Twice-monthly gatherings including a community dinner with active mentor support, fun games and hot-topic discussions.

Please visit the Youth Ministry page for more information.

“Tomorrow’s Earth Day”, will be presented by Karim Ahmed. With the US pulling our of the climate-related Paris Accord and the UN Loss and Damage Fund, the globe is embarking on a highly perilous journey for our children and grandchildren. Immanuel Church Member, Karim Ahmed, will present what the world may look like on Earth Day during the next few decades, based on recently conducted scientific research and economic projections, while discussing what should be done to mitigate and adapt to this new reality.

Join us for Earth Day Sunday!

On this 55th anniversary of the first Earth Day celebration, Reverend Dr. Nancy Wright will be delivering the sermon. She was the Pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, Vermont, and is currently serving as Pastor for Creation Care for the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

BoriCorridor Tour 2025: Haciendo Punto en Otro Son

Get ready Boston, Hartford and NYC!! Celebrate 50 years of musical history with the group of Nueva Canción Puerto Rican, Haciendo Punto en Otro Son. Their songs have been a key tool to preserve and promote Puerto Rican cultural identity while advocating for important social causes. Join Silverio Pérez Josy Latorre and Alejandro Croatto in this special celebration!

April 25, 8:00 PM - Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre, The Huntington (Boston, MA)

April 26, 8:00 PM - Immanuel Congregational Church, (Hartford, CT)

April 27, 5:00 PM - Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture (Bronx, NY)

Tickets available at www.boritix.com

#HaciendoPuntoEnOtroSon #larutadelos50 #músicaboricua #nuevacanción #culturapuertorriqueña #boritix #BoriCorridor #boricorridortour2025
Boletos disponibles en www.boritix.com

Join Immanuel’s Team:   Saturday, April 26 – Walk Against Hunger

 Come join the fun – stroll with folks from Immanuel, as well as hundreds of folks from other churches and organizations in the annual Walk Against Hunger.  We begin at Dunkin’ Donuts Park and walk to Bushnell Park and back.  It’s a chance to talk and walk together – and, it’s fun! 

We walk to raise awareness of food insecurity – and to raise money! The need is greater than ever – a 23% increase over last year!  In a year when federal money is being stripped from non-profits that provide food for people who struggle with hunger, it’s more important than ever to be generous. Last year we raised $6,600. This year, we raised the bar!  Immanuel’s goal is to raise $7500 for Loaves and Fishes.  100% of our funds will support Loaves and Fishes. 

We hope you will join the Immanuel Walkers, April 26 at 9:30 at Dunkin’ Stadium.  (Sign up to walk in Fellowship Hall or contact Nancy Rion)

And, we hope you will also donate – 100% of Immanuel donations go to Loaves and Fishes.

• You can drop off your donation (Cash or Check) at the table in Fellowship Hall. 

• You can put check to Immanuel putting Walk in the memo line.

• You can donate on the Immanuel Web site by clicking here and writing Walk in the comment box (below the calendar.)

• Or you can use this link:  https://donate.ctfoodshare.org/event/walk-against-hunger/e666985 Click donate now.  Select amount.  Type in Immanuel Walkers in the Search box.   

Hunger is a serious problem in Connecticut. Let’s walk together to help our neighbors.

On Easter Sunday, we will gather to go from sadness and grieving, to joy and hope. We celebrate the resurrection of Christ, affirming that the love of God lives on and everything is new! Wonderful music, beautiful lilies, and a very special message.

BAKERS NEEDED!

Bring in your baked goods to Fellowship Hall on Easter morning, April 20, 2025. (Preferably a plate of cookies, a cake, a pie, etc.). Purchase your Easter goodies before and after Easter Service!

Questions? Email Lawrence Paterno at lawrencepaterno2@gmail.com.

Let’s make this another successful fundraiser! (Remember to bring cash. Venmo accepted.)

On Good Friday we will join our siblings at Faith Congregational Church at noon. This service remembers Jesus’ acceptance of death, his sacrifice as an example of love, and the sadness of grieving a loved one who has died. Music, scripture and prayers focus on the death of a beloved teacher.

