Sunday, June 22, 2025

10:30am in the Meetinghouse

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We invite you to join us at one (or both) of our worship services this Sunday, June 22nd.  We will gather at 8:30am in our Outdoor Chapel beyond the Memorial Garden and at 10:30am inside our air-conditioned Meetinghouse.

Pastor Jen will preach “The Sound of Silence” based on 1 Kings 19:1-13, where Elijah hears God in the silence, instead of in loud booming ways.  How do you best hear and connect with God?  What are the ways that God is speaking into your life today?

Our Church School children will meet for the kickoff to their summer series at both worship services.  The summer theme is “God Is Everywhere We Look.”  Nursery care is always available. All are welcome!



June 21, 2025

9am to 2pm

Early Summer Barn, SERRV, and Thrift Shop Sale

  We have lots of treasures to sell, and our goal is to clear out the Barn for this year's Fair. 

SERVV is planning to have a "pop up" sale, and the Thrift Shop will also be open on that day!





Additional recordings of our worship services can be found on our YouTube page.  uccbvideo - YouTube   
Church School & Nursery Care are available: If you have questions about Church School, please be in touch with our Church School Coordinator, Barbara Crandell at External link opens in new tab or windowbarbara@uccb.org.



Funeral Service and Celebration of Life for

Don W. deLambert

November 8, 1938 – March 15, 2025

Saturday, May 31, 2025 11:00 a.m.


Don Winfield deLambert passed away in hospice in Morristown, NJ on March 15, 2025, at the age of 87. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 56 years, Elizabeth. He is survived by his daughter Lisa deLambert and husband Brian Arrington, his daughter Lynn Taylor and husband Michael, and grandsons Duncan and Nicolas, as well as his brother Richard, sister Diane McNew, nieces Beth and Caitlin, and nephews Scott, Rene and Corey. His stepbrother Cormac “Mac” Conahan, husband to Linda, passed away in 2022. 


The Live stream link for the 11:00am service for May 31, 2025 is:  External link opens in new tab or windowhttps://youtube.com/live/UVJaztlwfNg?feature=share




Call to Share our Gifts & Offerings




Worship Opportunities

Labyrinth & Children's Garden:

Our Labyrinth and the story of how it came to be were recently published in a book of New England Labyrinths, so we are excited to share that with people in our area and beyond. Planted around our Labyrinth, we also have a Children's Garden, where kids are able to experience God's presence in Creation, remember loved ones who have died, and go to play or pray at our church. All are welcome to visit during daylight hours.  You can find the entrance to the footpath to the labyrinth and garden on the left side of the slope down into our lower parking lot.





Keep an eye on your email, the Congregational Church of Brookfield Facebook Page, or our website on Sunday morning for the links to join us (and please feel free to share the links with family and friends). Afterward, if you are willing to share a photo of you or your family worshipping with us online that may be used on our CCB Facebook page or website, please send it to External link opens in new tab or windowuccbsocialmedia@gmail.com.   If you have missed any of our online worship services you can find them linked below, and you can subscribe to our YouTube channel External link opens in new tab or windowuccbvideo, where our worship services are archived.



What does it mean to be an “Open & Affirming” church?

What does the Bible say about homosexuality?

 

If you’re eager to learn more about The Congregational Church of Brookfield as well as our External link opens in new tab or windowOpen & Affirming statement, you can look at the curriculum we used for our June "Open & Affirming" Bible study at

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Call to Share our Gifts & Offerings, Roy Taylor on YouTube

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Click here: External link opens in new tab or windowhttps://youtu.be/bSbUnGVt7bY


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10:30am Sunday Weekly Worship Recordings:

If you are not able to watch the service live from the beginning, or if you need to join the service late, there will be an opportunity to view the entire recording in a few hours, after YouTube processes it and uploads it to our church YouTube channel. For instant notifications of Live Streams, you can also subscribe to that channel, uccbvideo, by clicking on the red "Subscribe" button on the YouTube page.


 

Sharing to Build, Building to Share…

See the New Vision for Fellowship Hall!

