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Central’s weekly MidWeek gatherings ended in spring. But since it’s the middle of the summer, we’re having a MidWeek Family Game Night week – just so we all can touch base. Please bring your favorite games – along with your friends and family – and prepare to have a rollicking good midsummer time! And of course, supper will be served. Probably pizza!
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
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.
Former Rhode Island Lt. Governor Elizabeth Howlett will moderate “Your Vote, Your Voice: How Democracy Works in Rhode Island … and Beyond” – with Kathy Placencia, director of elections, Rhode Island Department of State; and John Marion, executive director, Common Cause Rhode Island. Senior minister Patrick Faulhaber will lead table discussions following the panel. Please RSVP to the Church Office – and don’t forget to bring your friends! Refreshments will be served.
Central’s annual Church Picnic is always a wonderful celebration of almost-summer. Join us for Worship, and afterwards we’ll enjoy the fresh air and warm weather as a community of faith. Please bring some picnic sides or sweets to share. The Religious Education Committee will provide hotdogs, hamburgers, vegetarian burgers, and beverages! If you can volunteer to help, please contact the Church Office. See you on the West Lawn!
One of your favorite things is about to happen! The Central Congregational Church Choir and Children’s Choir are presenting “The Sound Of Music” in concert – a fundraiser for the Choir Room renovation. Austrian-inspired refreshments will be served. You are invited to sing along – and dress up too, if you like! Tickets start at $25 each. To order, email choirroom@central.us or call the church office (401-331-1960).
Senior minister Patrick Faulhaber invites Centralites of all ages – and their friends – to join him for fellowship, food, and faith-filled conversation! Adults will share a meal at 6 pm and then dive into the previous Sunday’s scripture reading. Kids and youth will eat dinner at their own table and then enjoy crafts and games. Questions? Contact Patrick. Join us in Chapel Hall! This is the last MidWeek for spring. Stay tuned for information about occasional summer MidWeek get-togethers!
