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Announcements for August 29, 2010
WELCOME
Welcome to all our visitors, friends and members. If you are visiting for the first time, please sign our guest book in the Narthex.
Please join us downstairs in the Social Room for a time of Fellowship and Coffee after the 9:30 a.m. worship service.
Large Print Worship Bulletins and Bibles are available for people with special vision needs. Please speak to an Usher for the use of one of these Bibles and a copy of the Bulletin.
Children’s Bulletins are available. Children of all ages are invited to remain in church with their parents.
If it becomes necessary to leave during the worship service, please use the door at the rear of the sanctuary. And please, as best as you are able, try to step out during hymns or other “active” times, so as to respect the worship experience of your neighbors. Thank you.
SCRIPTURE READINGS Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Communion Sunday September 5th
Jeremiah 18.1-11 Psalm 139.1-6, 13-18 Luke 14.25-33
LAST WEEK
Last Sunday’s Attendance
9:30 A.M.60
This week’s flowers are given by Janice Schaeffer in memory of Charles Schaeffer.
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost Holy Humor Sunday
9:30 All Church Worship
3:30 Church Picnic
Mon
Tues
10:00 Prayer Group
6:45 BCE
Wed
Church Office CLOSED
Thur
9:30 Staff Meeting
Fri 7:00 AA
Sat
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Communion Sunday Last 9:30 am Service for the Summer
9:30 All Church Worship Cleaning of the Bells
HELP NEEDED The Board of Christian Education is looking for Sunday School teachers to co-teach our Kindergarten, 4th grade & 7/8th grade classes. If you would like to help or want more information, please call Lisa Crocker.
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
Monday, September 6th
Labor Day
TODAY’S GATEKEEPERS
Greeter(s):Bob Russell
Welcomer(s): TBD
Lay Reader:Bill McAllister
Deacon(s): 9:30 BJ Aldrich
Ushers: 9:30 Raoul Fortin Kate Milheiro
Today’s Fellowship Hosts: Fellowship Ministry
Submissions are due for the next Bulletin by Tuesday of each week CALLER by the 15th of each month
CORNERSTONE Food Bank Needs For the week of September 5th
Suggested items: Grain products, high protein foods, canned fruit, drinks, canned vegetables. On behalf of all the families you help, THANK YOU! Board of Missions
The regular worship schedule will resume on Rally Sunday, September 12th 8:45 & 10:30 a.m. Church Office - Summer Hours June 21, 2010 ~ September 3, 2010 Monday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Closed Every Wednesday) At all times, Pastor Don is available by cell phone. The church answering machine provides instructions for urgent call service and is on 24 hours a day.
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PRAYER GROUP & PRAYER CIRCLE The Prayer Group meets at the church for one hour every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. to pray for people in need. If you need prayers for someone or would like to be included in the Prayer Circle, please let Carolyn Ladd or the Church Office know.
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Reminder: Please be sure to wear your name tag. The name tags help make our church more welcoming and are a small offering Christian hospitality. If you need a new one, there is a form to request a name tag in the Narthex. Thanks!
Hawkwing REMINDER
We are collecting gently used coats and jackets all year for the Lakota people in S. Dakota. There will be a container in the Narthex each Sunday. That way, as your children outgrow them you won’t have to store them until fall. Or maybe you got a new jacket or coat for Christmas and would like to donate your old one.
We will also be collecting any new items such as hats, mittens, sweatshirts, sweatpants, etc. that you are able to purchase for very little money. As always, we thank you for your generosity.
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TOWN OF ELLINGTON
STAND DOWN DAY 2010 FOR VETERANS-
Once again the Human Services office will be collecting items for needy veterans to be distributed at the CT Veterans Home in Rocky Hill for the annual “Stand down day” event in September. Donations are needed by August 30th.
Requested donation of these NEW, UNUSED items are:
Shaving cream, disposable razors, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, sunscreen, lip balm, sewing kit, combs/hairbrush, antibiotic cream, wash clothes, flashlights with batteries, “travel” alarmclocks, wrist watches, notebooks, pens/pencils, water bottles, shower shoes
Also requested are $20.00 gift certificates to Walmart, K-Mart, or Target. Any questions, please contact Anna Turner 860-870-3131. Thank you!
Women’s Fellowship Program - Doctors Without Borders
Presented by Jennifer Grubb
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Open to the Whole Church, Program begins at 7:00 pm
(Brief Women’s Fellowship Business Meeting begins at 6:45 pm)
“Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.
Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, epidemics <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, malnutrition <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, exclusion from health care <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, or natural disasters <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, to challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.
In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize.”
From the website www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus>
Please join us as Jennifer shares about the mission work of Doctors Without Borders and her personal experiences. Jennifer has participated in five separate missions for this organization.
Our 49th Farmhouse Fair will be held on November 5th and 6th this year. There are lots of opportunities for creating another successful Fair. Whatever your skills - crafting, sewing, knitting, baking, selling and more, all of us together make the Fair the special event that it is. Our 2010 Chairpeople will be happy to answer any questions and offer guidance or suggestions:
Autumn Harvest: Alice Sprowles
Children’s Room: Beth Cocuzzo
Christmas Décor: Debbie Wallace
Cookies In a Can: Marcia Hesse
Doll Clothes: Jan Danforth & Terri Lackouskas
Farmhouse Fair Café: Claudia Steele
Jazzy Jars: Debbie Bomely & Vicki Tubbs
Knits ‘N’ Things: Carolyn Bunick & Cindy Morton
Not Just Quilts: Judy White & Susan Mason
Pantry: Laurie Hazleton
Raggedy Ann & Andy: Diane Durgan & Penny Gates
Sugar Plums!: To Be Announced
Unique Boutique with Inspiration Station: Jan Kelly and Carolyn Ladd
Here are some of our wish-list items that we would love to sell at the Fair: any quilted items; such as small Christmas Tree skirts, mug rugs, table runners, lap quilts, etc. ; a variety of 18” doll clothes; and any hand-knitted/crocheted items such as mittens, sweaters, shawls and hats. Judy White needs volunteers to help make quilted ornaments for the Not Just Quilts room.
We look forward to all of the fellowship and fun that goes along with the Fair.
Peg Doffek 860-749-5992 or Janet Wieliczka 860-871-1080
JAZZY JARS is looking for donations of wide mouth canning jars, lids and screw-top bands. For this month we are seeking items for our soup mixes. Monetary donations are also welcomed at anytime. They should be left in the WF mailbox or mailed to Debbie Bomely, 25 South Rd. Ellington, CT 06029 or Vicki Tubbs, 150 Balazs Rd. Willington, CT 06279. All other food items should be left in the red Farmhouse Fair box in the Social Room coat area.
split peas, green and yellow
great northern beans
barley
red lentils
pinto beans
red, black beans
kidney beans
black eyed beans
lima beans
navy beans
10 lbs. white long grain rice
2 - 16 oz. box tricolor pasta
2 - 16 oz. pkgs. alphabet macaroni
4 - 16 oz. box or pkg. tiny shells, ditalini or bowties
2 - 16 oz. box elbow macaroni
Thank you! Debbie & Vicki
Cookies In a Can would like to thank all those that donated the coffee cans for the booth and is now in need of any extra/leftover Christmas wrapping paper so that the cans can be covered. Please leave the paper in the red box in the coat room. Thank you so very much! Marcia Hesse
WELCOME
Welcome to all our visitors, friends and members. If you are visiting for the first time, please sign our guest book in the Narthex.
Please join us downstairs in the Social Room for a time of Fellowship and Coffee after the 9:30 a.m. worship service.
Large Print Worship Bulletins and Bibles are available for people with special vision needs. Please speak to an Usher for the use of one of these Bibles and a copy of the Bulletin.
Children’s Bulletins are available. Children of all ages are invited to remain in church with their parents.
If it becomes necessary to leave during the worship service, please use the door at the rear of the sanctuary. And please, as best as you are able, try to step out during hymns or other “active” times, so as to respect the worship experience of your neighbors. Thank you.
SCRIPTURE READINGS Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Communion Sunday September 5th
Jeremiah 18.1-11 Psalm 139.1-6, 13-18 Luke 14.25-33
LAST WEEK
Last Sunday’s Attendance
9:30 A.M.60
This week’s flowers are given by Janice Schaeffer in memory of Charles Schaeffer.
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost Holy Humor Sunday
9:30 All Church Worship
3:30 Church Picnic
Mon
Tues
10:00 Prayer Group
6:45 BCE
Wed
Church Office CLOSED
Thur
9:30 Staff Meeting
Fri 7:00 AA
Sat
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Communion Sunday Last 9:30 am Service for the Summer
9:30 All Church Worship Cleaning of the Bells
HELP NEEDED The Board of Christian Education is looking for Sunday School teachers to co-teach our Kindergarten, 4th grade & 7/8th grade classes. If you would like to help or want more information, please call Lisa Crocker.
