Welcome to WGTCC
Worship is on Sunday mornings at 10am in person
We would love to have you join us for Sunday worship in the Sanctuary.
On the 1 st Sunday of each month, we invite all who desire Christ’s presence in their lives to participate in Holy Communion.
June Happenings at WGTCC
- Wednesday, June 3, 6:00 pm, Exploring the Bible Together: Your Lens, How You View Scripture
- Online via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/tyc-dsji-qas
- Saturday, June 6, 5:00 pm, Bobby Jo Valentine Concert and Strawberry Shortcake Social
- Tickets are $25. A Strawberry Shortcake Social will follow the concert, with a suggested donation of $10. The social will include dessert, lemonade, iced tea, and coffee. Bobby Jo Valentine offers thoughtful, spirit-focused music with hopeful songs about love, faith, belonging, and openhearted life. He has performed at Wild Goose Festival, the international Emerge Conference, and the United Church of Christ General Synod.
- Sunday, June 7, 10:00 am, Pride Service
- Led by Katherine DeSilva with Mary Bernard of Cape Ann Pride.
- Sunday, June 7, 3:00 pm, Service of Installation for Rev. Kate Dalton
- The Congregational Church of Topsfield; 9 East Common St, Topsfield, MA 01983
- Rev. Kate Dalton has been called as Pastor to The Congregational Church of Topsfield.
- Wednesday, June 10, 6:00 pm, Exploring the Bible Together: Optional In-Person Meet Up
- At the James in Essex
- Saturday, June 13, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Giant Yard Sale
- See Lauri to volunteer or rent a table.
- Monday, June 15, 6:00 pm, Monthly Cribbage Tournament
- Wednesday, June 17, 6:00 pm, Exploring the Bible Together: The World Behind the Text, Session 1
- Online via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/tyc-dsji-qas
- Friday, June 19, 9:00 to 11:00 am, Gloucester Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration
- Gloucester City Hall; 9 Dale Ave, Gloucester, MA
- Free and open to all. Activities include a flag raising, a reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” followed by a facilitated discussion, and a Freedom Button activity.
- Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21, A Love Letter to the Earth: An Eco-Spiritual Retreat at Annisquam Village Church
- Led by Rick Blue, Lindsay Crouse, Rev. Carla Mattioli, and Rev. Sue Koehler-Arsenault. All are welcome. Register by June 1 at annisquamvillagechurch.org/programs.
- Sunday, June 21, 10:00 am, Celebration of Men
- Curt Williams preaching.
- Tuesday, June 23, 7:00 pm, Ecclesiastical Council for Dr. Mark Allman
- First Church in Ipswich; 1 Meetinghouse Green, Ipswich, MA 01938
- Online and in person. Churches and ministers of the Northeast Association are invited to examine Mark Allman as to his ordination in the United Church of Christ.
- Wednesday, June 24, 6:00 pm, Exploring the Bible Together: The World Behind the Text, Session 2
- Online via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/tyc-dsji-qas