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Introducing Rev. Lara W. Franklin

In January 2023, a Search Committee comprised of ten members with diverse talents and backgrounds was selected to recommend candidates to complete our clergy leadership team. The Search Committee worked prayerfully and faithfully to carry out the charge to recommend an associate minister to work alongside Revs. Erica Thompson and Jordan Bucey to continue the minist…

Annual Theme – From Generation to Generation

As we embark on the 2024-25 program year and our theme, From Generation to Generation, we invite you to immerse yourselves in the stories, scriptures, and traditions of the Christian faith that stretch from the past to the future. This theme is a reminder that our spiritual heritage is a dynamic force that continues to shape and define who we are and who we are cal…

Welcome Getu Gebeto and Balqis Moussa to AHCC and to Hartford

Please join the volunteer team (Ed Barlow, Elise Hopkins Gallegos, Kathleen Graham, Cindy McLane, Mitra Sarshuri and Linda Smith) to welcome Balqis Moussa and Getu Gebeto, two new interns from the Hartford International University’s Master of Arts Peacebuilding Program. The team will introduce them to AHCC members and activities, provide transportation, invite them…

Call to Congregational Meeting

The Board of Deacons is calling a Congregational Meeting to vote on the recommendation of The Associate Minister Search Committee’s candidate to fill the position of Associate Minister of Mid/Later Life. All members are encouraged to attend the candidating sermon and congregational meeting where you will have the opportunity to engage in discussion with members of …

Back-to-School Backpack Drive

Students of Hartford Public Schools are headed back to their classrooms on Tuesday, August 27. Many children in our community lack backpacks and we can positively impact a child’s educational experience by providing them with the tools they need to succeed. AHCC is sponsoring a backpack drive beginning this Sunday, July 28 through Sunday, August 11. Just drop off b…

A Message from Rev. Nina Schmid

“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; KJV Beloved AHCC Family, I am saddened to share with you that due to health issues the time has come for me to complete my ministry as Bridge Minister at Asylum Hill Congregational Church. We all know life throws us a curve occasionally which requires us to “surrender…