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Dover-Foxcroft Congregational
September/October 2014
Calendar of Events
Acolyte Training
Sunday, Sept. 28th following worship
Bible Sunday
Sunday, Sept. 21st during worship
Chicken Pie Sale
Saturday, Sept. 20th
Chicken Pie Supper
Saturday, October 18th
Church Council Mtg.
Sunday, Sept. 14th at 10:45 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 12th at 10:45 a.m.
Community Dinner
Monday, Oct. 13th at 5:00 p.m.
Deacons Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 18th at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 16th at 6:00 p.m.
Men’s Group
Saturday, Sept. 13th at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 11th at 7:30 a.m.
Mission Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 11th at 8:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 9th at 8:30 a.m.
Pumpkin Carving Party
Sunday, Oct. 26th at 6:00 p.m.
Senior Luncheon
Wednesday, Sept. 24th at 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 22nd at 11:30 a.m.
Staff Meeting
Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m.
September /October 2014
Sunday School Registration
Sunday, Sept. 14th at 9:00 a.m.
Themed Dinners
Wednesday, Sept. 17th at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 15th at 5:30 p.m.
Trustees Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 4th at 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 2nd at 5:15 p.m.
Women’s Fellowship Mtg.
Wednesday, Sept. 10th at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 8th at 6:00 p.m.
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Sunday School
Sunday Morning Worship
Fellowship Coffee
Choir Rehearsal
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Happy Anniversary
9/02 Dave & Bonnie Dunaway
9/10 Steve & Deb Boyd
9/27 George & Donna
Kousaie
10/1 Ed & Sharon Imbert
10/4 John & Kerri Raymond
10/8 John & Sharon Jones
10/8 Don & Jan McLaughlin
10/18
10/19
10/21
10/22
10/28
9/23
9/23
9/24
9/25
9/27
9/27
9/28
9/30
10/2
10/3
10/4
10/6
10/6
10/9
10/9
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/15
10/16
10/19
10/23
10/23
10/25
10/26
10/27
10/29
10/30
10/31
Jim & Kathy England
Arnie & Connie Poland
Mike & Shelly Snow
Greg & Cara Fuller
Brett & Kelly Hutchinson
Happy Birthday
9/01
9/05
9/05
9/09
9/11
9/12
9/13
9/15
9/16
9/17
9/18
9/18
9/21
9/21
Helen Higgins
Deb Boyd
Marilyn Fountain
Cara Fuller
Sherry Corbin
Jeff Parker
Allie Smith
Michael Snow
Heather Woods
Marilyn Young
Chelsey Curtis
Liza Smith
Greg Fuller
Pam Nourse
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DOVER-FOXCROFT
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
September/October 2014
Ayla Hoyt
Jackson Caruso
Elaine Bisbee
Kathy Allen
Duane LaCasce
Jasper Makowski
Cheryl Fairbrother
Lillian Makowski
George Barton
Peg Seneca
Mickena Gibbs
Dave Dunaway
Metella Woodworth
Judy Raymond
Beth Weatherbee
Nancy Jordan
Bob Whitney
John Grover
Arnie Poland
Tim Smith
Vanessa Cousins
Glenna Brochu
Norm Higgins
Chip Reier
Bruce Tibbetts
Ann Stevens
Benny Lumbra
Theresa Makowski
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Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church P.O. Box 328,
Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426, (207) 564-2872, www.dfcongo.org
Editor: Chris Paydos, [email protected]
Pastor: Rev. Chad Poland, [email protected]
C.E. Coordinator: Holly Guyotte, [email protected]
Youth Lay Minister: Deb Boyd, [email protected]
Deadline for copy: The 15th of the month prior to publication.
We welcome church news items, family news, and special
events from our church family. Articles received after deadline
date will be included in next issue.
Steeple Chimes 2
Dear friends,
there were only a way to show people that what
we are doing here matters.”
My article for this
issue comes in the
form of some
musings from two
different
perspectives. I hope they are thought provoking.
“It was a beautiful Sunday. Better yet, I had the
day off, so I was headed to see some great friends.
