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FAITHFUL
GENTS
"Faithful Gents" a group of men from the church that meet on the
last
Saturday of every month. Please
join them on August 25th, at 9:00 am at Bickford's Restaurant, Oak Street,
Brockton.
If you have any questions or need a ride, please contact Jon Taggart
at 781-344-3940.
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WORSHIP IN THE STYLE OF
TAIZE
this SUNDAY, AUGUST
26
Our Sunday morning worship this Sunday, August 26 will be in the
style of Taize, an ecumenical monastic community in France.
Taize worship is characterized by meditative singing, interspersed
with scripture readings and extended silent prayer. We hope you will join us for
this special service and that it will inspire you to come to our monthly evening
Taize services this coming year.
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HEALING PRAYERS AT 11:30 AM
ON COMMUNION
SUNDAYS
Next Sunday, September 2, at 11:30 am and on
every Communion Sunday (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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Please Welcome
New
Student Pastor
Diane
Anderson
Please get ready to welcome our new Student Pastor, Diane Anderson,
who will be joining us beginning Sunday, September 2. Diane is a student at
Andover Newton Theological School and will be with us through May, 2013,
learning "hands on" parish ministry.
Diane submitted the following "bio" to introduce herself to
us.
Diane Anderson grew up in Chappaqua, NY and has been living in
Weston, Massachusetts for the last nine years with her husband, Tom, and two
teenagers, Katherine and Will.
Her original career was in education - she was a third grade teacher.
When Diane's children were little she stayed home and did volunteer work in her
community. Her favorite place to volunteer was at her church. Diane's church
involvement eventually led her to apply to seminary.
She has been attending Andover Newton Theological School part time
for the past four years and hopes to earn her Masters of Divinity degree in
2014. In addition to her passion for worship and church communities, Diane has
particular interests in prison ministry, interfaith relationships and spiritual
practices such as lectio divina and centering prayer. She also loves to curl up
with a good book, walk her dogs in the woods and cook vegetarian meals for her
family. Diane is very excited about spending the next year with the members of
The First Congregational Church of Stoughton!!
Please extend Diane a gracious welcome!
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If you would like to sponsor Altar Flowers, please contact Gale
DiBeneditto at 781-344-4728, or leave your information with the church office,
781-344-2371.
Please give specific information as to when you would like the
flowers placed on the altar and if it is in celebration, remembrance or in honor
of someone and a telephone number where we can contact you. The cost to sponsor
a standard arrangement is $25.00. Checks for flowers can be made out to "Nancy
Sullivan."
If you have any questions you can contact Nancy Sullivan at the
church office @ 781-344-2371 or Gale DeBeneditto @ 781-344-4728.
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CHURCH OFFICE HOURS for
the SUMMER:
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 June 18-August 31
Regular Office Hours will
resume the week of September
2nd.
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Cleaning out your closet, garage, attic?
Ready to get rid of "stuff"
you'll never use again?
From now until the end of
October, we will be collecting items for our church's annual Holiday Fair.
We will be accepting the
following items in good condition:
White
elephant/ attic treasures, dishes, small working
electronics, small furniture or home décor items, fiction books, CDs, DVDs,
Holiday decorations, children's books and toys
PLEASE: NO
COMPUTERS, NO TVs or VCR recorders,
NO clothing,
textbooks, magazines, exercise equipment
or large
items of any kind.
(If
you think it has value, call Marcia Olson first
before bringing it
over)
Drop items by the church on
Sunday mornings or during regular church hours (mostly mornings before noon), or
contact Marcia and make arrangements to have them picked up.
While we are so thankful for
your donations, it takes a lot of work to organize and clean items for sale at
Attic Treasures. We appreciate your consideration in making sure your
"treasures" have all their parts and are in clean, good working
order.
We are also seeking donations
for our Silent Auction - if you are able to make a donation of a gift certificate, tickets
to a play or sporting event, sports memorabilia, or some other item, we would be
most grateful.
For pick-up or
questions contact Marcia Olson,
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TREASURE HUNT!
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 (old treasures) 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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Fall is coming 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. Three 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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