Blackstone Quaker Meeting house announce services

On Sunday, September 17th, the East Blackstone Quaker Meeting House at 197 Elm Street, Blackstone, will be the site for the second in a series of ecumenical services sponsored by the East Blackstone Quaker Meeting House & Cemetery Historical Assn., Inc. The service will begin at 2:00 p.m. Reverend Annika Bangma, of The River (Christian Reformed Church) in Douglas, will serve as guest pastor. Weather permitting, there will be an apple cider and cookie reception following the service.

From Whitinsville, Annika is passionate about relationships, discipleship, and journeying with students and young adults as they become part of the body of Christ. A graduate of Fuller Seminary's Marriage and Family Therapy program, a youth pastor for 8 years in the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA), and now a coach for the CRCNA/RCA's "Generation Spark" intergenerational mentoring initiative, Annika enjoys combining ministry, psychology, and family systems knowledge to help those around her live into their calling to be God's family.

Annika and her husband have a spirited five-year-old here on earth and a beloved child in heaven. In her spare time she enjoys being outdoors, coaching track & field, and will never turn