Pastor Roger Spinney
Deacons help with communion
Coffee hour fellowship after worship
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A warm welcome to our community church
**ABOUT US We are a kind, caring, small rural Christian community located in the villages of Etna and Hanover Center, New Hampshire. Our "yoked" single congregation includes members from the American Baptist Church, the United Church of Christ, and a range of other Christian backgrounds. Our regular 10 AM Sunday worship service follows Protestant traditions and includes Nursery and Sunday school for elementary/middle/high school children and a post-service coffee/fellowship time. Our Sunday services start at 10 AM and run about an hour followed by a coffee/fellowship hour. We share communion the first Sunday of every month. Our congregation is truly a kind and caring community with great diversity across socioeconomic and church backgrounds. One of the strengths of our community comes in part from a broad spectrum of church backgrounds which includes both long-time members from the United Church of Christ and American Baptist traditions and a majority who have come from a variety of denominations and theologies (e.g., Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Southern Baptist, Presbyterian, and Bible churches). Our unofficial motto has become “unity without unanimity” reflecting the peace and harmony within our congregation. Our parish is located in the picturesque rural villages of Etna and Hanover Center, New Hampshire. We are a single“yoked” congregation which includes members from two rural churches: the First Congregational Church United of Church of Christ (FCC) of Hanover in Hanover Center, NH and the First Baptist Church of Hanover American Baptist Church (FBC) in Etna, NH. Both of these churches were established in colonial times and their historic buildings have been in continuous use for services since the early 1800s. The small, rural congregations were combined in 1964 to share one pastor and one worship service. Our staff : Pastor: The Reverend Roger Spinney Church secretary: Carol Edwards Communications: Carol Edwards (bulletin), Marjorie Rose (website), Mark Hardy, weekly emails Etna Facilities support: Ken and Norma Pelton Treasurer: Steve Schuchman Choir Director: Christine Hoskin Pianist accompaniment: Julian Wu Guest accompaniment: Gini Hawes/Kay/ Harold Frost/Carol Edwards/Jenny Voelker *********************************************************************************** NOTE: The Inter Church Council covers all joint church operations and issues. Each church has its own officers (see below). Inter-Church Council Chairman: Marjorie Rose Inter-Church Council Hanover Center: Garlan Hoskin Harold Frost Elaine Hawthorne Dina Cutting Ellie Fullington Inter-Church Council Etna: Susan Johnson Becky LaHaye Christian Passow Todd Hess Marjorie Rose ***************************************************** First Congregational Church of Hanover in Hanover Center Church Officers: Moderator: Heidi Hoskin Clerk: Torey Elder Co-treasurers: Dina Cutting & Jane Rice Trustees: Harold Frost Jeff Balch Glenn Elder Deacons: Rob Rice Marci O’Keefe Shawn O’Keefe Elaine Hawthorne ************************************************* First Baptist Church of Hanover in Etna (as of 7/19) Church Officers: President: Eric Wadsworth Vice President: Doug Irwin Clerk: Carol Edwards Treasurer: Steve Schuchman Trustees: John LaHaye Mike Tischbein Ken Pelton Deacons: (pastoral concerns) Susan Johnson Todd Hess John LaHaye Cora Moses Norma Pelton Maxine Wallace Ken Pelton |