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Update on our “Sharing to Build, Building to Share” Project


Summer is just beginning, when our Sharing to Build, Building to Share Fellowship Hall addition is expected to be completed! We are planning on having scheduled walk-throughs in the next month or two for folks to see the progress. Stay tuned for upcoming dates!


Thank you for keeping Cole Construction in your prayers as they are diligently working. Our deepest gratitude to you all for your prayers, gifts, and help. They are truly a blessing!


With Cole Construction forecasted to be completed the end of June, and our three-year giving campaign concluding at the end of this year, we are estimating a potential cash-flow shortfall of up to $50,000. We will need to borrow money, unless we receive 30-40% of our remaining pledge gifts before June, or additional gifts are made.


If borrowing is what we must do, our Fellowship Hall Financial Task Force will recommend to Church Council that the best approach is to borrow against the unrestricted portion of our General Endowment Fund, paying ourselves back (with interest) as remaining pledges are received. The task force will suggest an interest rate of 5.5% which is the same 5.5% withdrawal rate transferred out annually from the General Endowment.  Of this 5.5% annual withdrawal from General Endowment, 4.5% is allocated to our annual Operating Budget and 1% is allocated to the Building & Grounds Designated Endowment Fund per the current Total Spending Rule specified in CCB by-laws.


We have a request to those who have not yet completed their pledge, to ask:


Is there a chance you might be able to complete your pledge by May or June?


If yes, we would be grateful to hear from you. Please contact Jim Sugden at External link opens in new tab or windowjim@jimsugden.com.


If it is not possible, we understand. Thank you for your continued giving, commitment and support!


Fellowship Hall Financial Task Force: Ken Arifian, Laurie & Michael Matson, Monica McInerney, Alan Peck, Jim Sugden & Rodger Wutzl.


*Note: Thank you for continuing to bring your bagged & clean, redeemable cans & bottles to the outside shed under the Upstairs Kitchen stairs. This fundraiser has already netted more than $1,000 to support our building project. Wow!

 

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Because we are CCB, we have fun whenever we gather! Even as we worship each week in our historic Meetinghouse, fellowship is at the very heart of our church life and we believe Fellowship Hall should be accessible to all.  We invite you to contribute as generously as you can and help us extend God's extravagant welcome to everyone, "no matter who we are or where we are on life's journey."  Whether we walk or roll, we seek to follow Jesus together!



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Pastors Fund Thanks & Information

Our pastors wish to thank you so much for your generous support of the Pastors Fund during these difficult and ever-changing times.  With your help bills have been paid to cover housing costs, medical bills, and emergency repairs as well as to cover other everyday costs like food, gas, and clothing for members & friends of our church and wider community.  The Pastors Fund is supported through the honorarium from the funerals/memorials that our pastors officiate, as well as through the generous gifts of members and friends of our community.  The Thrift Shop has supported the Pastors Fund with gifts from sale profits, and the Pastors Fund is also one of the options for holiday support through our Virtual Giving Tree this year. 
If you are feeling moved to make a direct gift to the Pastors Fund, gift cards for groceries and gas are always welcome, as are donations made payable to Pastors Fund.

 

Your Pastors are Here for You!

Pastoral Care Appointments

Pastor Bryn and Pastor Jen are available for individual pastoral care appointments either in-person or via phone or Zoom.  If you have something that you would like to address or speak with them about, please feel free to reach out,  ( External link opens in new tab or windowbryn@uccb.org or External link opens in new tab or windowjennifer@uccb.org ) to set up a time to talk and pray together.

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Church Office Hours

Tuesday through Thursday - 9:00am - 2:00pm

CLOSED on Monday & Fridays.

  The church door will remain locked for safety reasons, but our Ring doorbell system helps us to know who is coming to the door.

If you want to ensure someone will be available to assist you, you can always call ahead to the Church Office at 203-775-1259.


We are an Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ.

Know that "No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!"

 

 

 At Home Electronic Worship Options

 

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Congregational Church of Brookfield

Listen to the Congregational Church of Brookfield's External link opens in new tab or windowPODCAST.

Don't have time or an internet video connection?

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