Stevens Ave Congregational Church, UCC

05/03/2026

The young at heart following The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

04/06/2026

The Gerald E. Talbot Community School is the beneficiary of our "Snacks for Kids" outreach ministry. If you would like to further help the school and shop at Hannaford, please consider redeeming the school dollars you earn under the Hannaford Helps Schools program to Talbot.

Welcome to Hannaford Helps Schools! The 2026 Hannaford Helps Schools program will run from April 5 to May 30. The 2026 Hannaford Helps Schools submission window is now closed. Any applications submitted after January 15, 2026, will be reviewed for inclusion in the 2027 program. Click here to apply.

04/05/2026

Tomorrow morning's sunrise service on the Eastern Prom is canceled due to the rain and winds expected.

Please join us for our regular Easter service at 9:30 am.

03/28/2026

03/22/2026

Due to Sunday morning's snow storm, there will be no in person service on March 22nd.

Members and friends on our email list, check your inbox for the link.

Interested in joining us, please send a DM.

Stay safe in the slippery weather. 🙏

03/16/2026

Jesus said "Let the little children come".

Take your kids to church.
Even if they wiggle in the seat.
Even if they whisper too loud.
Even if you feel like everyone is looking at you.
Bring them anyway.
Because church isn’t about perfectly behaved kids.
It’s about raising kids who know where to run when life gets heavy.
It’s about teaching them that when they’re scared… they can pray.
When they’re hurting… they can turn to God.
When they feel lost… they know where to go.
And if you haven’t gone in a long time… that’s okay.
If it’s been years… that’s okay too.
If you’ve never taken them before… that’s okay.
You can start now.
Your kids don’t need a perfect parent leading them.
They just need a parent who’s willing.
Let them see you worship.
Let them see you pray.
Let them see you trust God even when you don’t have all the answers.
Because one Sunday can turn into a habit.
And a habit can turn into a foundation.
And that foundation might be the very thing that carries them through the hardest moments of their lives one day.
So if you’ve been feeling that little tug in your heart lately…
This might be your sign.
Take your kids to church.
God will meet you there. 🤍🙏

03/13/2026

God, we long to see ourselves as you do because we know that like that day in the Galilee, there is still work to do.
Like that day on the hillside, this world is full of people who are hungry. We are hungry for justice, hungry for companionship, hungry for reasons to hope.
Like that day on the hillside, this world is full of people who need healing. We need healing for our bodies, healing for our minds, healing for broken relationships.
And like that day on the hillside, there is surely enough to go around, but we doubt and deny that truth.

So call us again, loving God.
Say our names.
Hand us the baskets of bread and fish.
Tell us it’s our turn.
Help us see ourselves the way you see us, for we know that together the impossible is possible.

—prayer by Rev. Sarah A. Speed |

03/12/2026

“The same power that turned five loaves and two fish into a feast for thousands—with leftovers—empowers us ‘to accomplish far more abundantly than all we can ask or imagine.’ Do we allow this truth to settle into our bones and animate our actions?

I’ll admit, I tried to avoid this passage because it felt overly optimistic in light of today’s world. People still go hungry. Wars rage. The earth groans under our misuse. Yet if we reimagine the systems we created, studies show it is possible for every human being to have what they need. That would require massive restructuring, international cooperation, and the reallocation of resources—but not more than we already possess. We don’t need a miracle of multiplication. We simply need to use what we’ve been given.”

—from the artist’s statement for “Far More Abundantly” by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman |

03/11/2026

Out-of-the-box God, I dream of a vibrant church full of intergenerational joy. I dream of a country without hunger and a world without war. I dream of a neighborhood where we know each other’s names, and a city where we eradicate poverty. I have dreams stacked upon dreams and can’t help but wonder—what if they aren’t impossible? Show me the work that is mine to do. Amen.

—prayer by Rev. Sarah A. Speed |

03/10/2026

“God does not start with the problem: How do we feed all these people? God starts with what God has—which is everything, held in her hands. And God also starts with what God has given us—five loaves, two fish. With God, all things are possible because God knows that God is always… God. It’s us who break faith, it’s us who listen to scarcity, it’s us who fear our own hunger. Our God is a God of abundance. However loud the scarcity of the world grates, God delights in feeding the hungry, in accomplishing what we dare not imagine.”

—Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail (.mcmizzie), from her commentary on Mark 6:32-44 and Ephesians 3:20-21 |