Fall is coming and Music Ministries are about to start back up!
- Sing in the choir! Join the rehearsal at 8:30 AM on Sunday, Sept. 15
- Join the orchestra! Rehearsals happen after church select Sundays.
- Ring handbells! Rehearsals will resume soon on Wednesdays at 7 PM in the sanctuary.
Contact the church office to learn more at office@churchofreading.org or 781-944-0205.…
“Come home” to celebrate our church, its history, and learn about our fall Capital Campaign, Building for Now and the Future.
- Saturday, Sept. 14 – Homecoming Dinner with ham, beans, and more!
- Sunday, Sept. 15 – Homecoming worship in the sanctuary with the return of the Chancel Choir
Join the conversation at 7:30 PM on Zoom. Email the office to request to be added to the mailing list to receive the Zoom link. This month the group is reading The Second Mountain: Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks.…
Our school kit collection is underway! Drop your donations off outside the Music Room.
Shopping List
- One pair of blunt scissors removed from the package (rounded tip, only)
- Three 70-page count spiral bound notebooks or notebooks totaling 200-210 pages (no loose-leaf or filler paper)
- One 30-centimeter/12” ruler
- One hand-held pencil sharpener removed from the package
- One large eraser (no pencil cap erasers)
- Six new, unsharpened pencils with erasers (remove from packaging and use a rubber band to to hold the pencils together)
- One box of 24 crayons (only 24)
We are also accepting monetary donations for shipping expenses. Checks may be dropped off in the office (not in the kit collection box) or mailed. Write “CWS School Kits” in the memo line. To donate on the church website, use the link below and use the drop-down menu to select “CWS School Kits”.
https://www.churchofreading.org/donate/
Learn more about Church World Service: https://cwsglobal.org/about/…
Contact the church office at office@churchofreading.org or 781-944-0205 to learn more.…
Summer Sundays give us the opportunity to hear volunteers’ musical gifts! Each week different church members offer their talents. Join us next Sunday, July 7, for a real treat; there will be a special brass ensemble with members of our church orchestra!
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Once again, the church’s Mission Ministry will be assembling Church World Service School Kits to be shared with children in the US and around the world. Last year, we assembled a record 53 kits! Thank you to all who participated. We can do it again! Please start watching for the “Back-to-School” bargains throughout July and early August.
For those who are new to this project, it is a simple and fun way to share our resources with young students around the globe. Who doesn’t love buying a new box of crayons for a child? The list of items required for each kit is included below. You may purchase a complete kit or any quantity of the individual components. Please note the specific instructions for items as shown within parentheses.
- One pair of blunt scissors removed from the package (rounded tip, only)
- Three 70-page count spiral bound notebooks or notebooks totaling 200-210 pages (no loose-leaf or filler paper)
- One 30-centimeter / 12” ruler
- One hand-held pencil sharpener removed from the package
- One large eraser (no pencil cap erasers)
- Six new, unsharpened pencils with erasers (remove from packaging and use a rubber band to to hold the pencils together)
- One box of 24 crayons (only 24)
Items may be dropped off in the school kits collection box by the Music Room between 10 AM and 1 PM, Tuesday through Thursday or at Sunday Worship. Financial donations may be physical or online.
In addition to school supplies, we will be accepting monetary donations to offset our shipping expenses, which typically run over $100, and CWS requests $2 per kit to be used to cover their own costs to deliver the supplies to each child. We greatly thank those who have helped our church cover these expenses in the past.
To donate by check:
- drop off in the church office or mail(do not place in the kit collection box)
- make payable to the First Congregational Church of Reading and write “CWS School Kits” in the memo line
To donate online:
- go to https://www.churchofreading.org/donate/
- use the drop down menu to select CWS school kits as the fund
