Quilt raffle to benefit local Afghan refugees, an 85-by-103-inch Log Cabin Quilt, is on display at The Textile Co. on Power Square. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Today: Psychic Medium Fair at TNSA
LAKE PLEASANT — The National Spiritual Alliance (TNSA) is holding a Psychic Medium Fair on Saturday, March 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A 25-minute reading is $30. Vendors will also be on hand offering handmade jewelry, massage and other arts and crafts. This month there is an aura photographer. Walk-ins are welcome. Thompson Memorial Temple at TNSA is a Spiritualist church located at 2 Montague Avenue in Lake Pleasant.
GREENFIELD — All are welcome to join Temple Israel Saturday, March 26, 7 p.m. on Zoom for a presentation by Rami Avraham Efal, rabbinical student, dharma holder in the Zen Peacemakers Lineage, and student of the late Zen Buddhist teacher Bernie Glassman. Details and connection info available at templeisraelgreenfield.org.
NORTHFIELD — Unitarian Universalists come together by way of different paths to affirm and promote our shared commitment to our Seven Principles, which we embrace as strong values and moral guides. In recent years, an Eighth Principle has been proposed, which recognizes the urgency of racial justice issues in our church and in the larger society. Do we need an Eighth Principle? Come join this timely discussion in a Chalice Circle service at First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, on Sunday, March 27, at 10 a.m. Judy Wagner will lead the service. All are welcome at the church on the corner of Parker and Main and online via Zoom. For the Zoom link, send a request to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com.
GREENFIELD — Kate Pousont Scarborough will speak about Yoga for Personal and Collective Change: Integration, Ethics, and Action. Join us at All Souls UU Greenfield on March 27, at 10:30 a.m., at 399 Main St. Please wear a mask while indoors. Pousont Scarborough, director of Shelburne Falls Yoga and Coordinating Committee member with the Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign, will offer teachings on the practices, ethical foundations, and contemporary applications of yoga as well as some simple, seated practices to help foster a sense of internal alignment and clarity.
Julia Bady will provide music. This service will also be available on Zoom and YouTube (FranklinCountyUUs), and the link can be shared via administrator@UUGreenfield.org.
SUNDERLAND — Our worship service on March 27 will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday School will be held for the children after the Children’s Sermon portion of the Service. All are welcome to join us in person or if you feel more comfortable online. For the Zoom login please send an email to randyc1897@gmail.com. Our Services are also aired on FCAT at 9AM, 3PM and 7PM on Sundays. Additionally, they are archived on our website www.scc1717.wordpress.com.
The online Bible study group will meet on Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. If interested, please send an email to randyc1897@gmail.com for the login.
The Lenten Discussion Series of which we are a part will meet this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in person at the Montague Congregational Church. Our pastor, Rev. Randy, will be the presenter. Again, if you prefer to join us online and need the login it’s randyc1897@gmail.com.
NORTHFIELD — Worship services at Trinitarian Congregational Church are now indoors. Services begin at 10 a.m. Visit our website: www.tccnorthfield.org
Lenten Study, Wednesday, 3 p.m. through April 6. The discussion is on Zoom; please contact the office (413-498-5839 or busoff147@gmail.com) for a link.
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Holy Family Parish, 29 Sugarloaf St., will host Greg and Aimee Wasinski of Cleveland, Ohio, in a three-night parish mission open to everyone. Each night combines personal stories, faith-based inspiration and musical reflections on faith, hope and love. Sunday, March 27, at 4 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday at 6 p.m., both days. For more information, call 413-665-3254. .
SUNDERLAND — The Rev. Randy Calvo, pastor of the Hatfield and Sunderland Congregational Churches, UCC, will present the fourth session of “Anchors in the Storm: Getting through Difficult Times,” 7 p.m. at the Montague Congregational Church. His session title: “Repent and believe in the good news.”
GREENFIELD — Living Waters Assembly of God is giving a free lunch every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for anyone who needs and/or wants a lunch. Come by and pick up at 450 Davis St., Greenfield.
GREENFIELD — St. Andrew’s Guild is reopening: Are you interested in learning how to sew or knit for free? Every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon, St. Andrew’s Guild will resume its weekly drop-in lessons to learn how to sew or knit. St. Andrew’s Guild is reopening in a beautiful new space, the Whiteman Room, at Saints James and Andrew, located at 8 Church St. in Greenfield. Questions? Contact kaubrymcavoy@aol.com or dkurkulonis@gmail.com
CONWAY — The United Congregational Church of Conway reports: “The building continues to move forward with lots of activity onsite. The search for a pastor continues as well. To accommodate changes in our worship, we will be moving our service from 10 a.m. to 9 a.m., starting on March 6. We will continue to meet via Zoom with the hope of moving back soon to the grammar school until the church building is complete.”
GREENFIELD — The Rev. David Levandusky, pastor at Living Waters Assembly of God, writes, “This is the season for people to learn more of Jesus’ last 11 days. One-third of all the Gospels deal with just those last 11 days. There is no book on the market as accurate in the chronological and harmonized account of Jesus last 11 days as ‘The Last Eleven Days of Jesus: Countdown to Passover, Crucifixion and Resurrection.’ It is highly endorsed by educators, authors, pastors, and the general public.” The book is available locally and on Amazon.com.
Lenten Meditation Walk
GREENFIELD — You are invited to the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew, located at 8 Church St., for a special Lenten Meditation Walk. The walk consists of a set of 10 pieces of contemporary iconography, mounted on the walls of the sanctuary, that prompt viewers to reflect on our corporate brokenness as a society and as the church, particularly with regard to systemic racism and the climate crisis.
The church is open daily for folks to stop by and take an intentional meditative walk around our church sanctuary. We hope the walk will inspire prayer and reflection, much like the Stations of the Cross have done.
Learn more: saintsjamesandandrew.org
GREENFIELD — A multi-faith Earth Day celebration is happening on April 22, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Energy Park in downtown Greenfield. The event will include a land acknowledgement from David Brule of Nolumbeka Project, a demonstration tree planting with the Greenfield Tree Committee, songs and proclamations from area congregations as well as music, tabling and children’s activities.
Lynn Benander of Coop Power will speak about practical opportunities to care for creation and reduce carbon emissions by shifting to a green economy. Local vendors who share that vision will be among those who table at The Earth Day Celebration.
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