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Newsletter of Barrington Congregational Church United Church of Christ
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Church Office Hours are Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm and 1:30 - 4:30 pm unless otherwise noted.
Thurs, Apr 12
No Community Office Hours today
Fri, Apr 13
Dale on call for pastoral emergencies
10 am - 3 pm 'Church Alive and Thriving' Workshops, Seekonk Cong'l Church
Sat, Apr 14
10 am - 3 pm 'Church Alive and Thriving' Workshops, BCCUCC
Sun, Apr 15 Emerging Church Sunday
10 am Worship Service for All Ages, Nursery Care only
11:30 am Community Connection Team meeting, Room 9
Mon, Apr 16
7 - 8 pm Mindful Mondays, Meditation Room
Tues, Apr 17
11 am Staff meeting, Dale's office
Wed, Apr 18
6 - 8 pm Feasting at Fireside, Parsonage
7:30 pm Choir rehearsal, Vestry
Thurs, Apr 19
3 - 5 pm Brendan's Community Office Hours, The Coffee Depot in Warren
Fri, Apr 20
Brendan is on call for pastoral emergencies
Sat, Apr 21
9 am - 1 pm Church Clean Up Day
9 am - 11 am JYG and SYG meet for breakfast then help with Church Clean Up
Sun, Apr 22 Ecological Justice Day
10 am Worship Service for All Ages with Sing and Celebrate Choir, Nursery Care only
11:30 am Mission and Justice Speaker # 3, Library
5 - 7 pm Senior Youth Group, Room 9 and Fellowship Hall
Mon, Apr 23
7 - 8 pm Mindful Mondays, Meditation Room
Tues, Apr 24
11 am Staff meeting, Dale's office
Wed, Apr 25
Noon Deadline for the eBridge
7:30 pm Choir rehearsal, Vestry
Thurs, Apr 26
3 - 5 pm Brendan's Community Office Hours, The Coffee Depot in Warren
4:30 pm Loaves and Fishes RI prep and truck run, Kitchen then to Providence
Fri, Apr 27
Brendan is on call for pastoral emergencies
Sat, Apr 28
8 am - Noon Tots' Yard Sale and Raffle, Parking Lot
9:15 am JYG and SYG leave for Community Clean Up
Sun, Apr 29 Choir Celebration Sunday
10 am Worship Service, Church School
11:15 am - 1:15 pm Confirmation Class, Room 9
11:15 am Membership Team meeting, LIbrary
5 - 7 pm Community Pasta Dinner (Mission Trip Fundraiser), Fellowship Hall
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April 15th - Emerging Church Sunday
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Dale has invited a guest preacher to join us this Sunday. She is the Rev. Chris Davies and she is in town from the national UCC office for the 'Church: Alive and Thriving' workshops being held tomorrow and Saturday at Seekonk Congregational and BCCUCC. Chris is a Connecticut native and a Cleveland transplant and a wandering Irish Rover at heart. She loves the church deeply, and is committed to finding ways to continue to bring the gospel into the world. She attended Smith College for her undergrad work and Andover Newton for both a Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry. Chris grew up in the United Church of Christ, and was baptized and ordained within her home congregation in Connecticut. She has served at the local church level at two churches in Connecticut, on the Connecticut Conference Board of Directors (class of 2004), and as a delegate to the United Church of Christ’s General Synod in 2005, 2007, and 2015. She is currently serving on the National Staff of the United Church of Christ as the Program Manager of Congregational Assessment, Support, and Advancement. Chris is a queer femme, a local beer enthusiast, and a creative networker of communities. She is passionate about justice and Jesus, and is the founder and curator of the Queer Clergy Trading Cards, a project bringing visibility to queer clergy, using humor and irreverence to help change the conversation highlighting the common awe (and absurdities) in faith work. Chris lives in Cleveland, OH, where she is still seeking community and continuing to learn in faith and live justly, serving Christ in all things.
