Edwards Church

United Church of Christ | Saxonville, Massachusetts

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Kermit’s Corner: April

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Fast Fashion: Even Worse than You Feared… I have always struggled with impulse shopping, but after researching how much the current Fast Fashion industry pollutes the earth and puts its workers at risk, I think I may finally have found motivation to really curb my impulse buying., Fast Fashion began about 30 years ago when […]

April Announcements

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Compassionate Conversations Fourth Mondays at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom (4/24) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88334124569 Would you like to have deep and meaningful conversations with fellow congregants? Are there topics you’d like to explore in a safe environment? Come and share your thoughts, feelings, concerns in a safe environment. We will discuss a different topic on the 4th Monday […]

April Music at Edwards

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This month, I’m wearing my tech hat rather than my music hat. At Staff Meeting and Council at the end of March we concluded that our technology is coming together consistently enough nowadays that we are ready to begin the transition toward a team of volunteers who will manage the setup and breakdown on Sunday […]

Christian Explorers April

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Traveling Together Toward Easter! We’ve traveled together toward Easter in the past month, learning more about what it means to follow Jesus. April brings us to Holy Week and reminds us of the miracle of the resurrection. We’ll explore how God’s love offers us new life and how we can join in bringing that message […]

Small Moments of Grace

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You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. 1 Peter 1:23 Dear friends, As I write this the daffodils are sprouting up and beginning to take life, despite the snow that remains in my front yard. Their fragile green stalks sway in the […]

Traveling Together Toward Easter

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Dear friends, “You raise me up.” Throughout the Lenten season, we have sung the chorus of one of our favorite anthems as our response following the Assurance of God’s Forgiveness. We chose this chorus for its connection with our Lenten theme, “Traveling Together Toward Easter.” The chorus acknowledges the ways we are raised up by […]

Upcoming Worship

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Holy Week and Easter Season Sunday, April 2, 11:00 a.m. * “Traveling Together Toward Easter—Part VI”—Palm Sunday.“The Journey Becomes a Parade”   Please note the later time (11:00 a.m.) for our worship, so we can join with our friends from El Toque del Maestro for our Palm Sunday parade at noon! We will celebrate communion outdoors, […]

Chat, Pray, Love March

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Adult Bible Study with Karen Nell Smith Sundays at 9:00am in the Youth Room and via Zoom All are welcome to join us on Sunday mornings downstairs in Sue Dickerman Hall. Each week we gather to check in with each other, read the scripture for the upcoming Sunday morning service, reflect, share and pray. Please […]

Kermit’s Corner: March

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Lenten Plant-Based Eating Challenge – Get some help with “eating green”! For the Lenten season, the Green Team is encouraging you to change your food choices to make them better for the planet, for people, and for animals. The Green Team challenge is called Plant Based for Lent. Here’s how it will work. From  Wednesday, […]