Avon Congregational Church. Picture courtesy Sue Day.
Picture Courtesy Sue Day

Service Schedule & Highlights

Call the church office (678-0488) or ►email for more information about any programs or events listed.
Office Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Regular Services Schedule:

  • Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.

  • Church School: Starts in worship service at 10:30 and then children go to their classrooms during the passing of the peace.

  • Our Crib Room is open Sunday mornings from 10:15 until after worship. Infants and toddlers (through age 2) are invited to relax in our bright nursery. The Crib Room is located on the first floor in the main hallway.

  • Fellowship Hour: 11:30 a.m. for children and adults

  • July and August - Union services with West Avon Congregational Church at 9:30 a.m.

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    May Special Services:

    New Member Sunday

    New members will be received at ACC during worship on June 8th, with a preparatory session the previous Sunday, June 1st, following worship. Inquirers welcome, without obligation, at the June 1st meeting. If you’re interested in joining ACC and haven’t already made your intentions known, please call the church office by May 27th. We’d love to have you join us!

    Recent Happenings (2007-2008)

        Our teenagers traveled to Washington, D.C. on their mission trip. They participated in the Youth Service Opportunities Project, an organization that places young people in soup kitchens and homeless shelters, and at other mission sites. The teens' next project is a work day for Americares.

     

        The teenagers also joined with their peers at the West Avon Congregational Church to make meals for the Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen in Hartford.

     

         The senior Lunch Bunch met at different area locations for lunch and a period of socializing.

     

         The congregation answered the call to provide specific household items for Gifts of Love as well as foodstuffs for the G of L food pantry.

     

         A group who were getting together to strum guitars and sing outside of the choir setting decided to expand their efforts and began a series of periodic "Friday Night Coffee Houses."

     

         Volunteers painted the choir room.

     

        The "Tuesday Crafters" finished sewing 24 school bags which they filled with supplies for a the Church World Service campaign. They also completed several colorful afghans for My Sister’s Place.


        A series of "Congregational Conversations" was started to discuss the church's identity, goals and future mission.

     

        Women's Fellowship produced a Bountiful Blessings cookbook; sale proceeds are going to Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen for purchase of a commercial ice machine.

     

         Volunteers have been participating in Habitat for Humanity projects.

     

         The Stone Soup adults joined together to prepare and deliver meals to a Hartford Soup kitchen. Link to the Stone Soup Slide Show. 

     

        Crafters_Logo2.gif (7185 bytes)Church women met on weekly mornings to make handcrafted items for babies baptized in church as well as for charities who provide blankets and other handmade items to charities here and abroad. Tuesday Crafters meets Tuesdays at 10 a.m. See the Tuesday Crafters Slide Show. 

    Church women continued to meet monthly in each other's homes to discuss books and have a time of Christian sociability. (The Paperbackers meets on the third Thursday at the month).