Perhaps we would take the kids to the beach, sit
back, relax, talk and listen to some music. As I
drove through town I noticed all the cars parked
outside the churches. Some even had the door
Pastor Chad
open and if you slowed a little you could hear
sounds of the organ spilling out into the street. I
wasn’t raised in a church. The whole thing seems
“It was a beautiful Sunday. It was good to see so
a bit mysterious to me. One of my friends went
many at church. I’ve been coming to church my
with his family once, but I guess the regulars
whole life and it is always good to see old friends.
barely even said ‘hello.’ There is a church now,
While I don’t know them very well, I was also
with some folks on their way out. They look like
pleased to see some young people with us today. I
there are staring at me, standing there in their
always mean to go up and introduce myself, but I
Sunday best. I am sure I would stick out like a
never seem to get around to it. The music was
sore thumb in the clothes I have on today. To be
exceptional and the message really spoke to me.
honest, I am not even sure
During the service one could
“You
are
the
light
of
the
world.
A
city
about the whole God thing. I
occasionally hear some noise
15
built
on
a
hill
cannot
be
hid.
No
one
mean there is so much bad
from the road out front,
after lighting a lamp puts it under the
stuff going on in the world.
motorcycles driving by, even
bushel
basket,
but
on
the
lamp
stand,
Every day it seems like things
an occasional horn. As I left,
and it gives light to all in the house. In
are getting worse in places like
I stood for a moment on the
the
same
way,
let
your
light
shine
Iraq, Syria, the Ukraine. Then
stairs and watched the flow of
before others, so that they may see your
there’s that Ebola thing. And
traffic. Where were all these
good
works
and
give
glory
to
your
if there is a God I’m not sure
people headed I wondered?
Father in heaven.
what God would think of me.
Why don’t they go to church?
-Matthew
5:14-16
I’ve done some pretty stupid
Don’t they realize that
stuff over the years. Either
something important is going
way I am not sure what difference in makes. I’ve
on within these walls? God is being praised as
known some church goers before and they didn’t
hearts are filled with wonder. Prayers are being
seem any different than anyone else. I would
shared for people near and far, for people in our
assume that they would be more patient, kind, and
own families but for people in Iraq, Syria, and the
forgiving than your average person, but I don’t see
Ukraine as well. Money is being offered to
it. In fact those that actually talk about churchy
support programs that reach from our Sunday
stuff seem like they are more interested in judging
school wing all the way to the African continent.
you and telling you what is wrong with your life.
Forgiveness is being proclaimed. Surely everyone
At least that is what I see in the media. Based on
needs that now and again. And then there is
what I hear and see, it doesn’t seem like church
simply the encouragement one finds being part of
matters much. If I could see and hear that it was
a community. I found myself feeling a bit
really making a positive difference in people’s
frustrated. If there were only a way to show
lives, maybe I would give it a chance. For now I
people the impact of what we do as a church. If
will stick with the beach.”
September /October 2014
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The Lectionary is Changing
To be honest the headline above is a bit
misleading. The Lectionary is not
changing, we are changing lectionaries.
For many years now our church has
followed the New Revised Common
Lectionary (NRCL). Sometimes we
assume that the NRCL has been around
forever and that every preacher around
the world surely follows it. Neither is true.
The NRCL was solidified in the early 1990’s
and was preceded by a number of other
lectionaries many of which trace their
history back to the 1969 Ordo Lectionum
Missae, developed by the Roman
Catholic Church. Lectionaries of various
forms have been in use for centuries, but
they have always been evolving. That
process continues. The Narrative
Lectionary (NL) is one such development
and has some compelling attributes.
The NL is a four year cycle of readings.
The NRCL was a three year cycle. Part of
the reason for this change to 4 years is
that the NL is a 9 month lectionary. The
Narrative Lectionary was designed by the
faculty of Luther Seminary and is
designed to walk congregations
chronologically through scripture during
the time when attendance is most
regular. Essentially, the NL begins in
September and continues through
Pentecost Sunday in the spring. During
the summer months, I will be doing
sermon series on particular books of the
Bible or on various themes. The goal of
the NL is to highlight the overarching
movement of scripture, a movement that
is always pointing to the work of God
accomplished in Christ. The NL also
recognizes that people are not nearly as
familiar with the Bible as they once were.