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
Monday, September 6th
Labor Day
TODAY’S GATEKEEPERS
Greeter(s):Bob Russell
Welcomer(s): TBD
Lay Reader:Bill McAllister
Deacon(s): 9:30 BJ Aldrich
Ushers: 9:30 Raoul Fortin Kate Milheiro
Today’s Fellowship Hosts: Fellowship Ministry
Submissions are due for the next Bulletin by Tuesday of each week CALLER by the 15th of each month
CORNERSTONE Food Bank Needs For the week of September 5th
Suggested items: Grain products, high protein foods, canned fruit, drinks, canned vegetables. On behalf of all the families you help, THANK YOU! Board of Missions
The regular worship schedule will resume on Rally Sunday, September 12th 8:45 & 10:30 a.m. Church Office - Summer Hours June 21, 2010 ~ September 3, 2010 Monday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Closed Every Wednesday) At all times, Pastor Don is available by cell phone. The church answering machine provides instructions for urgent call service and is on 24 hours a day.
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PRAYER GROUP & PRAYER CIRCLE The Prayer Group meets at the church for one hour every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. to pray for people in need. If you need prayers for someone or would like to be included in the Prayer Circle, please let Carolyn Ladd or the Church Office know.
* * * * * * * * * *
Reminder: Please be sure to wear your name tag. The name tags help make our church more welcoming and are a small offering Christian hospitality. If you need a new one, there is a form to request a name tag in the Narthex. Thanks!
Hawkwing REMINDER
We are collecting gently used coats and jackets all year for the Lakota people in S. Dakota. There will be a container in the Narthex each Sunday. That way, as your children outgrow them you won’t have to store them until fall. Or maybe you got a new jacket or coat for Christmas and would like to donate your old one.
We will also be collecting any new items such as hats, mittens, sweatshirts, sweatpants, etc. that you are able to purchase for very little money. As always, we thank you for your generosity.
**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **
TOWN OF ELLINGTON
STAND DOWN DAY 2010 FOR VETERANS-
Once again the Human Services office will be collecting items for needy veterans to be distributed at the CT Veterans Home in Rocky Hill for the annual “Stand down day” event in September. Donations are needed by August 30th.
Requested donation of these NEW, UNUSED items are:
Shaving cream, disposable razors, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, sunscreen, lip balm, sewing kit, combs/hairbrush, antibiotic cream, wash clothes, flashlights with batteries, “travel” alarmclocks, wrist watches, notebooks, pens/pencils, water bottles, shower shoes
Also requested are $20.00 gift certificates to Walmart, K-Mart, or Target. Any questions, please contact Anna Turner 860-870-3131. Thank you!
Women’s Fellowship Program - Doctors Without Borders
Presented by Jennifer Grubb
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Open to the Whole Church, Program begins at 7:00 pm
(Brief Women’s Fellowship Business Meeting begins at 6:45 pm)
“Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.
Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, epidemics <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, malnutrition <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, exclusion from health care <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>, or natural disasters <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm>. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, to challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.
In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize.”
From the website www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus>
Please join us as Jennifer shares about the mission work of Doctors Without Borders and her personal experiences. Jennifer has participated in five separate missions for this organization.
Our 49th Farmhouse Fair will be held on November 5th and 6th this year. There are lots of opportunities for creating another successful Fair. Whatever your skills - crafting, sewing, knitting, baking, selling and more, all of us together make the Fair the special event that it is. Our 2010 Chairpeople will be happy to answer any questions and offer guidance or suggestions:
Autumn Harvest: Alice Sprowles
Children’s Room: Beth Cocuzzo
Christmas Décor: Debbie Wallace
Cookies In a Can: Marcia Hesse
Doll Clothes: Jan Danforth & Terri Lackouskas
Farmhouse Fair Café: Claudia Steele
Jazzy Jars: Debbie Bomely & Vicki Tubbs
Knits ‘N’ Things: Carolyn Bunick & Cindy Morton
Not Just Quilts: Judy White & Susan Mason
Pantry: Laurie Hazleton
Raggedy Ann & Andy: Diane Durgan & Penny Gates
Sugar Plums!: To Be Announced
Unique Boutique with Inspiration Station: Jan Kelly and Carolyn Ladd
Here are some of our wish-list items that we would love to sell at the Fair: any quilted items; such as small Christmas Tree skirts, mug rugs, table runners, lap quilts, etc. ; a variety of 18” doll clothes; and any hand-knitted/crocheted items such as mittens, sweaters, shawls and hats. Judy White needs volunteers to help make quilted ornaments for the Not Just Quilts room.
