Family worship services every Sunday @ 10:00am
All are welcome!
In-person and online

We have begun our first phase of reopening for in-person worship services starting May 2, 2021. Watch the video above for information on what our in-person gatherings will look like in this first phase.

We will continue to broadcast our services via Zoom as well as via FM radio on our church parking lot for those who would like to gather in-person outside.

 Zoom access instructions are included in the church weekly emails. Sign up below to receive those.

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Current Series

On Sundays we're walking through a series called "Gospel," looking at some questions like

• what is the real message of Christianity?
• why did Jesus have to die? 
• if the message Jesus told is true, so what? 
• is the message of Jesus equal to all other religious claims?

All are welcome to join us in person or online every Sunday @ 10am as we explore these questions together.

Updates

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the Pilgrim's Song Podcast

A new podcast aimed at encouraging your heart and inspiring your thoughts. Tune in every Wednesday for a new episode. You can find it here on the website and everywhere where podcasts are found!

Listen to older episodes here

A warm welcome to our new pastor!

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On January 18, 2021, Chris Green became the new pastor of our congregation! Click here to read a little introduction to him and his family.

Introducing "The Vine"

Since 1965, the two historic churches of First Congregational in Hanover Center and First Baptist in Etna have partnered together in a relationship called a “yoke.” In the early part of the 1990s, after the two churches combined their separate worship services into a single service, a newsletter was started to share stories and important events be- tween the members of both churches. That newsletter was called“The Yoke”, and it served our church community well. In recent years, during pastoral transitions and pandemic ad- justments, The Yoke has been published on an “as needed” basis and not necessarily on a reg- ular schedule.

Today, our two churches find themselves by God’s grace at the beginning of a new season. A new pastor has arrived. Our worship services that have been entirely on Zoom will now take a small step toward re- opening for in-person worship. New activities for kids are being started, new plans for the next school year are being made, and excitement is in the air! Now, maybe more than ever, timely, informative and inspirational communication is needed.
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So in the spirit of this new season, we are relaunching The Yoke under a new name and a new design. Click on the image to open the first edition of that redesign - The Vine.