Barre Congregational Church

30 Park Street
Barre, Massachusetts
This Month's Message From Pastor Margaret - continued
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This winter our church has been a place of welcome and warmth where we worship together, pray for 
one another, care for the sick, feed the hungry and where we welcome strangers. It is a place where 
we enjoy the warmth of our coffee hour conversations and where we now have a lengthy table in the 
fellowship hall where friendships are formed, and where we share our stories with one another. It is 
a warmth that is infectious, where ideas for the church are born, and where we learn about each other’s
 needs. These experiences are valuable and contribute to our church being a welcoming and 
comfortable place. We thank God for strengthening our faith and helping us to sustain our church, even 
though it is not always easy when some parts of the building need fixing.

This month we transition from Lent to Holy Week. We will commemorate the waving of the Palms on Palm Sunday, April 13, 
keeping the Last Supper of Jesus with His disciples alive on Maundy Thursday, April 17th at 7p.m., thinking of His last hours on Good Friday, and then will celebrate Easter on April 20th. We will notify you about these important services and invite all who need
a warm place to share in the life, suffering, crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ, our Saviour. We are also looking forward to Confirmation Sunday on May 18th, where we will celebrate the confirmation of our four young adults who completed Sunday school, attended confirmation classes and participated in various activities in the church they love. 

We extend an invitation to anyone who has felt isolated by the harshness of winter or who is experiencing difficult circumstances to join us on Sundays at 9:30a.m. for worship. We especially encourage you to join us during Lent, as well as for the upcoming observance of Holy Week and the celebration of Easter. May God help us to create spaces of warmth in our homes, our communities, our church and beyond, so others will feel the warmth of God through us.


​Peace and blessings, 
Pastor Margaret Keyser