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Mark your calendar for our annual ice cream outing at Eskimo King (29 Market Street, Swansea, Mass.) “where ice cream rules!” Grab your kids, teens – and their friends – and meet other Centralites at the picnic tables, near the playground. There are 200 flavors of soft-serve or hard ice cream to choose from! – bowls, cones, or specialty sundaes.
This summer, Claudia’s Summer Bible Study group is exploring The Book of Revelation. It is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament and spans three literary genres: the epistolary, the apocalyptic, and the prophetic. Come to one session or to all of them. The topic this week is “The Endurance of the Saints.” Next week’s is “God’s Judgments are Just.” Join us in the Fireplace Room.
This month Claudia’s book group discusses “Happy Land” by New York Times bestselling and NAACP Image Award-winning author Dolan Perkins-Valdez. This multi-generational, “historical fiction” novel is about the stories that shape us and the courage it takes to dream. The group will meet in the Fireplace Room. Up next month, on Aug. 13, is “Abide with Me” by Elizabeth Strout
During summer, Central’s choirs are on hiatus. So we will once again enjoy a “Summer Choir.” Singers of all ages are invited to gather in the Sanctuary Chancel before Worship for warmup exercises and a brief rehearsal of the service’s hymns and occasional introit. We welcome “regulars” and newcomers alike! It’s a great way to try out your singing voice as well as a low-key way to help lead the music during Worship!
Central’s weekly MidWeek gatherings ended in spring. But we’re reviving it for this week this July. So save the date for a midsummer MidWeek Family Game Night. Bring your favorite games – along with your friends and family – and prepare to have a rollicking good time! And of course, supper will be served. Probably pizza!
Please consider becoming an Amos House Breakfast Volunteer! Amos House provides 400 meals every morning. And on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8 am, Central members meet in the Amos House kitchen to help assemble pre-packaged breakfasts. If you can volunteer every week, that’s great. But if you can only come occasionally, we welcome – and need – every extra set of hands. Questions? Contact Tracy Baran (tmoorf@gmail.com).
I scream! You scream! We all scream for ice cream! Especially in the middle of summer. This week, plan to stay after Worship for our annual Ice Cream Sundae Sunday. The Prudential Committee will provide the ice cream; you bring some toppings to share! We’ll meet you out on the West Lawn – weather permitting!
This summer, the Gallery at Central presents Ellen Schillace: The Artist Bears Witness. Stay after Worship to meet the artist and enjoy a Gallery Talk. Ellen’s early work used a black-and-white ink-and-brush-work technique, stripping her artwork to its emotional and psychological core. Over time, she expanded into abstraction, incorporating painting, handmade materials, archival imagery, video, and hybrid writing to explore memory, ancestry, trauma, and the invisible threads connecting personal history to collective experience.
Today we commemorate the end of state-sponsored slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, slavery ended with an order from General Gordon Granger to the state of Texas, the last to end slavery. It took 156 years to honor this milestone as a federal holiday. So, please take a moment to celebrate this essential step towards freedom for all people while also acknowledging that we must still work to eliminate the legacy of slavery in our great nation.
There’s fun for the entire family at Rhode Island PrideFest. Gates open at 11:30 am at Providence Innovation District Park (near the Pedestrian Bridge). Enjoy the KidZone, Main Stage entertainment (all day), Illuminated Night Parade (starts at 7:45 pm), and more than 250 food vendors and business / non-profit booths – including Central’s. If you can volunteer to help, please contact the Church Office.
