If we want to hear from God, do we know how to listen? Maggie Carr returns this Sunday as our guest Lay Speaker to deliver a compelling sermon on how we can follow in the footsteps of the prophet Elijah and learn how to listen to God - even when we've lost all of the familiar ways to hear God! Our worship is joyful, our fellowship is warm, and we welcome you to be a part of a church that belongs to everyone - including you!

God gives us freedom to find God's joy! How can we use that freedom effectively? Our summer sermon series follows how God's message in scriptures encourages us to use our freedom from God to do the joyful things that are really good for us, and for God's world - the things that make us effective in our lives!

In his multi-part sermon series, Rev. John Blossom explores how God's message in the Bible gives us freedom to explore God's purpose for us in our lives, a purpose with hope, no matter where and how we find ourselves in life's journey. The young can find focus, and a plan for life with meaning. Older people can refocus their lives, and find a rebirth of God's story in their lives. And everyone can open their hearts to people they never knew were a part of the purpose of their lives, in new and amazing ways.

​We also invite people to consider purchasing books that may enhance the impact of our summer worship, and to join our faith groups, which will be focusing on sermon series topics. We hope to see you at 9AM, on Sundays, starting in July!

Why do we worship God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Because this is how we live like God - like a family who is as close as could be, loving as could be, and esteemed as could be. That's real peace! Pastor John's sermon "Not Far From the Tree" will help us to draw close to our God, and our joyful worship will help us to honor the fathers in our families' lives. See you Sunday at 10AM, stay for our warm fellowship, too!

We are sell-outs - of strawberry shortcakes, that is!
Our annual Strawberry Shortcake Festival was a huge success, with hundreds of very tasty cups going out the door to people in our community. What a huge boost of love going out, with deep gratitude for people supporting our church.
​We thank all of our hard-working volunteers who made and delivered hundreds of strawberry shortcakes last Saturday - and we thank the people of Meriden for buying them! Hope you enjoyed them. 

Our church celebrated Pentecost by being touched by God's Holy Spirit in music -  led by church members! Our podcast catches the Holy Spirit at work in the people known as church, just as it did on that first Pentecost, and we hope you will, too. Podcast with songs, prayers and sending below. We thank Jeanne King stepping in for never - never! - sick Sally Dow, who we hope and pray feels better real soon, and Paul Pelletier. We're the reason God's Holy Spirit came at Pentecost. Rejoice, and be God's church! Pastor John returns this Sunday from his commissioning at The New York Annual Conference session for worship, and is in the office all week.

Our final worship of the Easter season featured a sermon by Pastor John that highlighted Christians today and from days past whose faith went against doubts, and let the world see Jesus in them. We can do this - through everyday faith that we share with God's world. Podcast with sermon, prayers and sending below, sermon text here and below the podcast. Have a blessed week!

Our Pastor John Blossom led worship today and introduced for our guest preacher ​Rev. Alpher Sylbester, Connecticut District Superintendent for the UMC's New York Annual Conference. Rev. Alpher gave a rousing sermon that encouraged us to look for a new point of view on our faith, based on Lunk 19's story of Jesus encountering Matthew Zacchaeus  in the city of Jericho. . 

Today's podcast includes Rev. Alpher's sermon, our special Memorial Day Litany, our prayers, and our rousing sending. Thank you, Rev, Alpher, for blessing our worship, and blessing our churches with your faith-filled leadership! Please come and join us as we march as a church tomorrow morning, in Meriden's Memorial Day parade, assembling at the corner of Curtis St. and East Main St. at 9.30AM. Have a blessed Memorial Day holiday!