Nov. 20: Interfaith Council and GCC to celebrate different cultures with
community meal
GREENFIELD — On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the GCC cafeteria, the Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Greenfield Community College invite you to a Community Meal celebrating the cultures, traditions and ethnicities of our region.
This family-friendly event will include music, dance, information tables, food representing Guatemalan, Egyptian, Thai, Puerto Rican, Korean, Mexican, Jewish, Senegalese, Tibetan, and Indigenous Peoples cultures. There will also be an opportunity for people from different communities and ethnicities to offer blessings.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information contact: Kate Stevens (email is: songline50@aol.com) and Leo Hwang, (email is: HwangL@gcc.mass.edu)
BERNARDSTON — Speaker Barry Deitz will lead a service of Thanksgiving with the theme of “Gratitude and Sharing,” followed by a potluck luncheon Sunday, Nov. 24, at the 1739 Unitarian Meetinghouse, 49 Church St. Please bring a dish to share and a canned good for our food donation offering for local families in need. The service is at 11:30 a.m. Music by Lynne Walker.
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ATHOL — Athol Congregational Church will host an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m. at 1225 Chestnut St. Participants will be Rev. Rosemary Dawson (ACC Interim Pastor), Rev. Mary Owen (Starrett Memorial Methodist Church), Rev. Joe Bezio (member, ACC), Rev. Michael Young (representing the Native American tradition), and Robyn Bernstein-Noviti (Temple Israel). Combined choirs will include members from Athol Congregational Church and Starrett Memorial-OLI-St. John’s Combined Choir. Instrumentalists will include Loyall Allen, organ, Rene Lake-Gagliardi, piano; Tania Gauvin, flute; Tony Sampognaro, euphonium. Also, there will be a collection of non-perishable food; refreshments to follow. Questions, contact the ACC church office at 978-249-6202.
ASHFIELD — Tuesday, Nov. 26, 7 to 8 p.m. (Inter-church choir rehearsal starts 6 p.m.) St. John’s Episcopal Church, Main and South streets, Rte. 116.
GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Baptist Church, 138 Main St., will offer a Thanksgiving Service on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m.
Nov. 26: North Franklin County and Southwest New Hampshire community Thanksgiving service
WARWICK — The Rev. David Neil announces that, new this year, the churches of the northern area of Franklin County have been invited to combine their Thanksgiving service with the United Church of Winchester, N.H., and the Richmond and West Rindge United Methodist churches, also in N.H. This year’s Community Thanksgiving Service will be Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m., at the Trinitarian Congregational Church of Warwick, 32 Athol Road. There will be a joint choir led by Kayla Dedishew, choir director of the United Church of Bernardston. Singers gather at 6 p.m. to rehearse.
Participating churches include: United Church of Bernardston, Trinitarian Congregational churches of Warwick and Northfield, United Church of Winchester, N.H., Richmond United Methodist and West Rindge United Methodist churches, St. Patrick’s Church of Northfield, Leyden United Methodist Church, Congregational Unitarian Society of Bernardston and First Parish, Unitarian of Northfield.
VERNON, Vt. — The Mountain View Seventh Day Adventist Church of Vernon, Vt., will host a Thanksgiving Eve Service on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. Joining the Mountain View Church will be the Vernon Union Church and the Vernon Advent Christian Church. All are invited to worship with us in this service of thanksgiving to God. — Bruce Burks, Vernon AC Church.
ORANGE — Mission Covenant Church, Pleasant Street, will host the Orange Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service, Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m.
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Holy Family Parish, 29 Sugarloaf St., will celebrate Mass at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning.
GREENFIELD — On Thanksgiving Day, the First Church of Christ Scientist will hold a service of thanksgiving at 10:30 a.m. in the church at 110 Federal St. There are readings from the Bible and our textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The service includes hymns of gratitude and a portion of the service is set aside for people to testify to their gratitude for God’s blessings in their lives. All are welcome.
LEVERETT — Moores Corner Church, 10 Church Hill Road, will be serving dinner Thanksgiving day at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
GREENFIELD — The Stone Soup Café and the United Arc present Thanksgiving Dinner at Stone Soup’s family-friendly, pay-what-you-can café, Thursday, Nov. 28, from noon to 3 p.m., at 399 Main St. No reservations needed; suggested donation $10 as able. Volunteers needed: Sign up at www.thestonesoupcafe.org.
SUBMIT YOUR THANKSGIVING SERVICE information by Thursday noon by emailing to religion@recorder.com. Questions? Call 413-772-0261, Ext. 265.