We hope you can join us on Sunday to hear this dynamic speaker.
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144 Envelopes Fundraiser for the Mission Trip
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The “tree of life with leaves for the healing of the nations” is still on display in Fellowship Hall. Each “leaf envelope” has an attached dollar amount. Please take the envelope with the dollar amount on it that appeals to you and return your offering to the church office. Your offerings will help fund our service project/trip to the Navajo Nation where we will be restoring sustainable food systems on the reservation and learning about Navajo culture. If we all contribute what we can to this fundraiser, we will be very close to our goal for this year. Thank you to everyone who has already made a donation.
“
I saw a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” Rev:22:2
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The youth groups are invited to meet in Room 9 at 9 am on
Saturday, April 21st
for a light breakfast. At 9:30 we will help with the annual church clean-up until 11 am. While we help with the clean-up, the youth group will also work on preparing the youth group vegetable garden for planting. Last year the youth planted a thriving vegetable garden that provided Tap-IN with fresh produce on a regular basis. Let’s continue the tradition this year!
Questions? Contact
Brendan
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Our annual Church Clean Up Day will be
Saturday, April 21st
from 9 am – 1 pm. Please plan to come help clean up the church grounds and tackle other projects needing attention. Volunteers of all abilities (skilled & unskilled) and ages are welcome, even if you can only be there for a short time. The Boy Scouts of Troop 6 will also be assisting. Sign up is appreciated - contact Paul Dennis at 245-6296 or
wrbtwks@aol.com
to volunteer. Please bring work gloves and gardening tools if you have them.
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Mission and Justice Speaker Series
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On
Sunday, April 22nd
at 11:30 am in the church library, Rev. Donald Anderson, Executive Minister for the RI State Council of Churches will join us to share the many activities that the Council provides, including advocacy at the State House. The Council just celebrated its 80th year in the fall. To watch a video of that service go to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuMqjQ5q80
. All are welcome.
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Loaves and Fishes RI truck run
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On
Thursday, April 26th
volunteers from BCCUCC will be taking the truck to Providence. Volunteers are needed to help prepare food and load the truck (beginning at 4:30 pm in the BCCUCC kitchen), go out on the truck and serve the people, and also donate the various food, clothing and toiletry items needed.
There’s a SignUpGenius with more info and to register for any of these things at
www.signupgenius.com
- search using the e-mail
office@bccucc.org
,
or go directly to
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a4aacae2aa75-mobile3
Thanks to everyone who has already signed up to help.
If you can't sign up online and want to help, or just have questions, please contact Liz White (401-245-0285 or
lizzyw2@aol.com
)
or Jay or Phyllis Buckley (401-245-1098 or
pbuckley6@cox.net
)
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Belated Earth Day Community Clean Up
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Youth from Grades 6-12 are invited to meet in Room 9 on
Saturday morning, April 28th
. We will leave the church at around 9:15 to go out and clean up our community by picking up trash along the bike path and/or by the river. In the past we have partnered with Save the Bay but we have noticed that there is plenty of garbage to clean up right here in the East Bay! We have developed the annual tradition of having a trash pick-up for Earth Day. We will return to the church by 11:30, wash our hands, and have pizza for lunch. Pick up between 12:00-12:30. Questions? Contact
Brendan
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Community Pasta Dinner - Mission Trip Fundraiser
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On
Sunday, April 29th from 5-7 pm there will be a community dinner in Fellowship Hall to support the 2018 Mission Trip to the Navajo Nation. It will be a home-made pasta dinner with additional options of take-out, vegetarian and gluten free. Tickets are on sale at coffee hour on Sundays or from the church office during the week. Tickets are $10 each. Children 6 & under are free. Come enjoy a delicious meal and support the mission trip.
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Save the date of
Sunday, May 20th
at 3 pm, when the folk duo Atwater-Donnelly will return to BCCUCC to give another concert. Proceeds will support our church’s service-learning trip with the Navajo Nation in June 2018.
