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Be Part
of "Team UCC Stoughton" at the
Boston
Pride Parade, TODAY, Saturday, June 9
The First Congregational Church of Stoughton will again be walking
with other Open and Affirming churches in the UCC's Massachusetts Conference at the annual Boston Pride Parade,
which takes place TODAY.
The
route is approximately three miles, starting in Copley Square and ending at
Government Plaza. We will be lining up at by 11 am and stepping off at 12 noon.
Come be part of "Team UCC Stoughton" and receive a free T-shirt with our Welcome
Statement printed on the back (while supplies last)!
If
you have not already signed up, and would still like to join us for the walk,
please call Pastor Jean at 978-500-3393 for directions, or simply come and join us -- we will be gathering on Boylston Street (in front of Lord and Taylor, on the block between Exeter and Fairfield Streets); simply get there before 12 noon.
We
hope you'll join us!
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This Sunday, June 10th is Children's Sunday.
Please plan on having your children attend to take part
in this service.
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This Sunday, in our lobby
before and after church services, we will be selling items made by the "Fun in
the Sun" knitters.
Items include sun hats,
beach or shopping bags, sunglass cases, water bottle covers, beach cover-ups and
beach umbrella covers.
Proceeds will go to our
Friendly Service Group expenses. Thanks!
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Annual
Calendar Meeting Monday, June
11
We will be holding our annual "calendar meeting" on Monday evening, June 11, starting at 7:00
pm to begin planning the '12 -'13 church year. We are asking that all church boards,
committees, ministry teams, and
other church groups be represented at
this meeting so we can coordinate our ministries and activities.
To help you prepare, '12-'13 calendars will be available at the back
of the sanctuary this Sunday. Please fill them in
with your plans and bring them to the meeting as we prepare for another exciting year in
the life of our church! If you
have any questions or need more information, please speak to Pastor Jean.
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ATTENTION ALL BOARD MEMBERS
Many thanks to all outgoing board
members for your service to our church.
Thank
you also to all of you who have
volunteered to serve on a board during
the
coming year.
IMPORTANT: All
outgoing and incoming members are asked to attend their board's June meetings to
ensure an orderly transition of duties.
A special thank you to
Al Manson
for serving as Chairman of the
Trustees for these past two years and for his many hours of hard work
negotiating contracts, handling tenant issues, and ensuring the upkeep of the
church facility.
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PAID NURSERY STAFF; SUNDAYS 9:45 to 1:00
We are looking to fill a new PAID position to provide childcare for
our nursery during worship and for nursery and Sunday School-aged children
following worship during the "Bible Top 40" program (see Rev. Jean's June LINK
article); hours are roughly 9:45 am to 1:00 pm each Sunday, at $10 per hour.
Adults aged 21 and over are welcome to apply and will be subject to our Safe
Church screening procedures, which include a CORI check. If you are interested
in applying, or would like more information, please contact Adam Isbitsky
(aisbitsky@gmail.com)
or Caroline Cesario (linac617@gmail.com).
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| JUNE
17TH |
Please submit articles for
the Summer LINK
by June 17th.
If you have something specific you need to
say about an upcoming
event during the Summer months, or something that
will take place in early Fall, now is the time to write your
article.
Thanks!
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CONDUCT A JEWELRY SEARCH THIS SUMMER!
We know you'd rather spend time outdoors when
the weather is warm and sunny, but cleaning out closets and drawers is a great
rainy day activity.
We've started our
fair jewelry collection early this year to give us more time to sort, clean and
prepare your donations for sale at our annual church fair in November. If you, a
neighbor, relative, friend or co-worker have jewelry to part with, this is a
perfect place to donate your cast-offs and benefit our church.
We accept estate jewelry, fine jewelry, and costume jewelry of any
style or type. Just put your pieces in a clear plastic bag and leave them in the
church office, or contact: Elaine Henriksen -781-344-0789; eshenriksen@verizon.net, or Dee Hayes - 508-238-1296.
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Summer's almost here and we
could use your help t o make it a banner year for the Church Fair.
If you are looking for yarn
to make items for the hand-knit table, please contact Maurine Upton.
We are looking for people to make hand made items such as children's
sweaters, baby items, afghans, towels, pot holders, mittens, hats, scarfs plus
any new suggestions for the table.
Please call Maurine Upton at
781-344-4609. Thank you.
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  AREA RUGS AVAILABLE
FOR SALE:
We received a generous donation of several
area rugs of varying sizes for Attic Treasures. Rather than store them till next fall, we wanted to offer
them for sale now.
The rugs are currently in the open area
outside the music room with prices ranging from $15-60. Two have already been
sold.
If you are interested, please
contact
Nancy Sullivan in the church
office(781-344-2371).
Many thanks to Bill and Laura Murphy, friends
of Russ and Stephanie Clough, for this donation as well as many others
throughout the years.
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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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