Michaud family, Marlene, friend of Steve & Joanna Vastola, Laurie’s son, Eva, Frank, David, family of Sharon Charest’s friend, all the families of loved ones from Newtown, Geovahna, Jim, Linda, Carmen, Ned, family & friends of Ann Campbell,

Ed, Dorothy & her family, Jeremy, Shirlee, Roseanne, and the families and friends of Linda (friend of Bev Letendre), Jean Guglietta, Mary Foley, Rose

(grandmother of Donna Zapatka’s sister in law), Peter Peluso’s mother in law, Madeline (friend of Eleanor Kordes), Brian Cummings (friend of Hodge’s), Nathan Stiefel (classmate of Kyle Wright), Gloria Iaccarino, Debbie Vashlishan(co-worker of Dave Ryan’s), Paul Manafort, Stacey Miller, Michele Janota’s uncle, Lillian

Dorian, (client of Matt Simone’s), Winnie Kashur, as well as members and friends serving in the military: Renny Astolfi Sr., Justin Meyers, Spencer

Pelletier, James Palmer, Tim Conklin, Tommy Daigle, Mark Terrill, Dalton More-house, David Sauer, Ryan Steikers and Shawn Ellis.

We also include all the people who have been lifted up in prayer during worship.

We need your help keeping the prayer list updated ! We all need prayer, of course, and welcome it. If you see someone’s name on this list that you have added and no longer needs our community’s special, sustaining prayer for a

particular circumstance, please let the office know.

Do you have things around your house that you just don’t use any-more, but they’re too good to throw away? Then don’t! Collect and donate them to the…

Check your attic, garage, kitchen, living room, family room, bedrooms for good condition tools, toys, sports equipment, glassware, linens, bikes, tables, small furniture and anything else you feel is appropriate for a tag sale. Tell your friends and neighbors, too! This is the chance to put those unused items to good use.

Items that don’t sell will be given to the Thrift Shop; donated to an-other cause; or given away. So if you want an item back if it doesn’t sell, be sure to let us know ahead of time.

If you can help set up or work at the tag sale, please contact Karen Hodge or sign up on the Music Room bulletin board.

Come join in the fun!

UnitedScrip – Ongoing Fundraiser

A BIG thanks for shopping with UnitedScrip! This is our church’s ongoing fundraiser

for the general fund. Please plan purchases ahead of time. Throughout 2013, continue

purchasing UnitedScrip gift cards.

In 2013, please continue to pick up UnitedScrip order forms in the narthex or Music

Room. Simply check which national stores, restaurants, and gas stations that you fre-

quent, then make a check out to our church and give the order form with a check to

Carol after church. Be sure to purchase your store/gift cards for all your normal shop-

ping needs. You will receive the full face value of the gift card and receive IRS recogni-

tion for a charitable donation, and our church will keep a percentage of the face value.

It’s win-win for all!

Winter storm Charlotte, which caused church to be cancelled on Feb. 10th, caused us to

not place scrip orders, and therefore to not receive scrip profit for one week. The Febru-

ary profit above is for only 3 weeks – very good!

For March 3, 2013 through March 17, 2013, we thank the following church families

who participated: Armata-Wazorko, Bamberg, Blanchard, Boiczyk, Borry,

Drachenberg, Hodge, Hoxie, Johnson, Kordes, Letendre, Levesque, Lindenmuth,

Mailhot, Mazurek, Michaud, Pershken, Peterson, Potter, Seeds, Steele, Zapatka,

and Music Committee.

For questions regarding our scrip fundraiser, please call Carol during the day at

860-747-5174. Thanks.

Our Scrip Profit for 2013: 2013 Budget

Target: $4,760

% of Annual Budget Achieved, By Month

Month of Jan: $178.52 3.7% (target 8.3%)

Month of Feb: $171.44 3.6% (target 8.3%)

Total Scrip Profit for 2013:

$349.96 7.35% (target 16.7%)

Plainville Thrift Shop News!

