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Bible Study led by David: Come try it out! All are welcome. Give it a try. Come when you can. No attendance required. No pressure. Just learn and enjoy. Thursday mornings at 10am in the Parlor.
Religion in the News, our popular adult discussion class, meets most Sunday mornings, following the 10:30 worship service, in the Parlor. Led by David – great conversation provided by you!
Please note that on Sunday, December 29th, we we will have ONE SERVICE ONLY at 10:30 a.m.
Join us for any of our Christmas Eve Services on Tuesday, December 24th!
At 10am, 3pm, and 5pm: Christmas Tree Family Services! We hear the story, sing carols, and decorate our tree!
At 12 noon: A Traditional Service: enjoy a gentle midday worship on this joyful, busy day!
At 7pm, 9pm, and 11pm: Our old-fashioned candlelight services, with quiet beauty, timely messages, and joyous music!
CHRISTMAS DAY, Wednesday, 12/25: Join us in worship at 10:00am! A fun, creative, and simple service.
Our Support Group will meet Wednesday, January 8th at 1pm in the Church House Library. This informal group is open to anyone and maintains confidentiality in all matters and seeks to provide support through shared conversation for persons dealing with loss in its many forms. For further information, please contact the Rev. Dr. Brian Bodt, Pastor of Community Care at bbodt@greenfieldhillchurch.com 203.747.1781
2025 is our 300th anniversary year!! We’ll be celebrating all year long, beginning with birthday cake at our Fellowship hour on the first Sunday of January (1/5/2025), and continuing with special events throughout the year. Keep your eyes open for more details
The Adult Ed Board is pleased to announce that on January 12, 2025 Professor Olena Lennon will be returning to GHCC for an update on the war in Ukraine and broadening conflicts in Eastern and Southern Europe. This will be her third presentation to us since the early days after the Russia invasion of Ukraine. Latest developments make this talk particularly important for those interested in global affairs and the expanding conflicts in Europe and the Middle East. As a reminder she is a Practitioner in Residence on National Security at the University of New Haven. She holds a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She will speak after the 10:30 service.
From our Refugee Resettlement Team: It has been a busy few weeks for our volunteers, with several large families arriving and moving into welcoming apartments. Last week we welcomed a Congolese family of 8 who had been living in a camp in Tanzania for some time. This week we welcome a Congolese family of 11, again coming from a camp in Tanzania. Welcoming large families means we are very low on supplies. You can help! Click here to go to our Amazon Wish List of kitchen and cleaning supplies, and they’ll be sent straight to the church! We are also desperately low on furniture. Contact Kathy Rafsky (krafsky@gmail.com) or Pam Dies (pamdies@gmail.com) if you have furniture to donate, or if you’d like to help us setting up apartments! Thank you for your generosity
Try your hand at writing for our Lent Devotional in 2025! To have another great GHCC Lent Devotional, we need writers from our congregation to sign up now! We send you a scripture passage to think about, and very shortly we’ll ask you to send in your (brief) reflection! Contact the office (info@greenfieldhillchurch.com) to let us know you’d like to write!
Help us with our monthly dinners at Operation Hope! We provide meals on the first Wednesday of every month and are looking for six volunteers each month to prepare the main meal, salad, or dessert. Click here to sign up!
Our GHCC Men’s Group is on a roll! Under the leadership of church member Glenn Horine, this program continues to offer GHCC men a chance meet for fellowship and friendship, with outings, breakfasts, and general get togethers. If you’d like to join us, get involved, or just see what we are about, please be in touch with Glenn at gjhorine32@gmail.com with any questions!
An open invitation to all who enjoy knitting and other handcrafts to join us on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Church House Library. The group is open to all skill levels from beginner to expert. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Francine Jacques (francinejacques13@gmail.com or Beth Schaefer bethschaefer@optonline.net
Donating flowers on the communion table on Sundays is so easy… you can donate in memory or celebration of someone, or even for a special occasion. Following worship, you may take the flowers, or our Member Care Board delivers to those hospitalized or shut-in. All you need to do is contact Bonnie Pfann
Make it Your Mission: Laundry Love Bridgeport! GHCC recently joined an interfaith group of congregations to sponsor the newest Laundry Love location in Bridgeport. Laundry Love is a national organization that has been washing the clothes of low/no income families and persons across the U.S. for 20 years. If you would like to get involved, on the third Tuesday of each month volunteers are needed to pay for client’s laundry loads, using a debit card provided by our organizer, at the Super Saver Free Dry Laundromat at 1020 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Click here to sign up to volunteer.
