BCCUCC News
Fall Bible Study: Exploring the New Testament
Consider joining Dale for a fall Bible Study! This fall, Rev. Dale Azevedo will be leading a six part Bible study from the Dickenson Series exploring the history and major themes of the New Testament. This is the third part of the series but one doesn’t need to have attended the other parts to join in now. We have great conversation, ask deep questions, and share our own unique faith experiences. As folks in the group like to say, “This is the one place I can go to talk about these things with...
Join us for Open Doors Sunday!
Come one, come all! Be sure to come back home for Open Doors Sunday on September 10! Whether we call it Gathering, Homecoming, or any other Sunday, it’s the day we welcome back our families (of all types and sizes) and kick off our new program year! It’s also a day that we especially open our doors to visitors and newcomers who are looking to start the school year off by finding a new church. So be sure to invite your neighbors and friends! Open Doors Sunday will begin with an All Ages Worship...
Exploring the Bible: Introduction to the Old Testament
Rev. Dale will be leading a six session Bible Study called Exploring the Bible: Introducing the Old Testament. This is a sequel study to a class Dale held just before the pandemic hit in 2020 and is published by the Massachusetts Bible Society. There is no need to have participated in the first study to jump in now. This study will meet every other Wednesday at 7pm, beginning May 17. This will be an interactive exploration of major themes in the Old Testament, what the writings meant to it’s...
BCCUCC is Celebrating Negro Spirituals
Royalties for Negro Spirituals On Sunday, April 30 at the 10 am worship service there will be a Celebration of Negro Spirituals and a new faith-based racial justice initiative will be introduced to the BCCUCC congregation. This initiative is called Royalties for Negro Spirituals and it recognizes the deep biblical connection between justice and worship, and acknowledges that congregations have been blessed by hearing and singing Negro Spirituals for centuries. The original creators of this...
Holy Week and Easter Events
Lenten Lollapalooza for our church school children On Palm Sunday, April 2 our Faith Formation Director and the FFaYM team will be hosting a Lenten Lollapalooza for the children during church school time in Fellowship Hall. There will be a special craft that the children will be sharing with the congregation on Easter Sunday as well as palm cross making and treats! All children are welcome! We hope that families are able to come to church that Sunday so that the children can participate in...
The Prayers of Jesus: A Lenten Bible Study
We are told time and again that Jesus prays all throughout the Gospels. He goes up on a mountain. He takes a few disciples away with him. He bows his head. He looks up to heaven. However, for as often as we are told Jesus DID pray, we have very few examples of what he ACTUALLY said. In this five week study, we will read ALL the prayers that are attributed to Jesus and discuss what they may have meant to him, to his listeners, and to us today. Join Rev. Dale Azevedo in the church library or...
Pancake Breakfast Returns!
Pancake Breakfast is back on the BCCUCC table and is happening after church on Sunday, February 19 in Fellowship Hall. Von Ray will be flipping flapjacks with the Youth Group and Confirmation Class of 2023 to raise funds for camperships at Silver Lake Camp and Retreat Center, a ministry of the Southern New England Conference UCC. All are welcome to stay after church and enjoy some delicious pancakes! The congregation is being asked to donate items for the breakfast and a SignUpGenius has been...
Food donations needed for BCCUCC LFRI Backpack Program
Thank you to the families that helped fill our 25 monthly bags of food in January that went to students at the DelSesto Middle School in Providence. Our next collection deadline is Sunday, February 12. We partner with We Share Hope to provide food to those in need & also with Books are Wings who donate free books for the students. BCCUCC supplements the donations to fill the bags. We collect the following items in the box in the narthex as you go up the stairs to church: peanut butter,...