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Pastoral care
Our minister and deacons provide
pastoral care to our members, including home visits,
hospital visits and pastoral counseling. The
deacons also visit parishioners who are no longer able
to attend church regularly. The pastoral ministry
of the Diaconate assists members with such things as
getting to medical appointments, picking up a medication
or finding a hot meal. If you have a pastoral need,
please
contact our pastoral staff.
Adults
The Prayer Shawl Ministry
meets every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. in the Guild
Room, where knitting enthusiasts create prayer shawls,
hats, blankets, mittens and items for hospice patients
and those in need.
The Sewing Group
meets every Wednesday at 4 p.m. to make quilts that are
sold in fundraisers or donated to hospitals. The
session is often ended with a soup-and-bread
dinner.
South Church Cooks is a
group that cooks and serves meals on a monthly basis for
the Loaves and Fishes program. Dates are announced in the
Crossroads calendar, the Website calendar and the Sunday
bulletin. The group will be
cooks and servers four or five times during the year.
For more information about any of
these groups and how to participate, or if you have an
idea for a new ministry, please contact the
church office.
Children and Youth
Watch this space for future
family-oriented events.
Benevolence
The Benevolence Committee and the
Taylor Benevolent Fund at South Church provide financial
assistance to organizations in the community who
minister to those in need. In addition to
administering a scholarship program for students in the
congregation who attend a seminary or university, these
programs have also given financial assistance to such
entities as Youth with a Purpose, the Emergency Fuel
Fund of the Council of Churches, Open Pantry, the Food
Bank of Western Massachusetts, Action Centered Tutoring
Services and other. Requests for donation are
accepted each year in the fall and are awarded in the
spring of the following year. For more information
or to make a request contact the
church office.
Social Justice
The United Church of Christ is offering a training
program called Justice Leaders Engaging and Developing.
http://www.ucc.org/justice/training
There is a link to several health care
reform tools on the United Church of Christ web site.
Visit
http://www.faithfulreform.org/
for a description.
A link to a UCC page on human trafficking:
www.ucc.org/justice/human-rights/human-trafficking.html
Facilities
With its expansive worship spaces
and numerous meeting rooms of various sizes and styles,
South Church affords the opportunities for many outside
organizations to make use of the building affordably.
Currently a number of groups use our space weekly,
monthly or at specific times of the year, including
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Loaves and Fishes, Morning Star Church, the Visiting
Nurses Association and a Round Dancing group.
Ample parking is available on weekends and after 5 p.m.
weekdays and kitchen space can be arranged for meal
preparation.
Also, spaces in our parking lot
are available to rent between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
weekdays. At present there is a waiting list, but
to have your name added to it or to find out more about
using our facilities please contact the
church office.
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