Congregational Church of Eastford Update
The Congregational Church of Eastford offers programs open to the community designed to help people in various sorts of spiritual, emotional and practical need.
Grief Share: The Congregational Church of Eastford will be offering a program called “Grief Share” beginning in October 2024. The program is designed to help people deal with the grief associated with the loss of a loved one. The format includes a video presentation regarding grief and a time of group discussion led by people who have walked through grief of their own. Many people have found comfort and hope through this compassionate program. The activities this fall include:
- “Loss of a Spouse” - Single session seminar, Sunday, Oct, 27, from 2-4 p.m.
- “Grief Share” - Thirteen-week series, Sunday afternoons from 2-3:30 p.m., Nov. 3 through Jan. 26, 2025.
- “Surviving the Holidays” - Single session seminar, Thursday Nov. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
There is no charge. All Grief Share sessions are at the Congregational Church of Eastford offices at 4 County Road (right next to the Post Office). Register on the Church website.
Celebrate Recovery: Powerful biblical, Christ-centered 12-step ministry for people dealing with a wide range of life struggles (various kinds of present or past abuse and addictions, anger, codependency, eating disorders, and more). Ages 18 and over welcome. Our program meets weekly at the First Congregational Church of Pomfret. Tuesdays 7-9 p.m.
Adult Caregivers of Aging Loved Ones: Dealing with aging loved ones and issues like dementia can be daunting. Caregiver Support Group that meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Meetings are held at the Eastford Public Library.
Family Music. These free classes are designed to captivate the natural joy of music and movement inherent in children ages birth through kindergarten. Their parents/caregivers are integral participants for classes designed for children ages birth to 3. Singing, focused listening activities, dancing, and playing skills are developed. Tuesday mornings from 10-10:30 a.m. (birth to 3 with caregiver), 10:45-11:30 a.m. (age 4+ independent for most of class). Meet at Church Offices, 4 County Road. Register on the Church website.
A quick update from Pastor Mike at the Congregational Church of Eastford. We continue to be grateful to our community and friends for all the support following the loss of our beautiful church building. You all are wonderful! It has been nearly a year and a half since the fire. Things take time, but we are making good progress toward our new building. We have acquired almost nine acres of land on John Perry Road and will be building a new, one-story facility there. The developing design will give us larger worship space, lots of kids’ space to include an indoor play area, and a large community room to host receptions and events. It is our hope that we can be a rich blessing to Eastford and our greater community as we move into the future.
We are also adding to our staff, having called an associate pastor named Evan Burgess. He and his wife Chelsey grew up in Manchester, Conn., and have been serving a Christian missionary agency the last several years. They have a young son, Roman. They will be joining us right at the start of October. Our vision is that Evan will work alongside Pastor Mike for what will probably be a few years, after which Evan will take on the lead role. We are excited as he brings a love of the Lord, of people, and youthful energy (he is 32 years old) to help us step into a future with the up-and-coming generations.