announcement

Please Note that the “Pine Grove News” will be published THIS THURSDAY (as opposed to later today). It will go back to its usual publishing day of Tuesday next week. Thank you.

You’re Invited to Barkhamsted Center Church’s Virtual Bible Study Wednesday, March 3rd, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm. The subject is THE GOSPEL OF MARK. We’re starting at the beginning at working our way through! FCC’s Rev. Averill will be technical moderator and all FCC members and friends are welcome to attend. If you are on the FCC email distribution list, you will automatically receive a zoom invite on Monday, March 1st. If you’re not on our list but would…

On Sunday, March 28th (Palm Sunday) at 10 AM Florence Congregational Church (FCC) will resume worshipping in our sanctuary, located at 130 Pine Street. We will be following the guidelines and mandates per the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A full list of the current guidelines can be found on mass.gov. The following are the safety precautions all attending worship must follow: Face masks are to be worn at all times. Social distancing will be practiced within the church to help prevent…

New Wall Hanging in Studio My warm thanks and awe go out to the inestimable Sandy Hubbard who quilted this wall hanging ahead of the Lenten Season for my youtube ministry. It shows the Crosses at Cavalry (Luke 23:33). It will be featured in my prerecorded youtube sermons beginning this Sunday (January 31) and through Easter (and quite possibly beyond that). For those with a keen eye, you can also see in the lower left of the photograph the new…

Many of you may remember that in past months — when changing to the new website — we were registered as both fccnorthampton[dot]org and fccnorthampton[dot]com. This is just a friendly notice, to save all pages in your bookmarks as [dot]org as we will be letting the [dot]com expire on February 14, 2021. Forgive the technobabble. Any questions? —email the Reverend.

Upcoming Zoom Communion Services # date title link 1 January 3, 2021 Epiphany of the Lord Sunday recorded zoom 2 February 7, 2021 5th Sunday after Epiphany All Welcome @ 10 AM 3 March 7, 2021 3rd Sunday in Lent All Welcome @ 10 AM Live Worship & Communion is held the first Sunday of every month at 10 AM on Zoom. To receive an invitation, please click here. All Friends of Christ & Seekers are Welcome. Recorded Youtube Message…

Watch Live on Facebook on Dec. 12 @ 5 pm. Watch Live on Youtube on Dec. 12 @ 5 pm. This concert is free to the public.