All hands on deck!  All hands on deck!  Spring Cleanup Time!

The Business Committee would like to thank Supreme Forest Products and Nick McGuffie, Sales Manager, for once again offering to help by delivering 5 cu. yards of mulch with a generous donation involved.

The more people we get, the faster it will take to spruce up around the church, clean out the parking lot debris and make the labyrinth ready for people looking for a place of meditation and solace.

Please support the Music Committee and our Music Director, Chris Dabbo, as they have arranged yet another outstanding Concert for our community.  Please find all the details on our dedicated Event Page:
 

"Louis Romao" | Spring Music Series Concert  

Sunday May 4, 2014 from 3:00 PM to approximately 5:30 PM EDT

Join us for a fine afternoon of talented music featuring Louis Romao a Connecticut guitarist who is an active performer and teacher of classical, jazz and popular styles of guitar.

 

Always free and open to all in our Community!

 

There will be snacks and light hors d'oeuvres immediately following the concert.  Goodwill donations are accepted and much appreciated. 

Yes, it's finally here!  One of our more successful fundraising events has kicked off with THREE (3) prizes this year!

Drawing on June 15th after Service!

The Deacons are excited about planning a new event in July, and would like to get feedback from the Congregation.

This event will be held at the Foote Road Recreational Center and will begin with an outdoor Worship Service at 11:00 (in lieu of our usual worship in the Sanctuary).  That will be immediately followed by a fellowship picnic!

We will have the usual grilled burgers and dogs, ask everyone to bring either a salad or dessert, and then enjoy outdoor fun with games, swimming and fellowship together for an "off season" social event!

We aren't asking for firm RSVPs at this point, but we do want to get an idea of how many people might be able to attend.  Please click the link below to complete an easy poll question and we'll follow up with more information in the next newsletter!

Youth Sunday News

With the end of the Sunday School year rapidly approaching it is never too soon to ask for volunteers to organize this year's Youth Sunday program.

Anyone interested in working with our children on their year end program should please let Jill Treff or Tim Higley know.

Remember many hands make light work (and besides our kids are fantastic to work with!).  Thanks in advance for helping out.

Fisherman's Breakfast Thanks

Many and sincere thanks to all of our dedicated, sleepy-eyed and hardworking church members who made this year's Fisherman's Breakfast such a success.

Charlie Bunn once again headed up a band of merry men and women including:  Mark Eisenmann, George and Taylor Fetzer, Liz Minor, Tim, TJ and Katie Higley, Wendell Taylor, Doris Dombkowski, Jay Warner, Maryann Burns, Sue and Ed Laramie.

We served a whole bunch of good folks and cleared over $400 in profits to help offset the cost of next year's Sunday School curriculum.  We cooked, we cleaned, we scrambled and fried and...oh boy did we laugh and have fun!

Thanks to all of the church members who came out Saturday morning for great breakfast and fellowship.  We are already looking forward to next year!

Thank you to those who have donated towards replenishing our Building Improvement fund.

This fund is critical for the larger projects (like our roof) at the Church and Parsonage.  Every dollar we collect helps make the following projects possible:

• Church Bathroom Renovation  
• Church Exterior Painting - The Business Committee is getting quotes, but we need more replenishment of the Building Improvement fund to make this work. 

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Be sure to check out the Our Church Family and The Deacons' Bench pages on our website as they share even more details on today's CCB news of importance: 

• Thank You from Joyce Blosser - Please find her handwritten thank you note to our Congregation on the Our Church Family page.  We wish her and her family the best as she returns to her mission work in Ecuador.
   
• June Communion Sunday Change - The Deacon's wish to share that we will celebrate Communion on Sunday, June 8th to coincide with Confirmation & Pentecost Sunday.
  
  
• Sunday Service Announcement Policy Change - We have so much going on in and out of Church, the announcements are taking quite some time before service.  In order to avoid delaying the start of service, only church events and activities will be announced before the Congregation.
  
  But, the Deacon's encourage other community, school or personal news to be shared by posting a notice on the easel to be setup in the Chapel Room each Sunday which everyone can see.
   
• *New* Community Calendar - Thanks to the Burlington Bell Community Fund, there is an attempt to get all events going on in Burlington into one calendar.  It's been added as another calendar choice to our website and you will see they promoted our Can & Bottle Drive!  If you have a community event to share, submit your request to burlingtonbell@gmail.com.