Worship Services
Sundays at 10:00 a.m.
We are currently holding one worship service a week inside our historic Meetinghouse on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. Masks and social distancing are recommended during these services. The services are simultaneously livestreamed on YouTube.
Recordings of our worship services can be found in our Virtual Meetinghouse.
Christmas Schedule
We invite you to join together with us in fellowship this holiday season at one or all of our worship services and special events. Click here for our schedule of special celebrations, Christmas pageants and worship services.
Christmas Schedule
We invite you to join together with us in fellowship this holiday season at one or all of our worship services and special events. Click here for our schedule of special celebrations, Christmas pageants and worship services.
Announcements
2022 Holiday Schedule
We invite you to join together with us in fellowship this holiday season...
Two-in-One Holiday Sale
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New Member Ceremony
We look forward to welcoming new members during our 10 am service on...
Church Calendar
Please bring a yoga mat and join Lynn McCarthy at 5:00pm in Fellowship Hall/Sheffield Auditorium. For more information, please see Lynn’s website here.
On October 6, 2021 – Choir will meet in the Meetinghouse
Green Bible Study: Understanding the Bible in its Own Time and in Ours We’ll begin a new Bible Study series that will span 8 weeks this fall with a particular focus on the earth, our agency and shared faith journeys as we navigate climate change in our world. Beginning September 29th with Laura and guests. Please email Laura to be added to our group list! (A Zoom link will be available to join us online.)
“All This Sainted Difference is What God Wants”
Robert Farris Thompson wrote those words in reference to the Black Atlantic religions that he lovingly documented over the course of more than 60 years of teaching and writing. Too often those traditions continue to be misunderstood and mistreated by outsiders. All this sainted difference may be what God wants, but much of the world has behaved otherwise. It’s time to change that. Click here to explore “All This Sainted Difference.”
“All This Sainted Difference is What God Wants”
Robert Farris Thompson wrote those words in reference to the Black Atlantic religions that he lovingly documented over the course of more than 60 years of teaching and writing. Too often those traditions continue to be misunderstood and mistreated by outsiders. All this sainted difference may be what God wants, but much of the world has behaved otherwise. It’s time to change that. Click here to explore “All This Sainted Difference.”
Wheels of Justice
Stories from the Deep North
This original video series, originally presented as a part of our weekly sermons, unearths stories of racial injustice and, sometimes, the bold resistance to that injustice, that occurred throughout Southern New England, including the towns of Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Deep River, Willimantic, Mystic and New London. Click here to explore “Stories from the Deep North.”
Wheels of Justice
Stories from the Deep North
This original video series, originally presented as a part of our weekly sermons, unearths stories of racial injustice and, sometimes, the bold resistance to that injustice, that occurred throughout Southern New England, including the towns of Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Deep River, Willimantic, Mystic and New London. Click here to explore “Stories from the Deep North.”
VIRTUAL MEETINGHOUSE
Our Virtual Meetinghouse is always open. Here you’ll find videos of our worship services and written copies of sermons – as well as our popular “Sacred Conversations” video series and “Adult Forum” video series; copies of church bulletins and newsletters; and other powerful church communications.
Current Ministry News
To see all our recent ministry work, please click here.
For a more in-depth look at all of our various ministries, please visit our Ministry page.
Current Outreach News
To read about our most recent outreach work, please click here.
For a more in-depth look at our outreach efforts, please visit our Outreach page.