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HEALING PRAYERS AT 11:30 AM ON COMMUNION SUNDAYS
At 11:30 am on Communion Sundays (the first Sunday of each month), Rev. Jean will be available in the sanctuary to wrap you in a prayer shawl, hear your private prayers, anoint you with oil, and lay hands on you.
If you are in need of any kind of physical, emotional, or spiritual healing, or wish to pray for someone who is...
If you are in need of reconciliation with someone or wish to make a confession to God...
If you need to share your concerns, your fears, your troubles with someone else...
If you simply need to know that God cares... please come.
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Just a frien dly reminder from the Board of Trustees that church salaries and expenses don't take a summer vacation. Even if you are more relaxed about your schedule during the summer, we ask that you faithfully honor your annual stewardship pledge to support our regular church operations during the summer months.Even if you are not in church, you can mail your pledge to the church office marked to the attention of the Offerings Clerk.
Many thanks for your continued faithful support.
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PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
The Prayer Shawl Group will start up again in September. If someone you know is in need of a prayer shawl over the summer months, please let Pastor Jean know. \ If you need directions or further information,or would like to pick out a supply of yarn to start a prayer or baptismal shawl, please see a member of the prayer shawl ministry.
We again ask for your financial support. The participants of the prayer shawl ministry have not only donated their time and the work of their hands, but they have also paid for the supplies themselves. The price of yarn has gone up steadily over the years, and it now costs $18 to make one shawl. Please submit your check made out to the church with "Prayer Shawl Ministry" in the note line and drop it off at the church office or place it in the offering plate during worship.
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| SUMMER CRAFT NIGHTS Wednesdays will continue throughout the month of August from 7 - 9 pm in Fellowship Hall
We had lots of fun learning how to do glass painting and "dressing up" up some terra cotta planters in different shapes and sizes.
You too can be part of the fun - we really need your ideas and creativity to make our Church Fair Craft and Christmas Room better than ever. We have glass painting and terra cot pots ready for you to begin working on - or bring your own project already in progress! We needs lots of variety.
Some other ideas - cleaning up some old mason jars and decorating them so we can add in baking ingredients, or fudge sauce, or homemade salsa.
Do you have big ol' costume jewelry pins that might make lovely kitchen magnets - bring them along - it only a little glue and magnetic strips!
So - if you have some uniquely shaped or unused old vases, stemware, even Mason Jars, and Baby Food Jars, clean terra cotta pots that can be transformed into a treasure for someone - bring them along. If you have rub-ons and stencils you would like to donate to the cause - we would sure appreciate those as well.
You never know what you can do if you don't just give it a try. If you have other ideas please share them with the Fair Committee.
For further information on August craft nights contact:
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Please remember the hungry among us as you enjhoy the summer BBQ's and savor the delicious fruits and vegetables of the season. The Stoughton food pantry shelves need replensihing so as you cruise the grocery aisles keep this simple phrase in mind-
Buy One, Get One- Give One!
As you shop and see the Buy One, Get One Free promotions - why not get one for you and then pick up the free one to share with your neighbors who are struggling to feed their families - it's a win-win for everyone!
There are many ways you can drop off food items: Leave your items in our church lobby when you come to worship. Make a delivery on Tuesday mornings directly to the food pantry, located behind the Methodist Church on Seaver Street. Drop non-perishable food items at the Stoughton Public Library. Call Stoughton resident Peg Carbone (508-889-1385) who will pick up items every Thursday.
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CHURCH OFFICE HOURS for the SUMMER:
The church office summer hours will begin the week of July 10 and continue through September 4:
Monday 8:30 am-12:30 pm Tuesday 8:30 am-12:30 pm Wednesday 8:30 am-12:30 pm Thursday 8:30 am-12:30 pm Friday Closed from July 15-September 2
Regular Office Hours will resume the week of September 4th.
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 Check out our new online communications!
Pastor Jean came back from General Synod energized about getting our church better plugged in to new technology, and now we have some "new and improved" online communications vehicles.
We have totally revamped our Facebook page ("First Congregational Church of Stoughton" -- look for our church logo). Facebook is a great way to keep in the loop and up-to-the-minute relative to our various ministries, activities and events. Check us out, and be sure to "like" us! Also, if you have any recent (i.e., less than a year old) pictures of various activities and ministries of our church (e.g., worship, the fair, small groups, fellowship suppers, mission activities, etc., etc.), please send them to Pastor Jean at revjeanlenk@uccstoughton.org so she can put them on our new Fb page (you might even be tagged!).
In addition, you are currently reading Jean's new blog (revjeanlenk.blogspot.com) which includes "the latest news about the ministries, programs, activities, and happenings at the First Congregational Church of Stoughton, United Church of Christ (with occasional observations and opinions from its pastor)." You can also follow her on Twitter; her handle is @jeanlenk.
You can find links on the homepage of our church's website, www.uccstoughton.org and also at the bottom of this email.
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