Pastor Fred – 01/01/2020

In a course on marriage counseling,  the professor said that if someone gets divorced, and wonders whether or not they should get married again, statistically speaking a new marriage will more likely work out if they are divorced twice and are currently in a third marriage. I thought a lot about that over the years

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Search – 12/01/2019

As you all are aware of Stewardship Sunday was November 24th a letter was sent asking the congregation to consider pledging a little more than they did last year and letting them know that in the last 6 weeks, pledges have decreased by $14,00.00. This equals a 17% drop in pledges. First Church in Pembroke

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Stewardship – 12/01/2019

Our fall Stewardship campaign has just ended.  As of this writing, we do not have the figures to report but will do so next month. Although the formal pledging time is past please remember that it is never a bad time to be a Steward of First Church.  Your contributions of “Time, Talent, and Treasure”

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Missions – 12/01/2019

On November 11th, Veteran’s Day, the Pembroke Military Support Group received the $100 donation from the congregation of First Church.  On Tuesday they were given the items collected from our Military Basket to send to our Military personnel as part of a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday from all of us at First Church.  Of

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Deacons – 12/01/2019

Greetings from the Deacons! We are happy to report that Rev. Fred Meade will be leading us in worship throughout the Advent and Christmas season. We pray that this time will help us all to become even more aware of and grateful for the “Reason for the Season” and that it is a holy time

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Trustees – 12/01/2019

The trustees met on November 29, 2019, with the following reported:Alan C. updated the trustees on the church finances nothing new to report. After 20 years Alan will be retiring on December 31, 2019, as First Church in Pembroke’s treasure, we all want to say thank you, Alan, for all that you have done for

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Pastor – 12/01/2019

It’s hard to imagine that I’ve already been here for two months.  The times just seems to fly by.  My commute from the Cape has actually been a time of respite.  The drives have been a time of pure joy seeing the changing of the trees and bushes along the way.  But we all know

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Search – August 2018

Search team met on August 12th to prepare for the next steps in the search process the following took place. Transition Team reactivated our profile, on August 1st the package is for a settled full-time pastor that will have to live in the parsonage. At our August meeting we also voted unanimously to have Francine

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