This month, Christian Explorers will meet John the Baptist, Mary and her Magnificat, shepherds and angels as we explore this Advent theme. We’ll also be telling the Christmas story in our annual Christmas Eve pageant at 5:00 p.m. on December 24. Watch for more details about this year’s pageant; there will be opportunities to make […]
Worship and Live-Stream: Finding Your Advent Calling: Who Are You in the Story?
Join us in person, at 39 Edwards Street, or on live-stream. The live-stream password is 393939. Our theme for the Advent season is “Finding your Advent Calling: Who are you in the story?” We will enter into the season through the perspective of the characters in the Christmas story, and we will ask ourselves where […]
A Message from the Stewardship Team: “Give! Love! Change Lives!”
The Stewardship Team thanks you! Thank you for your faithful, prayerful discernment! Thank you for your generosity! Thank you for your dedication to our church’s mission and ministry! This year the Stewardship Team has taken a bold approach. In the face of financial challenges (especially from the loss of cell antenna income), the team challenges […]
Special Offerings for December – Pathways Family Shelter Gifts and The Christmas Fund
The Edwards Special Collection for the first two weeks in December (12/3 and 10) will go to buy Walmart gift cards for each of the 14 families at Pathways Family Shelter, a congregate housing option in Framingham managed by the South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC). Pathways’ staff are on site 24/7 to help the unhoused […]
Gifts that Give Returns! Sunday, December 3 – After church in Sue Dickerman Hall
Come prepared to put your love into action! We can buy gifts that support mission and justice programs on Sunday Dec. 3! We’ll have Fair Trade Coffee, tea and chocolate… photo cards by the Just Peace Players, Trees for Life in Africa and gifts that support the Sunrise School in Mumias, Kenya! We may have […]
Lunch Bunch Christmas Luncheon – Wednesday, December 6 @ 12 Noon, Sue Dickerman Hall
Whether or not you are a regular Lunch-Bunch-er, please join us for a chance to taste each other’s holiday favorites at our annual Lunch Bunch Christmas Luncheon. Fran and Debbie will provide turkey and stuffing, and you are invited to bring a favorite holiday dish to share. Dig out your Christmas sweater and your Christmas […]
Christmas Poinsettias
With Christmas coming we will be collecting money towards the purchase of poinsettias. The price per plant is $7.00 and you can designate them either in honor of someone or in memory of someone. There is a signup sheet in the narthex: 11/26, 12/3 and 12/10. Or you can email Cindy Booth at cbooth53@comcast.net. Please […]
January Steeple: Call for Articles and Photographs!
Articles and photos for the next issue of the Steeple are due on December 18. Submissions should be a maximum of about 350 words. We welcome you or your committee/team to send more than one article.
Kermit’s Korner
Recycling Made Easy by Laura Beck, on behalf of the Environmental Justice Team Confused about what you can recycle? What goes in the city bin? What has to go somewhere else? Here’s my summary of recycling in Framingham, including some helpful links. What you CAN put in your curbside bin: Aluminum & Steel Cans (Empty […]
Chat, Pray, Love with Edwards Church
Adult Bible Study with Karen Nell Smith Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in the Youth Room and via Zoom All are welcome to join us on Sunday mornings downstairs in Sue Dickerman Hall or out on the sanctuary lawn. Each week we gather to check in with each other, read the scripture for the upcoming Sunday […]