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Be an active part of our church community
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Interested in joining our church? It's not too late!
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If you answered 'Yes' but weren't able to make it to 'Conversations about our Church'
last Sunday, please contact the Rev. Dale Azevedo a.s.a.p. so that he can arrange a time to meet with you and some of the other people who were also unable to make it.
If you did attend ‘Conversations’ and are planning on officially joining the church, we ask that you please return your completed ‘Family Information Form’ to the church office so that we have the necessary information for our records. Thanks to those who have already done so. We look forward to welcoming a number of new members on New Member Sunday, May 6th.
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Volunteers needed to serve on Ministry Teams
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The Membership Team is in the process of helping our ministry teams find members for the 2018-19 Church year. Anyone interested in serving – perhaps on a particular team – should speak with Beth Buckley or Joanne Ela at coffee hour, or contact Beth at 247-0324 or
elizabethbuckley21@msn.com Please note that you do not have to be a member of the church to serve on many of our ministry teams - although we'd love it if you did chose to join our church (see above).
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We want to hear from you...... about our buildings!
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As part of the Capital Improvement Team’s data gathering effort (a Renewal Team component), we’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on building repairs and improvements. Have you noticed something that should be repaired or could really use an upgrade? Or do you have a building improvement idea? Then drop us an email at
BCCUCCBG@gmail.com
. Like our church, all ideas are welcomed.
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The seven strategic teams that were formed are all busy working. The teams are: Congregational Care, Communication, Community Connection, Capital Improvement, Building Usage, Grow Endowment, and Stewardship. There is a shared enthusiasm and excitement among them to keep BCCUCC the great church that we are.
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Information about all of the church groups that meet regularly - including who to contact - is available
at this link
. Meeting dates are in the calendar above.
All groups invite and welcome your participation.
Included below is additional information that some groups need for their next meeting.
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M
eets
Thursday, April 19th
from 1:30 – 3 pm in the church library. They are reading
Girl at War
by Sara Novik. Copies are available for purchase from the church office. The group welcomes women from BCCUCC as well as other churches and faith traditions. For more information contact Jane Tonn at 289-2349 or
jtonn2@cox.net
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M
eets at the Coffee Depot, 501 Main Street, Warren, on
Tuesday, April 24th
at 11:30 am, to discuss
Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan. In what feels like a very personal debut novel, the award-winning poet Alyan, her lyrical skills on full display, traces four generations of the Yacoub family as they are forced into the ranks of the Palestinian diaspora.
For more information about the group contact Helen Schall
helenschall@hotmail.com
245-4724. All are welcome!
What is the Book Group?
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Knitting for Others Group
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The group
will meet
Tuesday, May 1st
from 7 - 9 pm at the home of Pat Rude, 5 Seabreeze Lane, Bristol.
All knitters and crocheters are welcome.
Participants work on a variety of items to be given away including prayer shawls and baby hats. Please
RSVP to Pat at
ru4880@me.com
or 396-8607 so she knows how many to expect.
What is Knitting for Others?
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Now that Dale and Brendan both have Fridays off, one of them will always be “on call” each Friday for pastoral concerns. The “on call” pastor will be listed on the church calendar everywhere it is available.
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Meditation opportunities continue
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Mindful Mondays
will be ongoing on
Monday evenings from 7 – 8 pm
in the Meditation Room, except on days when the office is closed. The hour consists of a 20-25 minute guided meditation, a contemplative reading or poem, followed by tea and discussion. These sessions are designed to be inclusive for people of all faiths and are open to the public. All are welcome.
Mid-Week Recharge
is
Wednesdays from 12:30 – 1 pm
in the Meditation Room when there will either be an opportunity to meditate on your own, or there will be a short guided relaxation meditation led by Brendan – depending on his availability. The meditation room is also available at other times for use by the congregation and community, but we ask that you call ahead (246-0111) to check on its availability.
