It's Stewardship Month!

Did you miss Sunday's service? The Stewardship team began the service with a wonderful video of interviews with a number of congregants about what HCC means to them. If you missed it, or would like to see it again, click here or on the picture below.

Also, be sure to join us in Hadley Hall on Sunday October 15th and 22nd to see more videos! The team has been working hard and is excited to share the fruits of their labor with you.

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH VIDEO

Worship This Week

Please join us

in the Sanctuary

or online at

10am this Sunday for

Nineteenth Sunday

After Pentecost

Coffee hour will be held after the service in

Hadley Hall.

We hope you will join us

in person or online.

The service will be live streamed through

Facebook Live here

or on 3CX here

Reader: Debra Sawyer

Coffee hour host: Kathy Waller



artwork: "Circle of Life: Autumn" © Mary Southard

www.ministryofthehearts.org. Used with permission.

Office Closed for Columbus and Indigenous Peoples Day

In observance of the holiday, the office will be closed on Monday, October 16th. It will reopen on Wednesday, October 18th at 9am.

New Book Discussion Begins October 19th

Join us for our upcoming book discussion on Anne Lamott's "Help, Thanks, Wow - The Three Essential Prayers".

This 3-week discussion will be held from October 19th to November 2nd from 10am-11:30am in the Davis Room upstairs from our social hall.

Books are available in the foyer of Hadley Hall. Feel free to take one even if you cannot participate in the discussions.

If you'd like more information or would like to be added to the email list about the book group, please contact Pastor Kathy

St. Anne's Food Pantry In Need

of Thanksgiving Donations

The food pantry is currently collecting for their

Thanksgiving distribution. Donations are appreciated

 Current needs:

Stuffing

Cranberry sauce

Turkey gravy

Canned chicken

Salad Dressings

Quickbread mix

Jelly

Brownie/Cake mixes

Rice pilaf

Coffee



Please drop off any donations in the foyer of Hadley Hall

Please, no expired items.

Thank you for all your support!

A Word from Peace & Justice

The Climate Coach column, by Michael J. Coren, in the Washington Post had an article about all of the unsolicited marketing mail. It describes the tremendous impact on the environment in terms of the volume of mail in households, the number of trees cut down to produce it, the cost to towns to collect and dispose of it, and the amount that ends up in landfills. You can read the article for these details and a bit of history as to why Americans get so much junk mail.

Part of the article had information about what you can do as an individual to cut the amount of junk mail you receive. There are three ways to stop this unwanted deluge.

1. Stop most advertisements: The Association of National Advertisers has a website to allow you to stop delivery of catalogues, magazine offers and other items from charities, banks, and national brands. DMAchoice.org The claim is that it will stop 80% of the junk mail. The process takes about 5 minutes.
2. Stop credit card and insurance offers: The site OptOutPrescreen.com allows you to opt out for five years. (May also call 888-576-8688). The site also has an option to allow you to opt out forever.
3. Stop mail from specific businesses: There are services that let you automatically send an opt-out request to specific companies. One nonprofit organization is CatalogChoice.org has around 10,000 listed businesses and charities and is free. PaperKarma is a paid subscription smartphone app that is more of a concierge service. The app will determine how to send the advertiser an opt-out from analyzing a photo of the mailed item.

Local mailings such as coupons and grocery fliers and political campaign materials are not blockable. But the use of these opt-out services reduced that journalist’s junk mail to a trickle.

The Music Corner by Herb Tardiff

Georges Alexandre César Léopold Bizet(George Bizet) was born on October 25, 1838 in Paris. His mother was a pianist and his father taught voice and composed. It is said that he could read and write music by the age of four.

Bizet entered the Paris Conservatory de Musique in 1848 at the age of nine and studied under Zimmerman, Halévy and Gounod until the age of twenty. His years there were punctuated by a series of prizes for theory, piano, organ and composition.

After a succession of failures, Bizet pinned all his hopes of Carmen, which was to be his last opera. Today, Carmen is regarded as among the finest examples of 19th century Romantic music written for the theatre. 

Bizet died on June 3, 1875, at the age of 37. On his death, Carmen became a huge success, and Bizet was hailed as a master. 

Steeple Lighting

Steeple lit

from October 9th – 15th 

in memory of

Bob, Lois & Gary Chase

New Hampshire Conference UCC Weekly News

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

10/3/2023 Newsletter



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

for the current newsletter.

Scam Texts & Emails

This summer, a number of congregants received a scam text "from Rev. Kathy." This was sent from an unknown phone number, not Pastor Kathy's cell phone. The text said it was an urgent request. Those who called/texted back were asked to send gift cards.

Please know that Pastor Kathy will never ask you for money/gift cards over email nor via a text. And if there is something urgent, Pastor Kathy will reach out via phone. Scammers are often successful due to the "urgent" nature of their communication.

Also, any email from Pastor Kathy will always have her signature line on the bottom with her phone number/address.

If in doubt, please contact the church office or Pastor Kathy.

These scams are increasingly common, and many church communities are affected.