Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 25th for the “Putting the Pastor out to Pasture” catered retirement party for none other than Rev. Bruce to take place in the dining hall of Second Congregational Church beginning at4 p.m.. Watch for more information in future Arrows, your mailbox and listen during Sunday announcements. It’s shear to
Read MoreWhat happened to the world as we knew it? Stop and think before you just do it. Take the time to understand, To care and feel and take someone’s hand. What happened to the morals we knew? Stop and think before you just do. Take the time to lend a hand, Teach our children across
Read MoreTo all my faithful newsletter readers ….… The time is long past due to reduce our media outreach expenses any way that we are able. With social media and internet/email so available to most, this newsletter can reach readers in many different and versatile forms. (I have been producing and mailing 200+ issues every other
Read MoreRev. Bruce has shared his plans to retire on June 27, 2022. Celebration planning is underway.
Read MoreThe 173rd Annual Meeting of Second Congregational Church was held in our sanctuary on Sunday, February 27th. There were 34 church members and 4 guests in attendance. Our Moderator, Barbara Larkin, opened the meeting with very thoughtful words of thanks and appreciation to committee members, staff, choir, TV and radio listeners, and basically everyone who
Read MoreSECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 1080 Pleasant St. Palmer, Massachusetts 01069 WARRANT To the legal voting members of the Second Congregational Church of Palmer, Massachusetts: You are hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of the Second Congregational Church of Palmer, Massachusetts will be held in accordance with the Church Bylaws in the Sanctuary,
Read MoreGreetings, Members and Friends of Second Congregational Church, As a pastor, every now and again something happens that causes me to respond, “Whoa. I didn’t see THAT coming!” Seminary can’t possibly teach pastors-in-training everything there is to know about being the pastor of a church. I’ve been thinking about the valuable things I’ve learned over
Read MoreOrigin: This recipe is from God. “It is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom!” Luke 12:32 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness nor shadow of change!” James 1:17 Ingredients: God, unlimited Christ, a spark Divine Mind
Read MoreThough even thinking on the subject of time may prove discomforting, it is not a bad idea – especially at the beginning of a new year. As we look into 2022 we look at a block of time. We see 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds….and all is a
Read MoreThe Neighbor’s In Need Offering which we receive during the month of October is an offering focused on supporting organizations and projects that are serving homeless and immigrant neighbors or communities. Two thirds of the offering is used by the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries to fund a wide array of local and national justice
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