Middlebury Congregational Church

10/31: Halloween-I’ve got way too much candy at the parsonage for me to finish alone, so do come and trick or treat tomorrow!

11/1: 5-7pm Fall Dinner in the Social Hall

• Tickets are $15 and available at the door. Come join us for a turkey dinner with all the fixings!

11/3: 10am All Saints’ Sunday

• If you have the name of someone who has died that you would like lifted up during worship, please email me so I can add it to the list.

11/10: after worship, sandwich making for GWIM

• GWIM’s kitchen staff have the day off on November 11^th, so we are making sandwiches so the soup kitchen still has meals to hand out that day.

11/17: Guest Preacher, the Rev. Matthew McCaffrey

• I will be at a continuing ed conference in Arizona for young, early career UCC clergy

11/24: 10am Thanksgiving & Consecration Sunday

• We will have a special service giving thanks for the blessings of this past year, and we will be dedicating our pledges for 2025.

11/26: 7pm Middlebury Community Thanksgiving Service @ MCC

• In the spirit of Ecumenical Thanksgiving services of past years, we’re teaming up with St. George’s to offer a Thanksgiving service for us and our community. The Rev. Sherry Hardwick Thomas from St. George’s Episcopal preaching. We should have a combined choir.  The offering from the service will be split between Middlebury Food Bank and TEAM for local flood relief.

12/1: 10am First Sunday of Advent

• Children will be lighting the advent wreath during worship,
• Hanging of the Greens after worship:  join us after worship to help get the meetinghouse ready for the Advent and Christmas seasons!

-10/1-10/15 Preschool on the Green fundraiser orders being taken

-10/4 5:30pm: 1st Youth Group meeting in Social Hall to assemble care packages for Carolyn’s Place

-10/4 6:30pm: Church Campfire Night, Parsonage Yard (bring a lawn chair/ additional portable fire pits welcome)

-10/6: 10am Outdoor Worship World Communion Sunday (weather permitting), Outdoor Chapel next to church parking lot. Consider bringing a lawn chair

-10/13 10am worship: Guest Preacher, the Rev. David Camphouse, Director of Silver Lake Camp and Retreat Center

-10/18 6pm: Movie Night in Social Hall showing “Coco”

-10/27 10am Reformation Sunday Worship (worship will include prayers/liturgy written by Protestant reformers)

-10/27 11:30am Open & Affirming Panel in Church Social Hall

-11/1 5pm-7pm Fall Dinner in the Social Hall