Maundy Thursday is so meaningful, and the service is always memorable. We remember the humble act of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet and contrast that with seeking of power and control over others. We celebrate the initiation of the ritual communion and end the evening with the somber readings of the stories of this holy night. We call this Tenebrae which means “darkening” as the sanctuary becomes darker symbolizing how the events around Jesus are becoming more and more bleak. The readings end with Jesus’ arrest.

The EAMT invites church members to participate in our Lenten Book Study. The book is “Church of the Wild” by Victoria Loorz, 2024 silver winner of the Nautilus Book awards in the category of Religion and Spirituality of Western Thought.

The author is co-founder of the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild with the goal of reconnecting us with Creation through the direct experience of Nature.

Join us via Zoom on four sequential Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM to participate in team-member led discussions. This Lenten Book experience is intended to set the stage for an actual Outdoor Worship Service to be held in the Spring.

The Team has purchased 15 books which will be available in Fellowship Hall after the service on Sunday. Books can also be purchased at Amazon. A Kindle edition is available.

To register, contact Francene Adlam online at immanuel06105@gmail.com, or by phone at 860.527.8121. A Zoom link will be sent to you in advance of each session.

Reading Assignments & Leaders

March 26th: Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2 | Morven Barwick

April 2nd: Chapters 3 & 4 | Karim Ahmed

April 9th: Chapters 5 & 6 | Nancy Wright

April 16th: Chapters 7, 8 & 9 | Group Discussion

Lilies are available for Easter!

Celebrate your loved ones by purchasing a plant in their honor to be gifted to someone in need of cheer this holiday. Lily plants are $30 each.

Please make your check payable to Immanuel Church with “lily” in the memo line.
Send it along with your order form to 10 Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105, or place your order in the offering plate on Sunday, April 13th. (If you don’t have an order card, please indicate your Name and your preferred dedication for each plant ordered.)

You can also order and pay online by sending your dedication to immanuel06105@gmail.com, and paying online through this link.

Deadline for your order is Monday, April 14th!

Have you visited us in-person? Have you worshiped with us virtually? New to the area? Just curious to know more about Immanuel? Are you looking for a church? Then join us for a Newcomers Brunch on Sunday, April 13, 2025, after worship. We’d be happy to see you and talk about the things that are important in the life of Immanuel Congregational Church and to the lives of those who worship here. It’s a good opportunity to ask questions you might have about Immanuel, our denomination, the United Church of Christ, or about your own personal faith journey. It is also a nice way to make some connections with other newcomers. If you are a Newcomer to Immanuel, we hope you will join us.

You can register for the brunch by contacting John Scully at jdscully@comcast.net or calling the Church Office at 860-527-8121.

April 13th is Palm Sunday and the church remembers Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. Our theme will be Shouts of Joy and Silence, and reflection on our lives being nourished by both joyful expression and savoring deep silence refreshing our souls.

We begin the journey with Jesus through the events of this holiest of weeks.

Join us this Saturday at our Support & Action Group. We'll be in Immanuel's Fellowship Hall from 10am to 11:30am to support each other and to support the people and the laws at risk under the new federal executive orders and actions. Come at 9:45am for refreshments and conversation. Please consider inviting a friend. ALL ARE WELCOME!

At this meeting we will determine when our Support & Action Group will meet again. Future rallies are in the works, so we'll decide as a group and as plans emerge, how we'll gather in the future.

And please note: we have a Resource page on our website to watch for upcoming news of meetings and rallies, and many ways to keep in touch with your legislators, and important national and local groups such as Indivisible. https://www.iccucc.org/support-new-admin.

Questions: Contact Anne Stanback at annestanback@gmail.com or Dr. Jay Terbush at jayterbush@outlook.com

The EAMT invites church members to participate in our Lenten Book Study. The book is “Church of the Wild” by Victoria Loorz, 2024 silver winner of the Nautilus Book awards in the category of Religion and Spirituality of Western Thought.

The author is co-founder of the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild with the goal of reconnecting us with Creation through the direct experience of Nature.

Join us via Zoom on four sequential Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM to participate in team-member led discussions. This Lenten Book experience is intended to set the stage for an actual Outdoor Worship Service to be held in the Spring.

