Thursday, April 1st: Holy Thursday
Worship in the sanctuary and on Facebook at 7 p.m. Communion will be celebrated. The choir will sing, “The Upper Room.”
Good Friday
Pastor Dick will be sharing a devotional on Facebook at 1 p.m.
Phoenix Community Church in Kalamazoo is holding a Good Friday Service on Zoom. All are welcome. Pastor Tupper will be one of the readers. That service is at 8 p.m. To participate you will need to use Zoom:
Easter Sunday
Pastor Dick will offer an Easter SonRise service live on Facebook at 7:20 a.m. This will recorded outside and will be about 20 minutes.
At 10:30 an Easter Service will be held in the sanctuary. This will include live and recorded music. Communion will be celebrated.
Yes, the Women’s Fellowship is holding a spring rummage sale. Here are the details: Sale: Wed. April 14 from 4-7 pm and
Thurs. April 15 from 10-2 pm.
Masks will be required and the number of people limited during the sale.
Donations accepted Sat. April 10 through Tues. April 13 at noon in Fellowship Hall. You will place your items in the marked spaces.
PLEASE—
1) limit clothing to no more than 2 lg. bags/boxes per family
2) bundle sets of towels, bedding, outfits, toys/games, shoes, etc
3) mark sizes/measurements on bedding, curtains, tablecloths, etc.
4) clean and make sure items work
5) furniture and larger items may go in office hall or basement
HELPERS are needed to fine tune arrangements on Tuesday, April 13, collect money at the sale times, and pack up about 1:30 ish on Thurs. NO HEAVY LIFTING until clean up time.
HIGHWAY CLEANUP
The Mission Board invites you and your friends to our spring highway cleanup April 24 at 9am(rain date May 1). We need a dozen or more intrepid souls, to come out for fellowship and to help improve our community. This takes less than an hour and makes a huge impact on the entrance to South Haven. Join us on the SE corner of M-140 and 24th street, just south of Ranch House Ribs.
Please let the church know if you are coming so we can contact you if we need to postpone.
Our Open and Affirming information can be found under the INFO menu on the page labeled Open and Affirming. Or Click on this button to get there quickly.
Monday/Wednesday/Friday/
10 a.m. to Noon—Food Pantry
New beginning this past Saturday
10 a.m. to Noon—Food Pantry
That’s right! Click this link to fill out the form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8l1sLUCAexibyY8rFPcoPtvi4pwk9ubEyWHQyqF2U8o0slQ/viewform
At the bottom of the form, you simply click “submit”. No postage. No trip to the church office. Done!
Here is a quick video showing this process in action:
We will be broadcasting this Sunday’s service through Facebook Live. You can find this on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/UCCSouthHaven/live/
Church Office is open M-F 9:30 to 1:30
Here are some of the more recent things we have been up to at First Congregational Church of South Haven Michigan.
We invite you to come join us for any and all of our events!
Want to get to know us better? Here is a good place to start, check out our most recent monthly newsletter and recorded service. We would love to have you join us for a service and get to know us better!
First Congregational Church is taking another step forward in the digital age! We have signed up for Online giving and donations through a company called Vanco Payments. Use this button to go directly to our First Congregational Church online giving and donations page:
All are invited to come join us! We welcome you to join us for our Sunday service and get to know us and who we are. There are many Outreach and Fellowship areas in which we are involved and are always open to more ways we can help our South Haven, Michigan community. At First Congregational Church in South Haven, Michigan, we are a household of faith called by God’s love to minister in Christ’s name. God is still speaking.
Join us in Fellowship Hall after service for coffee, snacks and fellowship!