September /October 2014
We are accustomed to hearing short
snippets from the Bible and we are not
always aware of the context. Because
the NL readings are longer that context is
better represented. If you just lost
interest at the word “longer;” don’t worry,
there is only one reading per week.
After 22 years of doing the same thing,
perhaps we are due for a change. This is
a bit of an experiment, but I am hopeful
that this change will breathe some new
excitement into my work as a preacher
and subsequently into the life of our local
church. If you would like to learn more
about the Narrative lectionary, you can
visit the following
link: http://www.workingpreacher.org/nar
rative_faqs.aspx.
Pastor Chad
The Church Office will return to regular
office hours after Labor Day:
Tuesday - Thursday
8:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
NEXT NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
OCTOBER 15th
FOR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER ISSUE
Steeple Chimes 4
CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION
Holly Guyotte –
Coordinator
Yeah! It’s getting to be the time when all
the children return from summer; ready
for some new and exciting fun and
learning in the Sunday School wing!! I
can’t wait to hear all the stories of the
adventures they had during the summer.
We have a new face in the nursery this
year, we are happy to welcome Stacy
Shaffer to our team; she has been
working with a few of our “regular”
nursery volunteers throughout the summer
and has settled in nicely. Please stop by
to say hello, introduce yourself and
welcome her on board.
Sunday, September 14th is Registration
Sunday beginning at 9am in the chapel;
all families with children are encouraged
to attend. Following registration children
will join their families in worship; Pastor
Chad will send us out when it is time so
we can have some time for fun and
games.
We are very excited to be using the
“Sparks” Curriculum again this year for a
month by month theme. It is a rotational
series for our pre K – 5th grade students.
The Jr. High group will also be using the
Sparks program specifically created for Jr.
High students. Many exciting things
coming up in the Sunday School wing!
weeks). During these three weeks, you
will give a similar lesson to three different
groups of students. There will also be
opportunities to be on a decorating crew
as we move from theme to theme, to be
a leader in our opening chapel time, or to
be a substitute teacher to fill in when we
know someone will be out.
There are sign-up sheets in the connector
on the wall. I am excited we already
have a few volunteers already signed
up… Thank you!! Still many slots to fill, 3
Sundays for the year is all we are asking…
and you won’t be alone, we are asking
for two volunteers for each group.
Without the support and participation
from adults our children won’t receive the
most benefits from the program, come
out and share your love with the young
people of our congregation!!
Acolyte Training is
scheduled for
September 28th,
following the regular church
service. Training is for both old and new
Acolytes. To become an Acolyte
applicants must be entering the Fourth
grade or higher this school year.
Applications for Acolyte training will be
taken during Sunday School Registration.
We are asking people to consider
teaching during one unit (which is for 3
September /October 2014
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Bible Sunday will be
September 21st .
The C.E. Board will
present bibles to the
3rd graders and other older
students who have not
received bibles.
Ushers are needed for
the months ahead.
If you would like to be
an usher but are unsure
of your duties, a list of
usher duties is posted at
both entrances to the sanctuary. Ushers
are asked to be at the church by 9:00
a.m. in order to fold worship bulletins
which can be found on the conference
room table.
Please consider signing up on the signup
sheet located in the connector. If you
have any questions, you can contact
Priscilla Higgins or Ethel Ayres.
PUMPKIN CARVING PARTY
Sunday, October 26th
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
BYOP (Bring your own pumpkin)
pumpkin) &
Carving tools!
tools!
Apple cider and popcorn will be available.
ChildrenChildren-remember to bring your adult!
September /October 2014
Lunch with Us!!
