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We are a progressive Christian congregation working hard to love our neighbors as ourselves through worship, service and companionship. You are most welcome to join us on a Sunday morning for our 10am worship service or give our pastor, Rev. Jen a call anytime.

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Come Home to Church

Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 13, as the Congregational Church of Littleton celebrates Kick-Off Sunday, a joyful beginning to a new program year filled with worship, learning, fellowship, and community.
We will begin the morning with worship, gathering as a church family to pray, sing, reflect, and reconnect after the summer season. Sunday school will also begin, welcoming children and youth into another year of growing in faith, asking good questions, and discovering God’s love together.
After worship and Sunday school, everyone is invited to stay for the dedication of the Legacy Tree and lunch. This will be a wonderful opportunity to catch up with old friends, welcome new faces, and celebrate the start of a new season in the life of our church.
Whether you are a longtime member, a returning friend, or visiting for the first time, you are warmly invited to join us. Come for worship, bring the kids for Sunday school, stay for lunch, and help us kick off the year with joy and gratitude.

Picking Up the Thread Again

After a summer of pauses and restarts, the Sewing Group has returned to its steady weekly rhythm, gathering on Wednesdays from 10am–12pm.
Even while the group paused for the summer, the impact of its work continued. Before the break, members completed a beautiful collection of quilts for donation to local care organizations. Every item shared through this ministry carries a special tag: “Handmade with love. Congregational Church of Littleton, UCC.”
Whether you sew, knit, quilt, or simply enjoy good company, there’s always room at the table.
Simple work. Shared table. Steady care.
CCoL

The Legacy Tree

Our Legacy Tree honors the families whose generosity helped build the foundation of our church’s endowment.
It celebrates the vision, stewardship, and commitment of those who have sustained our church across generations. Through their gifts, they helped create the financial stability that allows our congregation to thrive today.
Each leaf represents a person or family whose legacy continues to nurture our ministries, mission, and future. Their legacy continues to grow as new leaves are added. The variety of leaf colors reflects the many different stories and lives that make up our church community; the colors do not indicate the dollar amount of any gift.
The Legacy Tree will be dedicated on Sunday, September 13th during coffee hour.
If you are called to leave a lasting impact, we welcome conversations about planned giving, bequests, and endowment support.
Please contact the Treasurer at Treasurer@ccol.org.

Rummage Sale returns

September 26

It’s time to make a little room in your closet and a little impact in our community.
Our annual Rummage Sale is back on Saturday, September 26, from 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and we’re inviting everyone to be part of it. Whether you’re donating, volunteering, or shopping, every contribution helps us raise funds for future ministry opportunities. Once we see what we raise together, we’ll decide where those funds can make the greatest impact.
We’re collecting gently used clothing, coats, jackets, linens, purses, bags, hats, accessories, and shoes from September 21-25. We’re also looking for volunteers to help with setup on September 25 at noon and throughout the sale on September 26.
Start a donation pile now. Future-you will be grateful when September arrives.
From closets to community.

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Steeple Project Update and Donations

Restco of Oxford, MA, is scheduled to begin work on the steeple project in early September, weather permitting. Their large lift will be stationed on the front lawn throughout the project. Thank you for your patience and understanding as this important work is completed.
Thanks to the generosity of our congregation, $44,705 has been raised toward the Steeple Project. These gifts help reduce the amount that must be withdrawn from the church’s invested funds.
If you are able, please consider making a special donation to support this project. Every contribution, no matter the size, helps preserve our church home for future generations and reflects our shared commitment to its care and upkeep.

Donations may be made online or by check. Please note “Steeple Project.”
Questions? Contact the office.

Thank you for your generosity, support, and patience as we move forward with this important project.

Caregivers Support Group

The Caregivers Support Group meet on the Second Wednesday, 7-8:30pm in the Youth Room.

This is a support group for people of all ages who have the responsibility for the welfare of a family member or friend. It is a safe space in which to share needs and resources. This is open to all in the Littleton community and nearby towns and is NOT limited to CCoL members. Please invite friends, family and anyone who may benefit from this program. Call the office with any questions.

Rooted in Faith, Open to New Possibilities

Dear Friends,
September always brings with it a sense of beginning again. Summer begins to wind down, school buses return to the roads, calendars start filling up, and here at church, we prepare to begin another program year together.
On Sunday, September 13, we’ll celebrate Kick-Off Sunday and the beginning of a new year in the life of our church. And this year, our theme is “Something New”.
I’ve challenged every committee and group in the church to try one new thing this year. It doesn’t have to be enormous. In fact, some of the best new things begin with a simple question: What if we tried this?
Maybe it’s our Ballroom Dance Night on October 3, with a lesson followed by time to dance and have fun together. Maybe it’s learning some new hymns or trying a new fundraiser. Maybe it’s discovering a different way to share Communion or finding a new way to celebrate and remember the ancestors in faith who helped build this church and handed its ministry to us.
Some things will work beautifully. Some things might not work at all. And I hope we can be okay with both.
Because “Something New” doesn’t mean abandoning everything that came before us. Quite the opposite. We stand on a rich foundation of faith, tradition, stories, relationships, and the faithful work of generations of people who loved this church. We honor that foundation best not by freezing it in time, but by continuing to build upon it.
This year, we will re-make things.
We will celebrate the traditions that have shaped us while welcoming the new life that flows into us when we, as a community, seek to follow Christ. We will ask what still gives life, what might need to change, what we might need to let go of, and what God might be inviting us to discover.
That makes this a perfect time to talk about change.
Change is something most of us have a complicated relationship with. We often like the idea of change much more than we like actually experiencing it. Change can be exciting, but it can also be uncomfortable. It can bring possibility and grief at the same time. Even changes we choose can leave us wondering what we have lost along the way.
Throughout September and early October, I will be offering a worship series called, Re-Shaped. How do we recognize when God might be doing a new thing? How do we honor what has been while making room for what is becoming? How do we hold onto what matters most without holding so tightly that there is no room for something new to grow?
I don’t know exactly what all the “new things” will be at our church this year.
And I think that’s part of the fun.
So come back on September 13. Bring your curiosity. Bring your ideas. Bring your love for the traditions that have shaped us—and bring your willingness to make a little room for the unexpected.
Together, let’s see what new thing God might be doing among us.
With you on the Journey,

Rev. Jen

Learn more about Rev. Jen and the other CCoL staff HERE

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No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.

We affirm each person as a child of God and worthy of God’s love.

This includes YOU:

Whether you are tall or short, whether you wear denim or silk, whether you were raised in a church or have never been in one before, whether you are a family of one or many, whether you can bound up the stairs or need to use the elevator, whether you were born yesterday or are working on your second century; Whatever the color of your skin, your sexual orientation, your gender identity, your politics, your income, your education, your mental or physical health, or anything else that distinguishes you, we want you to feel included.

Our mosaic is made more beautiful with every additional shape, size and color.