We look forward to all of the fellowship and fun that goes along with the Fair.
Peg Doffek 860-749-5992 or Janet Wieliczka 860-871-1080
JAZZY JARS is looking for donations of wide mouth canning jars, lids and screw-top bands. For this month we are seeking items for our soup mixes. Monetary donations are also welcomed at anytime. They should be left in the WF mailbox or mailed to Debbie Bomely, 25 South Rd. Ellington, CT 06029 or Vicki Tubbs, 150 Balazs Rd. Willington, CT 06279. All other food items should be left in the red Farmhouse Fair box in the Social Room coat area.
split peas, green and yellow
great northern beans
barley
red lentils
pinto beans
red, black beans
kidney beans
black eyed beans
lima beans
navy beans
10 lbs. white long grain rice
2 - 16 oz. box tricolor pasta
2 - 16 oz. pkgs. alphabet macaroni
4 - 16 oz. box or pkg. tiny shells, ditalini or bowties
2 - 16 oz. box elbow macaroni
Thank you! Debbie & Vicki
Cookies In a Can would like to thank all those that donated the coffee cans for the booth and is now in need of any extra/leftover Christmas wrapping paper so that the cans can be covered. Please leave the paper in the red box in the coat room. Thank you so very much! Marcia Hesse
Save Money on
Home Heating Oil
As many of you know, about 12 years ago the Trustees organized a small group of church members and their friends to buy home heating oil at below market prices. Our supplier, Andrews Oil of South Windsor, also agreed to a rebate for the church’s fuel account. The program has grown steadily and for the 2009-2010 heating season our group purchased over 39,000 gallons of oil and earned a rebate of about $1,900.
This is truly a win-win program. You’ll save money on oil and help the church at the same time. We are looking to expand our group again this year and would be pleased if you or your family, friends, neighbors, etc, would like to join us.
At this time we have been working with Andrews Oil on establishing pricing for the upcoming heating season. Prices have moved up and down a great deal over the past 60 days so we have held off until now.
Our pricing for August sign-ups is as follows:
1.Pre-Buy at $2.359 per gallon (Estimate your usage, pay in advance, lock in your price.)
2.Cap-Price at $2.459 per gallon (You pay the market price on the day of your delivery. Your price will never exceed $2.459 per gallon.)
ECC oil group members will be exempt from the usual buyer insurance fees. In-order to participate, signed agreement forms must be returned to Andrews Oil by August 31, 2010. We anticipate Andrews will offer a second program in September based on wholesale oil prices at that time.
Existing members and new folks are invited to participate in our program if they reside in the Andrews Oil delivery area and meet Andrews Oil credit requirements. Please call me with any questions or if you wish to enroll.
Jack Hagopian (860-872-2890)
Home Heating Oil
As many of you know, about 12 years ago the Trustees organized a small group of church members and their friends to buy home heating oil at below market prices. Our supplier, Andrews Oil of South Windsor, also agreed to a rebate for the church’s fuel account. The program has grown steadily and for the 2009-2010 heating season our group purchased over 39,000 gallons of oil and earned a rebate of about $1,900.
This is truly a win-win program. You’ll save money on oil and help the church at the same time. We are looking to expand our group again this year and would be pleased if you or your family, friends, neighbors, etc, would like to join us.
At this time we have been working with Andrews Oil on establishing pricing for the upcoming heating season. Prices have moved up and down a great deal over the past 60 days so we have held off until now.
Our pricing for August sign-ups is as follows:
1.Pre-Buy at $2.359 per gallon (Estimate your usage, pay in advance, lock in your price.)
2.Cap-Price at $2.459 per gallon (You pay the market price on the day of your delivery. Your price will never exceed $2.459 per gallon.)
ECC oil group members will be exempt from the usual buyer insurance fees. In-order to participate, signed agreement forms must be returned to Andrews Oil by August 31, 2010. We anticipate Andrews will offer a second program in September based on wholesale oil prices at that time.
Existing members and new folks are invited to participate in our program if they reside in the Andrews Oil delivery area and meet Andrews Oil credit requirements. Please call me with any questions or if you wish to enroll.
Jack Hagopian (860-872-2890)
WINTERFEST
2010 Contest Entry Form