Mark the fourth
Wednesdays, September
24th and October 22nd, on
your calendars now! On
those days bring a friend and join us in
the chapel at 11:30 a.m. for fellowship
and a luncheon sponsored by the Mission
Committee. There will be no luncheons in
November and December, but we will
start them again in January and continue
through April.
Wednesday, September 24th - rolls - Chocolate Delight
Salad Bar
Luncheon will be followed by a
demonstration of T'ai Chi Chih. Sherry
Corbin will instruct us on the movements
of this gentle and relaxing form of
meditation. Recommended by its
originator as a daily practice, users of T'ai
Chi Chih claim to “achieve heightened
energy, serenity and health, longevity,
weight and blood pressure control.”
Who would not like these in their life?
Whether we put the movements to use or
not, we all can learn what others do to
improve their quality of life, and we just
might be tempted to give it a try!
HYMN REQUESTS
We will continue to take
Hymn Requests for the 2nd hymn
during worship. There is a sign-up
sheet located in the connector
for you to write down your
favorite hymn. Only hymn
requests from the New Century
Hymnal will be honored.
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CHICKEN PIE SALE
The Kitchen Crew will
be having a
Chicken Pie Sale on
September 20th.
“Many hands make
light
work”
The
Kitchen Crew needs
many
people
to
volunteer for a little
time
for
the
September Chicken
Pie Sale and for the October Chicken Pie
Supper. A signup sheet is located in the
connector. Please consider helping in
any way you can.
Saturday, October 18th
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Featuring:
Chicken Pie, Gravy, Potatoes,
Vegetables,
Homemade Rolls, Dessert, Coffee & Tea
$10.00/Adults $4.00/Children under 12
September /October 2014
What does “living healthy” mean to you?
Erin Callaway, Healthy Community project
coordinator for the “Feel Good
Piscataquis!” initiative wants to know.
Being “healthy” isn’t just about what you
eat and whether you exercise. Attending
community gatherings, living in a secure
home with affordable heat and running
water, and knowing how to get the
supportive services you might need are
examples of “social factors” that contribute
to healthy living.
“Feel Good Piscataquis!” is a joint effort
being led by the Piscataquis Regional
YMCA and the Charlotte White Center to
help people in Piscataquis County live
healthier lives. The goal is to first learn what
people in Piscataquis are most concerned
about when it comes to health. The next
step is to help folks and organizations work
together to come up with projects to
address the concerns that are most
common.
Community involvement is key. That’s why
Erin would like to visit members of the
church. During the next few months, Erin
hopes to attend groups like the Senior
Lunch and Women’s Fellowship to talk
about healthy living. She is also working
with Youth Lay Minister Deb Boyd to involve
the church’s kids and teens.
For more information about “Feel Good
Piscataquis” send e-mail to Erin at
[email protected] or call her at 3430171. If you use Facebook, you can also
find information on the “Feel Good
Piscataquis” Facebook page.
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MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
“Back-to-School” is
screaming from all sorts of
advertisements this time of
year. It can be a good
reminder for us that now
would be a great time to purchase items
for the school kits we will be preparing in
the spring!
Into each colorful cloth bag, we will be
packing the following items:
*3- 70 count spiral notebooks totaling 200210 pages
*1- pair round-tip metal scissors
*1- 30-centimeter ruler (12”)
*1- hand-held pencil sharpener
*1- large eraser
*6- new pencils with erasers
*1- box 24 crayons
Some of our mission-minded shoppers
have already found the bargains.
However, more items are still
needed, in particular scissors, crayons,
pencils, and pencil sharpeners. Imagine
the smiles on the children's faces when
they open the bags we have filled!!
FEATURED MONTHLY MISSIONS
September Featured Mission - Neighbors
in Need (NIN), is a special offering of the
UCC that supports ministries of justice
and compassion throughout the United
States. NIN funds support ministries with
American Indians and a variety of justice
initiatives, advocacy efforts, and direct
service projects through grants. NIN
grants are awarded to churches and
organizations doing justice work in their
communities. These grants fund projects
whose work ranges from direct service to
community organizing and advocacy to
address systemic injustice.
