Events

Do you love listening to the cello?

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Come to service this Sunday and hear cellist Patrick Chatham grace our space with his lovely playing. We will hear: Prelude "Sheep may Safely Graze" Johann Sebastian Bach "Langsam" Robert Schumann Patrick Chatham, Cello and Joyce Carpenter-Henderson, Piano Music for Inspiration "Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major" Johann Sebastian Bach Patrick Chatham, Cello Postlude "Theme from Ladies in Lavender" Nigel Hess Patrick Chatham, Cello and Joyce Carpenter-Henderson, Piano ... [read more]

29th Annual Turkey Raffle!

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Our Church will hold the 29th Annual Turkey Raffle on Friday, November 19th at 6:30 pm at the Millbury Senior Center, 1 River Street in Millbury. The Top 4 Prizes: Grand Prize - Escape Vacation, location of your choice Gift Value $500 2nd Prize - 50” Toshiba Ultra HD Smart TV 3rd Prize - Case of Assorted Wines 4th Prize - Thanksgiving Food Basket with Turkey In addition, numerous other exciting items will be on display to be raffled off during the evening. Refreshments will be sold duri... [read more]

The Fall Flea Market a Success!

Ongoing
Our Fall Flea Market was a great success! Thank you to all who attended, helped, and ate Ron’s world famous hot dogs!

Celebration of Music and Memorial Day Sunday May 30, 2021

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Here’s the link to today’s Music for Inspiration, which was in place of the sermon. Our Music Director, Joyce Carpenter-Henderson, and Lois Toeppner, a well known organist in the Worcester area (see her bio below) provided wonderful music for our celebration of Memorial Day. https://youtu.be/poefPf9QI1A Lois Toeppner served for 29 years as Minister of Music, St. John Lutheran Church, Sudbury. Her duties included: organist, choir director, handbell choir director and coordinator o... [read more]

We are an Open and Affirming Church

Every day
The certificate makes it official! Millbury First Church welcomes all people as children of God: people of all ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, family configurations, physical, cognitive, or emotional abilities, education, spiritual and religious traditions, and those with no religious background. In the United Church of Christ, our denomination, we are now designated as an Open and Affirming Church. Wherever you are on your journey, we’d love to ... [read more]

Notes from the Organ Bench

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“In my eyes and ears the organ is the king of instruments” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart This is the first of a series of articles about our beloved E. M. Skinner organ. My writings about the pipe organ are prompted by our church’s web organizer Audrey Rossow inquiry about the instrument’s beautiful sounds. Our original organ was a George W. Stevens tracker organ and was installed at the back of our church sanctuary in the late 1800’s. George Stevens (1803-1894) a pipe organ manufacturer from E... [read more]