Telephone: 860-747-2418

The shop has been switched over to its spring clothing lines for children,

women, and men. Stop by, and check out our ever-changing items.

Great bargain: During the first week of April, Easter items are marked at

75% off.

There is something for everyone!!!

Come shop during our normal business hours:

Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon

Thank You! I would like to thank the Congregation for the warm welcome. -

Dale Deckert

Dear Friends, My many thanks for your lovely cards and notes received as I

recover from what is billed as "minor surgery". I'm hoping it will make a "major

change" for me, enhanced as it is by your kind thoughts and prayers. Sincerely,

Peg Bamberg

Prayer Shawl will meet on Thursday,

April 25th at 7:00 p.m. at Mary

Fuller’s home.

Our very own Jeff Mailhot is performing with

this group!

Week of April 1, 2013

4/1 Building Committee 7pm

4/2 Diaconate & Stewardship 6 pm

CE Committee 6:30 pm

Committee Night 7:15 pm

4/3 Amadeus Ringers 6 pm

Chancel Choir rehearsal 7:15pm


4/7 Choir rehearsal 9 am

Worship 10 am

Adult Education 6 pm

4/8 Building Committee 7 pm

4/9 Music Committee 7 pm

4/10 Amadeus Ringers 6 pm

Chancel Choir rehearsal 7:15pm

For your calendar

* Please note that there are other groups that use our facility. If you would like to

use the Church’s space for a meeting or function, please complete a Church

Usage form and submit to the Office for review. Thank you.



Worship 10 am

Mission Social Action 11:30 am

Completely Different Note 3 pm


4/16 Church Council 7 pm

4/17 Food for Friends 5:00 - 6pm

4/20 Spring Clean up 9:00 am



Worship 10 am

2nd Hour - Capital Campaign


4/25 Prayer Shawl @ Mary’s 7pm

4/27 TAG sale 9-3 pm

Hidden Acres fieldtrip 2:30 pm



Worship 10 am

Capital Campaign kickoff dinner 4:30 -6:30 p.m.


Spring Clean - Up

The annual Spring Clean-up is scheduled for Saturday April 20, 2013. We welcome all able-bodied church members to come and work inside or outside the church for two hours. We will be washing windows and woodwork, cleaning gutters, sweeping, raking, mowing and mulching. Due to a light turnout in the fall the courtyard is in need of extra attention this spring.

We hope it will be your pleasure to work with us for a couple hours. The trustees will provide coffee and donuts at 9AM and all indoor cleaning supplies. Trustees will be on hand until 3PM.

If you want to work outdoors, bring a favorite rake, blower, pressure washer, or other tool to support the work you would like to perform.

Thanks for helping us keep the church looking beautiful!

The Trustees

SPOTLIGHT ON....

A Note From the Church Office:

The office will be closed on the following Wednesdays: April 3rd and April 10th and open

on Thursday April 4th. Then, it is back to normal schedule!

We have inherited a firm core value, embracing “hospitality”

as a gift, whether giver or receiver, from our Judeo-Christian

heritage. Inherited from a time when welcoming someone into

your home for respite and a meal might mean life or death, literally, - to now, when it

can mean the same, more often spiritually speaking.

We have found, too, that there is an art both in offering someone hospitality - and, that

there is also hospitality in receiving what is offered. That can be a mind-bender: to

graciously and gratefully receive what is offered can be its own kind of hospitality.

Our Evangelism and Church Growth Committee coordinates coffee hours for us - and

they are indeed, for us, a third sacrament: sacred time when we can gather and catch up

with one another; sacred space where we can hold a hand, shed a tear, celebrate a joy

and be community together.

So, for those who make the call and for those who respond, thank you. This “simple”

act means so much in the life of this community ~

Matthew 10:42 ~ "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little

ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward."

In congregational tradition there are two sacraments: baptism and communion. But it

seems there is a third: Coffee Hour. I am not belittling the sacraments. It simply seems

that Coffee Hour is another indicator of communion and belonging. Coffee Hour can be

ho-hum or a vibrant, boisterous and truly intergenerational extension of the service

where people are standing, sitting, eating, talking, reading, signing up for opportunities.