October Featured Mission - The Spruce
Run Womancare Alliance's mission is to
provide support and advocacy to
persons who are affected by domestic
abuse and to work toward the elimination
of domestic, institutional, and cultural
violence through education and social
change.
As always, our monthly mission offerings,
received on Communion Sunday, are
shared between the featured mission and
our local missions: the food cupboard
and the heating assistance fund.
FOOD CUPBOARD
The FOOD CUPBOARD is
collecting CANNED PIE
FILLING and BOXED CRUST
MIX for the month of
SEPTEMBER. Any brand, any size, any
flavor of pie filling will do. During the
month of OCTOBER the food of choice is
CANNED SWEET POTATOES/CANNED
VEGETABLES.
However, ANY donation of other food will
be more than welcome
September /October 2014
Church Council will meet September 14th
and October 12th following worship. If the
committee chair is unable to attend the
meeting, please send a committee
representative.
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MISSION OFFERING
June - Total Offering
Heating Assistance Fund
Pilgrim Lodge Scholarship
From Mission for Pilgrim Lodge
Living Word Food Cupboard
Deacons Fund
Local Benevolence
$873.80
155.75
314.20
185.80
124.60
62.30
31.15
July -Total Offering
Heating Assistance Fund
Strengthen Our Church
Living Word Food Cupboard
Deacons Fund
Local Benevolence
$543.20
118.00
250.00
104.40
47.20
23.60
August -Total Offering
Heating Assistance Fund
Wilson Center
Living Word Food Cupboard
Deacons Fund
Local Benevolence
$397.20
90.50
160.00
82.40
46.20
18.10
September 10th at 6:00 p.m.
Program: “A Mission Update from
Mozambique”. Hostesses are Muriel
Parker and Jean Hitchcock.
October 8th at 6:00 p.m.
Sue Stevens and Phyllis Moore will be
hosting a Movie Night.
All women of the church family are
welcome to attend Women’s Fellowship
events.
FLOWERS
& FUEL
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP We enjoy gathering after
Sunday service to chat,
support each other and
have a cup of tea, coffee
or juice. We are seeking
people to sign up to host
coffee. The sign-up sheet is posted in the
chapel. Coffee instructions are on the
inside of the tall utility cabinet door in the
kitchen. Some people bring goodies to
share and that is very nice, however, you
DO NOT need to bake a treat to host.
Please consider signing up.
September /October 2014
We remind the Church Family that flowers
for Sunday Services in memory of a loved
one can be scheduled on the Flower
Chart in the connector or by calling Chris
in the Church Office (564-2872). Should
you choose to have a candle lit with a
donation for fuel please call Chris in the
office. We are blessed to share God’s
love through sharing of flowers and fuel.
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Joys & Concerns
We Rejoice With:
The return of our youth to Sunday School.
Let us keep in prayer those who teach
and those who learn in the life of this
church.
The return of the Chancel Choir and give
thanks for all who shared their gift of
music during the summer months.
All of our college students who have
visited us this summer. We will miss them
as they head off to begin a new
academic year.
Friends and family who returned for the
summer months and stopped in to visit us
during worship.
David & Sylvia Dean’s son, Tom and
Gena Barney who were married July 5th.
Madelyn Betts who celebrated her 102nd
birthday on June 29th.
We celebrate with Madelyn Betts who
received the Boston Post cane on June
14th as the oldest resident of DoverFoxcroft.
We Give Thanks for:
All who donated items, purchased items,
and volunteered hours at the Rummage
Sale in June. We made $1700. The
proceeds from the Rummage were split
between the Heating Assistance Fund
and the Mission Committee.
September /October 2014
Please Keep in Prayer:
Rev. Marilyn Rohdin who is recovering
from a very bad car accident.
In the Mailbag ~
Dear Church Family,
Thank you very much for the scholarship.
It will be a great help next semester when
I return from Scotland. Thank you for the
support in my academic endeavors.
