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 9:00 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
March 15, 2015
Worship Service & Child Care
Church School
Cherub Choir, Room 112
4th & 5th Grade Bake Sale, Schultz Hall
Inclusive Classroom Planning Meeting, Lehman Library
Worship Service & Child Care
Sr. High Fellowship, Youth Room
Church School Schedule
Attention Parents: We are starting our new unit, “Breakfast on the Beach,” and the
schedule is below. Please note: 4th and 5th grade classes are combined for this unit.
Preschool in Room 105.
Science
Kindergarten &
Inclusive classroom in
Room 205
1st grade
Room 207. Children in
Alex Kimmel
pink
grades 6-8 can choose
between Puppet Troupe
Art
2nd grade
in 302/303, and Explore in
Room 103
yellow
the Youth Room.
Judy Burr
The kindergarteners and first
graders will go to Cherub
Games
3rd grade
Room
110
Choir as part of their Church
purple
John & Christine
School experience. Please pick
Szalkiewicz
up your children at 10:30 a.m.
in Room 112.
Storytelling
4th grade
Room 111
red
Church School runs until
Susan Bonitsky
10:10 a.m. today. If the service
ends earlier than that, please
Storytelling
5th grade
enjoy some time in Schultz
Room 111
green
Hall before picking up your
Susan Bonitsky
children. Thanks for your
cooperation!
(The complete unit schedule is posted throughout the church and online.)
Third Annual Shrimp Boil & Auction
Saturday, April 25, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., Schultz Hall
If you come to the Shrimp Boil just for the food and fellowship, you won’t be disappointed,
but the highlight will be the great buys at the Silent Auction.
Our search for auction items is in full swing, and we need your help now to make this year’s
auction better than ever. Are you connected to others here at church in a prayer group, book
club, study group, music group or cadre of volunteers? How about a board or committee? Why
not band together and brainstorm ideas for a donation you can make or purchase? It could be a
gift basket, services, restaurant gift certificates. . .let your imagination soar!
Please contact Brian Thompson ([email protected]) if you have an auction item
or auction questions.
Auction Items
Saturday, April 25, 2015, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Needed
Cost: Adults $15; children ages 6 – 12 $10; 5 and under free
Tickets on sale during Common Fellowship
If you would like to help plan the event, please contact Earl Thompson
([email protected]) or Diana Ruddick ([email protected]).
Bake Sale TODAY!
Today during Common Fellowship the 4th and 5th grade classes will be having a
Bake Sale! All proceeds benefit our Church School Mission Project, Simply Smiles.
Please stop by and purchase a tasty treat to help support a worthy cause. Thank you!
Save the Date! Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt April 4!
“Hop” on over to this “egg-citing” annual pancake feast in Schultz Hall where “every bunny” is invited!
We’ll begin serving pancakes at 9:00 a.m. with a second seating available after the kids join
Peter Rabbit at 9:45 a.m. for an Easter Egg Hunt, rain or shine. This all-ages event is
sponsored by the Junior High Fellowship and the Youth Board to benefit the Senior High
Mission Trip fund. Your suggested donation of $5 per person (family maximum of $25) is
much appreciated! Attention Flapjack Flippers & Syrup Slingers! We need your help!
We are looking for Junior and Senior High students, parents, alumni or anyone else who’d
like to help us with this tasty fundraiser. Interested? Contact Cheryl Zalewski 860-930-9506. Thanks!
You Can SHARE in the Youth Mission Trip Experience
We encourage everyone in the First Church family to support this year’s youth mission trip to Biloxi,
MS, in April by purchasing “Shares” for $20 each. This is a great way to participate in our mission
outreach and there is no limit to the number you can buy! You’ll receive a share certificate and be
included in our year-end report to shareholders of mission activities. Your donation will be included
in your First Church giving statement. Stop by the Youth table TODAY during Common Fellowship!
Let All That You Do Be Done
in Love – A Lenten Series:
Reaching Out with Love to
People of Different Faiths
March 18, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
On Wednesday, March 18, Glastonbury
High School students representing diverse
faith traditions will share their experience as
people of faith in a diverse, suburban high
school community. Glastonbury, unlike many
communities, is a pluralistic town with a rich
variety of faith traditions. The school
system is one place where that
diversity is lived out on a daily basis.
