Summer Newsletter Schedule

Central's Connection will be only be sent on July 3rd and August 4th during the summer. Please contact the association office at holmesd@macucc.org if you have any questions.

JULY ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY DATES

ASSOCIATION & CONFERENCE EVENTS

CHURCH & OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST
 

Craft Fair - Vendors needed!

Northborough Applefest @ Trinity Church
23 Main Street
Northborough, MA
Saturday, September 21st 9:00AM - 3:00PM

Calling all crafters! Come participate in the Trinity Craft Fair located on Trinity's front lawn. There will be a variety of crafters offering potery, jewelry, handmade home decor, and other unique crafted items for sale. Space is still available!
Application fees: Early Registration Incentive = $50 per space if agreement, application, and registration fee are received by August 3, 2019. After August 3rd, the fee is $60 per space. Checks should be made payable to Trinity Church - Applefest 2019 and mailed to Trinity Church along with signed agreement and application. The application can be found online or email Jean for more information at: jhleif@gmail.com.

Healing Moral Injury

Assumption College
500 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
Wednesday, September 25th
9:00AM - 4:00PM

Participants will learn about moral injury, its caused, why it is so debilitating, and pathways to healing. Participants may become part of a network of therapists and clergy trained to assist in the healing for moral injury. Please see the attached FLYER for a list of workshop leaders.
For more information and to register please use this LINK. 

LOCAL THRIFT SHOPS, FOOD PANTRIES, & COMMUNITY DINNERS

Please click here to see the list of thrift shops,
food pantries,and community dinners.

MISSION OPPORTUNITIES 

	WAMS is the mission arm of the Central Association and offers many ways to get involved in community programs. Please visit their website to learn more about how you and your church can get involved. WamsWorks.org
	Available lunch providers and youth dates are currently on our website. Youth group dates are available for groups of 15 or less.

OBITUARIES

The Rev. Mr. John Thomas Leamon died on May 31, 2019 at Soldier's Home in Holyoke, MA.  Tom is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and nephews, great-grand nieces, and a similarly sizeable group from his second marriage. They are scattered throughout the United States and in Istanbul, Turkey. A memorial reception will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2019 from 4:00-6:00pm at the historic Whately Town Hall, 194 Chestnut Plain Road, Whately, MA.  In lieu of flowers, donations to The Soldiers' Home, Inc., attn: Treasurer, PO Box 1338, Holyoke, MA, 01040, would be appreciated, as the staff there provided excellent and loving care to Tom during his last 3 years. Please click here to read full obituary.

Ms. Ruth R. (Wheaton) Evans, died on June 30, 2019 in St. Vincent Hospital. She was born in Manchester, CT, the daughter of Sidney and Fannie (Rexford) Wheaton. She was predeceased by her husband Charles in 2000 and her son Christopher in 2018. She leaves a daughter Nancy H, a son Rexford W., her daughter in law Leslie Russell, two grandsons, Michael and Jonathan Evans and their mother Judith. She served on the Board of Trustees of Andover Newton Theological school from 1984 to 1996 and was its vice chairperson from 1992-1996.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 10 a.m. at the United Congregational Church, 6 Institute Rd, Worcester. Burial will follow at Rural Cemetery in Worcester. To read the full obituary please click here.

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CLASSIFIEDS

Director Family Ministries - Acton, MA

Director of Music - Athol, MA

FREE-Red Cloth Chairs - Auburn, MA

Director of Music - Chelmsford, MA

Part-Time Christian Education Director - Grafton, MA

Director of Youth Fellowship - Holliston, MA

Director of Family Ministries - Woodstock, CT

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ASSOCIATION INFORMATION