First Congregational Church of Ashfield
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Sanctuary open for in-person and by live streaming worship service
CHURCH SEEKS MUSIC MINISTER First Congregational Church UCC of Ashfield, an Open and Affirming Congregation, seeks a music minister to play organ and piano for Sunday morning worship as well as accompany the choir for mid-week rehearsals/Sundays. Additional opportunities arise to play with a variety of guest instrumentalists and soloists. Classical training is preferred, with ability to work in other styles. Part-time, approximately 4 – 7 hours/week. Works closely with the minister, choir director, worship team, and diaconate. The sanctuary holds a recently restored 1903 George Reed tracker organ and a baby grand piano. Please submit letter and resumé to: karemarshall48@gmail.com or First Congregational Church, attn. Kare Marshall, Deacon, P.O. Box 519, Ashfield, MA 01330. Further details here. |
Organ Rededication "Today we rededicate our pipe organ, built in 1903 by George W. Reed of West Boylston, Massachusetts, and relocated in 1932 to our church here in Ashfield. It has been lovingly restored by our church--its devoted members and friends and neighbors; by the community of Ashfield, and the communities of the hilltowns; and especially by Bill Czelusniak and a crew of brilliant craftspeople. Our service today--from start to finish--is a celebration of this achievement, which we rededicate to the glory of God. The organ serves each of us in serving God’s will for love and justice on earth as in heaven. May we care for God’s love and advance the cause of God’s justice--may we bring about the kin-dom of God, already alive within us--as surely as we make a joyful noise this day." Rev. David Jones' welcome for Organ Rededication Sunday, November 21, 2021. Ashfield Churches Hold Climate Justice Service -- October 17, 2021 In response to a call for global action by Faiths 4 Climate Justice, about 80 people from Ashfield Churches Together (First Congregational and St John's Episcopal) joined together for a joint service for climate justice on Ashfield’s Town Common on Sunday, October 17, 2021. With engaging signs and a moving liturgy, congregants gathered to celebrate the sacredness of all beings and to ask for action by our government to address climate change, in anticipation of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26) that begins on October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland |
Church Awarded Grant to Work with Bug Hill Farm and Food Pantry
Our church has received a grant of $12,000 from the Stackpole-Hall Foundation to support a collaboration with Bug Hill Farm and the Food Pantry. This is seed funding to get the project off the ground over a two year period. The grant will bring together young people and adult volunteers from the First Congregational Church, St. John’s Episcopal, local schools, and from Food Pantry families themselves at Bug Hill Farm to help owners Sam and Charlotte Perkins plant, tend, and harvest vegetables for the Hilltown Churches Food Pantry. Read more here.
Our church has received a grant of $12,000 from the Stackpole-Hall Foundation to support a collaboration with Bug Hill Farm and the Food Pantry. This is seed funding to get the project off the ground over a two year period. The grant will bring together young people and adult volunteers from the First Congregational Church, St. John’s Episcopal, local schools, and from Food Pantry families themselves at Bug Hill Farm to help owners Sam and Charlotte Perkins plant, tend, and harvest vegetables for the Hilltown Churches Food Pantry. Read more here.
Creating Community, Welcoming All
Welcome
“Creating Community, Welcoming All” -- Those words sum up our aspirations for our Ashfield church. For over 250 years, we have been group of people who strive to know God — in each other, in our life together, in the wider community, and in ourselves. Read more. |
Worship
As of June 20, in-person worship services and church meetings have resumed. The service will continue to be offered on-line for those who wish to connect virtually. To receive information about online services, contact uccashfield@gmail.com. Read more. |
Spiritual Resources
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