Reflections on Mission in the Time of COVID
Pastoral Relations Ministry Meeting
Our pastoral relations ministry provides an open and safe place to celebrate the victories and address the challenges of the relationship between the pastor and the congregation. Our discussions often address questions of how the congregation supports the pastor and in turn how the pastor supports the congregation. Our meetings are held both in-person and online.…
UCC Justice and Local Church Ministry Grants 101
Coming Home
Church Committee Meeting
NOTE: This month, our church committee meeting has been rescheduled to the first Tuesday of the month, September 7, 2021, at 7pm. At our meetings, representatives of all the church ministries gather along with the pastor, officers of the church, and others for our church committee meetings. At these meetings, ministries give reports of their recent activity and bring…
RETURN TO IN-PERSON WORSHIP!!!
At-Home Worship
UCC General Synod
Summer Yard Sale
Come search for treasures on Saturday, July 17th, weather permitting, at the Oldtown Summer Yard Sale from 8 am to 2 pm, weather permitting. The yard sale will be held outside at the schoolhouse, to facilitate appropriate social distancing. As always, we will have lots of goodies for sale at a fair price for everything, so come early to get the best bargains! All proceeds…
Parking Lot Conversation
Reconnection Team Meeting
The Oldtown reconnection team is responsible for helping the congregation decide when it is time to safely reopen the sanctuary for in-person worship and begin gathering at our church for small group meetings, fundraising events, and other outreach efforts. The team will research all town, state, and federal recommendations and guidelines for safely returning to gathering…
Installation of Rev. Darrell Goodwin
Early Summer Yard Sale
We’ve added another yard sale to our schedule this year!! On June 19th, come search for treasures at the Oldtown Yard Sale from 8 am to 2 pm, weather permitting. The yard sale will be held outside at the schoolhouse, to facilitate appropriate social distancing. As always, we will have lots of goodies for sale at a fair price for everything, so come early to get the…
United Black Christians Celebrates Juneteenth
Mind the Gap: Worker Justice, Wage, Medicaid, and the Right to Organize
Focus on the Philippines: Stop Red Tagging
The alarming human rights situation in the Philippines is drawing international concern. Following the June 2020 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report, people’s organizations and civil society demanded an independent international investigation of the Philippine human rights situation amid a targeting of human right defenders through the use…
Reparatory Justice and Reparations: Truth-Telling, Conciliation, and Healing