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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. 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. 
Putting finishing touches on the Faerie House
created during Spring Clean Up.
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View Recordings on YouTube of Lifting the Veil on Racism in Franklin County held in February and March:
Part 1, February 21, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve3TfMaLeCE&ab_channel=KateMason Part 2, March 11, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyjTXwNvhK0&ab_channel=InterfaithCouncilofFranklinCounty-MA Part 3, March 25, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnzao1PxM-c&ab_channel=InterfaithCouncilofFranklinCounty-MA Part 4, Building a Culture of Reparations, April 8 https://youtu.be/pbRG762xvpI |