During the outdoor service a few weeks ago, Pastor Kathy shared a blessing at the end of her sermon.

This prayer, "A Blessing in the Chaos," is by poet and pastor Jan Richardson.

Click here to read this moving and timely blessing.

If you would like to see a video and hear the blessing, click here.

If you'd like to make a donation from the bounty of your garden, please bring produce items to Hadley Hall when you come for Sunday Service or drop them off anytime in the basket located in the foyer.

Donations for the produce you take can be placed in the offering basket (on Sunday mornings) or in the lockbox in the foyer.

All proceeds go to RIP Medical Debt to help pay off medical debt for those in need.

For every $1 you donate, $100 of medical debt is paid off!!

For more information on RIP Medical Debt, direct donations to the organization, and personal stories by those that have been helped, go to https://ripmedicaldebt.org

Please join us in the sanctuary

or online at 10am for the

Communion Sunday and Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Note that the positivity rate for Covid is still higher in our county than we would like it to be. Please consider following Covid protocols until this latest wave subsides.

Coffee Hour will continue at smaller tables instead of the long tables.

We hope you will join us.

The service will be live streamed through Facebook Live here or on 3CX here.

Al and Marion Lake captured these amazing photos of a fledgling eagle that was watching our outdoor Service this past Sunday, 6/26.

In memory of Captain Richard Allen Jones by Thom Gregsak

We are continuing to only list First names and last initial to minimize scamming issues with personal information being shared via electronic documents.

Happy Birthday to:

Kenneth T 7/02

Jonathan C 7/07

Cleo H 7/09

Alanna M 7/12

Rev. Linda S. 7/16

Frank W 7/21

Ginny D 7/31 (who will be 100!!!)

If you would like your birthday recognized, please call the office to make sure we have it in our records!

A good while back we shared with you information about the Sacred Ally quilt Ministry taken on by several churches in our Association. The quilts have been on display around New Hampshire and in a gallery in New York City. Now we want to share with you the next contribution of this quilt ministry, a worship experience at Riverside Church in New York. There has been so much going on that this is a bit of “old” news, but a wonderful share anyway.

On Wednesday, May 25th the Sacred Ally Quilt Ministry (SAQM) Exhibit moved to The Riverside Church in New York City. That evening -- the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd -- the quilts were on display during the mid-week “Space for Grace” worship service. SAQM originator, Rev. Mark Koyama, led the service.

Watch a replay of that service on YouTube by clicking on the video above.

Office summer hours continue through Thursday, August 25th.

The office will be open from 9AM to Noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

If you are an Eversource customer, on August 1st your electricity costs could be going up significantly.

If you look at your current Eversource bill, you will see the current cost for electricity is broken into 2 parts. The first part is the SUPPLY cost and the second is the DELIVERY cost. It is the SUPPLY cost that will more than double on August 1, 2022.

Eversource no longer makes (generates) electricity. Eversource buys electricity on the open market and passes the cost onto its customers. In New Hampshire we have the option to purchase the electricity we use from any State approved supplier. It is easy to change the company from which we purchase electricity. Eversource still remains responsible for delivering the electricity to your house and they are still the people to contact if you have any power outages or billing issues.

Why would I want to change my electricity supplier? The BIG reason is COST. On August 1,

2022, the SUPPLY cost will go up from 10.7 Cents/Kilowatt to 22.6 Cents/Kilowatt. That is an increase of 111%. Yes, your SUPPLY costs will more than double.

WHY are supply costs going up so drastically? New England depends on natural gas to both generate electricity and heat homes and businesses, and increasing prices are driving up costs for both. Eversource buys electricity on the open market and sending the increase directly to its customers.

There is something you can do to positively impact your costs, as long as you act before August 1, 2022. The simple solution is to change the company that supplies your electricity to your house. Remember, Eversource will still be the company that gets the electricity to your house and will still be your contact if you have any problems.

Let me use my situation as an example:

My Eversource electricity bill for last month was $172.82.

The Supply portion was $80.57

The Delivery portion was $92.25.

If I use the same number of kilowatts of electricity in August and stayed with Eversource for my SUPPLIER, my supply portion of my bill would increase to $170.00 (that is the 111% increase mentioned above). The delivery portion would stay at $92.25. My total bill in August would now be $262.25!

This massive increase does not have to happen if you are willing to change your Supplier of electricity. Fortunately, I changed my supplier a long-time ago and have a fixed supplier rate for the next 30 months. Because of my supplier change, my August bill will remain at $172.82 based on using the same number of kilowatts.

The Church too has been using this alternate to Eversource for its electricity supplier for a number of years. Several members have also changed and are currently buying electricity from other suppliers.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. I will even help you change over if you need help! Presently, there are referral bonuses that could benefit both you and the Church.

Al Lake 603-571-3434 or see me at Church on Sunday

We thought you might enjoy reading the NH Conference UCC weekly newsletter. You can read it with this link.

Each week, we will update this section of our Weekly Word with the new link for the current newsletter.

rice/rice pilaf, ketchup, mustard, Raisin Bran, Cheerios, Special K, salad dressings, coffee.

Please drop off any donations in the foyer of Hadley Hall

We located a national organization that has local chapters called Project Linus (https://www.facebook.com/projectlinussouthwestnewhampshire/). This organization's mission is "to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans". Blankets are given to children in need through NH.

*We accept all sizes of blankets. We donate to children, infants through teen years, so any size is appropriate. Baby blankets are typically 36”X36” or 36”X42”, toddler-pre-teen are typically about 40”X60”, and teen blankets are at least 60"X72".

If in doubt, please call the church or send an email to pastorkathyucc@gmail.com.