(802) 442-2559 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m.
(802) 442-2559 | Worship every Sunday @ 10 a.m.
We welcome all to volunteer in as small or large a capacity as you’d like: we’d love to have you join us! You don’t have to be a member to help us serve. If you are interested in volunteering, contact us below.
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It takes a village (or a town!) to pull this huge event off. Always the first weekend in December. the Second Congregational Church’s Snowball Bazaar has been held yearly for the past 78 years! It serves as a resource for the community to shop on a budget, recycle and reuse of items, and generates funds for the church’s missions. There are so many ways to volunteer: baking, helping in the kitchen, serving food, helping organize the tag sale, donating items to the tag sale and bake sale, setting up, breaking down, advertising, craft days, and so much more. We have volunteers of all walks of life and ability helping, non church members included. Please call 442-2559 if you’d like to help.
Preparations are underway now for the bazaar, and here are ways you can help:
Volunteers Needed- There are many opportunities to join the fun! Volunteer for a slot during the week before to accept contributions and help set up. (Great company, laughter and lunch provided!), Sign up to work the event, Friday evening and/or Saturday. (time slots will be divided so you’ll have time to shop and eat, too!), Setting up greens on Friday afternoon, Serendipity, food table, greens, jewelry room, petpurri, treasure chest, books or cafe. If you can help out, please contact Nora Parsons after church on Sunday or call or email her. You can also leave a message for her at the church office 442-2559.
Serendipity Items Needed Please set aside donations of clean pre-owned goods for the Serendipity Tag Sale. We’ll try to sell just about anything! There are a few things we cannot accept because they don’t sell and cost us money to dispose of afterwards. These include: CDs, VHS tapes, large electronics, TVs, large mirrors, large paintings or picture frames over 10×12 inches, tablecloths, bedspreads, linens, clothing, shoes, boots, furniture, skis, medical devices such as crutches or walkers, car seats, encyclopedia sets, magazines, sets of dishes, used plastic pet dishes, used dog collars, or used dog or cat toys unless they are like new. Questions? See Normal McShane or call the church office and leave a message for her.
Crafting Day is Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10-12 in Webster Hall— Join us as we finish up pet items, crafts, and other necessities for the Snowball Bazaar Petpurri Section. No experience needed- come for a snack and lively conversation for all of a portion of the morning as we make items for the bazaar! All are welcome.
Help move church things small and large to the sanctuary to make room for the Bazaar. After services on Sunday, November 29th, help is needed to help move the furniture into the sanctuary. And come on Saturday December 5th at 2:30 to move it all back.
Volunteer as an individual Server
Whether you can help once or become a regular, your time makes a real difference. You can volunteer by providing a salad, side or dessert for 25-50 people. The need is great, with some Sundays over 150 people being served, so every little bit helps. You can also come and help serve the Sunday Supper: the commitment is about 2 hours on Sunday, and the tasks are simple but essential—serving food and and tidying up afterward. No experience needed !
Volunteer or Sponsor a Meal as an Organization
Are you connected with an organization that would like to sponsor a meal or organize a group to volunteer together? Sunday supper is truly a community-wide effort, and your organization can make a huge impact while also strengthening your team and having fun.
Do you like to be outside in the spring? Enjoy plants and flowers? No green thumb needed to help with the plant sale. Community members and church members come together to donate, dig up, pot, price, transplant, set up, or take down the plant sale. This popular springtime event can always use helpers.
Each year members and non members alike work to assemble kits to help support relief and recovery in disaster zones with hygiene kits and school bags. We hold fun work days to cut fabric and sew school bags, assemble materials and fill them as well as assemble and fill hygiene kits for victims of disasters. Second Congregational Church serves as a drop off/pick up center for other churches doing the same.
Outside the Clayton Room in the lobby is a small bookshelf with some non perishable staples on it. We call it the give & take shelf: often folks just need some food to tide them over until they can get to the food pantry. If you have extra food at home you can donate, it is welcome. Items such as peanut butter, and canned meats that are of high nutritional value are especially welcome.
We also provide soaps, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and feminine hygiene products in the bathrooms in church for those in need. If you can help provide these items for those in need, it can make a big difference.
It’s not so bad: we have an industrial dishwasher! We always can use help with the dishes after fellowship on Sunday mornings and in the evening after Sunday Supper. No experience needed, and it is easy to do.
Each Sunday after services we enjoy coffee, tea, and a light snack. If you are able to bring a plate of cookies or a light snack to share or can help make coffee, it makes a big difference.
Church members can help by volunteering to fill in for the office administrator from time to time when she has to be away or on vacation. Never more than a few hours, it involves answering the phone and greeting visitors.
Can you help with some office tasks? Our office administrator can always use help with things like printing bulletins or making name tags for new visitors and members. No skill required!
Everyone loves the beautiful flowers on the chancel table. You can help out by signing up to provide flowers one week. They don’t have to be an extravagant bouquet, some folks bring in a beautiful flowering house plant. During Lent, we use non flowering house plants. There is a sign up sheet in Webster Hall, where you can choose a week that works the best for you.
You don’t have to commit to every single Sunday. Many folks – members and non members alike – will join us when they can. Rehearsals are held in the sanctuary of SCC on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm and Sunday mornings at 9:30 am. Under the direction of local educator and musician Matt Edwards, we have a great time singing!
Volunteers are always needed to help cut fabric and assemble bags for the Church World Service Kids Kits (formerly known as School Kits). Several fun work days are held each year where volunteers cut and assemble the fabric bags. You don’t need to know how to sew to help! Cutting the fabric patterns and handles can be done with no previous experience. We’ll show you how.
You can sign up to serve as a volunteer liturgist for an upcoming Sunday worship service. This involves reading a few sentences or a short paragraph in addition to Scripture provided by Rev. Mark at set times during the service. New liturgists are always welcome. If you have questions, contact Rev. Mark at [email protected].
We are forming an Accessible to All (A2A) taskforce, an intiative through the UCC to make the commitment to be physically and attitudinally welcoming of people with disabilities. Anyone who has interest or a passion on the taskforce can join. We are beginning to look at the audit materials and begin the work involved with this initiative.
If you are interested, it’s not too late. Contact Eric Webster if interested or call 442-2559.
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