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Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6 pm

Please join senior minister Patrick Faulhaber in Chapel Hall for MidWeek at Central: fellowship, food, and faith-filled conversation. Centralites of all ages and their friends are invited! Adults share a meal at 6 pm and then dive into the previous Sunday’s scripture reading. Kids and youth eat dinner at their own table. At 6:30 pm, members of the Children’s Choir go to their weekly rehearsal – while the other kids stay for crafts and games. RSVPs, while not required, are helpful so we have enough food.

Sunday, Nov. 1, 10:30 am / 11:30 am

Join us in welcoming new members to the Central family during Worship and then stay after for the New Member Reception and Potluck Luncheon in Chapel Hall. The Membership Committee will provide main dishes, but you can enliven the fare by sharing a favorite side dish, casserole, salad, or dessert. And try to personally greet each and every new member!

Sunday, Nov. 1, 10:30 am

Please join our Thanksgiving Food Drive for Your Neighborhood Food Pantry (www.ynfp.org). They need stuffing mix, canned gravy, cranberry sauce, canned vegetables, cake mixes, brownie mixes, canned yams, macaroni, and turkeys (frozen, please). Turkeys must be placed in the refrigerator. Everything else can be delivered to the baskets at the front of the sanctuary during Sunday Worship. Sunday, Nov. 22 is the last day for donations. Thank you!

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6:30 am

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).

Sunday, Nov. 1, 9 am

American poet Mary Oliver (1935 to 2019) has been described as an “unlikely contemporary mystic.” This fall, the Adult Sunday School will delve into this Pulitzer Prize winner’s life and works. Questions? Ask Claudia. They’ll meet in the Fireplace Room.

Saturday, Oct. 24, 3 pm

If you’re a kid, teen, or a kid at heart, let’s get together and get ready for Halloween!  Just bring your own pumpkin.  We’ll provide carving supplies and other decorating materials – even small pumpkins for our younger artists to paint.  And of course, snacks will be served!  We’ll meet in Chapel Hall.

Sunday, Oct. 25, 4 pm

The Central Congregational Church Choir invites you to “An Afternoon of Twentieth Century Music,” featuring works by contemporary American composers. The Choir will perform “Chichester Mass” by William Albright (1944 to 1998), “My Lord, What a Morning” by Harry T. Burleigh (1866 to 1949), and “Chichester Psalms,” by Leonard Bernstein (1918 to 1990). Organist / choirmaster Patrick Aiken directs, and a fall harvest reception follows with apple pies and cider of all varieties!

Thursday, Oct. 22, 12:30 pm

This month, the Fourth Thursday Book Group will discuss “London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth,” by Patrick Radden Keefe. For a Zoom invitation, email Ann Scott.

Saturday, Oct. 24, 10:30 am

Central’s sewing circle repairs, upcycles, and repurposes items – for themselves and for charity. They’ll have mending projects, sewing machines, an ironing board, and other supplies – or you are welcome to bring your own. If you’re not a great sewer, don’t worry. All skill levels are welcome. And an experienced seamstress will be on hand to help. Contact Amy Hebb with any questions. Join them in Chapel Hall.