Jessica Curtin
Dear Congregational Church,
I am writing to express our sincere
appreciation for allowing us to use your
space for our Annual Harmony Camp
program. The church is a wonderful
facility, and we so appreciate the
donated space! Thank you!
With warm regards,
Angie Alfonso
Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance
Dear Church Family,
Thanks from the ladies of Scrap Camp for
the use of the beautiful space. Many
memories were preserved and many
more were made.
Julie Knowlton
Dear Church Family,
Thank you for your kind thoughts and
deeds during my recovery from my
mishap. You truly are a blessing in my life
as well as in the lives of many others.
Love,
Laura jean Eckard
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In the Mailbag (cont.) ~
Dear Church Family,
Thank you so much for the care package
you sent during finals week. It was greatly
appreciated. Now that I am no longer
living in the dorms your treats lasted long
enough to get through an intensive
Chemistry course I took during May Term.
With God’s guidance and t help of
several tutors I survived! I don’t normally
share my actual course grades but I
received an A- for my efforts! Thank you
again for your love, prayers and care
packages.
Blessed By You All,
Vanessa Cousins
Dear Church Family,
Thank you for the cards of sympathy you
have sent over the last few weeks to me
and my family. We will surely miss Martha,
but I know she lives on in my memories
and eternally with our Father in Heaven. I
find great peace knowing this.
At this time, I would also like to thank the
congregation and the scholarship
committee for awarding me scholarship
funds to continue my education. You will
be happy to know I made the Dean’s List
this past semester. Thank you again for
your love, prayers, thoughtful cards, and
gift of scholarship.
Love,
Vanessa Cousins
Dear Church Family,
Thank you for the care package you sent me
during finals week. It was nice to know you
all were thinking of me, and I enjoyed the
treats. I’m glad to be home and seeing all of
you again.
Thank you,
Jessica Curtin
September /October 2014
Dear Church Family,
Thank you for the continued support of
my studies in veterinary medicine as I
near the end of my 7 years of college
studying. Your continued love and
support have aided me in fulfilling dreams
of becoming a veterinarian. The life
lessons and continued growth into my
faith have helped to mold me into the
honest and responsible person I am
required to be within my field. Thank you
again for all of your support over the
many years.
Love in Christ,
Brandon England
Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for the gorgeous
hanging basket and very generous gift
certificate to Center Theater. I am such a
plant person and have this one on my
porch at home. I also love Center
Theater and go to all the plays and
concerts my back allows. Your
thoughtfulness means a great deal to me.
And so did having Nursery every Sunday.
I can still tear up when I think about what
I had to give up. I truly loved that
responsibility and those darling “little
ones”. Still hope I can help once in a
while. Thank you again.
Love,
Suzanne Stacy
Dear Church Family,
Thank you so much for the finals care
package you sent me. It fueled many late
night study sessions and I think I did well in my
exams. It was a tough semester and your
kindness made all the difference. I look
forward to playing for you this summer!
Love,
Sarah J.
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In the Mailbag (cont.) ~
Dear Church Family,
The sympathies and caring gestures
extended to my family and I following my
brother’s death were so heartfelt and so
appreciated. I felt the loving arms of
genuine concern around me. Thanks to
the diaconate, the Women’s Fellowship,
and church family.
Love,
Jayne (Sharrow)
Dear Church Family,
After a few hectic weeks packing and
unpacking, I wanted to take the time to
say thanks for our warm send –off. Thanks
to all who took the time to give words of
encouragement and good wishes. I
want to give a special thanks to my fellow
choir members with whom I shared one
last Sunday of special music. You are
simply a magnificent group of talented
musicians. It has been an honor and
pleasure to make music with you all.
I hope to re-establish with a church in the
York area –as soon as I scope out who
has the best choir!
Blessings to all,
Donna & George (Kousaie)
The Handiwork
Group is for
crafters to craft
together in an
informal gathering.
If you are interested
in attending, please contact the church
office. The group will set a date and time
for meeting after interest has been
determined.
