Sunday, October 20, 2024

8:30am and 10:30am Worship Services in the Meetinghouse

(with 10:30am Live Stream)

It is Yankee Fair Week! The Fair is on Saturday, and we will be blessed with some Yankee Fair reflections and “God Moments” shared by our Fair Chairs on Sunday morning, as they join with Pastor Jen in an interactive dialogue “sermon” at both the 8:30 & 10:30 services.

We will meet for both services in our Meetinghouse with Nursery care available. We will celebrate Communion at the 8:30 service, and Church School will meet at 10:30am. There will also be an opportunity for our youth in 7^th-12^th grades to have some conversation with our Director of Music Ministries, Sean Lewis at that service as well. We welcome newcomers to join us for a gathering at 11:45am where you will have a chance to make connections with others and learn more about our programs and ministries.

As we near the Fair, we remember God’s call to offer hospitality and welcome to all. And share these words from our Sunday morning scripture from Colossians, that say, “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things…Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience…And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

We thank you for all that you are doing to support our Fair and make it happen!

Our 10:30am service is regularly LIVE STREAMED and RECORDED.

You can live stream our 10:30am service for October 20th from the following link: https://youtube.com/live/AxZuNaq4KaQ?feature=share

Additional recordings of our worship services can be found on our YouTube page. https://youtube.com/live/Pa1PbrelfJE?feature=share

Church School & Nursery Care are available: If you have questions about Church School, please be in touch with our Church School Coordinator, Barbara Crandell at barbara@uccb.org. The Nursery is open for both Sunday services as well.

What does it mean to be an “Open & Affirming” church?

What does the Bible say about homosexuality?

If you’re eager to learn more about The Congregational Church of Brookfield as well as our Open & Affirming statement, you can look at the curriculum we used for our June "Open & Affirming" Bible study at

https://reformationproject.org/biblical-case/

Call to Share our Gifts & Offerings, Roy Taylor on YouTube

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Click here: https://youtu.be/bSbUnGVt7bY

10:30am Sunday Weekly Worship Recordings:

If you are not able to watch the service live from the beginning, or if you need to join the service late, there will be an opportunity to view the entire recording in a few hours, after YouTube processes it and uploads it to our church YouTube channel. For instant notifications of Live Streams, you can also subscribe to that channel, uccbvideo, by clicking on the red "Subscribe" button on the YouTube page.

Sharing to Build, Building to Share…

See the New Vision for Fellowship Hall!

Brochure link above

This week’s “Sharing to Build, Building to Share” Project Highlight

There is a hole in the ground! And it’s a big hole! Lots of work has been happening on our accessibility addition – preparing to house a new elevator and accessible bathrooms. This week the forms were installed for the footings of both the building extension and retaining wall, with the goal of pouring concrete. Yea!

If you have any questions about the project or how you can help support it, please don’t hesitate to contact Pastors Bryn or Jennifer, Ken Arifian and/or Laurie Matson.

We are so grateful for the continued support of our church family. It is so generous and so very much appreciated! Thank you!

Pastor Bryn Smallwood-Garcia (bryn@uccb.org) Pastor Jennifer Whipple (jennifer@uccb.org)

Ken Arifian (karifian@sbcglobal.net) Laurie Matson (lmatson1380@gmail.com)

(Click here to read more)

Because we are CCB, we have fun whenever we gather! Even as we worship each week in our historic Meetinghouse, fellowship is at the very heart of our church life and we believe Fellowship Hall should be accessible to all. We invite you to contribute as generously as you can and help us extend God's extravagant welcome to everyone, "no matter who we are or where we are on life's journey." Whether we walk or roll, we seek to follow Jesus together!

Pastors Fund Thanks & Information

Our pastors wish to thank you so much for your generous support of the Pastors Fund during these difficult and ever-changing times. With your help bills have been paid to cover housing costs, medical bills, and emergency repairs as well as to cover other everyday costs like food, gas, and clothing for members & friends of our church and wider community. The Pastors Fund is supported through the honorarium from the funerals/memorials that our pastors officiate, as well as through the generous gifts of members and friends of our community. The Thrift Shop has supported the Pastors Fund with gifts from sale profits, and the Pastors Fund is also one of the options for holiday support through our Virtual Giving Tree this year.
If you are feeling moved to make a direct gift to the Pastors Fund, gift cards for groceries and gas are always welcome, as are donations made payable to Pastors Fund.

Your Pastors are Here for You!

Pastoral Care Appointments

Pastor Bryn and Pastor Jen are available for individual pastoral care appointments either in-person or via phone or Zoom. If you have something that you would like to address or speak with them about, please feel free to reach out, (

bryn@uccb.org or

jennifer@uccb.org ) to set up a time to talk and pray together.

Worship Opportunities

Labyrinth & Children's Garden:

One of our confirmands recently cleaned over at our Labyrinth - making sure the path is clearly outlined and instructions for use of the labyrinth are posted at the beginning. We encourage people to stop over to the church and use the labyrinth during this nice weather (while maintaining physical distancing practices). (Note: Our Labyrinth and the story of how it came to be were recently published in a book of New England Labyrinths, so we are excited to share that with people in our area and beyond.) Work will also begin soon on our Children's Garden, a garden that will be planted in raised beds around our Labyrinth, where kids will be able to remember loved ones and go to play and pray at our church.

Keep an eye on your email, the Congregational Church of Brookfield Facebook Page, or our website on Sunday morning for the links to join us (and please feel free to share the links with family and friends). Afterward, if you are willing to share a photo of you or your family worshipping with us online that may be used on our CCB Facebook page or website, please send it to

uccbsocialmedia@gmail.com. If you have missed any of our online worship services you can find them linked below, and you can subscribe to our YouTube channel

uccbvideo, where our worship services are archived.

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Summer Church Office Hours

Tuesday through Thursday - 9:00am - 2:00pm

CLOSED on Mondays and Fridays.

The church door will remain locked for safety reasons, but our Ring doorbell system helps us to know who is coming to the door.

If you want to ensure someone will be available to assist you, you can always call ahead to the Church Office at 203-775-1259.

We are an Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ.

Know that "No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!"

Email Blasts

To be added to our church "blast" email list and receive the most current updates, just contact our church office administrator, office@uccb.org.

Prayer Requests

We are a praying church!

We welcome your sharing of joys and concerns for prayer -- either with the Pastors, the Deacons, the Stephen Ministry team, or the whole congregation in public worship. If you have a prayer request to share, please just email the Church Office, with "Prayer Request" in the memo line at

office@uccb.org , and please indicate if you would like this request to be shared with just the pastors, with pastors & Deacons, or in worship. Thank you.

At Home Electronic Worship Options

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YouTube

We have more than 1,000 hours of worship available. Click on:

uccbvideo

No special equipment needed.

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Watch on Spectrum Channel 192

The previous week's service is on Sunday Mornings at 10:30 am, and Tuesday at 5:00 pm.

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Listen to Podcasts of previous sermons

Click on:
https://soundcloud.com/user-98392082

No special equipment needed.

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Listen to the Congregational Church of Brookfield's PODCAST.

Don't have time or an internet video connection?

Subscribe to our podcast and listen on the go to past sermons.

Click on: https://soundcloud.com/user-98392082

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Sunday Worship

We are recording our in person worship and sharing it to our YouTube page at "uccbvideo" - with hopes that it will be posted there by Sunday afternoon. We have two services with a brief (30 minute) worship is in the outdoor Chapel through Labor Day Sunday at 8:30am and a 10:30am worship (no more than 45 minutes) also in our Meetinghouse. Note: Nursery Care will be available at both worship services, and Church School will meet at 10:30am.

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