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Saying goodbye to Harry Thayer, our dear brother in Christ and member of this church since childhood. #exeternh

Winter snow in #exeternh

Getting ready for #Christmas at #church. #exeternh

Snowy day in #exeternh

It's going to be a beautiful #ChristmasEve in #exeternh

#Christmas #Seacoast #church #worship #Christmaspageant #ucc #openandaffirming ChristmasEveWorship

Music, joy, and hope. Prepare your heart for Christmas. All are welcome.

#exeternh #lessonsandcarols #worship #seacoast #advent #Christmas #church #ucc

Our warming tree, where hats and mittens can be donated for distribution to the homeless. #ringintheseason #exeternh

Christmas music by the #handbell choir. #exeternh #ringintheseason

There were amazing #gingerbread houses last night like this frozen #Fenway made by a church family. #ringintheseason #exeternh

The Wise Men and an angel. #exeternh #ringintheseason

Joseph looking particularly holy while Mary and Jesus smile. #ringintheseason #exeternh

Live nativity. #ringintheseason #exeternh

The Holy Family and a shepherd arrive last night for the live nativity. #ringintheseason #exeternh #ucc

Our middle school youth group baked cookies and made signs tonight. They're selling cookies during the #exeternh Ring in the Holidays celebration this Thursday and giving all profits to @heiferinternational!

Come by and trick-or-treat at our door on #Halloween. #exeternh

The #pumpkins are out! Thanks to our middle school youth group for carving these.

Pumpkin bowling with the #Confirmation class. The

After worship this morning! #exeternh

Visiting our friends down the street at Phillips Church at #phillipsexeter for Evening Prayer.

Some of our high schoolers dug up potatoes this weekend for next week's service project. They're preparing a meal for our homeless brothers and sisters in Portsmouth. #exeternh

It was robot night at youth group! #ucc #exeternh

Guess what we're up to today? Launching our new website!
Come check us out at www.exeterucc.org

#exeternh #ucc #progressiveChristianity

Saying goodbye to Harry Thayer, our dear brother in Christ and member of this church since childhood. #exeternh

#ucc #exeternh #newenglandhistory #puritan

Happy birthday to us! 379 years young. #exeternh #newenglandhistory #ucc

#Easter egg hunt after worship. #exeternh

A beautiful #Easter in #exeternh.

The sun coming up as the #Eastersunrise service.

Happy spring! #exeternh

Today our Mission and Action committee sold saplings during coffee hour. The trees are great for the #environment and the proceeds will go to benefit our sister church in Zimbabwe. #ucc #exeternh

Our elementary kids made friendship necklaces in church school last Sunday. They're learning the story of Ruth and what it means to care about one another. #ucc #exeternh

Happy #Pride month! You are always welcome at the Congregational Church in Exeter. #ucc #lgbtq #exeternh #portsmouthpride

Since 1996 we have been an Open and Affirming congregation. This means that we actively welcome LGBTQ people, and their families and friends.

That's why in June we put up a rainbow flag in front of the church. We wanted to c

The 500th anniversary of the #protestantreformation is this Sunday. Our fiber artist, Kathy James, created this great antependium to celebrate. #reformation #Reformation500 #95Theses #MartinLuther

One of our favorite traditions at the church. Kids carve pumpkins and we set them on the front steps. Come visit us during trick-or-treating! #exeternh

This Sunday we’re opening our new resource room in the church offices. Come and check out some great new titles for kids. #exeternh

Fall from the front doors.

Every Christmas we provide groceries for holiday meals and toys to families in need. Yesterday was the big distribution day at the church. #myexeter #exeternh

First snow. #exeternh #myexeter #historicnewengland

Our temporary rainbow flag is up at the church while we wait for our permanent plaques to be done. Everyone is welcome in #myexeter #lgbtq #exeternh

The annual Live Nativity, this year with a photobomb by the donkey. #exeternh #myexeter

Every year folks bring in hats, gloves, scarves and other warm items and trim our tree with them. Before Christmas we take all of them down and donate them to a local shelter so that someone’s holidays can be just a little wa

The gingerbread houses at the Chamber fundraiser this year were great. We were glad to host once again. #exeternh #myexeter

The building is decked out for Christmas. #exeternh #myexeter

Merry Christmas from the Congregational Church in Exeter. #myexeter

Easter morning. Alleluia! #ucc #exeternh

At the #marchforourlives

Making signs for the #Marchforourlives and witnessing to Jesus’ Gospel of non-violence. #exeternh

Sandra Perdoma speaking after church about Puerto Rico’s recovery. The church donated money for seeds to be planted on the island in the aftermath of the hurricane. #ucc #exeternh

We loved this gingerbread version of the church. #exeternh

Pastor Emily giving the children’s sermon on Easter. #ucc #exeternh

Happy kids and their happy moms after the Easter egg hunt.

Hard at work turning plastic bags into Plarn. This eco-friendly activity creates material that can be made into sleeping mats for those without homes.

Summertime flowers in bloom.

Doves for Pentecost!

Loading a truck with furniture for a new apartment for a refugee family.

Welcoming new Americans to their home. We helped to welcome a #refugee family to NH by preparing an apartment for their arrival.

It’s almost Bible Sunday! Here Nicole is hard at work getting Bibles personalized for new Upper students in grades 3-5. #exeternh #ucc

Open doors on a beautiful day. #exeternh

Live Nativity for the open house. #exeternh

Thanksgiving basket donations at the church.

Today church members are furnishing and preparing the fourth home this year for our new neighbors who are refugees. This Christmas we once again proclaim #refugeeswelcome #exeternh

The elementary church school class is hard at work making stuffed Nativity figures. We even have a Nativity Moose! #exeternh

This morning we prayed for those lost in the New Zealand mosque shootings. Then, after worship, we wrote notes to our Muslim neighbors expressing our sorrow, and pledging to stand by them in peace and protection. Here are onl

Did you join us Christmas Eve? Our unrehearsed pageant had the best cast of sheep, shepherds and angels anywhere.

Thank you to this amazing string quartet. They helped make the 8pm service on Christmas Eve truly wonderful.

Due to COVID-19 all in-person activities at the church have been suspended through March. But that doesn’t mean we’ve cancelled church. Click here to learn more.

In order to slow the spread of COVID-19 we’ve gone virtual for March. Watch this video for an update!

We are all having to figure out the new normal now. Here’s our choir, rising to the challenge, and going virtual on Zoom for their weekly rehearsal.

A video update from Pastor Emily for the church.

From Pastor Emily: I just recorded Sunday’s sermon in an empty sanctuary. Such a weird feeling. I miss seeing all of @exetercongregational in person, but I absolutely know we’re doing the right thing. #flattenthecurve

It’s our birthday! Here’s to 382 years of ministry in Exeter!

We’re still learning the nuances of worship videos in the time of Corona. Here’s our pastor trying to record one today, and getting interrupted. ?

If you passed by the church today you might have seen these palms on the front steps and wondered what they were all about.
Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. On this day we remember that when Jesus entered Je

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