Often I yell "Last Call!" just to get them out so we can finally go home. You can't fake a

spiritual presence.

Members gently invite visitors for coffee and cake before they can slip out the door.

Many decline at first, feeling good to be invited, though not quite ready or able to par-

ticipate, but they usually return for church and fellowship.

In baptism God comes to us. In communion we come to God. In Coffee Hour we come

to each other. We break a different bread and share a different cup than we do in com-

munion. We use different water than we do in baptism. We touch the same souls in a dif-

ferent way. Do you want to feel "a part of" rather than "apart from" the congregation?

Do diligence to Coffee Hour and watch the multiplication of the loaves and dishes.

Prayer Be with and guide us in all we say and do, and in all the ways in which we gather to

know, celebrate and honor you. Amen.

SPOTLIGHT ON....

The Third Sacrament?

CONNECTICUT WOMEN OF THE UCC ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 27, 2013

On Saturday, April 27th, the State Board of CT Women will host their 85th annual

meeting at the First Congregational Church of Vernon, 695 Hartford Turnpike,

Vernon, CT 06066. (see map and directions on the back of this sheet)

Telephone: (860) 875-7580. Registration opens at 8:45, Meeting, 9 am – 3 pm.

The theme for this year is “Delusions of Inclusion.” Our keynote speaker will be the

Rev. Da Vita McCallister, Associate Conference Minister for Youth and Young Adults,

who will speak on “Who NEEDS a Sacred Conversation on Race.” An honest

conversation on the contemporary impact of bigotry, bias and racism.

Workshops will include:

1. Continued conversation with the keynote speaker

2. Abrahamic Faiths with Bruce Barrett, founder of iWagePeace.org

3. Hands-on knitting and crocheting ministries - Rainbow Scarves for Synod, and

“pocket” prayer shawls and prayer shawls - for all levels. Bring needles and/or

crochet hooks for instructional purposes (whether teaching/learning) and a yarn

exchange (give one, take one). See next page.

4. Title and leader to be announced.

The Women’s Fellowship of the Vernon church will be serving us a light lunch:

quiche, fruit, salad, dessert, tea and coffee (coffee “and” will be available during

registration) A vegetarian dish will be available for any who request it. A SERRV

table will be available--Helen always brings a substantial collection of items for your

shopping pleasure!

The cost for the entire day is $15.00. We would REALLY like to request that you

send in your reservations EARLY!! Registrations after the deadline, APRIL 12

(which we do not encourage) will be $20.00.

The church is easy on/easy off from Interstate 84, with plenty of parking.

All facilities are handicap accessible.

During the day we will recognize your Recognized Women (submitted earlier) If

your church is honoring someone, please encourage others to attend.

We are asking people to bring non-perishable food items for the Hockanum Valley

Community Council Food Pantry (which serves the people of Vernon/Rockville,

South Windsor, Ellington, Tolland and a couple other small towns in the area), This

is a mission of the host church.

The Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC 130 West Main Street

Sat, April 27th

9 am - 3 pm

Tools, toys, sports equipment, glassware, linens, bikes, furniture and

more! Something for everyone, so come on by!

Lunch available 11-1!

Free entry 9 am Early birds - 8:15 am - $5 - pay as marked

Supporting Our Community

Plainville Community Food Pantry Please continue to remember the Plainville Community Food

Pantry. When coming to church, please don’t forget to bring

canned goods, nonperishable foods, hygiene items, and cleaning

products. Just drop your donations in the large basket in the

narthex. Thank you!

Food for Friends

The Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC supports the “Food for

Friends” Program held on Wednesday evenings from 5 - 6:00 p.m.,

at Church of Our Savior. Residents from Plainville and surrounding

towns can come and receive a warm, nutritious meal, served with a

warm smile.

Church Usage

The Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC, supports

many 12-step and community groups, by providing them

a warm, clean and welcoming space in this building in

which to have their meetings.

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