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Please support the life giving ministries of NGCC
​with an online donation through tithe.ly
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Learn about ways to help support the ministries of NGCC!
​Learn about the generous people and businesses who support our church.
Support NGCC!

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Many churches have a prayer shawl ministry, in which knitters create shawls which are given to people who are grieving, in crisis, or need prayers. The completed prayer shawls are blessed and then delivered. Making a shawl involves very basic knitting, which is perfect even for beginners and those who wish to learn to knit. If you would like to participate in a prayer shawl ministry at NGCC, please contact Carol Wadelin at carol.wadelin@gmail.com .
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Online Offering Plate
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please click here:
NGCC Tithe.ly GIVING App

Faith In Grief

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Join us for a safe space to share in the journey of grief together.  Loss comes in all forms, and we grieve many things.  This group is for those experiencing grief
​ and wishing to explore where God is during grief.

Starting January 2, 2023 through May 1, 2023
First Mondays at 7:00 pm in the SPARK Youth Room

​Christine: Christine.sima@stuhartfordinternational.edu
Faith in Grief

Loss & Remembrances

NGCC is here for you during your times of loss to offer support in times of grief, to provide funerals and memorial services, and to offer ways for families to honor their loved ones. 
Loss and Remembrances

Living Nativity Sunday School

Thank you!
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Theresa and Christine for coordinating such a meaningful Christmas experience. 
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Angel Tree

​Provides Christmas gifts for:
  • Department of Children and Families
  • Riverview Hospital/School for young women​
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Thank you for donating!

Pastoral Messages
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Saturday, November 19, 2022
10 am ~ 2 pm

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Holiday Bazaar

NORTH GUILFORD COUNTRY FAIR

NORTH GUILFORD
COUNTRY FAIR
August 20, 2022      10 - 3


Proceeds to benefit the Women & Family Life Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) located in Guilford, CT which has been serving women and families on the Connecticut Shoreline since 1991. 

​A North Guilford Tradition for 57 years!
Come join us!

*Famous Peach shortcake
*Pantry Shelf
*and sooooo much more!!!!
Click HERE to visit our Fair Page!
In-Kind Donations of Specific Items
Click here for a link to specific items that we need.  Once you sign up, you will be instructed to where to bring items.  Items should be new, like-new or in very good condition.
SOS In-Kind Donations
Please check back often!
As we gather items, and get more information about our family and apartment, we will identify more items that are needed!  Once we learn the composition of the family (how many family members, ages and genders) we will need clothing!
Let it Shine!  
The steeple of the North Guilford Congregational Church has been a beacon of light to the community for many years.  Its significance is both a historic treasure and a symbol of our faith.  Even though it was repaired a few years ago, in 2018 the church has had to replace the remaining columns.
 
While the steeple has been restored, the cost of the repair was onerous, and we are still paying off the loan.  If you would like to offer your support to help cover the expense, donations can be made by check to the church or through the tithely app online.


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2022 Holy Week Services

Holy Week, from Palm Sunday through Easter, is the most sacred time in the church calendar. To honor the last week of Christ’s life, NGCC is offering special worship experiences. We hope you will attend these spiritual services.

PALM / PASSION SUNDAY ~ APRIL 10 - 10 am

This special worship experience commemorates the final week of Christ’s life. 

MAUNDY THURSDAY ~ APRIL 14 - 7:00 pm

Join us as we honor the Last Supper Christ shared with his disciples and reflect on the final days of his life with a Tenebrae Service.

EASTER SUNRISE ~ APRIL 17 - 6:00 am

With the dawning of Easter Day, we celebrate the new life of Christ.

EASTER WORSHIP ~ APRIL 17 - 10:00 am

Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ with song, scripture, and special music.

Welcome to Virtual Worship at North Guilford Congregational Church!

