Events

Ongoing
On Sunday February 21, Pastor Elva offered a blessing for the knitted hats and scarves, and the socks our church members and friends have donated to Worcester Fellowship's ministry with the homeless. We delivered the donations later that day.

Preservation of Millbury First Congregational Church

Ongoing
Preservation of Millbury First Congregational Church Millbury First Congregational Church in Bramanville is moving forward to assure a “firm foundation” and a newly painted front entrance. One pillar had to be completely restored, which required an engineering plan and reconstruction. Undertaking this project was difficult in economic times like these, but with God’s help we will prevail. In 1804 this was the Second Church of Sutton located in North Parish (Old Common). It was the replacem... [read more]

Reverend Elva Merry Pawle to become our Settled Pastor

Ongoing
On August 9, 2020 by a unanimous vote of the congregation, our members called the Reverend Elva Merry Pawle to become our Settled Pastor after two years as our Designated Term Pastor. We are delighted that she accepted the call! We are so blessed to have her and can't thank her enough for her inspirational, spiritual leadership and teaching, especially during these uncertain and stressful times.

We are now designated as 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]