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Partnering with a Purpose
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Join us on Saturday, November 9 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of Second Baptist Church, 100 N Main St., Suffield, for a very special vocal cabaret featuring three local sopranos.
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First Church Events
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The following events are happening in October at First Church, An Open and Affirming Church. Worship is held every Sunday at 10 a.m.
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Sacred Heart Parishioner Ordained to Priesthood
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Suffield Resident John Gancarz was one of two priests ordained to the priesthood on Saturday June 22 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford. On the following day Father John said his First Mass at Sacred Heart-Saint Joseph parish in Suffield. A reception followed in Father Ted Hall. The road to becoming a priest is approximately six years beyond undergraduate studies.
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September Happenings at West Suffield Congregational Church
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Welcome Sunday will be September 15. Our children will help lead worship. We will be blessing backpacks and resuming church school during worship. There will be food and fun activities after worship. We are a welcoming Christian community.
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First Church Events
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Several events are happening in September at First Church, An Open and Affirming Church, to welcome in the new church year. Worship is held every Sunday beginning on September 8 at 10 a.m.
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First Church’s Capital Campaign and Construction Move Forward
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Suffield’s First Congregational Church is moving forward with the “public phase” of its Lifting Up Our Community Capital Campaign and the related construction at the church’s building on High Street. The church’s congregation voted to undertake this three-year Capital Campaign and related work to address accessibility issues that have limited the full use of that building. First Church has been a centerpiece of the Suffield community since the Town’s founding nearly 350 years ago. The church regularly makes its space available to non-profit organizations, local government agencies, and other community groups and citizens who provide services in and around Suffield. Groups recently using First Church’s facility include a preschool that serves over 30 families and has been using the church’s facilities for approximately 40 years, four addiction recovery groups, a guide dog training group, tutoring programs, the Cub Scouts, a preschool music class, and students and teachers attending AP testing programs. The church hosts the Music on High concert series.
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What Comes Next in Humanity’s “New Story?”
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Tom Carr, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Suffield, 100 N. Main St. will be leading a series of 90 minute exploratory presentations about humanity’s “New Story.”
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Churchgoers to be Uplifted
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Folks who visit Suffield’s First Congregational Church will soon be offered an uplift that has been missing, no matter how moving the sermon might be. Recognizing the building’s role as a significant community venue as well as a place of worship, the church plans to install an elevator. Well, technically it’s not an elevator, it’s categorized as a lift, but it will provide convenient access to the multiple levels of the building. The project, whose motto is “Lifting up our community,” will include updated bathrooms with accessibility options and other needed maintenance. The lift, called a LULA by its manufacturer, for “Limited Use, Limited Access,” will stop at four levels: the lower level for Fellowship Hall; the old main floor level for the sanctuary and the Ebenezer Gay Room; the next level for the business office, nursery, school rooms, and chapel; and the top floor for the pastors’ offices, conference room and another school room.
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Second Baptist Vacation Bible School
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Second Baptist Church will be hosting our community Vacation Bible School July 8-12. Our program begins at 9 a.m. each morning and ends at noon. Our time includes music, drama (the good kind), crafts, snacks, games and lots of good Bible teaching. Children in PreK – sixth grade are invited to join us. Kids in seventh grade through adults can help.
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Pocket Friends – From Norway to Suffield
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These adorable Pocket Friends made their way to Suffield in May 2019. Each are hand knit creations by Signe Wright, an 87-year-old Suffield resident. “Each one takes about two to three hours of work, some more than others,” said Signe. While she does not get out much these days, Signe has always been very industrious knitting year round, making hats and mittens for homeless shelters, knitting gifts for Suffield Community Aid Baskets, and participating in the Annual Church Fair selling her hats and shawls at Second Baptist Church. Signe was energized when she found these adorable Pocket Friends in a knitting group in her home country of Norway.