North Guilford Congregational Church is worshiping online
~~~   Sunday mornings, at 10 am   ~~~

Please click here for our Live-Streaming Worship.
NGCC You Tube Channel
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HOLIDAY BAZAAR!!!
​(2019)

The Holiday Bazaar this year was a rousing success!!!
Thank you to all the volunteers ~~~ looking forward to next year!!

 This is a holiday tradition in North Guilford!

​Held just before Thanksgiving every year, it is a great chance to find one-of-a-kind gifts for your loved ones.  ​
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The kids can watch a Christmas movie, make a craft or buy inexpensive holiday gifts.
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You can shop for delicious baked goods, candies, handcrafts, scarves, hats, jewelry and even homemade Christmas wreathes.

​Then sit back and enjoy a hot bowl of our famous chowder, soup or chili while you enjoy live acoustic music.  


The Sewing and Quilting Group has a great time together creating all sorts of wonderful crafts.  The things they produce are amazing! If you enjoy the fellowship of an old-time quilting bee you can join in the fun!
The barn will be open, as well!  Come browse through to see what treasures you find!
November 20-21, 2021:
Chapel on the Green!
  • Saturday evening, Nov 20, 6 pm - sandwich making!  Meet at church in the Fellowship Hall!
  • Sunday, Nov 21, 12:30 pm - meet at NGCC to load cars then leave NGCC for New Haven, to participate in an outside worship service and serve lunch!
  • Lunches include:
    • ​Sandwiches (ham, turkey, PB&J)
    • fruit (bananas, grapes, or apples)
    • granola bars
    • home-made brownies/rice crispy bars
    • goodies
  • Socks!!!!!

How can you help???

  • Donate $$$ - gift cards to Big Y, Stop and Shop
  • Donate Socks!  Socks are one of the most needed items for people who are struggling!
Chapel on the Green
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NORTH GUILFORD COUNTRY FAIR

Thank you for joining us this year!!!

NORTH GUILFORD COUNTRY FAIR 
August 21, 2021


Click HERE to visit our Fair Page!
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300 YEARS CELEBRATION!!!
Welcome to Sunday Worship
​at NGCC!

Please join is for our "Virtual Sunday Services"
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please click here:
Virtual Sunday Services

Online Offering Plate
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please click here:
Tithe.ly GIVING App

Thank you for joining us at our
​Son Rise Easter Worship

Easter Sunday ~ April 4th ~ 8:00 am

NGCC and St. John Episcopal Church came together to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ
on Easter morning at 8:00 am.
 

Worship was outdoors, using an FM transmitter for those who wished to remain in their cars. 
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The Christmas Fund

provides emergency relief to retired clergy, who cannot pay for basic expenses.


Since the pandemic began, the plight of these struggling clergy has increased dramatically, and the Christmas Fund is needs our help to meet that need.  Online donations can be made through this link Donations to The Christmas Fund. If you would like more information about The Christmas Fund and the mailing address for donations, the link is
​ The Christmas Fund Information  ​
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The Christmas Fund
Please join us for our
​ Christmas Eve Services:


Christmas Eve ~ Lessons and Carols ~ Children's Nativity
Christmas Eve Pageant

Traditional
​Christmas Eve Worship
Traditional Christmas Eve

Virtual Concert!
In place of our usual Advent Celebration, we present a
​Musical Offering!
Virtual Choral Concert
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Aug 30, 2020

Sunday Service
Aug 23, 2020

Sunday Service
Aug 16, 2020

Sunday Service
Aug 9, 2020

Sunday Service
Aug 2, 2020

Sunday Service
July 26, 2020

Sunday Service
July 19, 2020

Sunday Service
July 12, 2020

Sunday Service
July 5, 2020

Sunday Service
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300 YEARS CELEBRATION!!!
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New Weekly Church Office Hours:
Monday - Friday from 9 - 1
--- Our office is temporarily closed ---
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NGCC follows the Guilford Public School snow schedule; if Guilford has a snow day, the office will also be closed.
Weekly Worship
in-person Worship is temporarily  suspended,
but please visit our "Messages from the Pastor",
and weekly online worship services
​10 am Sunday Worship from ​Sept - June
Summer worship starts at 9:30 am during July & August
with Sunday School and Nursery Care
Fellowship Hour immediately following the service​
North Guilford Congregational Church 
Old fashioned 
COUNTRY EMPORIUM 

 
SATURDAY, 15 AUGUST 
9:00 a.m.  ~  2:00 p.m. 

159 Ledge Hill Road, North Guilford 
