Stewardship Pledge

As we prepare to launch our 2025 Stewardship campaign, we’re taking a look back at 2024 to celebrate how we lived into our mission to be “Grounded in God’s Love, Serving Neighbors Far and Near, and Welcoming to All.” The GOOD NEWS is that our church continues to thrive. In this last year, we welcomed new families and new staff members, saw our children and youth ministries grow, increased our service to others in our community, and continued to ask, “Who is God calling us to be as a church?”

WIDENING OUR WELCOME

Our Sunday Worship continues to reach beyond our sanctuary walls as we regularly welcome new people to our church who’ve discovered us through our livestream worship, our Vacation Bible School, and through our outreach in the community. In 2024, we officially welcomed 10 new members, with more than two dozen others joining us for the first time and now attending regularly. Our newcomers have shared that their primary reason for coming and staying is our commitment to “welcoming all” – in our worship, in our service to others, and in our words and actions as people of faith.

NEW LEADERSHIP

God’s Spirit was surely at work as we set out to fill our open Associate Pastor position last summer. Our Church School Coordinator, Larissa Riley, stepped into the newly created position of Director of Youth Ministries, taking on leadership of our Youth Groups and Confirmation Program in addition to our Church School. In October, we called the Rev. Charlotte Bell as our part-time settled Associate Pastor, a role primarily focused on Pastoral Care and Worship Leadership. In the fall, we also welcomed a Student Pastor, Shellie Brook, as we served as Shellie’s Field Education site for the NH Conference. Shellie instituted a Saturday Worship service and along with Larissa has brought new life to our youth programs. We’re blessed to have all three of these leaders and we celebrate the gifts that each brings to our church!

CHILDREN & YOUTH

In August, our Church School leaders and volunteers led yet another successful week-long Vacation Bible School, with over 50 participants and youth and adult helpers from both our church and the surrounding communities. Our Church School and Youth programs continue to thrive with new families finding their way to our church, and more importantly, finding reasons to stay. Our Junior and Senior Youth Groups have seen an influx of new members and energy, with our 8th Grade Confirmands now invited to participate with our high schoolers. Our nursery has been bustling with babies on Sunday as well, with our new Nursery Coordinator, Melissa Lewis, providing a consistent presence and creating a welcoming space for our families to connect.

OUTREACH

We continue to serve our neighbors near and far in ways that are worth celebrating. Our Woman’s Association held a successful Good Stuff Sale in the spring, and their always anticipated Holiday Fair in the fall, both of which support the work of numerous organizations in our community in a myriad of ways. Our home-grown Home Starter Program had its most active year yet as our volunteers assisted over 100 families transitioning into new housing and accepted over 200 donations of furniture and household items. This important work is made possible by the long list of volunteers who organize, pick-up, and deliver the good we provide. The people we serve and the non-profit organizations we partner with continue to express their gratitude for all that we do with this much needed ministry.

MUSIC

Our wonderful music program continues to be one of the most valued and celebrated ministries in our congregation, and this year there was much to celebrate! Under the leadership of our Director of Music, Sara Phelps, our Chancel and Bell Choirs continue to grow, blessing our worship with their singing and ringing. Our youth choirs offer regular opportunities for our children to gather and sing after worship. And as always, we are so blessed to have Michael Havay as our organist, and all of our choir members who share their gifts with us every Sunday. In December our Music Team and all our choirs gifted us with a wonderful Family Christmas Concert, as we opened our doors to the community and filled our sanctuary with song!

Our Stewardship theme this year is: “Dreaming God’s Dream: No Gift Too Small, No Dream Too Big.”

As individuals we may not always recognize the impact we have in the lives of others, yet as a faith community we’re called by God to be a force of transformation in our world. Each of us, through our individual gifts and the many ways we employ them, power this sacred work. In the coming weeks, we’ll be hearing more from our Stewardship Team about the many ways we can support our church’s mission through our financial generosity. May the GOOD NEWS of this past year inspire us as we consider what we may have to give!

Sincerely,
Susan Manchester, Moderator
Doug Topliffe, Resource Ministry Coordinator
The Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Linda Lannin, Ingrid Michaelis, Stewardship Team

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