Come hear the different perspectives
The
Interfaith Friendship and faith experiences of some of
Initiative
Glastonbury’s high school youth!
Our dinner hosts will be the Interfaith Friendship
Initiative and the Board of Youth Ministry. Please
call the church office at 860-633-4641 to sign up.
Presented by Music at the Meetinghouse
Shoulda-Coulda-Woulda
Folk and Folk Rock
for the Next Generation
Saturday, March 21, 2015
7:30 p.m.
A donation of $10 per person is suggested.
$20 family maximum.
Prayer Shawl Ministry March 16
Knitters and crocheters will gather on Monday,
March 16, from 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.
Women’s Theological Group
We invite all interested First Church women to
join us on the third Wednesday of each month
(March 18!) to discuss a variety of faith questions,
reflect on our personal journeys and share friendship
and community. In the past, we discussed prayer,
healing, faith journeys, doing justice, finding quiet
time, our addiction to hurrying, and gratitude. We
often circulate short articles of interest to those who
attend, but there is no homework - the resources
we share are for those who wish to learn more about
the topic before we meet. We hope to see you at one
of our gatherings from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in
the Lehman Library. Please contact Lynn Baronas at
860-543-3301 or [email protected] with questions.
Mission Day in Hartford April 25
For the third year in a row, on National Rebuilding
Day, a team from First Church will perform repairs
on a home in Hartford. Join our team for a free
lunch, a t-shirt, your photo with the Homeowners,
new friends and a lot of fun. The work scope includes
carpentry, plumbing, electrical, yard work, trash
removal and more. Our work crew number is
limited so reserve your spot now by contacting Dave
Liscinsky at [email protected] or 860-8163708, or Bruce Fleahman at [email protected],
or Jim O’Brien at [email protected].
Munson’s Candy Order Pick Up
Munson’s candy orders will be available for pick-up in Schultz Hall on Sunday, March 22. Various
Easter Candies will also be for sale for those who did not have the opportunity to pre-order.
This Week at First Church
Monday, March 16, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Prayer Shawl Ministry,
Lehman Library
7:00 p.m.
Council, Parlor
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
7:30 a.m.
Potpourri, Kitchen
9:45 a.m.
Prayer & Share, Parlor
7:00 p.m.
Jubilate Ringers, Meetinghouse
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
8:00 a.m.
Women’s 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: Worship rehearsal, Meetinghouse
6:00 p.m.
Lenten Series Event: Dinner and Reaching Out with Love to People
of Different Faiths, Schultz Hall
Maundy Thursday, April 2
Meal of the Upper Room, 12:15 p.m.
Join us for this solemn and spiritual observance of
the last supper that Jesus shared with his disciples
in the upper room, on what is now known as
Maundy Thursday. Gather in the Meetinghouse for
words of preparation, and then proceed in silence
to Schultz Hall for readings, the meal, and the
Sacrament of Holy Communion. Participants eat in
silence so that they may prayerfully taste the foods
and listen to the reading of the Holy Scripture.
Ginger Kousen, soprano, will sing.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
9:30 a.m.
Thursday Morning Study Group,
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
6:00 p.m.
Cantabile Choir
7:00 p.m.
Quartet
7:30 p.m.
Chancel Choir
Saturday, March 21, 2015
7:30 p.m.
MMH Concert: Shoulda-
Coulda-Woulda, Meetinghouse
Sunday, March 22, 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.
Alternative Worship Planning Meeting, Lehman Library
4:30 p.m.
Palm Sunday Ensemble Rehearsal, Meetinghouse
6:00 p.m.
Sr. High Fellowship, Youth Room
Service of Tenebrae & Holy Communion, 7:30 p.m.
A solemn service of lessons and hymns
accompanied by the gradual extinguishing of
lights, symbolic of the flight of the disciples and
the passion of our Lord. Special music will be sung
by the Chancel Choir.
Please call the church office if you are interested
in attending the Meal of the Upper Room.
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