Please
join us during
HOLY
WEEK
April 1
through
April 8
 Sunday, April 1 - Palm/Passion
Sunday
* 10:00 am Worship
* Holy Communion
* Distribution of palms
*
Jesus Enters Jerusalem
* The Passion Narratives: Jesus' betrayal,
arrest, trial and crucifixion
Coffee Fellowship
following the service.
 Thursday, April 5 - Maundy Thursday
*
6:00
pm Christian Seder and
Supper - reservations required -
please see sign-up board in lobby
* 7:30 pm Maundy Thursday Service withHoly Communion
Friday, April 6 - Good Friday
* 12 noon to 3 pm Sanctuary open for prayer
and
meditation; feel free to join us for
part of the time or for the full three hours.
*
7:00 pm Good Friday Service led by Faith-4-Life Youth Group, All ages invited.
* Youth lock-in/overnight vigil following the service;
Pre-registration
required.
 Sunday, April 8 - Easter Sunday
* 10:00 am Worship
*
The Resurrection of Jesus
* Special Music
Coffee Fellowship
following the
service.
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HEALING
PRAYERS AT 11:30 AM THIS
SUNDAY
At 11:30 am this Sunday, April 1, and on all
Communion Sundays (the first Sunday of each month), Pastor 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 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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EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS
Please complete and return
the purple insert in Sunday's Notes & Notices by April 1.
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Join
Student Pastor Lance Wiser's
LENTEN
BIBLE STUDY
This Sunday, April 1, you are all invited to attend the last
installment of Student Pastor Lance Wiser's Lenten Bible Study entitled "The
Terrible Surprise of Hospitality." We will begin at 11:30 am and finish up
before 1:00 pm.
Lance has been looking at stories from both the Old and New
Testaments pertaining to hospitality and weaving them into the narratives that
came out of his experience traveling to the Holy Land this past January, as well
as leading a conversation on how they connect with our own lives.
Even if you have not been able to come to the previous sessions, we
hope you will join us this Sunday!
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Sunday
Evening Lenten Study
"BENEATH THE CROSS:
LETTERS
FROM A GOOD FRIDAY WORLD"
Concludes this Sunday, 7 to 8:30 pm
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.
These studies are not cumulative, so if you have not been able to
attend our previous sessions, please feel free to join us this Sunday, when we
will read a "letter" from Judas "to whomever finds this note."
Led by Pastor Jean. We hope you will join us!
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Attention All Middle and High Schoolers
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE Rehearsal
Sunday, April 1
5 to 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary
Thank you to the 15 young people who came to
last week's rehearsal!
This Sunday, we will again spend the entire
time going over the service;
PLEASE NOTE: NO SUPPER WILL BE SERVED.
This rehearsal is mandatory
for youth who want to participate in the
Good Friday overnight lock-in and
activities.
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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 poster made by Alyssa McGillicuddy!
Attached to the poster are request forms to fill out and payment envelopes. If
there is any conflict with the date you request, Nancy or Gale will contact
you. 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. 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 Nancy Sullivan at the Church Office at 781-344-2371 or
the number above or Gale DeBeneditto @781-344-4728.
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Mainspring House Dinner
Wednesday, April 18
Our church will be serving dinner at
Mainspring house in Brockton on Wednesday, April
18. We still
need 1 more casserole (please see Marcia Olson for a tin) and about 6
dozen brownies. We also need 3 or 4 servers - it's a great way for a family
to serve together during the Spring vacation.
Casseroles can be made ahead and frozen; they just need to be
delivered to the church freezer by Sunday, April 15. We are so grateful to all
of you who faithfully volunteer to make meals or serve every time we ask, living
out Jesus' most basic tenet: "whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers, so
you do unto me."
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A Special Announcement to
All ladies of Our Church Family:
In 1978 the ladies of the UCC
churches of New England joined together in a weekend meeting of fun, worship,
and learning. This time came to be called CELBRATION I. Now in the works are
plans for CELEBRATION IX for March 28-30, 2014. You see, these celebrations have
taken place every four years since then. Most of the ladies who have come, come
back time after time. The last one expanded to include the young ladies of the
UCC, and girls 12 and over were invited with special activities and plans for
them. There were some women there of three generations of the same family
worshiping and learning together. The theme for Celebration IX will be
"Together" based on Psalm 131:1.
So mark your calendar now,
start you Celebrations fund and plan to be a part of this in Portland Maine in
2014.
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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.
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