Park Avenue Congregational Church, UCC

50 Paul Revere Road, Arlington Heights, Massachusetts  02476

781-643-8680

Park Avenue Congregational Church

PACC Concert Series

Christopher O'Hara and Mark Engelhardt will present a concert for trumpet and organ on February 7 at 3:00 PM as part of the PACC Concert Series for the benefit of the music program. Contact the church office at 781-643-8680 for tickets and more information.

What's happening at PACC

  • Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner: Come have pancakes for dinner at church on Tuesday, February 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Parish Hall. Pancakes, bacon, sausage and fruit will be served. $5/adult, $3/child with a $15 max per family. Invite your friends or family to come and enjoy an fun evening out at PACC. Let us do the cooking for them. We'll have a Mardi Gras craft project for the kids. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and traditionally is the day when fats and oils are used up before the simpler days of Lent. If you'd like to help with food preparation, serving or clean-up, please speak to Barbara Wagner, Betty Rich, or Kate Lindheim.
  • Ash Wednesday Service: Our Ash Wednesday service will be February 17 at 7:30 p.m. It will include hymns, prayers, scripture readings, a brief meditation, and the “imposition of ashes” for those who wish. Traditionally, the ashes used in the service are made from palm leaves from last Palm Sunday which are burned, crushed, and mixed with olive oil. The ashes have a twofold meaning: a visible “confession” of our need for forgiveness, as in “sackcloth and ashes,” and the recognition of our mortal and finite nature as human beings, as in “ashes to ashes and dust to dust.” We hope you will join us for this time of reflection.
  • See the February issue of the church newsletter and church calendar.
  • The deacons for 2010 and their assignments are
    • Officers:
      • Moderator: Mike Rich
      • Vice-Moderator: Don Cohn
      • Clerk: Valerie Censabella
      • Treasurer: Robert Willey
      • Financial Secretary: Kathy Richardson
    • Ministries
      • Administration: Don Cohn and Doug Record
      • Christian Education: Barbara Wagner
      • Fellowship and Care: Margaret Bell, Hong Chin and Lauren Evans
      • Finance and Property: Gary Kane and Jeff Steinheider
      • Membership: Anita Clarke, Scott Jones and Anne Kelly Contini
      • Mission and Justice: Valerie Censabella and Karen Friedman
      • Worship and Music: Linda Cohn
    We welcome Anne Kelly Contini and Scott Jones, and thank Beverly Miller and Jeanne Woodin for their years of service.
  • See pictures and a program from the annual holiday concert by the PACC Festival and Youth Choirs on December 6, including selections from Bach's Christmas Oratorio, part of the PACC Concert Series for the benefit of the music program.
  • Our annual Holiday Fair took place November 13 and 14, included a lasagna dinner on Friday night and a soup-and-sandwich luncheon Saturday noon, and an interesting assortment of gifts, crafts and yummy baked goods.
  • See pictures and a program from a concert by Judith Braude, flute, and Jeffrey Brody, piano, to benefit the music program on Sunday, November 1, as part of the PACC Concert Series
  • See pictures from Regathering Sunday on September 13.
  • See pictures of the recent PACC Men trip to Arlington's Great Meadows from Keith Truesdale.
  • Members of Sarah's Circle are reading Kate Mosse's novel, Sepulchre, a follow-up to Labyrinth, which the group discussed previously. They will meet in the Fireplace Room from 10 a.m. until 12 noon on Saturday, August 8. All women are welcome to attend. Those who wish to meditate may come at 9:30.  If you have questions, contact the office.
  • See pictures from An Afternoon of Song by Janice Edwards, mezzo soprano, Jeffrey Brody, piano, and Meegan Gagnon, soprano, on the PACC Concert Series.
  • See pictures from the Piano Four Hands concert by Margaret Cheng Tuttle and Yilin You on the PACC Concert Series.

See other PACC events from the recent past.

An Open and Affirming Congregation

We, the members of Park Avenue Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, as an expression of our Christian love for all God’s people, declare ourselves to be an Open and Affirming congregation. Open and Affirming is the UCC designation for congregations that make public statements of welcome into their full life, leadership and ministries to persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We welcome all people into our community of faith, embracing differences of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, race, ethnicity, mental or physical ability, age and socio-economic background. In our calling to express the love and welcome of Christ, we affirm the dignity and worth of every person.

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