The Weekly Word from First Church of Christ FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, CONGREGATIONAL Member of the United Church of Christ An open, welcoming and affirming congregation 2183 Main Street, Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-633-4641 Television Ministry: LIVING THE WORD, Sundays, 12:00 noon, Cox Cable Channel 15 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.glastonburyfirst.org Today at First Church January 18, 2015 Second Sunday After Epiphany 9:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Worship Service & Child Care Church School Cherub Choir, Room 112 Worship Service & Child Care Senior High Fellowship, Youth Room Church School Schedule Attention Parents: We are in our “Jesus is Baptized” unit, and the schedule is below. Note, 2nd and 3rd grade classes are combined. Preschool in Room 105. Kindergarten & 1st grade pink 2nd grade yellow 3rd grade purple 4th grade red 5th grade green Storytelling Room 111 Amy & Caroline Thompson Games Room 110 Marianne & Jake Anderson Games Room 110 Marianne & Jake Anderson Science Room 205 Ken Brown Music Room 204 Olivia Thompson Inclusive classroom in Room 207. Children in grades 6-8 can choose between Puppet Troupe in 302/303, and Explore in the Youth Room. The kindergarteners and first graders will go to Cherub Choir as part of their Church School experience. Please pick up your children at 10:30 a.m. in Room 112. Church School runs until 10:10 a.m. today. If the service ends earlier than that, please enjoy some time in Schultz Hall before picking up your children. Thanks for your cooperation! (The complete unit schedule is posted throughout the church and online.) Serving Lunch at Center City Church Tomorrow, January 19, we will provide the food and servers for this lunch meal. Sign up during common fellowship or contact Sharon Conway at [email protected] or Suzanne Schwartz at 860-430-1350. Serving Together at Mission Immersion Day On Saturday, February 7, we are looking for individuals and families (children are welcome) to volunteer at various local non-profits that serve children and families in need throughout the Greater Hartford area. Many of the sites just take a few hours of your time, and we have opportunities in the morning and the afternoon. Sign up during common fellowship, or contact Jim Hartung at ctsdncmnfolk@gmail. com or 860-430-2123 for additional information. Bloomfield Backpack Project: Service and Supper Opportunity! Come help to feed the hungry and then share a quick meal together! In partnership with Foodshare and other local churches, we will be providing backpacks filled with 11 pounds of nonperishable food to 80 Bloomfield children in need. Come join us the 2nd Thursday of the month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. We are organizing the following groups but anyone and everyone is welcome to join us on any date that works for you! Call Karen Vigeant at 860-432-4985 or [email protected] to sign up or feel free to sign up on the poster outside of the Christian Education office. 2/12 3/12 4/9 5/14 6/11 K – 2nd grade kids and parents 3rd – 5th grade kids and parents Family night Grandparents and grandchildren Seniors/adult fellowship Communion Education in Church School Next week on Sunday, January 25, members of the Board of Deacons will visit Church School classes and educate children about the sacrament of Holy Communion. This is in preparation for Family Communion Sunday on February 1. Thanks for Helping Simply Smiles! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Church School Mission Project by purchasing a panini at HOT TABLE this past Thursday! 20% of food items purchased will help Simply Smiles provide medicine and healthy living conditions to our brothers and sisters in a Oaxaca, Mexico. Your support is truly appreciated! Childcare at First Church First Church is blessed with a hired childcare provider, Cheryl Foley, who is here each week to look after our infants and toddlers. Cheryl has a wonderful team of volunteers working with her. Child care is provided at both worship services. Prayer Shawl Ministry Knitters and crocheters will gather on Monday, January 19, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the Lehman Library for knitting and fellowship. If you are new to knitting, one of our members will be able to help. Yarn is available, just bring along a pair of #13 needles and we will get you started. All are welcome to come and join us. If you have any questions call Co-Coordinators Nancy Pacht at 860-659-3935 or Liz Webb at 860-593-7831. Presented by Music at the Meetinghouse PAUL BISACCIA Piano Masterworks: Liszt, Chopin, Gershwin and Music of the Great American Composers Sunday, February 22, 2015 4:00 p.m. A donation of $10 per person is suggested. $20 family maximum. Prayer and Share January 19 Second Sunday Book Club On Sunday, February 8 at 4:00 p.m. in the Lehman Library the Second Sunday Book Club will discuss the novel Euphoria by Lily King. All are welcome! Please contact Amy Thompson at [email protected] with any questions or for more information. