2026 Northeast Fellowship Annual Meeting
Sun, May 17
|Stony Creek Congregational Church
The Northeast Fellowship Annual Meeting is not only our primary business meeting of the year, but it's also an opportunity to connect with friends and colleagues from around the Fellowship. Bring your spirit of Christian community and your appetite.
Time & Location
May 17, 2026, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Stony Creek Congregational Church, 192 Thimble Island Rd, Branford, CT 06405, USA
About The Event
SCHEDULE
2:30pm Mass Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
3:00pm Connection & Appetizers (Fellowship Hall)
3:30pm Worship / Message (Sanctuary)
4:15pm Business (Sanctuary)
5:00pm Dinner (Fellowship Hall)
6:00pm Event Ends
Join the Mass Choir
Something musically new this year is the invitation for churches to send 1-3 singers to participate in the Mass Choir. The two pieces being sung are below as PDFs. Singers can download and review. This choir will be led by Stony Creek's Music Director Elizabeth Stevens. You can note your interest on the RSVP form.
Anyone can join and rehearsal will be at 2:30pm in the sanctuary.
Voting/Delegates (From our Bylaws, I - VOTING):
In all matters submitted to the Fellowship for consideration, voting representation shall be determined on the following basis: an active member church shall be entitled to three voting delegates (for example, the May Annual Meeting and Special Meetings).
Guest Speaker
Our special guest speaker will be Rev. Stan White, formerly of Preston City Congregational Church.
REV. STAN WHITE is the Minister Emeritus of The Preston City Congregational Church, having served the congregation for 36 years. Prior to moving to Connecticut in 1985 he served as Associate Minister at Union Congregational Church in Braintree, Massachusetts for 7 years and was ordained to Christian ministry in 1984 with support from the Mayflower Association of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches.
Stan has been a life-long Congregationalist, being baptized in the Congregational Church as an infant. Although he enjoys worshipping in other Protestant churches from time-to-time, he is always drawn back to his roots, the freedom of worship offered by the Congregational Way.
His undergraduate study was Music Education, studying Piano and Voice at Barrington College in Rhode Island. He continues to use his musical talents in worship today. In 1987, he founded the Preston Community Chorus, an 85-voice volunteer chorus comprised of singers from all around Southeastern Connecticut. He served as its musical director for 11 years.
Rev. Stan retired from active church ministry in 2024, but offers pulpit supply for churches when needed. Today, Rev. Stan resides in Norwich, CT and Palm Bay, Florida during the winter months.
Rev. Stan is forever grateful to the Fellowship for all it has done for Preston City through the years, especially approving a sizeable loan for the construction of a two-story addition which includes additional Sunday School classrooms, a meeting room and music office, as well as restrooms and storage areas. The Northeast Fellowship of Congregational Christian Churches is a wonderful resource for all of our member churches.
Stony Creek Congregational Church
Come for the business. Stay for the food and inspiration. Leave with a smile.