The following events are happening in December and January at First Church, An Open and Affirming Church. Worship is held every Sunday at 10 a.m. All are welcome!
12/2 – First Day of Advent – Advent Wreath Making, 11:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall, $10.00 per Wreath.
12/3, 10, 17 – Qi Gong 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel
12/4th – Prayer Shawl Meeting, 10:00 a.m. in the Ebenezer Gay Room
12/5, 12, 19 – Advent Bible Study 10:00 a.m., Ebenezer Gay Room – book $5, Why This Jubilee? by James C. Howell
12/5 – Christmas Tea 12:00 p.m. in the Ebenezer Gay Room. All are welcome
12/6 – Make It Bake It Women’s Fellowship Event, 7 p.m. in the Ebenezer Gay Room
12/9 – Second Sunday of Advent – Advent Breakfast and Carol Sing, beginning 8:30 a.m. for breakfast, Carol Sing in Gay Room until worship – door-to-door Christmas caroling at 2:00 p.m. beginning at First Church
12/13 – Conversations for Caregivers, 10:00 a.m. in the Ebenezer Gay Room
12/16 – Third Sunday of Advent featuring Christmas Pageant, 10:00 a.m. during worship in the sanctuary
12/20 – Blue Christmas Service, 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel
12/23 – Mission and Music Service, 10:00 a.m. in the sanctuary
12/24 – Christmas Eve Services, 5:00 p.m. – Family Festival Service, 9:00 p.m. – Carol and Lesson service in the sanctuary.
1/2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Bible Study, 10:00 a.m. in the Ebenezer Gay Room
1/2 – Communion Luncheon 12:00 p.m. in the Ebenezer Gay Room
1/13 – Silver Lake Sunday – 10:00 a.m. in the sanctuary
1/16- Bible Study, 10:00 a.m. in the Ebenezer Gay Room
1/20 – Community Martin Luther King, Jr. Service, 4:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church
1/24 – Women’s Fellowship Fitness Night, 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel
The Church Office will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s days. Please call 860-668-7223 for more information on any of these events. We are located at 81 High St. in Suffield.
For many people, the approaching Christmas holiday does not bring with it the joy and happiness that is advertised on television and on greeting cards. Individuals and families may be facing their first holiday season after the death of a loved one or the loss of a job, divorce, or other losses we experience throughout our lives.
This year, First Church of Christ, ongregational, CC; Heritage Funeral Home, Nicholson & Carmon Funeral Home; and Masonic Hospice will host a Blue Christmas service with Rev. Timothy Gilbert, Rev. Bridget Fidler, Rev. Diann Bailey, and Pastor Thomas Carr. The ecumenical service will include many of the aspects of a regular Christmas Service, but will have a quieter tone. The service will end with a traditional singing of “Silent Night”. A light reception will be held immediately after the service for a time of fellowship. Each family will receive a candle in remembrance of their loved one. The service will include a time of remembrance for those we have lost over the past year(s) or to mark a significant event. Names of loved ones will be read, and families and friends are invited to light a candle in their memory.
If you would like to have a loved one’s name read aloud, please call the church office at 860-668-7223.