FIRST CHURCH IN PEMBROKE STARTS NEW PATH

Members Overwhelmingly Pass Changes At Thursday’s Official All Church Meeting On July 30th, 2020 as the sun was setting in a colorful display that would delight any sailor, the Membership voted to turn away from past affiliations and move forward as a local Congregational Church in association with the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches

First Church Hosted Successful Blood Drive – 05/16/20

Red Cross Blood Drive Saturday May 16th, First Church In Pembroke, MA hosted the American Red Cross in the shared effort to save lives through facilitating donations From volunteers in the community.  First Church gratefully acknowledges and thanks all who participated in this important effort, especially organizer Karan Little.  Each donation helps to save up

Greetings from the FCP Creative Crafters

Hope you are all safe and healthy with our “new way of life.” Wanted to let members know that the Creative Crafters have been busy making masks for essential workers in our town. Your church wants to extend to its members, masks, to keep you safe and healthy. Below is an announcement made on April 27th by

Pastor’s Letter – May 2020

I  remember  growing  up  I  had  a  strong dislike  for  May.  May  was  the time  of the  year when we were forced in school to be a part of a May Pole Dance. From my perspective as a young child it was the dumbest thing we ever did in school. Ever… Historically some have written

May 2020

Pastor’s Letter I  remember  growing  up  I  had  a  strong dislike  for  May.  May  was  the time  of the  year when we were forced in school to be a part of a May Pole Dance. From my perspective as a young child it was the dumbest thing we ever did in school. Ever… Historically some

Palms Available – Holy Week

Our online Palm Sunday Service production is over but you can still view at the Church website firstchurchinpembroke.org or clicking here. Additionally,  Palms are available! A small group of masked & gloved congregants met briefly at the parking lot in front of First Church this late afternoon to pack Palms in zip-lock bags. The bundle of palms arrived  two

Pastor’s Corner – April 2020

One thing I know about fear is that it interferes with our relationship to God. By the time you get this newsletter, Easter will be less than two weeks away.  Because of what’s going on in the world today, you will have some unique choices as to where to worship. You can choose between the kitchen,

Devotional – 03/29/20

Look Up and Listen Closely – Walking Toward the Sunrise A Devotional Word from Our Renewal Consultant Rev. Robert Naylor (The physical distancing realities have caused me to be unable to complete a key element in our shared renewal process, The Teaming and Dreaming event.  However I will soon be sending along to you the

A note from your Pastor on Coronavirus

Some Important Thoughts A Helpful Blog from our Conference Minister: Dear Friends and Members of First Church, The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been a daily headline this winter. And the Center for Disease Control is increasing their concern level. We’ve seen the impact on everything from travel to the stock market. And we wonder about what

Pastor’s Corner – March 2020

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is the official start of the season of Lent, six and a half weeks in total, consisting of 40 weekdays as an act of repentance prior to Easter or Resurrection Sunday. The institution of the day, or the season, is not in your Bible. It was set up by the early

A Note from your Pastor on Fellowship

Some Important Thoughts by Rev. Fred Meade Dear Friends and Members of First Church, I’ve been thinking a lot over the last five months about this church. I’ve grown to love the people and even enjoyed the drive back and forth. It has been a blessing that we really have not had a difficult winter. But within the

Diaconate – 02/01/2020

The Deacons extend thanks to our “retiring” members, Stephanie Skolnick, Jim Lapham, and Ernie Evans, for their years of service and their many contributions to the committee. They will be missed! Please be aware that no food or drink, other than water, is allowed in the sanctuary. Have you noticed that the Acolytes have a

Trustees – 02/01/2020

The Trustees met on January 21, 2020.  Burt Palmer is still reviewing files that he received from our past treasurer.  He has implemented direct deposit for the employees and received a refund from QuickBooks. He will finish inputting information in QuickBooks. Continuing projects the Trustees are working on: Finish the parsonage Get quotes for the

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

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