First Congregational Church of
Ashfield
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Ahmadi Family Picnic a Wonderful Success!
St. John’s Episcopal and the First Congregational Church (UCC) of Ashfield hosted a picnic on Thursday, July 21, to welcome the displaced Afghan family being sponsored by Ashfield resident, Dr. Carter J. Carter. The potluck picnic began at 5 pm and took place on Ashfield’s Town Common and under the tent at St. John’s. One hundred people brought delicious Afghan dishes and cold salads for the potluck; kids and adults played soccer and enjoyed s'mores and ice cream on a steamy summer evening; and we got to meet the Ahmadi family we have been supporting and coming to love for so many months. You can still contribute to the fund raising efforts for the family by sending a check to St. John’s Episcopal, PO Box 253, Ashfield, MA 01330-0253, with “For the Ahmadi Family” on the memo line. Our goal is to raise $25,000. We have raised nearly $20,000 as of July 21. Seeking Organist/Choir Accompanist First Congregational Church UCC of Ashfield, MA, an Open and Affirming Congregation, seeks an experienced musician to play organ and piano for weekly Sunday morning worship as well as accompany the choir for twenty-six mid-week rehearsals/Sundays. Read more here.
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From Rev. David's sermon, July 17, 2022 "If we do not stop to listen, if we do not listen first, everything else we do will suffer. We will throw ourselves into a million tasks to serve a meal to a man like Jesus who is content with bread and wine. We will try to take a young woman away from the fight for her freedom. We will invade a country in vanity and destroy more lives than we may ever get to support. We will do what comforts us, what satisfies our needs, and not the person or the family we necessarily have invited to this place. And we will miss that our effort and our responsibility is something that we owe and must extend not only to the few people living under our own roof, but to all the people of Ashfield. We will confuse our own nation for the whole world, our own nationality for a wide community of sovereign nations." SNEUCC Leaders: Overturn of Roe v. Wade 'Unjust and Dehumanizing ' Read entire letter by Rev. James D. Ross II Minister for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion here "It’s in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests."
VAN JONES 
Eleventh Hour Bell Ringing for Climate Change Congregants from the Congregational Church and St John's Episcopal Church and friends gather and ring their bells for eleven minutes on the eleventh day of each month at 11AM, joining with religious groups across the country and beyond to express our hope and determination that together we can act boldly to address the climate crisis, now in its eleventh hour. Come join us Thursday, August 11. |
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
First Congregational Church of Ashfield is offering both in-person worship services and on-line access 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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