Opportunities to Connect:

Monthly Activities

Book Club - 3rd Tuesday, 7pm in the Fireplace Room
A grass roots effort without question.  All are welcome to this diverse gathering. The books are chosen by the group often following a presentation by a Village Books representative. 

Lunch Bunch - 2nd Wednesday, location by monthly announcement
If you have an appetite, you are qualified you for this group. An informal gathering of people who enjoy food and the company of others meet monthly at restaurants often suggested by those attending. No programs, no study groups, no meeting -- just good food and fellowship.  That's what Lunch Bunch is!  Sign up on the kiosk in the church narthex if you wish to attend. 
  
Soup & Roll Lunches - 2nd Sundays following church (school year)
For a donation to the kitchen fund, you are welcome to fill what hungers with homemade soup and rolls to accompany. What follows is a full stomach and a good time enjoying the company of those you share a table with.

Women's Fellowship - a gathering of women who come/work/enjoy as they can, meeting at noon on the Second Wednesday of the month, September through May. Our goal is missions and our efforts go toward that end. They organize the Fall Bazaar and monthly bake sales.

Wellness Programs - offered throughout the year in the form of classes, posted information and sponsored activities that focus on body, mind and spirit.

Seasonal Activities

Harvest Dinner - All of the good things of the fall come to our tables on this Saturday including corn, pies, barbequed beef, salad and potatoes. It is a bounty of fellowship and good food, pre-tickets sold but all are invited to come and enjoy.
Rally Sunday - It is the first big gathering back after summer, when Sunday School officially begins. There is celebration in the air as the children begin their new grades and learning.
Yule Sing - The United Church choir comes together to offer carols, songs, skits and stories to bring us together in the busy season to sing, enjoy and remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Children's Christmas Pageant - The Pageant is worship that day, as the children tell and sing the Christmas Story in unique ways each year. Usually the third Sunday of Advent.
Parent's Day Out - it's a two-fold event parents bring their children to practice for the next day's pageant and the parents get four hours child-free to do the business of the season.
Advent Celebration - Following the Christmas Pageant, we gather for a meal with fun seasonal crafts to keep excited and busy hands active in good ways that tell and remind all of the real meaning of Christmas.
Easter People - The Sunday before Easter we gather after worship for a meal and fun seasonal crafts for fun of all ages--chocolate included!
Gospel Fest - A gathering of area choirs each spring to "preach the word" through the gift of gospel music. Proceeds support the Ferndale Food Bank.
Old Settler's Hymn Sing - As a church and community, we gather during the Old Settler's Picnic at the log cabin church in Pioneer Park to honor our heritage and to sing the hymns of our past and present.
Corn Feed - As soon as the corn is ready, the word goes out for this traditional potluck gathering at the Clines. We bring a dish to share, they provide the corn, a summer highlight!
Rummage Sale - The first Saturday in August we open our doors and offer each year's harvest of treasures gathered from years past.
Vacation Bible School - Four churches strong, we gathered August 7th -11th at The United Church of Ferndale to offer a week of Christian education and fun for God's young children.  All are welcome next year, details to be announced. 
Worship in the Park - We gather each summer with Bellingham's Congregational Church and Lummi Island Congregational at 10am in Cornwall Park for worship together--story, song with potluck following. Bring an extra change of clothes for the splash park!

updated: September, 2007
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