Christmas By Design

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Local Mission: Assisting BCNH

This month we will come along side BCNH - a nonprofit that works with immigrants and refugees here in NH. Following our church service we will be traveling to Manchester to the office of BCNH- Building Community in NH.  

BCNH was originally founded as Bhutanese Community of NH - where it served the NH population of Bhutan refugees. It now serves people of 17 nationalities providing a diverse multiethnic array of services.  

We will be working with their Manchester director -BHola- in their office building helping to reorganize their space. BHola was very excited to have us volunteer and it was his desire to have us serve in this way.  

For more information about their outreach programs go to bcinnh.org. , and/or join us on the 29th to meet BHola and here what can be done to come along side this population.  
See you on the. 29th. We will plan to leave the church between 10:15 and. 10:30. We will work 11:00- to 1:00. Car pooling will be available.

Easter Celebrations

 

Easter 2018

March 30 ~ On Good Friday, the Sanctuary will be open for prayer and meditation from noon to 3 pm.

April 1 ~ Easter Sunday we will have a 7 am open air worship service at the point beside the lake followed by breakfast in Fellowship Hall at 7:30.  Our normal worship service will be at 9 am in the Sanctuary and at 9:15 our students will hold an Easter Egg Hunt in Fellowship Hall.

Coffeehouse Sunday Jan 21

 

To enhance the Epiphany Arts Festival, Northwood Congregational Church is hosting a coffee house on Sunday January 21. Church family and friends will share their gifts of music and writing from 3:00 – 5:00 pm in our Fellowship Hall. Coffee, tea, cookies and other snacks will be provided.

Donations will be accepted but not necessary.


The musicians who will be performing include:

Lindsay Lassonde O'Neill with Whitney Roy, Bluegrass musicians
Lindsay will also perform with her daughter Elsie O'Neil, a talented fiddle player
Dick Shaw on guitar
Molly Sheehan, on violin
Tara Bickford Bailey will sing a few songs
Anna Carlson on piano

Spoken word with Joann Snow Duncan,  Neil English and Patricia Savage

Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/392825404492863/

Christmas Celebrations 2017

This year Christmas falls on a Sunday so here's what we have in store

Christmas Eve ~ December 24

Worship and Children’s Pageant ~ 9 am

We will be having worship at our usual time with readings and carols.  The children will help us remember the story of the first Christmas as they perform a Christmas pageant.

 

Candlelight Service ~ 7 pm

At our evening service we will worship with candlelight and song.  The choir will sing and we will wonder at the spread of light from person to person as we sing familiar carols.

 

Christmas Communion ~ 11 pm

During these last moments of Christmas Eve we will hear the solemn words, sing joyous  carols and share the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.  The candlelight will shine through the night as we greet the coming of Christmas together.

Concert: Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid

Northwood Congregational Church, 881 First NH Turnpike, Northwood NH

Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid, Sunday November 19, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Suggested donation $12.00 / children 12 & under free

After 20 years as a fiddle sideman and singer-songwriter, playing in bluegrass, country, rock, celtic, jazz and folk ensembles, Joyce Andersen has boldly created a new body of music and a new musical standard for the unaccompanied fiddle troubadour.  A reviewer said her solo CD “SWERVE” will "forever alter your perception of the violin." Most recently she has been on a songwriting tear and several choirs, including Voices from the Heart, are performing her uplifting songs.

Acoustic Guitar magazine called Harvey Reid "...one of the true treasures of American acoustic music, and one of his 32 recordings was the only album in the last 25 years to be selected in a list of Top 10 Folk CD's of all time. Guitar Player Magazine put him on their "desert island" CD list. He was the national fingerpicking champion and international autoharp winner, and Doc Watson took him to lunch to ask him how he played the 6-string banjo. Reid's songs have been recorded by dozens of artists, and after 35 years he is one of the most respected and versatile songwriters and acoustic players on the scene.

Andersen and Reid will play solo sets and perform together, and will keep you on the edge of your seats with a special uplifting Sunday repertoire of old gospel songs, new spirituals and any other songs they see fit to play that fit into the spirit of the day. Expect slide guitar, dazzling fiddle, razor-sharp duet harmonies, guitar instrumentals, down-home bluegrass, and some rousing sing-a-longs.

Any questions, please call Peggy Kofer at 603-608-8627 or e-mail at PeggyKofer@gmail.com

Christmas By Design Fair

The Northwood Congregational Church, UCC will be hosting their annual Christmas By Design Fair on Saturday, November 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Popovers (fresh and hot from the oven) will be available all day and a variety of homemade soups and bread will be available for lunch. The fair will also have a Thanksgiving & Christmas table of hand crafted and gently used items; second time around jewelry table; raffle baskets; Dominican Republic coffee and vanilla; SERRV, Heifer International, and Operation Christmas Child tables; bake sale; houseplants; silent auction; and several local craftspeople offering a variety of hand/homemade items.  

Enjoy a FREE cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate while you browse our entire first floor of table offerings. The church is located next to Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, 881 First NH Turnpike/Route 4, we hope you will join us on November 4 for some fun and unique shopping!