Get a head start on September’s Book Group read!
“The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life” by David Brooks
Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.…
June and July Mission Project
School-age children and teens who receive free or reduced meals face challenges in the summer months. Back in 2017, the Reading St. Vincent de Paul Society sought to address this need, and began working with the schools to identify families. The program has grown exponentially each year (from 30 to 50 families, with the anticipation that 60 families will apply this summer). The program receives funding from grants and support from the Reading Food Pantry.
However, given the increased demand on both the Food Pantry and the Summer Meals Program, the Reading St. Vincent de Paul Society is reaching out and asking for help from local organizations to collect a specific item from their shopping list.
First Congregational Church has been invited to collect mustard, ketchup, and sweet relish plastic squeeze bottles (100 of each). We will be collecting these during the months of June and July in addition to our regular pantry collection outside the Music Room. …
Dress a Girl Around the World
On Sunday, First Church blessed 20 dresses to be sent to the Dress a Girl Around the World project!
Many thanks to Women ‘n Stitches and all those who helped make this possible!
“Dress a Girl Around the World is a Campaign under Hope 4 Women International (a 501 (c) 3 organization) bringing dignity to women around the world since 2006. Hope 4 Women International is a nondenominational independent Christian organization.”
“We dream of a world in which every girl has at least one new dress. We want girls to know that they are worthy of respect, and that they are loved by God.”
Learn more about the project at:
Each month on the 3rd Tuesday from 10 AM – 12 PM come and work on projects for various skills depending who shows up, what needs to be done, or the skill sets of those involved (building maintenance, cleaning, or even filing!).
Reach out to the church office for more info
office@churchofreading.org…
This Sunday blessings abound! June 9 we will bless dresses made for Dress A Girl Around the World and also commission and bless our Capital Campaign volunteers and leaders! Join us in person or online at 10 AM EST.
Please join us to celebrate the life of Leslie Turner on Saturday, June 8 at 11 AM EST at First Congregational Church of Reading, United Church of Christ. To read Leslie’s obituary, click here.
Parking is available in the Reading Town Hall Parking Lot (enter 16 Lowell Street, Reading MA into you phone or car GPS, which will take you to Town Hall and the adjacent parking lot). Enter through church door adjacent to the parking lot.
If you can’t be there in-person but would like to attend on Zoom, please fill out the form below. An email will go out the morning of Saturday, June 8 with a Zoom link for the service.
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Join for worship on June 9 to bless dresses made for Dress a Girl Around the World, a project by Women ‘n Stitches group.
“Dress a Girl Around the World” is a project by Hope 4 Women International where handmade dresses are given to girls in need. Dresses are made for girls in need, many of whom have never had a new dress in their life. Being well dressed shows that these girls are cared for and discourages predators and traffickers.
https://www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/
Women ‘n Stitches will still meet on Tuesday, June 11, 7:00 in Room 17. We will be packing the dresses to be taken to the collection point. Contact the church office at office@churchofreading.org for more info.…
