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WELCOME
TO
Center
Congregational Church
Meriden, CT
Corner of Broad and East Main Streets
Meriden, CT 06450
(203) 235-1389
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Sunday
Services:
Chapel Service – 8:30 am
Worship Service – 10:00 am
Sunday School – 10:15 am
Large-Print Bulletins Available
Listening Assistance Devices Available
Stair Lift Available from Broad Street foyer entrance to Sanctuary
Click here for details
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IMPORTANT DATES:
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Trustees
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April 16th 6:30 pm
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The Music Search Committee is excited to
introduce to you our new Director of Music, Matthew Bartlett. Matthew is a
talented and experienced Organist and Choir Director. He studied at Western
Connecticut State University where he received a Bachelor in Organ
Performance under Stephen Roberts. The program also included studies in
hymnody and the liturgical year and a once a year trip to Europe to study
under famous organists such as Daniel Roth, Peter Planiavsky and Peter van
Dyke.
Since 2002, when he graduated, Matthew has been
working in the church as either an assistant or director of music. He has
served churches in Wallingford, and Plainville CT. Most recently he has been
the Director of Music at the Congregational Church of Plainville.
We hope that you will join us in welcoming him as
he begins rehearsals with the choir and handbells on the week of January 13th
and plays and directs for worship for the first time on Sunday January 20th.
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PHOTO GALLERIES
BUNNY BREAKFAST 2013
Photo
Gallery
CRAFTS WORKSHOP
Photo
Gallery
VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONIES
Photo
Gallery
YOUTH/CELEBRATION SUNDAY
Photo
Gallery
DIACONATE-CONFIRMAND PICNIC
Photo
Gallery
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Staff
Pastor
Music
Christian Education
Office
Committees
Rev. George H True
Pastor Emeritus
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THE COVENANT
Center Congregational Church
WE COVENANT with the Lord
and with one another, and do bind ourselves in the presence of God to walk
together in His holy ways.
WE WILL STRIVE to be doers of
the Word and not hearers only, to be firm in faith, quickened in hope, and
constant in love.
AND WE WILL
CONSECRATE our time, talent, income and influence as heirs of God and
joint-heirs with Christ. AMEN
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CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
Good News! Center
Congregational Church has been chosen as a year-round drop-off site for
Church World Service items. Hygiene Kits, Clean-up Buckets, School Bags and
Baby Kits may be dropped off at any time, and will be picked up once per
year, usually in May. We are proud and pleased to make this announcement.
Please call the church directly at (203) 235-1389 to check to see if we are
open or when we will be around to receive kits.
http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kits_main
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We are collecting non-perishable goods at every Service.
Please bring them to the Sanctuary
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LINKS
The United Church
of Christ
http://www.ucc.org
The Connecticut Conference of
the United Church of Christ
http://www.ctucc.org
Silver Lake Summer Camp and Retreat Center
http://silverlake.ctucc.org/
CCC Relay for Life Webpage
Learn about the
UCC - UCC 101
Groups Which Use Our Church
Center Congregational
Church currently makes meeting
space available to the following 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations at no
charge, as part of our mission outreach to the community.
Connecticut Center For A New Economy
Monthly board meetings
Weekly program staff meetings
http://www.ctneweconomy.org/
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
Monthly board meetings
State-wide training sessions
http://www.cceh.org/
Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition
Monthly board meetings
http://www.ctaidscoalition.org/
For-profit social service and other organizations
are also welcome to use our building, for reasonable fees. Please contact the
Pastor for more information.
Click
here for the Center Church Use of Facilities & Rules Policy
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HOSPITAL ADMISSION PROTOCOL
The Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA),
originally intended as a safeguard about the release of patient information
to insurance companies,
has grown into a nightmarish monster
extending into areas of patient information
never intended to be affected by the
original act.
One consequence is that the routine notification to churches about a
parishioner's admission
to a hospital or other health care facility now cannot happen unless the
patient specifically requests that notification be made. When you are
admitted to a hospital please be sure to put Center
Congregational Church on the notification list if you want the Pastor to
visit you.
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