The Team has purchased 15 books which will be available in Fellowship Hall after the service on Sunday. Books can also be purchased at Amazon. A Kindle edition is available.

To register, contact Francene Adlam online at immanuel06105@gmail.com, or by phone at 860.527.8121. A Zoom link will be sent to you in advance of each session.

Reading Assignments & Leaders

March 26th: Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2 | Morven Barwick

April 2nd: Chapters 3 & 4 | Karim Ahmed

April 9th: Chapters 5 & 6 | Nancy Wright

April 16th: Chapters 7, 8 & 9 | Group Discussion

You may also use this link to register: https://www.tfaforms.com/5170834

Twice-monthly gatherings including a community dinner with active mentor support, fun games and hot-topic discussions.

Please visit the Youth Ministry page for more information.

The Reverend Terry Yasuko Ogawa, our Area Conference Minister, is providing excellent guidance to Immanuel’s Pastoral Search Team. She will join us directly after service in a Second Hour discussion. She will explain the process the Search Team will follow in their quest for selecting the candidate for Immanuel’s settled Minister.

Please join Rev. Ogawa and the Search Team on April 6th!

Worship with Terry Yasuko Ogawa, Area Conference Minister

Thank you for inviting me, and by extension, the Southern New England Conference, to be with you in worship on April 6, 2025. We ask every church we visit to share two things in their church wide communications (newsletters, enews, bulletin, announcement slides) ahead of our visits. They are:

1. Get connected with the Southern New England Conference!

· SNEUCC Newsletters are the best way to stay up to date and know about workshops, resources and gatherings. 5 Things (weekly) and the Upcoming Events (bimonthly) are the most essential, but all of them will give you great information! SUBSCRIBE to our main mailing list by visiting: https://www.sneucc.org/subscribe.

· Join our text list by texting the word GROW to 855-840-1952. We promise to send no more than 4 – 6 texts a month. · Visit our webpage and look around! https://www.sneucc.org/

· Follow us on social media! · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sneucc (Also, search for the SNEUCC Community Forum on Facebook)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sneucc/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sneucc.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sneucc/

2. Learn more about what Southern New England Conference is up to and the impact of our collective ministry by reading the (colorful and inspiring) Annual Report.

Join this very important nation-wide rally, being held in each state’s capital this Saturday!

Click here. for everything you need to know about this rally!

Here are some helpful tips around getting into Hartford for the Rally.

·  Getting there -The area around the capitol may be very congested. ** The best option may be to take public transit or get downtown a couple of hours early 

·  Bus or CTFasTrak. a convenient, fast, inexpensive way to avoid traffic and searching for parking.  The website has the information you need:  https://www.cttransit.com/services/ctfastrak 

·  Carpool and park downtown  Parking downtown is free on weekends. check out  https://hartford.com/parking/

·  IndivisibleCT has also shared transportation and parking ideas on their IndivisibleCT Facebook page. They are advising people to come early(noon ) if they plan to park or to take public transit. 

This week’s Support & Action Group has been canceled due to the rally at the Hartford Capitol on April 5th at 3pm. Click here. for everything you need to know about this rally!

Please watch our website for dates of the future Support & Action Group meetings.

The EAMT invites church members to participate in our Lenten Book Study. The book is “Church of the Wild” by Victoria Loorz, 2024 silver winner of the Nautilus Book awards in the category of Religion and Spirituality of Western Thought.

The author is co-founder of the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild with the goal of reconnecting us with Creation through the direct experience of Nature.

Join us via Zoom on four sequential Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM to participate in team-member led discussions. This Lenten Book experience is intended to set the stage for an actual Outdoor Worship Service to be held in the Spring.

The Team has purchased 15 books which will be available in Fellowship Hall after the service on Sunday. Books can also be purchased at Amazon. A Kindle edition is available.

To register, contact Francene Adlam online at immanuel06105@gmail.com, or by phone at 860.527.8121. A Zoom link will be sent to you in advance of each session.

