Events

Celebration of Music and Memorial Day Sunday May 30, 2021

Expired
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]

Wear Red on Pentecost, Sunday, May 23

Ongoing
Wear Red Pentecost Sunday May 23 On Sunday, May 23, we will celebrate Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came to the apostles in a mighty wind and tongues of fire. Empowered by this vibrant energy, they went on to start the church! Since the color for Pentecost is red, we’re invited to wear that color.

Lunches brought to Worcester Fellowship

Ongoing
On Sunday May 16th the Deacons and Pastor Elva made and delivered lunches for the folks that attend the Worcester Fellowship, which holds a Sunday Service & Lunch at 1:00pm in front of All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester. For more information go to: https://www.worcesterfellowship.org

Another successful Flea Market May 22nd!

Ongoing
Our church held our Annual Flea Market Outside on Saturday, May 22nd from 9 am to 2 pm. Thank you to the Community for supporting our Flea Market and Food Table today. We were blessed with great weather and a great turnout.

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

Ongoing
“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]