Rev. Irv’s Blog

Doc Irv’s Blog

Happy New Year folks. Things are starting out quite joyous for a couple of our Fellowship Congregations. The Third Church of Middletown CT has called The Rev. Dr. Daniel Schlorff. Daniel is a native Hooser who is delighted to have received the call to Third Congregational Church of Middletown. He will begin on March 1,…

Rev Irv’s Blog

I think that the older I get time seems to speed up. Where did the summer go? Can you believe it is already November? The trees are dropping the last of the colorful leaves. I have had to scrape the frosty windshield of the car a dozen times. The daylight continues to grow shorter. In…

Doc Irv’s Blog: The “Wonder & Awe” of the NACCC Annual Meeting

Truly, the greatest of these is Love! We gathered for the first hybrid NA Annual Meeting that provided for the adventurous attendee who would dare travel to Wichita KS in the heat of the blazing sun and the cautious attendee making use of Zoom technology from the comfort of their own home. It was an…

Irv’s Blog: Delegates gathered at Preston City Congregational for a post pandemic in-person annual meeting on May 15th

Dear friends and colleagues, It was pure joy to finally get to celebrate with you on May 15th at our annual meeting. Finally, we were able to gather as a Fellowship after a long two and a half years of restrictions, isolation, and unease due to the COVID pandemic. Again, this was a beautiful moment…

Irv’s Blog – Ministers Connect at Convocation 2022

Bombyx 2022 Annual Meeting Video

Rev Irv’s Blog – Easter Celebrations

I was blessed to preach at Third Church Middletown on Easter. I witnessed an awesome moment when members of the church came forward to place flowers on the cross representing the beauty of the new day, the third day Jesus spoke of when he would arise. Decorating the cross – symbolizing the shift from the…

2022 Annual Meeting

Dear Brothers and Sisters (Delegates and Pastors), The Annual Spring Annual Meeting is “in person” at Preston City Congregational Church in Connecticut. This is the first in person meeting since the beginning of the pandemic. I hope you will seriously plan to attend. Sandy Dudek, the church administrator and I have been working on this…

Rev Irv’s Blog

Last Sunday I enjoyed a special “Palm Sunday” Service at the Union Congregational Church of Oakville Connecticut.  Rev. Carmen Cavallaro, the senior pastor delivered a timely sermon beautifully connecting us to Jesus’ trek into Jerusalem.  His words carried us to the streets of Jerusalem that were filled with thousands of people who had journeyed to…