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COVID-19 Update: We are now in the green or low-risk level.
That means:
Outdoors: singing is encouraged and masks are optional.
Indoors: Masks are Optional.
All seating with social distancing is optional.
All indoor in-person meetings/gatherings are permitted.
All doors and at least two windows in the sanctuary will be open.
You may join our Livestream at 9:30 am from the comfort of your home.
Please register here for Worship in July
Together in Christ—We Worship
June 26: Rev. Ed Farrell-Starbuck will be preaching
July 3: Rev. John Taylor’s first Sunday
Blaine Taylor Memorial Chapel Update: Our trustees and Lend-a-Hands are working hard to make the outdoor chapel accessible and usable again. You can help. Willing workers welcomed Monday mornings to dig out the benches so they can re-stabilized.
2022 Holiday Fair – We want to bring back the super successful fair that we have had in the past and can only do that with all of your help. We are looking for as many people as possible to help with our Fair. Give the office a call to sign up to help. 508-428-2811.
Together in Christ—We Pray
Please pray for all the victims, survivors, and loved ones of those in the recent shootings. Please pray for all elected officials who can make a difference in gun safety and legislation.
In this time of transition, please pray for Rev. John Taylor, the people of the First United Methodist Church of Westborough, MA, our District Superintendent Rev. David Calhoun, Rev. Wanda Santos-Perez, our incoming District Superintendent, our Bishop, Sudarsharna Devadhar, Pastor Heather and her family. Please pray for all churches who still have not heard who will be appointed to their church.
Please submit prayer requests here or call MaryAnne Farley (774) 487-0719.
Committed to Serve—We are Making a Difference!
June 2022 Collection for UMCO Pantry ~ Many thanks, Church Family, for your wonderful contributions of diapers and donations for A Baby Center last month! You are blessing our community in such amazing ways! For the month of June, we are collecting Individual Serving Sizes of healthy snacks, including raisins and other dried fruits, nuts, trail mix, protein bars, granola, small cereal boxes and bars, and non-refrigerated pudding mix, applesauce, and other non-refrigerated fruit cups/bowls.
It’s Summertime, and the living is…
As summer becomes a very busy time, our church grows…how would you like to help on Sundays?
Please look at your calendar and let me know if you can be available for these dates either at the early or later service.
July 10, 17, 24, 31 August 7, 14, 21, 28 September 4, 11, 18, 25
Be a Liturgist
Would you like to read the scripture? A liturgist (lay reader) is needed at each service. You’ll be given the verses during the week, so you can become familiar with them.
Welcome or Usher
We are registering each person at service, much like the registration books we signed for many years. Our ushers are helping with social distancing when needed and helping all to feel comfortable in our sanctuary. We’ll pair you with someone who is very familiar with the procedures, where the light switches, where to find the coffee hour, and where the restrooms are…all the vital info!
Provide flowers for the altar
Arrangements for Sunday services are available for $50. You choose whom you wish to honor and suggest what colors would be most appropriate.
Please sign up on the calendar near the sanctuary, or email, text, or call me to arrange the date you wish.
It does take many people to have our services run smoothly each Sunday. By participating in these ways, you will become much more familiar with our wonderful congregation and our church.
MaryAnne Farley
1 (774) 487-0719
Committed to Care for Creation
Green Tip: Go native! Plant plants that naturally grow in your area. Native plants require less water than lawns or annuals. They help prevent erosion and do not need fertilizers. They reduce air pollution, and they increase shelter and food for pollinators and birds. For suggestions, find a Master Gardener in your congregation or community or browse for “plants native to [your state].”
Committed to Serve – Giving Generously
Rainbow’s End, our church-owned and operated Thrift Boutique is Open. You can shop Wednesday and Thursdays 10:30 am-3 pm
You can also support the shop by donating items Wednesday and Thursday from 11 am – to 2 pm. Please do not leave any items in or outside the shop when our volunteers and employees are not there to receive them. They need to be able to sort and store the items carefully, sometimes in the annex. If you cannot donate during these specific hours, please contact the store manager, Pamela Turner, at 508.428.5304. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Thank you for supporting our staff, volunteers, and the missions and ministries of our church.
Worship with Us
Please register here to worship with us in July or leave a message at the church at 508.428.2811
Outdoor Worship, in our parking lot and on the front lawn
- If you register, you will receive an order of worship for the day, including links to scripture, hymn lyrics, and our online-giving portal. Registering also helps us with contact tracing if that becomes necessary.
- Please stay home if you are feeling unwell, tested positive for COVID-19, or been exposed to someone with COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
- Masks are optional. Please honor the choices that others have made to mask or not.
- A bright green offering box will be available, as we will not be “passing the plate.” You can also give through our online giving portal.
- If, after worshiping with us, you test positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed, it is important to the health of our congregation that you let us know so we can notify others who may have been exposed. This will be treated carefully and confidentially so that we can care for another. Please call Pastor Heather directly at 774.994.3645.
- Musical leadership will be provided by Daniel Shinabarger and other willing musicians. You are welcome to bring a chair and sit on the lawn or stay in your cars when it is wet and/or cold.
- You are welcome to sing!
In Our Sanctuary
- We strongly encourage all who attend indoor worship and activities at our church and who are able and eligible to be fully vaccinated.
- If you register, you will receive an order of worship for the day, including links to scripture, hymn lyrics, and our online-giving portal. Registering also helps us with contact tracing if that becomes necessary.
- Please stay home if you are feeling unwell, tested positive for COVID-19, or been exposed to someone with COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
- Masks are required.
- There will be masked congregational singing.
- Sanctuary Shepherds will be there to greet and guide you as you enter and exit our building
- Please enter through the main sanctuary doors, where you will be “checked-in” and invited to use hand sanitizer. At this time, we are not using paper bulletins.
- After you are “checked in,” you will be led to a seat by a sanctuary shepherd, and we are practicing distanced seating.
- The ionizers will be on, and two windows will be open with a fan running. Additionally, all doors will be open. Please dress warmly and feel free to bring a lap blanket.
- Please exit through our solarium as directed by our shepherds.
- An offering plate will be available as you enter, as we will not be “passing the plate.” Don’t worry if you forget or are moved to give more, there will be another place to give on your way out. You can also give through our online giving portal.
- We will be live streaming our sanctuary worship, so you catch it on YouTube, or if we need more seating at the church, in Fred Curtis Hall.
- If, after worshiping with us, you test positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed, it is important to the health of our congregation that you let us know so we can notify others who may have been exposed. This will be treated carefully and confidentially so that we can care for another. Please call Pastor Heather directly at 774.994.3645.