Historic Meeting House Hill 

[Rain Date: Sunday, 16, August - 1:00 p.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.] 
​Masks required
 ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD OUTDOORS! 
Estate Sale - Tag Sale
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White Elephant - Plants - Books - 
Puzzles -
 Country Crafts - Tools
 Basket Raffle - Penny Candy
*** Our Famous Homemade Peach Shortcake!!! ***
May 31, 2020

Sunday Service
May 24, 2020

Sunday Service
May 17, 2020
Prelude

Sunday Service

Children's Message

Postlude
May 10, 2020

Sunday Service

Children's Message
May 3, 2020

Sunday Service

Children's Message
April 26, 2020

Sunday Service
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Children's Message
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April 19, 2020
Sunday Service
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Please Scroll down for Holy Week Services
Virtual Holy Week Services
EASTER SUNDAY
April 12, 2020
HALLELUJAH!  CHRIST IS RISEN!  HE IS RISEN INDEED!

With joyful hearts, we celebrate the Resurrection on this Easter Sunday. While we cannot gather in person in our own worship space, we still gather in spirit as the community of believers. 
Our NGCC Easter worship can be found here.  
NGCC EASTER SERVICE

Additionally, the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ is offering an online Easter worship experience, led by our Conference leaders. While this service is intended for churches without the ability to create their own worship online, we wanted to offer it to you as well, since there is never too much worship on Easter.
To access this service, please use this link
UCC EASTER SERVICE
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Palm Sunday
April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday is when Christ began his journey into Jerusalem for the final week of his earthly life.
​​As we honor this sacred and special day, we have two Zoom recordings for worship. The first is the Palm Sunday worship with music and message. The second is a children's conversation for our younger members.
Palm Sunday Worship
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Children's Ministry!
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Maundy Thursday
April 9, 2020
Maundy Thursday is the day when we commemorate the events surrounding Christ's arrest. The traditional Maundy Thursday worship is a service of tenebrae, which involves reading the different scriptures of the final days of Christ's earthly life. For our online worship experience of Maundy Thursday, please use the link below.
Maundy Thursday Service
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Please remember that if you need anything, I am available by phone or email. You are all in my continued prayers!
Stay safe and healthy!

Faithfully, Judith
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​If you view these videos on your smartphone, you will need to download the Zoom app first. If you watch on a computer, once you click the link, it should direct you how to download Zoom. 
Good Friday Message
April 10, 2020
This Friday does not feel “good.” Today, there is a heaviness in the air – a mix of sadness and anxiety. Commemorating the crucifixion is always heart-wrenching, as we remember the abuse and execution that Jesus endured. But, this year is especially difficult. With COVID-19 afflicting so many, people are feeling especially somber, even apart from the mournfulness of Good Friday. Staying home to be safe makes good sense, but it also makes people feel almost imprisoned.

This sense of confinement is also a theme of Good Friday. After Jesus died, his body was wrapped in burial cloths and confined in a tomb. All of the hopes and beliefs of his followers were crushed. Their spiritual leader, who had healed the sick and performed miracles and preached the good news, had been killed like a common criminal. They had thought Jesus was unstoppable. But now, his body lay in the darkness of the tomb.

And yet, what makes Good Friday “good” happened in that tomb. What we see as a place of death, was actually where a miraculous rebirth happened. Like a caterpillar inside a cocoon that grows and changes into a new creation, Christ’s body did not remain a lifeless corpse. What we see as the Good Friday tomb, God saw as the Good Friday womb.

Today, we sit with the discomfort of confinement. We know that God has promised new life, yet this is not when we celebrate it. This is the day to wait with heavy hearts, mourning the suffering around us, grieving the loss of life, and struggling to make sense of it all.
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On this dark day as we hold fast to God’s assurance of new life, may we remember that Christ’s grave became the womb that holds the promise of resurrection.
March 29, 2020
Sunday Service
June 7, 2020

Sunday Service
May 31, 2020

Sunday Service
May 24, 2020

