This Coming Sunday (and beyond)

MAINSPRING HOUSE DINNER -WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15. Thanks to all of you who have stepped up to cook lasagna for our Feb 15 MainSpring House dinner. Please have your lasagna well wrapped and labeled in the downstairs freezer by Sunday, February 12 for delivery the next day. Salads and desserts should be left in the upstairs kitchen no later than 3 PM on Wednesday, February 15 for the servers to bring over with them. Our church will be serving dinner at MainSpring House in Brockton on Wednesday, February 15. God bless you for your generosity. Please keep up the wonderful work! ATTENTION ALL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! Faith-4-Life Youth Group meets this Sunday, February 12, for Supper and Discussion 5 to 6:30 pm in the Youth Lounge We will discuss the issue of hunger and how we can help as well as details of our 30-hour famine/lock-in which will take place February 24-26. Sunday Evening Lenten Study "BENEATH THE CROSS: LETTERS FROM A GOOD FRIDAY WORLD" Sundays, 7 to 8:30 pm February 12 through March 25 This study focuses on a fictional series of letters that were "written" on Good Friday immediately after the death of Jesus. The letters could not be mailed the next day, as it was the Sabbath. By Sunday, the world had changed. These "letters" are intended to teach and to provoke thought about the importance of Christ's resurrection. February 12 Letter #1 From: Mary, Mother of Jesus                                       To: Her Mother February 19 Letter #2 From: Joseph of Arimathea                                       To: His brother, Tommy of Arimathea February 26 Letter #3 From: High Priest Caiaphas                                       To: The Sanhedrin (the ruling council) March 4       Letter #4 From: Simon Peter                                       To: The Acme Fishing Supply Company March 11     Letter #5 From: The Centurion                                       To: His Commander March 18     Letter #6 From: Mary Magdalene                                       To: Her sister, Esther March 25     Letter #7 From: Judas Isacariot                                       To: Whomever Finds This Note Led by Pastor Jean. Please sign up in the lobby. We hope you will join us! FEBRUARY 22 ~ 7:00 PM WORSHIP SERVICE with Communion and imposition of ashes The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22. We will observe the beginning of this spiritual journey of introspection, reflection and renewal with a service of prayer and repentance. Communion will be served and those so desiring may receive the imposition of ashes. Open to the community ~All are welcome. You are invited to Student Pastor Lance Wiser's LENTEN BIBLE STUDY I invite you all to attend a Lenten Bible Study I am leading entitled "The Terrible Surprise of Hospitality." We will begin at 11:30 am and finish up before 1:00 pm on February 26, March 4, 11, 18, and 25. On the first Sunday, I will give a presentation of my recent wonderful, yet jarring travels to the Holy Land. There is much to share! From the Holy sites of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs down to the sites affiliated with Jesus' ministry... From a day spent in the Israeli Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem, to a night spent in a Palestinian refugee camp... Come and participate in these stories. On the subsequent Sundays, we will take a biblical story - two from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament - pertaining to hospitality and weave them into the narratives that have come out of this Holy Land experience, and to also see how they connect with our own lives. It is my hope that this will be an engaging experience that will challenge our perception of the Holy Land, deepen our understanding of the Abrahamic Religions, and practice further what Christianity teaches us about hospitality. I hope you will join us!                          Lance Wiser, Student Pastor On Sunday morning when you are sitting in worship and see the beautiful altar flowers, have you ever thought you would like to sponsor them? Here is how you can! Located on the board outside of Fellowship Hall is a sign up poster made by Alyssa McGillicuddy! Along with the poster are forms to fill out. We need your name and if the flowers are in honor, memory or celebration of someone. The cost to sponsor a standard arrangement is $25.00. If you would like to make a special request, you can do so by contacting our church florist, Nancy Sullivan at 781-254-6261. For special orders we ask for at least a weeks notice and an additional cost may be incurred. Checks can be made out to Nancy Sullivan, or if you would like it to be tax deductible, to the First Congregational Church with altar flowers on the memo line. Once you have completed your form and enclosed your check you can leave it in the church office or in the offering plate. If you have any questions you can contact Leanne Kerman (Chair of Deacons) or Gale DeBeneditto @781-344-4728. Please submit articles for the March LINK by February 17th. If you have something specific you need to say about an upcoming event, now is the time to write your article. Thanks First Congregational Church of Stoughton United Church of Christ An Open and Affirming Congregation Our Vision We are called together to embrace God's transformation of our lives and our world by becoming and serving as Christ's disciples. Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT US, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.uccstoughton.org

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