The Walpolean

GUEST CHOIR AND FREE CONCERT AT THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WALPOLE

This Sunday, March 17 we welcome the Hamilton College Choir. They will join us in worship and lead hymn singing as well as offering a special choral introit and anthem during the service. At noon, they will perform a free concert in the sanctuary which we want to share with the Walpole community. We are the final stop on their New England tour, which began in Boston on Tuesday.

Last month, we received the following email from the company managing the tour:

The last stop of their tour is in the Westminster/Keene,NH area and their director was hoping to do an outreach activity for a Sunday service at a local church.  I looked at the churches in the nearby cities, but also wanted to give them an option of a smaller, community church who might not otherwise get many such performing groups stopping in their area to offer something unique.  I found your church online and it looked like a lovely, place, with a tight knit congregation. The director loved the idea of visiting a place outside the more traditional churches in the city!

This is a wonderful opportunity to hear special music in our sanctuary and we want to share! Following worship, we will have coffee hour as usual, while the choir has lunch and gets ready for the concert. 

Please save the date and in the meantime work on those talents! Why?

It’s the Return of the Community Cabaret, hosted by the First Congregational Church of Walpole Saturday, May 18, 6:30 PM. We are signing up performers now!

Do you sing? Play an instrument? Perform magic tricks? Recite poetry? Perform skits? Something else? We want to hear from you! From silly to serious, your talents are welcome.

Please contact the church office at walpole.church@yahoo.com with your name and your performance idea. Thank you!

Marilyn Shriver

Co-Chair, Church Council

First Congregational Church of Walpole, UCC

Will be back on the air! Rehearsals begin on January 31 in the Helen Miller Theater at 6:30. Reaherasals will be on Wednesdays and the Follies on March 16th.

The Walpole Historical Society is presenting a concert at the Walpole Unitarian Church on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 3 pm featuring its 1790s Bellows-Alcott pianoforte. 

Sylvia Berry will play the pianoforte for the Musicians of the Old Post Road with Daniel Ryan (cello) and Suzanne Stumpf (flute), performing music from the era of the pianoforte’s construction in the 1790s. 

Tickets are $25 each for Walpole Historical Society members, $40 each for non-members. Your check should be mailed to the Walpole Historical Society, P.O. Box 292, Walpole, New Hampshire 03608. No concert tickets will be mailed, but you will receive confirmation of your purchase.  Tickets, if available, may also be purchased at the door for $40.

 On Saturday, January 20th, The Congregational Church of Walpole will be having their annual Peanut Butter and Jelly Drop Off Drive.  We will be at the church from 10-12:30 for drop offs.  We are also including school snacks in our drive.  
 All items collected will be delivered to the Fall Mountain Food Shelf.  

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE

WALPOLE UNITARIAN CHURCH

5:00 p.m.

Our Community Christmas Eve Candlelight service will be held on December 24th at 5:00 p.m.at the church on the corner of Main Street and Union Streets.  This is a service of  Christmas carols and readings – both traditional and contemporary.  Come and enjoy an uplifting service of joy and love.