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THIS SATURDAY MORNING
GREEN THUMBS NEEDED!
The Property Committee has planned a spring clean-up on Saturday, May 21, from 8:00 a.m. to Noon. This would include weeding, planting, and overall maintenance of the gardens and greenery outside. Please join us!
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Tools to Prepare You for Sunday Morning Worship:
Scripture Lessons Link
Message
"Entropy"
Pastor Joyce
YOU'RE INVITED!! JOIN US FOR FIRST FELLOWSHIP
First Fellowship is located in Fellowship Hall.
Come down the hall and bring a friend,
and have some coffee, snacks and enjoy some fellowship.
This is also an opportunity to get to know our new members or visitors.
Stay for a few minutes, or longer if you can.
Here's a chance to relax, catch up and
enjoy the treats provided by our church committees.
PLEASE JOIN US!
Come Out Sunday Night
5:15 p.m. Evening Worship
6:30 p.m.
YouthWorx
In Prayer
Please continue to be praying for Pastor Joyce.
(Cards may be sent to Pastor Joyce at her home address
or in care of the Church Office.)
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VBS Registration is NOW Open for participants and volunteers!
Please share the program with your family and friends. Please logon to
www.firstucc.net and click on the VBS icon on the scrolling banner on the homepage or simply
Register Here!
as a participant and volunteer
. (VBS - July 11 - 15, Celebration Sunday July 17)
The Women's Guild would like to acknowledge our graduates. If you have a high school or college student in your family that will graduate this spring, please give the name and mailing address to
Barbara or Kathy, or turn it into the Church Office. Thank you!
The Mission Group is looking for 6 volunteers to help clean up, at church, after the Golf Outing. The Strawberry Festival is the following day and the kitchen must be ready for the festival volunteers. Approximate timing for kitchen would be 8:00 p.m. Please contact
Linda Friday if you are willing to help.
May 22 - MISSION TRIP HOAGIE SALE
Fresh made 9" hoagies $6 each. Turkey or Italian or Veggie (green pepper, onion, lettuce, cucumber, tomato) Hoagies available. All condiments will be in packets to keep your hoagies fresh. Advanced orders now being taken,please sign up in the Narthex. Contact
Jill to order or
with any questions. Thank you for supporting the 2016 Mission Team!
May 25 - LADIES BOOK CLUB
Join us on May 25 when we will meet to discuss "We are All Completely beside Ourselves" by Karen Joy Fowler and on June 29, "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire.
GALLERY
Spring has sprung and it is now time to change the theme in the Gallery! What's the Gallery? The Gallery is a place that we can share our talents with other people. It is located in Classroom #3 in the Sunday School wing. Please come and check out the art work of other church members. Thank you to those that let us borrow your 'Winter Art' for the past few months. The theme for May and June will be 'Beauty of Spring.' You are invited to bring any media (photo's, paintings, needle point.... etc.) to the office for display in the Gallery. Please mark your work with your name and any other info you would like us to know. Thank you for sharing!
JUNE 7 - THE FINAL WOMEN'S GUILD MEETING
for the year will be held on Tuesday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parlor. The program, "Supporting Others in their Grief," will be presented by Rev. Elaine Ely. Election of officers will also take place. Everyone is welcome!
JUNE 10 - 2016 ONE DREAM MISSION TEAM THIRD ANNUAL GOLF OUTING!
When: June 10, 2016
Where: Butter Valley Golf Port, Barto, PA
Time: Registration Noon
Shot Gun Start: 1:00 PM
Cost: $85.00 Per Person Includes Steak Dinner and All the Fixin's
JUNE 11 - 62nd ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Join us on Saturday, June 11 from 4:30 to 8:30. We will be serving hamburger BBQ, hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, baked beans, strawberries, ice cream, and homemade cakes and pies at a reasonable price. We will have a silent auction and games and the Quakertown Band will entertain us with their wonderful music. Please join us for the fun and fellowship that this evening brings. The evening's proceeds will go to our Church School and Christian Education program. VOLUNTEERS are needed on Saturday to help set up, clean strawberries, serve at the food stands, help in the kitchen, waitress, cut cakes, wash dishes and trays, help with the games, clean up, and many other duties. If you can help as a volunteer, please sign up on the list in the Narthex or call the Church Office. We will again have an early and late shift. The strawberry festival is only possible because of the many caring people who pitch in to help and also because of those who attend and support our church. Thank you!
QUAKERTOWN BAND
Each year, we enjoy the music of the Quakertown Band during our annual Strawberry Festival Lawn Fete.
Our goal is to cover the cost with contributions of patrons. If you would like to be a patron, please bring or mail your check (made payable to First UCC Church School Association, marked Quakertown Band Patron) to the church office. Please note that if the contributions exceed the cost of the band, they will be used toward other festival costs. Thanks.
If you would like to be a patron, please bring or mail your check (made payable to First UCC Church School Association, marked Quakertown Band Patron) to the Church Office.
JULY 23-30 - 2016 ONE DREAM MISSION TEAM
If you are interested in information about the 2016 Mission Trip, please stop by the Mission Team bulletin board outside the church office.
When: July 23 - July 30, 2016
Where: Camden New York
Who: Current 9th graders or older
The trip this year will be limited to 65 attendees. If you intend to attend the trip, you should complete the "Volunteer Form" and submit your payment. Sign up deadline is May 15 or 65 attendees, whichever comes first. If you have questions, please contact Dean or Linda at
[email protected]
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