Sunday Service
May 17, 2020
Printable Calendar
Third Sunday BRUNCH!!!
​Yum!

Please join us for brunch immediately after church!  Brunches are usually held on the third Sunday of each month​ (Sept through June).

Come meet new friends and connect with old friends! 
Come break bread with us - and egg casserole and salad and fresh-baked coffee cake and delightful conversation!

Check out what's new!!

It is with great sadness, that we must announce the cancellation of our Cinco de Mayo Family Fiesta.
We look forward to celebrating next year!
​LET IT SNOW!!! - Monday,
March 23, 2020,
​Outside the church office

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Sunday Services!!!

​Welcome to NGCC's first online Sunday worship experience! To access it, please use link provided, or click on Judith:

​If you view this on your smartphone, you will need to download the Zoom app first. If you watch on a computer, once you click the link, it should direct you how to download Zoom. This is not live, you may watch it at your leisure, over and over!  I am especially grateful to Hallie (who helped me plan this), Bill and Hallie (for singing) and to David Bell (who played the piano). 
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Sunday Service
Obviously, we prefer to worship together in person. While creating worship experiences remotely from different locations is a new challenge for us, we are glad to be able to offer an online experience. Technology has been a great gift to us during this time of physical isolation and social distancing, and NGCC is working on ways that we can better utilize it. We are working toward Zoom meeting for committees, for our children's ministries, and of course, for worship. As we slog our way through life during a pandemic, God is continually blessing us with new ways to minister!
Please remember that if you need anything, I am available by phone or email. You are all in my continued prayers!
Stay safe and healthy!

Faithfully, Judith
If the link above does not direct you correctly, please copy and paste the following into your browser:
https://zoom.us/rec/share/uednFZfU_G9OYqPKsRHRV4IMXaHneaa8hyMd8vdfnkftYviRVs1AOqnyz67wfZw4?startTime=1585156706000
Sunday Services!!!
Pastor Judith is working on a way to share worship with you at home!
this coming Sunday (3/29/2020) will be our first Sunday online worship.
Please stay tuned for more details!
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*** Save the Date ***
Feb 8, 2020   ~~~   6:00 pm

Valentines Day
​Chicken Pie Dinner!!!

Guilford Parade!!!
​September 21, 2019
Join us as we march in the Guilford Parade, a tradition!
Walk alongside Little Toot,
help pass out water to parade watchers,
​or simply wave to us as we go by!
HOMECOMING SUNDAY!!!
During Worship service, 10 am, September 8th, 2019
Join us for our celebration of our longtime members, dedication of Sunday School teachers, and the start up of the regular Sunday School year.
Sermon: Building the House of God
Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-6, 17-18
Native American Dinner
September 14, 2019, 6:00 pm
Proceeds will support the Simply Smiles Missions Trip to South Dakota, July 2020
Native American Dinner
HOMECOMING SUNDAY!!!
During Worship service, 10 am, September 8, 2019
Sermon: Building the House of God
Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-6, 17-18
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ANNUAL MULTI-ESTATE SALE!!

​May 11, 2019          9am - 2pm

Proceeds to benefit Simply Smiles, a mission working with the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota.
Find your new treasures at our Estate Sale!!  In order to make room for incoming Fair donations, we offer a variety of treasures:
furniture (hutch, desks, chairs, kitchen tables, end tables, coffee tables, couches, etc.)​
a working electric organ
antiques
lamps
tools
dishware
linens
perennials
​and many other treasures!

Cinco de Mayo Family Fiesta !!! 

NGCC is hosting a Cinco de Mayo Family Fiesta! ​
This a wonderful time for the whole family! ​
Festivities began at 5:30 pm
May 4th, 2019. 

      ***** SATURDAY *****

Please RSVP to 203-457-0581 or email
office@northguilforducc.org.  See you there!

​Adults = $18

Children 12 and younger = $5. 
Festivities include:
  • an extensive Mexican taco bar
  • Mexican desserts
  • mariachi music
  • games
  • dancing
  • raffle prizes
  • a piñata!

Pulled Pork Prep - YUM!!!!!
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FOOD!!!!!!
Pulled Pork Prep - YUM!!!!!
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DANCING!!!
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PINATA!!!!!
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North Guilford Congregational Church   ~~~~~   159 Ledge Hill Road, Guilford, Connecticut 06437
Telephone: 203-457-0581   ~~~~~   Email: office@northguilforducc.org
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