Church News & Events

Haven United Methodist Church News

1. Thrift Store - Lots of new items! Donations are accepted and can be brought in when we are open, or during church office hours. OPEN 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th SATURDAYS of the month.

2. Community Music Project at Haven UMC - Haven UMC believes that music has the power to bring people together, and our goal is to create an inclusive and supportive community. We are recruiting Young Adult classical instrument performers and SINGERS. Rehearsals are on Saturday from 12:30-2:30pm from January 2023 through May 2023. There will be a Spring Concert in May with additional performances in the community. If you want to use your musical gifts for the community, please join us! For application or information call 401-438-4911 or email havenumchurch@yahoo.com.

3. Haven Free Music School - If you are interested in taking lessons for the violin or hand chimes, please contact our office for application or additional information. Lessons are every Saturday morning, with a Spring Concert in May.

4. Neighborhood Basketball Project - Haven UMC gym has been serving the EP Community and beyond for 91 years. We are looking for volunteers to help us revitalize our gym. Also, we want to know how the Haven UMC GYM and BB program impacted your life? To share your stories, memories, and experiences or to volunteer, contact us at: havenumchurch@yahoo.com or 401-438-4911.

5. Lent Bible Study – Wednesday nights, March 1st – April 5th @ 7pm through ZOOM. Contact the office if you are interested in attending.

6. Volunteer Opportunities - We are a Certifying Organization that has been granted authority to give out the President’s Volunteer Service Award to volunteers assisting with programs at Haven UMC. We are looking for volunteers to assist at the Free Music School. The Haven Chamber Orchestra participants will be eligible for volunteer hours as well. Also, the Thrift Store is looking for people interested in helping out on Saturdays to run the store. If you are interested in any of the above, contact the Haven UMC office.

7. AA Meetings - every morning at 10:00am. Entrance is on Alice Street side of the church.

8. Do you or your group/organization need a place to hold meetings? Sporting events? Activities? Conferences? We have Office Space Available as well! We have a variety of spaces available from small to large, including limited availability for our gym. We have an elevator and chair lift for accessibility. Contact the office for room sizes, availability, and suggested donations.

9. Hybrid Worship - In-person or livestreamed on Facebook every Sunday @ 9:30 am. Come join us!! COVID-19 restrictions: it is recommended that Masks and Social Distancing continue as a precaution. Recorded service can be viewed at https://www. facebook.com/havenumchurch. We have an elevator and chair lift for accessibility.

Haven United Methodist Church, 200 Taunton Ave., E. Providence, RI. Call 401-438-4911 or email havenumchurch@yahoo.com

The Value of Trees

National Arbor Day is fast approaching on April 28, so now is the time to choose a new tree for your garden. Our city is offering options, such as a free tree through the “planting setback program” or a free permit to plant your own street tree in front of your house. Check the East Providence website or call City Hall for more information. Remember that one mature tree can absorb about 48 pounds of carbon dioxide each year while producing enough oxygen for four people. Support East Providence as a Tree City USA!

A message from EP Urban Forest. epurbanforest@gmail.com

Seekonk Congregational Church News

In Person Sunday Services

We hope you will join us each Sunday at Seekonk Congregational Church UCC at 9:30 AM in the Sanctuary at 600 Fall River Avenue, Seekonk, MA for our weekly service. Please come if you feel comfortable, all are welcome, masks are optional.

We will also have a 2nd service on first Sunday of each month, the next two are Mar 5 at 11 AM. Communion will be served at both services and childcare will be available. Church school will continue at 9:30 AM

We will continue to record our services and they are available the following day at Seekonk Congregational Church YouTube and on Cable 9 Seekonk at 9 AM each morning.

Prism of Praise Concert

Saturday March 4, 2023, 7 PM

Prism of Praise Community Gospel Choir is a multiracial, ethnically diverse Christian choir. Through both song and witness, its mission is to: •communicate and spread the good news, Christ’s inclusive message of salvation; •recognize and support the work of the Holy Spirit in the world today through outreach efforts; •inspire and encourage all individuals on their personal journey toward God.

Love Offering will benefit Church Youth Ministry and Community Outreach Ministry to benefit the homeless

A reception will follow the concert.

Be a Well Being Group

You are all welcome to attend our monthly Be A Well Being group which provides a supportive and non-judgmental forum for exploring stress management strategies. Medication, prayer, gentle movement, breath work and group discussion. The group meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6 to 7 PM in the Memorial Room or Sanctuary. The March meeting is March 9, 2023

Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner

We are back, In Person and Take Out Available

It will be held on Saturday March 11th from 5 to 6:45 PM. Take out is available and reservations requested but walk-ins are welcome. This is a Traditional Irish Dinner, Adult $16, children $6, with homemade cookies and ice cream for dessert.

You could order your tickets online, please go to our Facebook page for the link Seekonk Congregational Church Facebook, call the church office at 508-336-9355 or email Donna.Euell@gmail.com.

Invite your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers to come and enjoy this great meal & friendship.

Earnest Workers March Hatters Tea

Join us on Sunday afternoon 3/19 at 2:00 in the Hall. The Earnest Workers will prepare a High Tea and will serve Tea, Scones, Sandwiches and Desserts.

