The first ecumenical service of the 2026 season will be held Sunday, May 31 at 2 p.m. at the East Blackstone Quaker Meeting House, 129 Elm Street, Blackstone. The association’s annual business meeting will take place immediately following.

Reverend Patricia Hatch will serve as guest pastor. Rev. Hatch serves as a community minister and is also an itinerant preacher. She has a Master of Divinity degree from Boston University and has served as a parish minister, a Minister of Christian Education and a hospice chaplain. She enjoys poetry, nature and inspiration of all kinds.

Music for the service will be under the direction of John Staples, organist and pianist at Mathewson Street United Methodist Church.

Three additional services will also be held this year: Sunday, September 13; a Thanksgiving service on Sunday, November 22; and the Association’s Candlelight Christmas Caroling Service on Friday December 18.