Our church includes many groups organized to serve, to share, to comfort, listen, explore, learn, and more.
Fellowship Committee
The Fellowship Committee creates and manages events, within and outside the church, for church members and friends to socialize and to get to know each other. Committee members plan, promote, and manage events: a progressive dinner, trips to sporting events, an Advent wreath making workshop, the annual church picnic, hikes and walks, ice cream Sunday and a ski day at Mt. Sunapee–just to name a few. The Committee is also responsible for fellowship hour after each Sunday service, when the congregation gathers for coffee, juice, snacks and fellowship.
Fellowship meets several times a year and as needed to choose and plan events. Volunteers are always needed to help with activities, such as setting up, cleaning up, and helping with necessary supplies (like making a salad or dessert) for the church picnic. And more: volunteering with this group provides another great opportunity to make new friends by working together.
For more information, please contact the Fellowship Chairman.
Wednesday Morning Study Group
This group meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. in the parlor.
On January 4 we will be using a DVD series from Great Courses on the “Great World Religions” to begin our study of Islam. Each meeting will include a time for viewing the DVD and discussion. Please plan to join us as we begin the New Year with this interesting study.
Contact Pastor Maureen with any questions at 673-3231 or email Pastor Maureen.
Prayer Shawl Knitters
This ministry meets once a month, on the fourth Tuesday, at 1:00 p.m. in the parlor, to share projects and good fellowship. From its beginnings in 2003, the group has created, bundled with prayers and love and delivered more than 100 shawls to church members, friends and family. This is very much a local group, but they share in a national effort.
Woman’s Association
The Woman’s Association has been a central part of The Congregational Church of Amherst for many years. Our purpose is “to cultivate the spirit of Christ beginning with our own lives and reaching out into the home, community and throughout the world.”
We meet Monday mornings to share our fellowship, and to plan our major efforts. The Holiday Fair and Rummage Sales allow us to pledge serious support to CCA outreach.
Women’s Spirituality
Women’s Spirituality is a community of women that gets together one evening monthly. Each month we focus on a different theme, investigating and celebrating it with readings, discussion, prayer, meditation, journaling and communion.
Women’s Spirituality meets the fourth Wednesday of the month, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. in the church parlor. Contact Assoc. Pastor Maureen with questions, 673-3231.