Christmas on the Hill
Plan to join us for the Advent and Christmas season in 2022. Each week we will light an advent candle in preparation for Christmas, the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior. We will light the candles of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love each Sunday during our 10:40 Worship. A small group study will take place on Wednesdays (Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21), led by Ministry Team member Susan Ulicnik at 7 p.m. in our Church parlor. The study is from author Adam Hamilton, and is Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas. Saturday, Dec. 24, our family-friendly Christmas Eve service will take place at 7 p.m., led by our District Superintendent Rev. Megan Stowe. On Sunday, Dec. 25, a short carol-filled Worship service will be held at 10:40 am. Join us for any and all of these events, and find a place where you belong. Thank you for a successful pumpkin patch!
THANKFUL, GRATEFUL, BLESSED ... This year’s 15th annual Pumpkin Patch has come to a close, and for the second year in a row, our gross sales hit a record-setting number. With the profit from Pumpkin Patch Fundraisers and the addition of many generous donations from patrons and the mums we sold, it was an endeavor well worth undertaking! These numbers will allow us to continue our ministries from beyond 20 Hoppin Hill out into the greater community, which includes opening our doors to house a myriad of support groups and other community events, assisting local collection drives, and ongoing monetary and staple food donations to Lenore’s Pantry. There are so many of you to thank, and we are enormously grateful for all the prayers and presence we felt in the patch this year. Along with our thank you banner hanging from the shed, we’ve also posted on social media thanking our community for their support this year. The kind words and support from our friends in North Attleboro and beyond made our shifts enjoyable and meaningful. This outreach could not happen without the tireless work and servant hearts of our Church family. As we turn our attention to this season of giving thanks, and then to the birth of our Savior, may our thanksgiving for each other help guide us into the hope our first Advent candle brings. We burned our mortgage!
Thank you to all who joined us in person and in spirit at our mortgage burning ceremony on the front lawn, where we burned a copy of the mortgage. After many long years of paying toward the building, and the addition of Knight Hall and classrooms, our property at 20 Hoppin Hill is, as of February 2022, mortgage-free! We celebrated with stories, roasting marshmallows, and singing songs. Thank you for your faithful gifts and stewardship over the years to get us to this point. We have much to celebrate, and now hope to have more and new ways to push our gifts out into the communities we serve! Welcome Back!
We worship in our Sanctuary each Sunday morning at 10:40 a.m. At this time, we are a mask-optional community, and encourage attendees to choose for themselves whether they would like to mask or not. We do ask that if you are feeling ill, or know you have been exposed to COVID-19, that you refrain from joining us until you are feeling well, for the safety and protection of all our members. The Church did not close because of COVID-19. Only our ways of meeting changed to protect our people, limiting access to our building for a time. We continue praising and worshiping God, even in new and creative ways. Join us! Email [email protected] for more information.
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Through our tithes and freewill offerings, North Attleboro First United Methodist Church is able to be God's hands extended to our community and to the world. We encourage our members and friends to give generously each Sunday morning in the Sanctuary, or online.
Upcoming Events
Sundays, 10:40 a.m.: Worship Wednesdays, 7 p.m.: Advent Study First Monday of each month, 7 p.m.: Church Council meeting Christmas Eve Service: 7 p.m. Email [email protected] for more information. Our Ministry Team
Craig Brown Tom Senerchia Susan Ulicnik District Superintendent: Rev. Megan Stowe |
North Attleboro
First United Methodist Church
at the junction of Rt 1 & Hoppin Hill Avenue,
North Attleboro, MA 02760
508-695-9683 / [email protected]
Join us for Worship at 10:40 a.m. each Sunday morning