IMPORTANT INFORMATION : If you have
not already turned in your church survey please do so by Monday!
Tuesday, Mar 2 Morning Prayer 7am
in the Stephen Ministers room
Tuesday, Mar 2 Retired Men’s Grp
9am
March 3 All Boards
7:00pm
March 13 Corn beef and
Cabbage Dinner 6pm in Clarke Hall.(more info
below)
March 14 Stewardship
Sunday
March 21 My Brothers
Table 1pm
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEW- The Christian
Education Program is looking for a few, good
men and women to rotate in teaching assignments next year. Speak to
Siobhan McDonald or Barbara Gherzi. It’s positively fun!
NEW-FOOD PANTRY NEEDS
– Each week we fill 15 bags of groceries for
collection by those in need. We select from the following list of items:
cereal, cans of soup, vegetables and fruit, saltines, dried milk, cans
of tuna and ham, pasta sauce, pasta, tuna helper, pasta -roni sides,
instant rice and instant potatoes. At the moment the stock of food in
the pantry is VERY LOW. If we could all bring in just one
item from the list each week and leave it in the basket in the narthex,
it would make a tremendous difference to our supplies. Please think
of the pantry when you go grocery shopping.
NEW- CORN BEEF AND
CABBAGE MARCH 13 SPONSORED BY STEPHEN MIN.
On Saturday, March 13 the Stephen Ministers of the First
Church will sponsor a corn beef and cabbage dinner and Irish music
night…The dinner will be held in Clarke Hall and begin at 6pm.
Reservations are necessary and can be made online by going to the
webpage.
http://www.thefirstchurch.org/corn_beef_and_cabbage_din
and clicking the email link. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for
children. Or by sign up sheet on the Opportunities Table.
Please make every effort to come to the
dinner and support the efforts of our Stephen Ministers to build a
strong and vibrant church community!
NEW- FROM THE TREASURER-
We hope you find this informative and useful. This is
just a small piece of our activity; if you have a question about finance
at First Church, please see any member of the board.
Last Week’s Offering Total (Sunday, February 21,
2010): $3,300.00
First Church Budgeted Contribution Weekly
Income $4,663.46
Please note our fiscal year is June 1 – May 31
Contributed Giving thru January 2010
$159,836.00
Budgeted Contribution Income May –January 2010
$161,666.68
Year to Date Net Income
(Loss)6/1/09-1/31/10 $7,448.00
FIRST CHURCH
COMMUNITY
LIFE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL Time for
the class is 9am until 9:45am in Library. The Christian Education Board
is looking for presenters. Contact Siobhan McDonald-Stowell if you are
interested.
TUESDAY MORNING PRAYERS 7AM -
Stephen Ministry Room - Join us. Call Lorraine Follis
781-581-8818 for more info.
CELEBRATION OR MEMORIAL FLOWERS
FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP A sign up sheet is on the board at the
Opportunity Area outside Clarke Hall or you can call Becky Robinson at
781-631-6312 or email her at
rob.farm@comcast.net.
THE PRAYER SHAWL KNITTERS will
meet in the Stephen Ministry Room call Lily (781-592-1527) and Leslie
(978-535-8152)
READERS: See Dolores Yoder
781-599-4859 - Board of Worship and Music.
TIME WITH CHILDREN- If you
would like to minister to our children in this way please talk with
Heidi Whear about the schedule.
STEPHEN MINISTRY
Stephen Leaders:
Lorraine Follis, Lila Foster, Roy Young
Stephen Ministers:
Lorraine Angel, Dot Bergman, Sue Burgess, Jack
Casteel, Darby DesRoches, Janet Fischer, Lorraine Follis, Ruth Heggie,
Jim Scofield, Sharon Thomas, Eileen Young,
Ministers can bring the love of Jesus back
into your life. To learn more about Stephen Ministry, talk to one of our
Stephen Leaders: Lorraine Follis , Lila Foster, and Roy
Young: Our Stephen Ministers are ready to care for you!
What Do Stephen Ministers Do?
Stephen Ministers are members of First Church who have gone through 50
hours of training to provide confidential one-to-one Christian care to
people who are facing a crisis or simply going through a difficult time.
Your Stephen Minister will meet with you once a week for around an hour
to listen to you, care for you, pray with and for you, and provide
emotional and spiritual encouragement. Men are matched with male Stephen
Ministers, women are matched with female Stephen Ministers.
To find out
more about how you or someone you know could be matched with a Stephen
Minister, talk with one of our Stephen Ministry Leaders: Lorraine Follis,
Lila Foster, Roy Young.
MINISTRY LEADERSHIP
THE FIRST CHURCH CABINET 2009-2010
|
Moderator |
Cynthia Willis |
|
Clerk |
Terri Beckett |
|
Treasurer |
Sharon Scofield |
|
Cabinet at Large |
Jack Casteel,
Steve Townsend, Linda Thompson |
|
Board of Finance |
David Foye |
|
Board of
Worship |
Dolores Yoder &
Lorraine Follis |
|
Board of Missions |
Holly Brauner |
|
Board of
Stewardship
|
Sue Burgess |
|
Board of
Friendship |
Gail MacGregor |
|
Board of Christian Ed |
Siobhan McDonald |
|
Interim Pastor |
Rev. Raymond Patch |
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
|
President and Conference
Minister |
the Rev. Dr. James Antal |
|
Association Minister
|
the Rev. Carol Atwood-Lyon |
|
Chair: NE Area Board of
Directors |
Nancy Schmidt |
|
First Church delegate: Essex Assoc. |
(vacancy) |
|
Mass. Conference delegates |
Roy
Young & Eileen Young |
THE
MINISTRIES OF FIRST CHURCH