September /October 2014
Lectionary Readings
September/October
September 7, 2014
Genesis 6:16-22; 9:8-15
September 14, 2014
Genesis 12:1-9
September 21, 2014
Genesis 39:1-23
September 28, 2014
Exodus 14:10-14, 21-29
October 5, 2014
Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17
October 12, 2014
Joshua 24:1-15
October 19, 2014
2 Samuel 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-9
October 26, 2014
1 Kings 3:4-9, (10-15), 16-28
BREAD BAKING
For a number of years faithful
bread bakers have been
providing Hibbard's Nursing
Home with sweet breads to
be used at the Sunday
socials held for their
residents. If you are
looking for a mission
opportunity, this once a
month baking opportunity might just fill
the bill. Please sign up on the sheet on
the table in the connector if you can add
a tasty bit to this gathering of Hibbard's
residents. Thank you.
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WEDNESDAY,
September 17th at
5:30 P.M. The
dinner theme is
Locally Grown
Food. Bring a
meal item that
has locally grown food in it. Families and
individuals are welcome. This is a chance
to experience different foods in a family
dinner setting with intergenerational
fellowship. There will be no program
following the meal. For more details, call
the church office. A signup sheet is
located in the connector.
FREE COMMUNITY DINNER
the 2nd Monday of each
month at 5:00 p.m. in the
Chapel.
Beginning Monday,
October 13th the church
will be holding a Free Community Dinner
available to anyone in our community.
The meals will be simple, but hearty fare.
Each meal will come with a recipe card
so individuals can learn how to make the
meal at home. We need volunteers to
help with the prep, cooking, serving, and
clean up of the meals. All food will be
prepped and cooked in the church
kitchen. A sign up sheet is located in the
connector if you can help in any way
with this new project.
September /October 2014
Life Line
Screening, a
leading provider of
community-based preventive health screenings, will
host their affordable, non-invasive and painless
health screenings on 10/9/2014 at the DoverFoxcroft Congregational Church. Five screenings
will be offered that scan for potential health
problems related to: blocked arteries which is a
leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms
which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the
arteries in the legs which is a strong predictor of
heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat
which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone
density screening, for men and women, used to
assess the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a
Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular tests
and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with
our member discount). All five screenings take 6090 minutes to complete. In order to register for
this event and to receive a $10 discount off any
package priced above $129, please call 1-888-6536441 or visit
www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners.
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Church Garden History
The Church Garden was established in May 1990. It was designed by Phil Holmes,
built by Jim and Duane LaCasce, planted and cared for by Jeanene LaCasce and Jean
Holmes.
Plants were taken from the LaCasce’s home garden or started from seed. Many
other church members contributed plants. Over the years additional items and plants
have been added in memory of loved ones.
The rose bush was given in memory of Wanda Wiley by her husband, Cliff Wiley.
The bird bath was given by Dan Steinke and family in memory of Dan’s father.
The cross was given in memory of Dagmar and Rev. Paul Malicote by family and
friends. Heather Elowe was instrumental in collecting money from church members to
help pay for the cross.
The Euphorbia Plant was given in memory of Ella Smith by her daughter Eunice
Finley.
The bench was given by Jean Holmes.
The water faucet and lattice was given by Eric Annis.
It was the understanding with the Trustees there was no church money for a garden.
When and if a garden was not successful the area would be filled with crushed stone-no
grass. Everything in the garden has been donated.
Over the years, different individuals have lovingly cared for the garden. Ethel Ayres
watered the garden for years while Jean Holmes tended the plants. In past years, various
individuals who signed up on a weekly basis have watered the garden. Priscilla Higgins
and Marilyn Young were often seen on hands and knees weeding. This year, Priscilla
Higgins and Sue Stevens have tended the garden and Ethan Poland spread mulch
donated by Parker Lumber Company.
From April to October the Church Garden is a wonder to behold with its glorious flowers
reminding us of God’s bounty.
Information regarding the Church Garden was provided by Jeanene LaCasce
September /October 2014
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CHURCH GARDEN BLOOMING IN JUNE
See page 15 for the History of the Garden
Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church
P.O. Box 328
Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
September /October 2014
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