Adult Ministry
FELLOWSHIP SCHEDULE
Men’s Breakfast -- Thursdays, 7:00 a.m., Pine Street Eatery
An informal gathering of men from First Church for fellowship and conversation. Order from the menu.
Men’s Monthly Munchers -- first Tuesday of the month, 12:00 p.m.
An informal gathering for lunch at various restaurants around Nashua. Check the bulletin and newsletter for locations.
Out to Lunch Bunch – second Wednesday of the month, 12:30 p.m.
An informal gathering of women for lunch. Check the bulletin and newsletter for dates and locations.
Sunday Brunch – 11:30am in the dining room - enjoy good fellowship and good food.
Women's Book Club
First Church Women’s Book Group
The First Church Women’s Book Group began on March 11, 2001. The group meets monthly on scheduled Sunday evenings from 6:30-8:00 for a discussion of selected works of fiction and a time of fellowship. Refreshments are served and new members are always welcome! (The starred selections were favorites.)
March, 2001 The Red Tent by Anita Diamant *
April, 2001 The Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler *
May, 2001 A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O’Nan
June, 2001 Evensong by Gail Godwin
September, 2001 Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
October, 2001 Expecting Adam by Martha Beck
November, 2001 The Bee Season by Myla Goldberg *
January, 2002 Pope Joan by Donna Cross
March, 2002 Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner *
April, 2002 The Sunflowers by Simon Wiesnethal *
June, 2002 The Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
September, 2002 Mary and O’Neil by Justin Cronin *
October, 2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo
December, 2002 Bel Canto by Anne Pratchett *
January, 2003 Back When We Were Grownups, Anne Tyler
March, 2003 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood *
April, 2003 Queenmaker: A Novel of Kind David’s Queen by India Edghill
May, 2003 The Dive from Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer *
September, 2003 Caucasia by Danzy Senna *
October, 2003 Three Junes by Julia Glass
November, 2003 The Lovely Bones by Alice Seibold *
January, 2004 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd *
February, 2004 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
April, 2004 Father Melancholy’s Daughter by Gail Godwin
May, 2004 The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
September, 2004 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers *
October, 2004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon *
November, 2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
January, 2005 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri *
February, 2005 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee *
March, 2005 Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
April, 2005 Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini *
May, 2005 Old School by Tobias Wolff *
June, 2005 The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
September, 2005 My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult *
October, 2005 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
November, 2005 Peace Like a Rivier by Leif Enger *
January, 2006 The Family Tree by Carole Callwalladr *
February, 2006 Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos *
March, 2006 A Song I Knew By Heart by Brett Lott
April, 2006 Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See *
May, 2006 The Pleasure Was Mine by Tommy Hays *
September, 2006 Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards *
October, 2006 March by Geraldine Brooks *
November, 2006 Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
December, 2006 Lily’s Ghost by Cheryl Drake Harris
September, 2007 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen *
October, 2007 Extremely Close Up and Dangerous by Jonathan Safran Foer
December, 2007 Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton