We will have TWO services at 8:30am and 10:30am in our Meetinghouse.  We are grateful to our volunteers who will join us in worship as greeters, ushers, Media Booth worker, Scripture readers and more.  We will have the wonderful opportunity to hear a beautiful musical offering by Toni Sullivan at our 8:30am worship and by the Jubilate Ringers at our 10:30am worship.  We will celebrate Communion at both services and will bid Godspeed to Karen Garren at 10:30am worship.

Note: Nursery Care will be available at both worship services, and Church School will meet at 10:30am.

PLEASE SIGN UP using the links below if you plan to join us for our worship services, nursery care, and church school.  By signing up you help us to plan well and to have a record for contact tracing should the need arise.

Sunday, December 5th, In-Person Worship: 8:30am in the Meetinghouse

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4CA8AF28A4F94-830am24

Sunday, December 5th, In-Person Worship: 10:30am in the Meetinghouse

We will join together in the Meetinghouse for our in person worship.  We are looking to keep this service to no more than 45 minutes.  You will find the sign up link below.  We ask that people intending to join us for In Person Worship sign up and include how many people and the names of those who will be attending worship with you.  You can register for our In Person Worship using the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4CA8AF28A4F94-1030am28
 In accordance with Department of Public Health and CDC guidance, we require masks of ALL who will sing during worship and those who are unvaccinated. 

Sunday, December 5th,  In Person 10:30am Church School Sign Up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4CA8AF28A4F94-1030am27

Updated CCB Face Mask/Covid Policy

• As the town has lifted the official mask mandate for indoor gathering, we will also do so with a few exceptions based on CDC and best safe practice guidelines.
• Those who are unvaccinated will still be required to wear masks.  (This means that our children/youth and those who work with them will still be masking.)
• Those with compromised immunity or who would feel more comfortable masked in a larger group are invited to wear masks.
• Masks will be required when entering the Church Office.
• If there will be any singing everyone is required to mask while singing - which means that people will need a mask in the Worship space.
• If your group chooses to have people unmasked we ask that people do their best to remain 3-6ft apart from one another following social distancing guidelines.  We will be spacing people in our pews in the Meetinghouse again and reminding people that Brooks Hall and the Balcony are set with chairs and an eye on social distancing.
• We still request that there are no large trays of shared food.  If people choose to serve food we ask that it is served in individual portions (preferably wrapped/packaged separately).
• There will continue to be sanitation stations throughout the church with hand sanitizer and cleaning products.  We invite groups to wipe down any tables/chairs or common surfaces that are used.
• We will continue to keep track of attendance at worship, in person meetings and gatherings, so (heaven forbid) if there is another resurgence of Covid that contact tracing measures can be taken.

Pastors Fund Thanks & Information

Dorothy Day Service Project – December 5th from 11:30am-12:30pm

We have an opportunity to prepare a hot meal and sandwiches for guests of the Dorothy Day Hospitality House.  If you would like to help, please join us in Fellowship Hall at 11:30am.

SERRV Christmas Sale – December 5th at 9:15am, 11:15am & 3:30-5pm

Join us after worship or during our Christmas Tree Lighting event for an opportunity to do some fair trade shopping for Christmas and to support artisans in the United States and around the world.

2nd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting - December 5th from 3:30-5pm

  We hope you will join us for our 2^nd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting!  Schedule of events:

  3:30-3:45pm – Gathering and Fellowship & Opportunity to Shop SERRV

  3:45pm – The Twelve Days of Christmas

  3:55-4:25pm – Worship, Christmas Pageant & Tree Lighting

  4:25-5pm – Hot Cocoa, SERRV Shopping, and Fellowship

We hope you will join us for this opportunity for fellowship and worship, as well as a chance to shine God’s bright light of hope for our community.

Christmas Eve Worship – Friday, December 24th

We will have three services of worship on Christmas Eve this year. 

5:30pm – Living Nativity Outdoor Worship at the Barn

8:00pm – Indoor Worship with Special Music and Candle lighting

        Note: This service will also be live streamed. 
Nursery/Child Care will be available ONLY at this service.

10:00pm – Indoor Worship with Special Music and Candle lighting

We hope these options will provide the opportunity for everyone to join us safely for worship on Christmas Eve, either in person outside or inside at church or in the comfort of your own home.

**Masks will be REQUIRED for all people who will sing together at Outdoor Worship and ALL who attend Indoor Worship on Christmas Eve.

Church In Society Giving Tree

The Giving Tree has tags available for various groups and ministries like Brookfield Social Services, Interfaith AIDS Ministry, Toys for Tots, Baby Bundles, Miriam’s Kitchen, Holy Joe’s Café and more.  If you are in a position to help provide some holiday cheer for those in need, stop by our Giving Tree to choose a tag.  (Tags include instructions and return date information.)