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Brendan's Community Office Hours
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Brendan will be
at
The Coffee Depot
, 501 Main Street, Warren, from 3 - 5 pm on
Thursday afternoons
for anyone from the church or community who would like to stop by for a visit in this more informal setting. All are invited.
Please note that they will not be happening on Thursday, April 12th as Brendan is unavailable.
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2017-2018 Calendar is available for viewing
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The church calendar is kept up to date and you can find it at
http://bccucc.view-events.com If you have any meetings or activities planned, please send them to
office@bccucc.org so that they can be added to the calendar. Also please notify the office or any errors or changes. Thank you.
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Sermons available on line
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If you miss church on Sunday or want to hear the sermon again, you can do so at the following link
Sermon Archive.
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Shop thru AmazonSmile and make money for our church!
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When you shop online at Amazon, if you log in thru AmazonSmile, every eligible purchase you make will raise 0.5% of the purchase price for our church, To learn more visit
http://smile.amazon.com and choose 'Barrington Congregational Church' as your charitable organization. Each quarter we receive a donation from Amazon and all you have to do is start your shopping at AmazonSmile. Thanks.
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'From the River's Edge' - The Pastors' Blog
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If you missed reading any posts you can find them all on the church website
at this link. There are also links to the most recent ones from the homepage of our church website
www.bccucc.org
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From the RI Conference UCC
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Tri-Conference Annual Meeting
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The second joint Annual Meeting of the RI, CT and MA conferences will be held
Friday, June 15 - Saturday, June 16 at Mass Mutual Center, Springfield MA.
Traci Blackmon will be the keynote speaker. At this meeting, delegates of the three conferences will be asked to officially create the new conference by approving a covenant agreement, set of new bylaws, establishing a unified Board of Directors, electing officers, and making minor changes to their existing bylaws. They will meet separately but simultaneously to conduct this and other business. For more information
click here or go to the
RICUCC website and click on the link from the home page.
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Conference Leaders to host 5 online forums on New Conference votes
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Leading up to the second
Tri-Conference Annual Meeting of the CT, MA and RI conferences, Conference leaders will be hosting a series of five online forums in May and June for discussion about the upcoming votes to formally create a new, unified conference. Learn more and register to join a webinar
at this link.
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Tots' Annual Yard and Raffle Sale
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Tots’ Yard Sale and Raffle takes place
Saturday, April 28th
from 8 am – 12 pm in our Park and Ride lot. There’s also face-painting from 9 – 11 am. Raffle prizes have been provided by over 30 local businesses. For a list of prizes or to preorder raffle tickets, please contact
tots.barrington@gmail.com
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2018 marks the 60th anniversary of Tots’ Cooperative Nursery School renting space at our church as they started here in 1958!
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Superpower Saturday - for middle schoolers
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The East Bay Regional Coalition and Bayside YMCA welcome all East Bay middle school students to
Superpower Saturday, May 5th at Bayside Family YMCA from 7 - 9 pm. Create cards and rocks of hope and encouragement for people in need (Community Service Certificates will be provided). Then enjoy free snacks, fun, and games! Call (401) 245-2444 for more information.
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Please join Dorcas International Institute of RI at their Annual Culinary Celebration '
Global Eats' fundraiser on
Thursday, May 17th at Fete Music Hall, 103 Dike St, Providence RI 02909. Renowned chefs, reinvented global recipes, live music. Get tickets and more info at
www.globaleats.org
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'A Night at the Opera' with the Providence Singers
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Come hear church members Beth and Maggie Zarlengo and administrator Christine Wallis, sing with the Providence Singers in 'A Night at the Opera' on
Saturday, May 19th at the Providence Biltmore, 11 Dorrance Street. This benefit fundraiser will be an elegant evening of operatic favorites, with chorus and professional soloists, food, and a silent auction. For more information - including the program of favorite operatic music - and tickets visit
www.providencesingers.org or call 401 751 5700.
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