Reading Assignments & Leaders

March 26th: Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2 | Morven Barwick

April 2nd: Chapters 3 & 4 | Karim Ahmed

April 9th: Chapters 5 & 6 | Nancy Wright

April 16th: Chapters 7, 8 & 9 | Group Discussion

We invite you to join us on Sunday, March 30th as we celebrate Minister Tracy Gormley, who has been an extraordinary part of our community for ten and a half years. Through her incredible work with the Youth, our children and families and more recently through our Pastoral Care Ministry, Tracy has touched countless lives with her compassion, her faith and leadership. Her impact on our church family has been immeasurable, and we are so grateful for all she has done.

As part of the celebration, we will be collecting funds for a special purse to gift Tracy, a small token of our appreciation for her dedication and care over the years. If you would like to contribute to this purse, you can mail or drop off cash or check to the church office. You can also make a donation online at https://secure.myvanco.com/L-Z3EB/campaign/C-12114. Just add “Purse for Tracy” in the description box (below the calendar box).

On the 30th we will officially release Tracy from ministering to our church. Then after worship we will toast and roast her. Let’s gather to honor Tracy’s contributions, share our memories, and congratulate her on the great things ahead.

Our growing gathering will continue each Saturday morning through the month of March. Join us in Immanuel’s Fellowship Hall from 10am to 11:30am to support each other and to support the people and the laws at risk under the new federal executive orders and actions.

Come at 9:45am for refreshments and conversation. Please consider inviting a friend. All are welcome.

We have created a page on this website with a list of resources, upcoming meetings, rallies and Town Halls.

Questions: Contact Anne Stanback at annestanback@gmail.com or Dr. Jay Terbush at jayterbush@outlook.com

The EAMT invites church members to participate in our Lenten Book Study. The book is “Church of the Wild” by Victoria Loorz, 2024 silver winner of the Nautilus Book awards in the category of Religion and Spirituality of Western Thought.

The author is co-founder of the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild with the goal of reconnecting us with Creation through the direct experience of Nature.

Join us via Zoom on four sequential Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM to participate in team-member led discussions. This Lenten Book experience is intended to set the stage for an actual Outdoor Worship Service to be held in the Spring.

The Team has purchased 15 books which will be available in Fellowship Hall after the service on Sunday. Books can also be purchased at Amazon. A Kindle edition is available.

To register, contact Francene Adlam online at immanuel06105@gmail.com, or by phone at 860.527.8121. A Zoom link will be sent to you in advance of each session.

Reading Assignments & Leaders

March 26th: Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2 | Morven Barwick

April 2nd: Chapters 3 & 4 | Karim Ahmed

April 9th: Chapters 5 & 6 | Nancy Wright

April 16th: Chapters 7, 8 & 9 | Group Discussion

Our growing gathering will continue each Saturday morning through the month of March. Join us in Immanuel’s Fellowship Hall from 10am to 11:30am to support each other and to support the people and the laws at risk under the new federal executive orders and actions.

Come at 9:45am for refreshments and conversation. Please consider inviting a friend. All are welcome.

We have created a page on this website with a list of resources, upcoming meetings, rallies and Town Halls.

Questions: Contact Anne Stanback at annestanback@gmail.com or Dr. Jay Terbush at jayterbush@outlook.com

Twice-monthly gatherings including a community dinner with active mentor support, fun games and hot-topic discussions.

Please visit the Youth Ministry page for more information or contact Minister Tracy Gormley.

A core Christian confession is that Jesus Christ died for us. How have Christians understood the reconciling work of Christ - both his life and his death - in the past, and how should we understand it today? In this presentation, Daniel Kueper discusses the biblical roots of the idea of atonement, and the different “models” that the church has used to explain Christian atonement.

Attendees are invited to respond to the presentation by offering their thoughts n what atonement should mean today. The presentation will take place n the Parlor on March 16 at 3PM.

Dan has a Master’s degree in Theology, and facilitates Bible Study on Sunday mornings

Our growing gathering will continue each Saturday morning through the month of March. Join us in Immanuel’s Fellowship Hall from 10am to 11:30am to support each other and to support the people and the laws at risk under the new federal executive orders and actions.

Come at 9:45am for refreshments and conversation. Please consider inviting a friend. All are welcome.

We have created a page on this website with a list of resources, upcoming meetings, rallies and Town Halls.

Questions: Contact Anne Stanback at annestanback@gmail.com or Dr. Jay Terbush at jayterbush@outlook.com