CCC Youth will be selling handmade Christmas wreaths to help fund next summer’s youth mission trip. And they need pinecones! So as you are cleaning your yard, walking your dog, leaf peeping, etc., please collect pinecones of any size or type and drop them off in the box labeled “Cones for Youth Group” in Chapel Hall. Then join us in the Makepeace Room on Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 am to 1 pm, to make the wreaths.

Saturday, Nov. 30, 12:30 pm

Central families and friends are invited to join CCC Youth at Church Beyond the Walls for worship and lunch. This remarkable street-church community builds solidarity among people from all walks of life: housed and unhoused, poor and privileged, churched and unchurched. Questions? Contact Susannah. We’ll meet at 275 North Main Street in Providence – and should be finished by 2 pm.

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7 pm

This year, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church (50 Orchard Avenue, Providence) will host Providence’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. The service brings diverse congregations together in thanksgiving, while also celebrating and generating greater understanding of our differences and similarities. In the past, as many as 14 Providence congregations have participated, so bring your friends and neighbors! It’s wonderful to worship together, give thanks, and reflect on the many gifts we receive as part of a diverse, interfaith community.

Sunday, Nov. 24, 10:30 am

Central’s Festival Service of Thanksgiving is always warm, wonderful, and so musical – the perfect time to share our community with a friend, neighbor, or colleague. We have a lot to be grateful for this year: a wonderful new senior minister and a reenergized religious education program – just to name two. Please come for Worship, bring a friend, and then stay after to enjoy our wonderful community of faith during Coffee Hour.

Deliver Nov. 17 to 20 

At our Festival Service of Thanksgiving, on Nov. 24, the Flower Committee will decorate the chancel and communion table. They hope to make the festivities more meaningful by displaying items grown or contributed by Central members and friends. They need pumpkins, winter squash and gourds (all sizes and varieties), large mums, and dried corn. Please place donations in the marked box near the Diman Place sanctuary entrance.

Sunday, Nov. 10, 11:30 am

This Sunday, following Worship, Central will unveil the portrait of Minister Emerita Rebecca L. Spencer, which will hang in the Fireplace Room in honor of her 35 years of service to Central. The portrait was painted by artist Susan Starkweather. Susan and her husband, Winn Major, have been Central members since 1980, and Susan is a longtime member of the Gallery Committee. Please join us in the Fireplace Room.

Saturday, Nov. 9, 8:30 am

Please join us for a peaceful, autumn “mini-retreat” at beautiful Hamilton House. We’ll begin with light breakfast conversation about the spiritual practice of breath prayers as well as some quiet time. Then, we’ll end our Quiet Morning by sharing in holy communion. Please RSVP to Claudia. We should be finished by 11:30 am.

Sunday, Nov. 3, at 10:30 am

All Saints Day is a joyous occasion at Central. The children make “paper-bag Saints” of people they see as saints in their lives. On Sunday morning, they’ll process into Worship with their paper-bag Saints – accompanied by the All Saints Band playing “When the Saints Go Marching In” – and then bring the bags home to fill with food items for Your Neighborhood Food Pantry (www.ynfp.org). Especially needed this year: canned goods and peanut butter. They’ll gather before Worship in Chapel Hall.

Sunday, Nov. 3, 9:15 am

Confirmation is an important milestone in the Christian life cycle, as well as life here at Central. All eighth graders – and older youth who wish to join – are invited on this journey of spiritual discovery. Confirmands investigate their personal sense of the Mystery, set intentions for leading spiritual lives that are fulfilling to them, and help each other wrestle with theological questions as they share unique experiences, perspectives, and beliefs. Confirmation Sunday will be Jan. 12.

Sunday, Nov. 3, 10 am

Organist / choirmaster Patrick Aiken is looking for a few – actually, several – good instrumentalists to form an All Saints Band that will join Central’s church school children in the All Saints Day Parade during Worship on Sunday, Nov. 3. The band will play “When The Saints Go Marching In” in the key of F. Rehearsal will be at 10 am that morning. Please help us make a joyful noise as we remember and celebrate saints – past and present – who have touched our lives as Christians.… [Read More]