A warm welcome to all visitors.  If the Pastor or any member of the congregation may be of service to you, please contact the church office at 802-228-4211 or Rev. Harpster at 802-875-8895. His email is harpsterd@vermontel.net.  Please be sure to sign the guestbook located at the entrance to the church.   

Upcoming Meetings
Women’s Group - Every Wednesday at 10:00 A.M.

Coffee Hour
A time of fellowship following the service of worship is held in the social hall. Coffee, juice and refreshments will be served. 

Weekly Offerings
Offerings and other cash receipts for the week of December 22 were $3,555.00.  The Christmas Eve Service was $1,951.00. The cost of each week is $1,385.10 (derived by dividing the annual budget by 52 weeks).

Altar Guild
Jean Eggleston is serving as the Altar Guild person during the month of December.

United Church New Year’s Eve Dinner
There will be a United Church New Year's Eve Dinner at the Fullerton Inn in Chester beginning at 7:00 pm. We have separate room reserved.  There is no expectations that anyone stay to midnight--though you may as the inn typically has live entertainment, etc. Entrees will run between $20-30. Pastor Harpster is planning some game activity.

If you intend to attend and have not already told me so, please respond so that I may provide an accurate number to the inn for seating.

Hope to see many of you on the last evening of the year.
Bob Kottkamp 228-6282; rkottkamp@gmail.com

A warm welcome to all visitors.  If the Pastor or any member of the congregation may be of service to you, please contact the church office at 802-228-4211 or Rev. Harpster at 802-875-8895. His email is harpsterd@vermontel.net.  Please be sure to sign the guestbook located at the entrance to the church.   

Upcoming Meetings
Women’s Group - Every Wednesday at 10:00 A.M.

Coffee Hour
A time of fellowship following the service of worship is held in the social hall. Coffee, juice and refreshments will be served. 

Christmas Flowers
Christmas Season is approaching.  If you would like to make a donation for the Christmas flowers in memory of loved ones, please contact Jean Eggleston.

Weekly Offerings
Offerings and other cash receipts for the week of December 15 were $             . The cost of each week is $1,385.10 (derived by dividing the annual budget by 52 weeks). 

2013 Christmas Fund for Veterans of the Cross and the Emergency Fund
In this holy season, as we share gifts with our loved ones, we are reminded of the ultimate gift we have received – God’s great gift to humankind, Jesus Christ, the promised Savior.  In Jesus, the fullness of God’s love is revealed, a love that reconciles us with God and with one another, bring hope and healing to a broken world.

For 111 years, the Christmas Fund for the Veterans  of  the Cross and the Emergency Fund (UCC) has been a way in which we as members of United Church of Ludlow  bring hope to those who have so faithfully and unselfishly served.  The Christmas Fund is a way in which we share with others from the fullness that we have received.

The offering will be dedicated next Sunday, December 22. An offering envelope will be provided for your convenience. 

Altar Guild
Jean Eggleston is serving as the Altar Guild person during the month of December. 

Season of Advent
The Advent Season, in preparation for the birth of our savior, continues with the lighting of the fourth candle by John and Carol Wu.

Christmas Eve at United Church
The annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be held at 7:30 P.M.  Plan to join us in this service of praise in song and the reading of the Christmas story as we celebrate the arrival of Christ Child.    

A warm welcome to all visitors.  If the Pastor or any member of the congregation may be of service to you, please contact the church office at 802-228-4211 or Rev. Harpster at 802-875-8895. His email is harpsterd@vermontel.net.  Please be sure to sign the guestbook located at the entrance to the church.   

Upcoming Meetings
Women’s Group - Every Wednesday at 10:00 A.M.

Coffee Hour
A time of fellowship following the service of worship is held in the social hall. Coffee, juice and refreshments will be served.

Christmas Flowers
Christmas Season is approaching.  If you would like to make a donation for the Christmas flowers in memory of loved ones, please contact Jean Eggleston.

 Weekly OfferingsOfferings and other cash receipts for the week of December 1 were $1,497.00. The cost of each week is $1,385.10) (derived by dividing the annual budget by 52 weeks).  

Altar GuildJean Eggleston is serving as the Altar Guild person during the month of December. 


Season of Advent
The Advent Season, in preparation for the birth of our savior, continues with the lighting of the third candle by Judy Edwards and Jean Eggleston.

Christmas Eve at United Church
The annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be held at 7:30 P.M.  Plan to join us in this service of praise in song and the reading of the Christmas story as we celebrate the arrival of Christ Child.   

 

A warm welcome to all visitors.  If the Pastor or any member of the congregation may be of service to you, please contact the church office at 802-228-4211 or Rev. Harpster at 802-875-8895. His email is harpsterd@vermontel.net.  Please be sure to sign the guestbook located at the entrance to the church. 

Upcoming Meetings
Women’s Group - Every Wednesday at 10:00 A.M.

Coffee Hour
A time of fellowship following the service of worship is held in the social hall. Coffee, juice and refreshments will be served.

Christmas Flowers
Christmas Season is approaching.  If you would like to make a donation for the Christmas flowers in memory of loved ones, please contact Jean Eggleston.

 Weekly Offerings
Offerings and other cash receipts for the week of December 1 were $880.00. The cost of each week is $1,330.00 (derived by dividing the annual budget by 52 weeks).

Altar Guild
Jean Eggleston is serving as the Altar Guild person during the month of December.

Season of Advent
The Advent Season, in preparation for the birth of our savior, continues with the lighting of the second candle by George and Linda Thomson.

Christmas Eve at United Church
The annual Christmas Eve Service will be held at 7:30 P.M. 

Performance of the Messiah 
Grace Congregational (UCC) Church’s annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah Part 1, Hallelujah Chorus and the Coronation Anthem No. 3 The King Shall Rejoice.
December 8 at 3:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Performed by the Rutland Area Chorus and Orchestra directed by Rip Jackson . The church is located at 8 Court Street, Rutland.
Linda and George Thomson from United Church will be part of the chorus.   Free Will Offering. All are encouraged to attend.

Christmas Concert
The Springfield Community Chorus directed by Ken Olsson will present “Sounds of the Season”,  a Christmas concert featuring holiday favorites such as “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “Sweet Jesus Boy,” and “Go Tell It On the Mountain” as well as three versions of “Ave Maria”on Saturday, December 7, at 7:30 P.M., First Baptist Church, Chester, VT  and on Sunday, December 8, at 3:00 P.M., First Congregational Church UCC, Springfield, VT.Judy Edwards, Lisha Klaiber, Andy Ohotnicky are members of the chorus.  All are welcome.