Everyone is encouraged to wear a fun; pretty or fancy Hat as there will be prizes.

Tickets are $20, there is a limit of 75 tickets available. For tickets, please contact Evelyn Watkins at 401-680-2490 or call the office at 508-336-9355

A Chili Lenten Supper for all! Come and learn about The Green Challenge

Please join us on Thursday March 23, 2023, at 6 PM for a special Conference-sponsored Event with Paul Dale in the hall. All are welcome.

The Green Congregation Challenge is: For all who care about the earth and will help us all take small but great steps toward protecting God’s Creation!! Like mustard seeds, every step taken moves all of us toward a healthier and more sustainable future for us and all the world’s children.

Call the church office to let us know you will attend – 508-3369355

Please Make Note of All of Our Upcoming services and activities:

• 03/04/23 Prism of Praise Concert 7 PM

• 03/05/23 Worship Service 9:30 & 11 AM Communion served at both.

• 03/11/23 Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner

• 03/12/23 Worship Service 9:30 AM

• 03/19/23 Worship Service 9:30 AM

• 03/19/23 Earnest Workers March Hatter Tea 2 PM

• 03/26/23 Worship Service 9:30 AM

• 04/02/23 Palm Sunday 2 Services 9:30 & 11 AM

• 04/06/23 Maundy Thursday Last Supper 7 PM

• 04/07/23 Good Friday Service 7:30 PM

• 04/09/23 Easter Sunday 2 Services 9:30 & 11 AM

• 04/22/23 Yard Sale

No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome at Seekonk Congregational Church.

If you have any questions on the above or wish to subscribe to our weekly newsletter, please email Donna.euell@gmail.com. All events and services are open to ALL. Please check out our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/SeekonkCongregationalChurch/ for updates.

Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England Celebrates Cookie Season with Seventh Annual Cookies & Cocktails Event!

On March 9, 2023, Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England is celebrating Girl Scout cookies with our delicious annual fundraising event, Cookies & Cocktails!

Once again, the festivities are shaping up to be an incredible evening celebrating 106 years of Girl Scouts selling cookies. Local chefs will be creating scrumptious desserts using everyone’s favorite treat—Girl Scout Cookies! We have partnered with some of your favorite restaurants: Hemenway’s, Boat House, Res American Bistro, Ellie’s, Safehouse, Barnaby’s Public House, and Crepe Corner to showcase our cookies “out of the box”. Proceeds from Cookies & Cocktails will directly support our high-level programming focusing on mental health and well-being, camperships for youth in foster care, and making Girl Scouting accessible to all who want to participate. We want to ensure that everyone who wants to be a Girl Scout can be a Girl Scout. In today’s environment with increased inflation, we understand the impact this has on many families’ ability to take on additional expenses such as their children’s activities.

Attendees will enjoy savory hors-d’oeuvres, tasty Girl Scout Cookie creations, the opportunity to bid on silent and live auction items, and live music. Tickets to this event are $75 per person. The evening will be emceed by the one and only Mario Hilario WJAR—a treat in itself! Chef Frank Terranova will once again be joining us for a live recipe demonstration with Mario Hilario. (Please note this is a 21+ event.)

The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 9th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the Crowne Plaza (Plaza Ballroom) located at 801 Greenwich Ave, Warwick, RI.

Free ample parking is available for your convenience. Purchase tickets and learn more about the event at gssne.org/cookiesandcocktails!

We Are Girl Scouts

Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs across Southeastern New England, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit gssne.org, follow @gssne on Instagram, follow @GirlScoutsofSNE on Twitter, and like us on Facebook at www. facebook.com/GSSNE.

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time

Girl Scout Cookies are available for sale until March 24th! There are 8 different flavors available: Adventurefuls, Lemonades, Thin Mints, Caramel DeLites, Toast-Yay, Trefoil (Shortbread), Peanut Butter Patties, and Peanut Butter Sandwiches. Each box of cookies costs $5.00.

All of the proceeds—every penny—from a local council’s cookie activities remains in the area where the cookies are sold. This revenue is used to benefit girls, some of it directly by remaining in the Girl Scout troop treasury and some of it indirectly by subsidizing the cost of providing the Girl Scout program in the local area. Money from Girl Scout Cookies helps Girl Scouts of Rhode Island:

• Recruit and train volunteer adults to work with girls.

• Provide the financial assistance needed to make Girl Scouting available for all girls.

• Improve and maintain camp and other activity sites.

• Keep event/camp fees for all members to a minimum.

• Sponsor special events and projects.

If you would like to purchase Girl Scout Cookies, but have not yet been contacted by a local Girl Scout, you may go to GSSNE.org and “click” on Girl Scout Cookies to find a booth sale site, call Girl Scouts of RI at 401-331-4500 and place your order, or by calling Linda at 401-433-4028.

East Providence Girl Scout Troop 447 News

10% OFF Prom

Wedding Dress

East Providence Girl Scout Troop 447 members are shown during their visit to the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum and Restoration in Pawtucket where they learned the history, science technology, engineering, arts and mathematics of pinball machines through interactive pinball exhibits. They later enjoyed playing the pinball and retro arcade games!