Tonight: Concert at Mary Lyon Church
BUCKLAND — There will be a Benefit Brass Ensemble Concert at the Mary Lyon Church, 17 Upper St., Buckland, on Saturday, April 23, at 7 p.m. Arranged by Dave Sporny.
Admission by donation to benefit the Mary Lyon Church Capital Campaign.
The Franklin County Deanery will sponsor a Divine Mercy Celebration at Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenfield on Sunday, April 24. The service will include Benediction, Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Novena Prayer. All Catholic churches in Franklin County will be participating in this celebration in which great emphasis is being placed on the Eucharist and devotion to our Lord. Fr. Douglas McGonagle will be the Celebrant and Fr. Valentine Nworah will preach. Confessions will be available from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. The celebration will begin at 3 p.m.
BERNARDSTON — The topic for this Sunday April 24th is “Climate.” The format will be a roundtable discussion following excerpts from the ecoAmerica Climate Leadership Summit 2022. Robbianne Mackin, chief development officer of ecoAmerica and longtime church member, hosted a day of the four-day virtual summit. The Summit, organized by ecoAmerica, brings together the people solving problems in our communities and organizing for positive change in business and government as well as personal actions. Part of the summit is the awarding of prizes of $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000 to outstanding organizations in the field.
We will view parts of an interview with CBS correspondent David Pogue, author of the important book “How to Prepare for Climate Change,” and clips from the keynote address of Bill McKibben.
Be part of the conversation moving forward on this important topic. Coffee at 11 a.m., Roundtable and program excerpts start promptly at 11:30. Due to the complications of projecting the Summit links, we will not try to Zoom the program this Sunday. Hope you can make it in person. Visit us at www.bernardstonunitarian.org for further information.
GREENFIELD — “I speak for the trees” is the sermon title for All Souls Church virtual service on Sunday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m. The speaker is Bart Bouricius, a young arborist schooled in Stockholm, who studied Sweden’s arboreal forests, followed by more than 10 years in tropical forests in Costa Rica. Once in Franklin County, Bouricius spent another 10 years helping a network of Forest Allies — especially, Bob Levrett of Deerfield — develop ways to measure the carbon stored in tree trunks/branches, of many sizes of trees. For information, email administrator@uugreenfield.org
NORTHFIELD — “Sense of Place” is the theme for Paul Bocko’s Chalice Circle service at First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 24. As we welcome spring, renew our care for Earth and each other, let’s share the places we long for, ones that help us belong, those that give us pause and ones that bring joy. All are welcome to participate in this service of reflection and discussion, either in person at the church on the corner of Main Street and Parker Avenue in Northfield or online via Zoom. For the Zoom link, send a message to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com.
GREENFIELD — This Sunday at 10 a.m., a Ministry Team member will reflect on belief and doubt in the Risen Christ.
Healing Service: Join us also in the afternoon for a special Healing Service, April 24, at 3 p.m. with guest ministers, Todd and Dawn Perna. A meaningful worship to experience God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. All are welcome. First United Methodist Church, 25 Church St., Greenfield.
GREENFIELD — You are invited to the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew, 8 Church St., for the next installment in its monthly teaching sermon series. This month’s topic will be confirmation and marriage. If you are curious about the sacramental rites of confirmation and marriage, and what they mean, please join us on Sunday, April 24, at 10 a.m. For more information on our teaching series, or to view the livestream, visit: www.saintsjamesandandrew.org/teaching-sermons.
LAKE PLEASANT — The National Spiritual Alliance (TNSA) is holding a Psychic Medium Fair on Saturday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our readers are at the top of their field and use a variety of divination modalities including Tarot, channeling and mediumship. A 25-minute reading is $30. Vendors will also be on hand offering handmade jewelry, and other arts and crafts. Walk-ins are welcome. To make an appointment for a reading and to view the vendors list, go to tnsausa.keepandshare.com. TNSA is a Spiritualist church located at 2 Montague Ave. in Lake Pleasant.
ASHFIELD — In celebration of its 200th year, and the beginning of its third century, St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ashfield has invited David and Permelia Sears, co-ministers of music at the First Congregational Church, Milford, N.H., to give an organ recital on Saturday, April 30, at 3 p.m.
“‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,’ says the psalmist in Psalm 100,” said Rev. Vicki Ix, vicar at St. John’s. “We are so thrilled to celebrate the beginning of St. John’s third century by highlighting our historic organ. Music in church opens our hearts to receive the love of God. We are blessed that Permelia and David Sears will bring their enormous talents and knowledge about organs to our members and friends.”
The church is on the corner of Main and South streets in the center of Ashfield. The recital on April 30 at 3 p.m. is free. Masks may be required. For more information, visit www.stjohnsashfield.org or call the office at 413-628-4402.
GREENFIELD — The violence of war and suffering in today’s world can sometimes feel overwhelming, and the community labyrinth, located on the lawn of the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew in downtown Greenfield, provides a place to find calm and focus in these turbulent times.
Saturday, May 7, is World Labyrinth Day. In honor of this 14th annual celebration, members of the local Community Labyrinth Coalition are inviting neighbors to join the thousands of people who will walk labyrinths around the globe at 1 p.m. local time with the idea of blessing the world with a rolling wave of energy: “to walk as one at one,” as the Veriditas website says. Enter from the north where the path begins. Then follow the meandering path to the center, where you may wish to pause for a few moments. Then retrace your path back out to the starting point. In walking any labyrinth, it is customary to complete the pattern by following the path both inward and outward.
The labyrinth awaits your visit, whether or not you can join us on World Labyrinth Day. All are welcome any day, any time. There are handouts in the wooden cabinet nearby. For more information, both The Labyrinth Society (labyrinthsociety.org) and Veriditas (veriditas.org) are good resources. To contact the local Community Labyrinth Coalition, please refer to our Facebook page or send an email to communitylabyrinthfc@gmail.com.