Spring Church Work Day
Saturday, May 14, 2022
9:00 am until 12 noon
Help out your church with small jobs
to help out buildings and grounds look loved and cared for.
Long River Concerts
Sunday, May 15, 2022
3:00 p.m.
in the Meetinghouse
Program:
Shubert: String Trio, D. 581
IvesL Selected songs
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60
Alissa Leiser, piano, Elizabeth Chang, violin, and Alberto Parrini, cello will be joined by Jana Baty, mezzo-soprano and Zoe Martin-Doike, viola
Tickets $30 purchase online: LINK
or at the door.
Rummage Sale
Bake Sale
Saturday, May 21, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Fellowship Hall
Clothing, Housewares, Books, Topy, etc.
Baked Goods and Free Coffee
Questions: Sue Stauffacher 860-354-1274 (before 8 pm.)
Donations of goods the week before only.
Baked goods can be donated packaged and label for sale before Saturday 9:00 a.m.
Spring Church Day
Sunday, June 12
Rite of Confirmation - 10:30 a.m.
Join us for
Church Picnic follows on the front lawn (inside if inclement)
please bring a side dish for 8 to share.
Annual - "Art at the Meetinghouse"
Roxbury Regional Juried Art Show and Sale
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, June 17, 18, & 19, 2022
Fellowship Hall
Opening Night Reception 6-9 pm - Awards at 7:30 pm.
All sales benefit the mission outreach of the congregation.
Information: Charlie Meade 203-775-1434 or 860-355-1584
Annual Roast Beef Barbecue
on the church lawn
Saturday, August 27, 2022
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Rain or Shine
Benefit -Mission Activities of the Church
Fire-Roasted Beed
Fresh-picked Local Sweet Corn
Baked Potato
Special Recipe Cole Slaw
Bread
Beverage
Ice Cream and Homemade Cookies and Brownies
Come and enjoy the dinner
Take-out available
Summer Conferences and Activites
Star Island Summer Conferences 2022
for adults and youth.
Registrations is now open for a variety of conferences. Come for a day, a weekend or a week.
The Star Island UCC conferences for families and youth are July 26- August 2 and August 2 -August 9.
Come for fun, relaxation and learning on this island, just off the coast of Portsmouth, NH.
For more information, see the Star Island or Star Island UCC websites or speak with Charlie or Sue Stauffacher, or Nancy Desmond.
Silver Lake Summer Youth Conferences
at the Silver Lake Camp & Retreat Center
Sharon, Connecticut (about 1 hour away)
Registration is now open!
Change a child's life forever - send them to God's Back Yard - Silver Lake!
Open to children going into grades 4 -12 in the fall. Conferences begin on Sunday afternoon and you live at camp until Saturday at 10 am. There are all kinds of activities, learnings, and friendships to be made.
There is also a family camp half-week in early August!
For more information, go to the Silver Lake website or speak with Rev. Peters or Susan Zappulla-Peters.
There you will find a PDF download of the brochure and the registration link.
227 Low Road - Sharon, CT 06069 Office 860-364-5526
Rev Peters' Sabbatical & Vacation - 2022
Church Services (9:30 am) will be covered a variety of wonderful preachers including Rev. Walter Pitman during July.
Sabbatical is a time for a clergyperson to recharge and renew and to have the time and space to work on some tasks such as reading, rest, and small projects that will enhance the minister's ministry and that of the church.
Vacation is a time that the minister is away from all church duties and responsibilities, much like anyone else.
Rev. Peters will be present for the Beef Barbecue on August 27.
United Worship
Sunday, Septmeber 4, 2022
10:00 a.m.
Apple lane Pavilion
Join us as the Congregational and Episcopal Churches
come togeher to worship and enjoy of picnic lunch afterwards.
Please bring a side dish to share.
Annual Tag Sale
Saturday, September 10, 2022
9:00 am. until 2:00 pm.
on the church lawn (inside Fellowship Hall if bad weather)
Vendor cost:
$20 per space - you provide your own table
$ 25 if we provide 1 table
Space is limited - so reserve early!
Come and see the bargins and crafts!
Food (lunch) and baked goods will also be available for sale.
All proceeds go to support the mission outreach of the congregation.
Information or to reserve a space: Sue Stauffacher 860-354-1274 ( no calls after 8 please)
If you are willing to help with set-up or selling food - please call Sue.
Homecoming Sunday
Sunday, September 11, 2022
10:30 am.
Come and celebrate our "church home"!
Choir returns to lead worship
Church School beigns - registration
Youth programs resume
Come and begin the weekly tradition of worship, prayer and community celebration!
Roxbury Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
24 Church Street
Roxbury, CT 06783-1703
Office: 860-355-1978
email Church Office / Secretary
Sundays
In-Person and Virtual
Sunday Worship
September through June: 10:30 am.
(July & August: 9:30 a.m.)
The Meetinghouse and Fellowship Hall are air-conditioned.
Handicap accessaible - ramp in rear of parking lot.
Refreshments and Conversation: after worship
Virtual Church School only at this time.
Church Office hours:
Thursdays and Fridays 9:30 am. - 12:30 pm.
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Litchfield South Association Facebook Page
Southern New England Conference, UCC News
About Roxbury Congregational Church
Come to the About Us section to meet, and find out what we're all about!
We Welcome Our Guests and Invite You To Join Us!
If you're curious about what a truly nurturing community of believers is like, and what to expect when you attend worship, then you should come to the Guest page.
A Welcome note from our Minister.
Wondering What It Means To Be a Member of This Church?
Pictures from our last South Dakota Mission Trip
Click HERE to check out pictures from our recent mission trip to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in LaPlant, South Dakota in July 2018. Because of COVID we were unable to return these last years.
What is the United Church of Christ (UCC)?
Find out about the United Church of Christ (UCC) and the history of this Mainline Protestant denomination on our What is the UCC page.
Rev. David F. Peters, Minister
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