OCTOBER 2025 WORSHIP HOURS 10:00am 11:00 a.m.: Fellowship Go paperless!! Now you can give online!! Click the link below or scan the QR code Online WebPay ♦♦♦♦♦ E-mail ADDRESS: uccwhitman@gmail.com Church Office # 781-447-5557 We would like to welcome several new people to our church staff: Reverend Patricia Berry, Pastor, Terry Jordan, Church Secretary, Gisela Bauerle, Minister of Communication Matt Berg, Director of Music, and JoAnn Mattos, Bookkeeper If you see them, please say hello and welcome them to our Church Family. ♦♦♦♦♦ AMERICAN RED CROSS: SOUND THE ALARM Campaign is offering to Whitman residents FREE smoke detector w/installation. Schedule an appointment by texting your name and contact phone number to ARC Volunteer, Anne Williams at 508-345-8988 ♦♦♦♦♦ SUNDAY’S SERMON for December 13th, 2020 Click here to view Sunday's sermon ♦♦♦♦♦ Home Communion and visitation now available- please call the church at (781) 447-5557 to arrange. Mask restriction lifted (if fully vaccinated)! As of Sunday, June 6^th,2021, anyone fully vaccinated is not required to wear a mask. ♦♦♦♦♦ Church and Fellowship hall are available for your event Please contact the church office for available times and costs Baby showers- Wedding Showers- Collations Weddings and Special Events The fellowship Hall underwent a beautiful face lift. Check us out when planning that special event. ♦♦♦♦♦ All Ages Welcome Volunteers needed – signup sheets in sanctuary. Church Openings Interested in joining a committee or be a representative on the board? Openings are available for all church members young and not so young. Learn more at fellowship or by asking a current committee or board member Or How about greeting, usher or counting collection? Sign up on the clipboard in the back of the sanctuary. Thank you for considering taking a more active role in your church as a much-needed volunteer! Any time you can give, is sincerely appreciated. "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. " Henry Ford ♦♦♦♦♦ Wednesday Wonderings will be the resource for updates on worship services and prayer requests. Please email Gail at iamgjc@icloud.com with joys and concerns to share. A live Facebook broadcast (available also as a link on this website) will be available each Sunday until further notice. God Cares. Yesterday today and tomorrow All over the world folks are doing what they can to support and give comfort in this time of uncertainty. Everything has changed but God is our constant. God will comfort the grieving and give strength to those who are in need There is hope found through prayer and our continued faith that God will be there for all of us. Our church family is amazing when called upon to help. Some ideas..... Fill the plastic container outside the parking lot door with food for the food pantry Drop off cards in the office mail box to be mailed to area nursing homes or our shut-ins. Put a sign with a word or picture of encouragement in a window or in your yard Every day at 3PM let's all take a moment to connect spiritually with prayer. A moment in time each day to pray for those who need God’s comfort and care. Your deacons are available via email or phone. We are committed to help however we can. Russ Greene: 781-447-5047 Wayne Brundige: 781-447-1021 Frank Kawa: 781-308-5511 The Lord hears when I call to him. There are many who say, “O that we might see some good!” Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord In peace I will both lie down and sleep. For thou alone. O Lord, makest me dwell in safety. ♦♦♦♦♦

Wednesday Wonderings October 22, 2025 * FOOD PANTRY APPEAL * This Saturday, October 25th Whitman Food Pantry is in dire need of food. Please drop off donations at the Pumpkin Patch. ALL non perishable items are needed! MISSION SUNDAY ~ FAITH IN ACTION! "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me." Matthew 25:40 Worship was held in the fellowship hall with music, prayer and mission, October 19th. Rev Patricia shared a Good News message "Bigger than a Shoebox" and Matt Berg provided beautiful music while we stuffed boxes. * Fun fact: according to the 2001 Church Annual Meeting Minutes, we have been making bagged lunches for MainSpring since 1990!! What an amazing Ministry! Thank you to all who participated and a special thank you to the mission team who organized the packing party. Shoeboxes and donations exceeded our expectations! Also during this Mission Sunday, we wore pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month and we made bagged lunches for MainSpring. Our 2nd Samaritan's Purse CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX "PACKING PARTY" is this Sunday, October 26th following worship!! Last Saturday morning, to prepare for our Mission Sunday, Roberta, Frank, Gail and Barbara set up numerous tables in preparation of our "Packing Party". We are blessed to say, as a result of all your generous donations, our tables were overflowing!! Thank you all so very much!! We filled 64 shoeboxes for the girls!! Our 2nd "Packing Party" for the boys, ages 2-4 is this Sunday! Everyone is invited to fill a box or 2, or 3 . . . We will have some sewing kits left to put in the shoeboxes, but are in need of more fabric. Please bring in any extra, leftover fabric you may have this Sunday to help complete our sewing kits. If possible, please precut into pieces 1/2 to 1 yard pieces or smaller. We do put sewing kits in the boys boxes. When the children go home they share their gifts with their brothers, sisters, moms and dads! PUMPKIN PATCH!! We made the paper! Click to view the article in the Enterprise! Still in need of volunteers . . . We still have a few slots that need to be filled. If you can help, please click the link below to choose a time slot. Thank you! Click here to sign up to help with our Pumpkin Patch!! Pilgrim Association Annual Meeting, Sunday October 26th, 1:30 PM, Weymouth Miriam Theodore's Installation following Pilgrim Association Sunday on Sunday, October 26th at 2:30. Carpool available. Meet at the church at 1:30. This Sunday October 26th is the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost The lectionary readings for worship will be Psalm 65 and Luke 14. Worship will return to the sanctuary. Looking for Layreaders for the month of November. Please let Rev Patricia know if you are interested. Sunday Morning Greeters Needed Looking for greeters for this Sunday, October 26 and each Sunday for the month of November. If you'd like to volunteer for any of the dates mentioned, please email Gail, if you can help. (Arrive at 9:30, be at the front red doors, smile, say good morning, hand out bulletins, let new folks know where the sanctuary is, the restrooms, the elevator, fellowship hall, etc.) Please pray for the following people… James D Greg E Michelle F F family JJ H Kipnuk Community in Alaska Lisa Michelle L Barbara M S H family Margaret S If pastoral care is needed, contact Rev. Patricia Berry at (508) 443-1725 or email revpatriciaberry@gmail.com November 2nd is Remembrance Sunday During this service, we celebrate family members and loved ones whom we have lost during the year by lighting a candle. We extend an invitation to anyone who would like to participate in this very special service. If you have a loved one whose life you want to celebrate with us, please contact Terry in the church office before October 27th at uccwhitman@gmail.com or leave a message at 781-447-5557 with the name of your loved one. If pastoral care is needed, contact Rev. Patricia Berry at (508) 443-1725 or email revpatriciaberry@gmail.com Updated October Calendar October's Lectionary