by Stacey Hilliard | Sep 29, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
On Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church, 34 Dix St., will hold its annual Holiday Faire, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come for Crawford’s famous apple pies and fabulous cookie bar; the Christmas room with a splendid array of lovely holiday decorations and other exciting items not found in local stores; beautifully handcrafted goods and gift baskets; delightful and unique gift ideas for everyone; fun vintage jewelry; scrumptious baked goods; delicious breakfasts and lunches at the snack bar, and the white elephant sale including books, housewares, toys, the holiday room, and much more! Proceeds will benefit various church efforts. For more information, contact the church at 781-729-5056.
by Stacey Hilliard | Sep 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
APPLE PIE MAKING
We will be making pies on Wednesday Oct 15 and again on Wednesday, Oct 22 starting at 5PM and finishing up around 7PM. Come a little early if you’d like to help us prepare the kitchen and supplies for pie making. Speaking of supplies, we need donations of flour, sugar, and Stop and Shop large freezer bags for 80 pies. Our pies are always a very popular item at the faire, so we will make as many as we can. Thanks for helping us in any way you can!
BOOKENDS NEEDED
We appreciate the always generous donation of books to the faire. To improve the shopping experience of our guests on faire day, we need donations of book ends to help display all of those books. If you have any to give or loan, please bring them to the church and give them to Pam Donaldson or leave them on the table outside of the church office on the second floor.
DEADLINE FOR JEWELRY DROP-OFF: OCTOBER 1
If you have Jewelry to donate please drop off at Karen Beals home (8 Wilson St., Winchester) and put in the box on her front steps or you can leave in the office and she will pick it up there. We ask that if you are donating any jewelry please do so by October 1st so that Karen and her committee have time to tag and price. Thank you.
WHITE ELEPHANT
Beginning Sunday November 2nd you are invited to drop off your “white Elephants”. We are asking you to unpack your bags and boxes onto the tables that will be set up in the hallway downstairs in the Sunday School area. You can then put your bags and boxes under the tables to be used at the end of the faire to transfer to the transfer station. Please only donate items that you would want to buy yourself.
Reminder#1: We will not except any electronics, computers, printers, stuffed animals, or pillows.
Reminder #2: We need 3 or 4 people with dump stickers to help take what is left over to the transfer station on Saturday after the Faire.
2025 CHAIRPERSONS
The success of our Holiday Faire is dependent on all of us getting involved. Here are many of the areas in which you might offer your help. If you have any questions, please contact the chairperson leading the area(s) in which you’re interested, or contact Pam Donaldson
Christmas Room – Laura Myers
Cookies Table – Linda Yew
Jewelry – Karen Beals
Bake Table – Sue Powers
Boutique – Sandra & Sonja Lawson, & Joanne Hobson
Books – Audrey Killion
Luncheon – Colin & Linda Simson
Publicity – Rosemary Monk
Apple Pie Making – Carol &Warren Butt
White Elephant/Books – MaryJane Sullivan
by Stacey Hilliard | Sep 7, 2025 | Crawford Excursions
WHEN: 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month, 1:30-3:00 pm (October 10 and 24)
WHAT: Do poetry and art feed your soul? Spiritual writers, poets, and artists will inspire our prayer and discussion. Simple prompts and techniques will guide us as we respond with our own writing and doodling. Pray and play with a variety of watercolor, mandalas, journaling, music, and stories. You do not have to be a Michaelangelo to play and pray with words and images. Come and join us!
WHERE: Ring the bell at the church office door at First Church Stoneham, 1 Church Street, facing the common; go down ½ flight to the Parlor
QUESTIONS / RSVP: Sandra at sandy.laperche@gmail.com or Bernadette
by Stacey Hilliard | Sep 6, 2025 | Crawford Excursions
Please join us for the 50th Anniversary Concert of the Back Bay Chorale. Among the many reasons to attend – our own Barb Siftar sings in the Chorale! And for this event, the chorale will be joined by 2025 Grammy® Award-Winner Karen Slack, Soprano.
When: Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 4:00pm
Where: Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston
How to get there: MBTA Copley Green Line
If you drive, Parking: Back Bay Garage www.backbaygarage.com
The program will include works by composers including Brahms, Mozart, Verdi, and more:
Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Bogoroditse Djevo
Maurice DURUFLÉ: Tota Pulchra Es
Franz BIEBL: Ave Maria
Alice PARKER: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
Johannes BRAHMS: Geistliches Lied
Florence PRICE: Desire / Winter Idyl
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Requiem, I. Introitus
Johannes BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem, IV & V
Guiseppe VERDI: Macbeth: Patria oppressa
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono
Guiseppe VERDI: La traviata: Brindisi
Giacomo PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu
Guiseppe VERDI: Nabucco: Va, Pensiero
Margaret BONDS: I Wish I Knew
Margaret BONDS: Set Down, Servant
Bernadette will begin collecting for tickets after church on Sunday, September 28th. Tickets are $68 for Seniors. Carpooling and rides are available. Final day for tickets is Sunday, Oct 5th. Depending on interest, we may have dinner after the show. For questions or more information, call or text Bernadette 617-947-3161 or see her at church.
Please come it won’t be the same without you!
by Stacey Hilliard | Sep 5, 2025 | Crawford Excursions
Murder for Two is a zany musical comedy whodunnit, offering the perfect blend of music, mayhem, and murder.We are seeing the Wednesday matinee at the Boston Stage Company formerly Stoneham Theater on Wednesday, October 29 at 2pm. Tickets are $52 with purchase of ten seats. Group rate. Carpooling and rides are available. Dinner may be an option after the show depending on interest.
Bernadette will begin collecting for tickets after church on Sunday, September 21st. Cash or checks, please. If you have any questions or need a ride, please call or text Bernadette at 617-947-3161 or see her after church.
Last day for tickets is October 5. If you want to go and you’re not able to meet up with Bernadette, please call or text her to hold you a ticket.
Please come, it won’t be the same without you!”
Click HERE for more information about the show.
by Stacey Hilliard | Sep 4, 2025 | Crawford Excursions
On Sunday, November 16, we hope you’ll join us for a lovely mid Autumnal concert by the Masterworks Chorale in the heart of Harvard Square.
When: Sunday, November 16, 3:00 PM
Where: the historic Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge
What: SCHUBERT: Mass No. 2 in G, D 167
HAYDN: Lord Nelson Mass (Missa in angustiis), Hob. XXII:11
Featuring Deborah Selig, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor; and David McFerrin, baritone. and our own Karen Murphy will be singing in the Chorale!
More information: HERE.
Tickets range from $23 to $54 with a $3 fee. Call or text Bernadette to arrange ticketing or to get more information. Please come it won’t be the same without you!