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration January 19 The public is invited to the 14th Annual Glastonbury Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, Prayer and Share meets Tuesday mornings from “Martin, Music and the Movement,” on Monday, 9:45 to 11:00 a.m. in the Parlor. Come join us for January 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Smith Middle a time of prayer, sharing, strengthening your faith School. The free event, a history of the Civil and forming friendships. Being part of a small Rights movement through narration, music, group within a large church fosters a feeling of and dance, will be narrated by Frank Mitchell belonging and caring. We have studied over the of the Amistad Arts and Culture Center and is years Joyce Rupp’s book entitled, The Cup of Our sponsored by the Glastonbury MLK Community Life, A Guide for Spiritual Growth, Becoming Jesus’ Initiative. First Church member Eric Anderson Prayer by Gregory Palmer, a study and practice of will perform the folk music segment of the the Lord’s Prayer, and Holy Spirit Here and Now, program. Other performers will include GHS as well as looking into the lives of the women of Jazz Band and Madrigals, Gideon Welles Chorus, the Bible. All are welcome. For more information Windsor High Teens of Praise, Ofure (Hip Hop) and more. Nonperishable food will be collected please call Dianne Schwegler at 860-633-6326 or for the Glastonbury Food Pantry. Nancy Higgins at 860-633-6604. Interfaith Friendship Committee Plans Part 3 of “A Taste of Judaism” on Sunday, January 25 Part 3 of “A Taste of Judaism,” Community, will be offered here on Sunday, January 25. Light refreshments will be available beginning at 3:30 p.m., with the discussion running from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. To register for the event, please call the church office or add your name to the sign-up sheet. Attendees at Parts 1 and 2 were invited to share what they learned and submit questions, which reveal a real appetite for continued learning. Questions (please see the January Reminder for sample questions) will be addressed during the January program. Please join us! The Interfaith Friendship Initiative This Week at First Church Monday, January 19, 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday: Office closed off-site Serve lunch at Center City Church 6:30 p.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry, Lehman Library 7:00 p.m. Executive Board, Room 202 Tuesday, January 20, 2015 7:30 a.m. Potpourri, Kitchen 9:30 a.m. Library Volunteers 9:45 a.m. Prayer & Share, Parlor 7:oo p.m. Jubilate Ringers, Meetinghouse Wednesday, January 21, 2015 8:00 a.m. Theological Reflection Group, Lehman Library 9:30 a.m. Library Volunteers 10:15 a.m. Mobile Foodshare 5:00 p.m. Caroler Choir 6:00 p.m. Confirmation Class, Youth Room Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:30 a.m. Thursday Morning Study Group, Lehman Library 1:00 p.m. Memorial Committee, Lehman Library 4:00 p.m. Cantate Choir 5:00 p.m. Ribbon Work (& 5:30/6:00 p.m.) 5:00 p.m. Mallets 7:00 p.m. Quartet 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir Sunday, January 25, 2015 9:00 a.m. Worship Service & Child Care 9:15 a.m. Church School 10:00 a.m. Cherub Choir, Room 112 10:30 a.m. Worship Service & Child Care 3:30 p.m. Taste of Judaism, Part 3: Community, various rooms Food Collection Our donations for our neighbors in need go to Horace Bushnell Children’s Food Pantry in Mobile Foodshare is a “farmer’s market” style food Hartford and Manchester Area Conference of Churches (MACC). In January, we’re asking for distribution service that provides food to lower income people every other Wednesday in our back contributions of canned tuna, juice and other items people are willing to donate. Thanks for parking lot. If you are interested in volunteering, your help! contact Sally Riddell at 860-657-8715. Mobile Foodshare Van Please note that the monies collected in the envelopes with this logo are used to support the 2014-2015 Church School Mission Project, Simply Smiles. We suggest a donation of $1 per week. MINISTERS All the members of the church Pastor Emeritus The Rev. Dr. Carl F. Schultz, Jr. (1932 - 2012) PASTORS The Rev. David T. Taylor, Senior Pastor The Rev. Kate VanDerzee-Glidden, Associate Pastor Rebecca Fleahman, Office Manager Angela Salcedo, Director of Music Ministries Cheryl Foley, Child Care Provider Wes Grove, Facilities Manager Kathy Ciolkosz, Administrative Assistant Karin Carlino, Church School Administrator The Rev. Gordon Bates, Minister of Visitation Andrew Wicks, Director of SHF and Confirmation Jennifer Giguere, Director of Children’s Ministries Peggy Hartman, Director of Handbell Program and Children’s Choirs Valerie Escalera, Program Administrator Susan Feller, Publications Specialist