Rev. Stirling most recently served as the Pastor of a small church in Northern New Hampshire. Prior to that, she served in a relatively large congregation in Wollaston, MA.
She began her professional career as a Nurse, working in several Pediatric hospitals and clinics in the Boston, MA area. She has been active in both the New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ and the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. She received her LPN certificate from the Quincy College of Nursing in Quincy MA. She graduated from Bridgewater State College with a concentration in Psychology and she holds a MDiv from Andover Newton Theological School.
Welcome
Welcome to the Congregational Church of the Valley!
We are a place filled with open hearts, open hands, and open minds. We welcome all God’s children no matter where you come from, or wherever you are on life’s journey, all are welcome in this community of faith.
We hope you will find your place in our community. We invite you to explore and share your unique gifts, passions and talents with us.
The Congregational Church of the Valley is an exciting and fulfilling place to grow and learn more about God and each other.
Holy Humor Sunday
This Sunday, April 15th, in worship is Holy Humor Sunday. So come to worship ready to hear jokes (clean) and laugh. The history behind Holy Humor Sunday is long, and tried and true. It may be new here, but it’s not new to the Church. This is a brief history of the Service for the Sunday following Easter. So come to worship with an open mind and heart.
All are welcome!
Laughter Sunday (also known as Holy Humour Sunday, Hilarity Sunday, God’s Laughter Sunday, Bright Sunday or Holy Fools Sunday) has its roots in a number of different Christian traditions.
Churches in 15th century Bavaria used to celebrate the Sunday after Easter as Risus Paschalis (‘God’s Joke,’ or ‘the Easter laugh’). Priests would deliberately include amusing stories and jokes in their sermons in an attempt to make the faithful laugh. After the service, people would gather together to play practical jokes on one another and tell funny stories. It was their way of celebrating the resurrection of Christ – the supreme joke God played on Satan by raising Jesus from the dead.
In the Orthodox tradition, people would gather on Easter Monday to tell jokes and funny stories, and to dance and eat together.
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