SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2025

Join us at 10am for worship and communion. We hope you will join us! This service will also be livestreamed on our Facebook page at 10am if you cannot join us in person.

 

AMICABLE CHOIR IS WARMING UP

YAY! Now that we have our new Music Director, Ilana Cady, our choir is getting ready to sing!

• Sunday, September 7- 9am

• Sunday, September 14- 9am, (also performance date)

Regular choir rehearsals will be every Wednesday evening from 6:15 to 7:15 and will start on Wednesday, September 17, 6:15pm -7:15pm. If you would like to join our merry band of singers, please email Ilana at Music@amicablechurch.org or the office at office@amicablechurch.org. We would love to “hear” from you!

 

MEMORIAL GIFTS - Consider a Contribution Toward an Amicable Fund

Would you like to make a financial gift to the church in memory of a loved one or in honor of someone special in your life? There are many ways to contribute to our shared memory, and a gift toward one of our endowment funds can be a meaningful way to acknowledge a person’s impact on our community. Did you know that we have 7 endowment funds to choose from where memorial gifts are often allocated? 

The following wisdom on our 7 endowment funds comes from our treasurer, Roger Gauthier, and explains how the funds came to be and how the monies from each are used. Thank you to Roger for this information!

• General Endowment Fund: Initiated in 1766, based on the gift of a parcel of land bequeathed by William Hall of Little Compton. It was set up as an investment fund in 1953. Yearly budgeted withdrawals are used to support general Operation Account expenses.

• Berg Cemetery & Grounds Fund: Initiated in 2004, primarily by John & Virginia Berg. Yearly budgeted withdrawals are used to support the maintenance of church grounds and the Lake Road cemetery.

• Chace Music Fund: Initiated in 1976, based on a gift in memory of William N Chace. Yearly budgeted withdrawals are used to support Operation Account music expenses.

• Wilcox Bible Fund: Initiated in 1968, primarily via memorial donations to Carl Wilcox, Holder Wilcox, and Holder Wilcox Jr. Yearly budgeted withdrawals are used to purchase and provide bibles to Sunday School and Youth Group children.

• Missions & Outreach Fund: Initiated in 1971, based on a gift from Mabel Wilkinson. Yearly budgeted withdrawals are used to support Benevolence Account missions.

• Wilcox & Wilkinson Sunday School Fund: Initiated in 1955, based on gifts in memory of Carl Merrill Wilcox, Emily Wilcox, a gift from Mabel Wilkinson, and a bequest from Ursilla Wilcox. Yearly budgeted withdrawals are used to support general Faith Formation Account Sunday School expenses.

• Garey Scholarship Fund: Initiated in 1982, based on a gift from Carl Gary in memory of his sister Doris Garey. Yearly budgeted withdrawals are used to provide scholarship gifts primarily to Youth Group young adults pursuing higher education and/or professional studies. 

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If you are making a memorial donation and would like your gift to go to a particular fund, please let us know when making your donation. 

 

COMING UP – SAVE THE DATES

• Sunday, September 14 @ 10AM – Rally Day

                Sunday School kick-off; blessing our students & teachers; Faith Formation hosts Coffee Hour

• Sunday, September 21 after services - Greeter Orientation!

• Sunday, October 5 @ 3PM – Blessing of the Animals

                Join us outside near the pollinator garden for a blessing of the animals. Bring your dog, your cat,

your iguana, your horse, whatever animal you’ve got! We will also bless the memory of those animals who have loved us well and passed too soon.

• Sunday, October 19, 2 PM - Service of Installation

Members from the Rhode Island association and our wider Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ will join us to celebrate the installation of our minister, Rev. Maddie, and bless the union of church and pastor. Please join us for the worship service at 2PM and a celebration after.