Commitment to Community

Listed below are some of the groups and organizations that currently meet at First Church.  Telephone numbers and/or links are included if you would like more information.  The Church Office can provide you with meeting times and dates.

Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries – food distribution site –

Tuesdays from 4-5:00 p.m.  860-388-1988 (main number), 395-6686 (pantry) www.shorelinesoupkitchens.org The Shoreline Soup Kitchens offer food and fellowship to the communities of Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Lyme, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Madison, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook. Our family oriented meal sites serving hot, nutritious and delicious food are located in Centerbrook, Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Old Lyme, and Old Saybrook. And, our grocery distribution sites where participants receive enough food for three meals for three days are located in Clinton, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook. Also, provided to those who have limited cooking facilities are frozen heat-n-eat meals that can be picked up at any of our pantries.   The Shoreline Soup Kitchens accomplishes its goals with the help of over 750 volunteers, who provided over 17,600 volunteer hours in 2003. We provide those in need with food and with fellowship, responding to all with humanity and respect.
 

Y-Me Cancer Survivors – first and third Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. -
1-800-933-4YME
The mission of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone.

Scouting - Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Brownies, Girl Scouts - Various times.

Bridge – Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Fridays at 7:00 p.m., and ladies on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.

Youth & Family Services we work with them in various programs - 395-3190.
Youth and Family Services is committed to promoting the positive and healthy well being of the Town’s youth, families and senior citizens. We are concerned with all aspects of life that affect youth, their families and the community and are dedicated to a collaborative approach to analyzing existing needs and developing programs and relationships to serve those needs.

Community Co-Op Nursery School . – 388-9623 for 3 and 4-year olds.  Call for information.

Alanon – Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. - anyone welcome
For over 50 years, Al-Anon (which includes Alateen for younger members) has been offering hope and help to families and friends of alcoholics. It is estimated that each alcoholic affects the lives of at least four other people... alcoholism is truly a family disease. No matter what relationship you have with an alcoholic, whether they are still drinking or not, all who have been affected by someone else’s drinking can find solutions that lead to serenity in the Al-Anon/Alateen fellowship.

Narcotics Anonymous – Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. - anyone welcome
Narcotics Anonymous provides a recovery process and support network inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA’s success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA. These principles are the core of the Narcotics Anonymous recovery program

Weight Watchers – Tuesdays (one session) – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays (two sessions) – 9:00 and 10:30 a.m., Saturdays (two sessions) – 8:00 and 9:30 a.m.  Call 1-800-651-6000 for more information.

 

The First Church of Christ in Saybrook (Congregational)

366 Main Street Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475 
Phone: (860) 388-3008 Fax: (860) 395-0031 
email us at:  info@firstchurchsaybrook.org