This Week
Wednesday, November 28
- 5:30pm Deacons Meeting
- 7:15pm Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, November 29
- 4:30pm Women's Bible Study meeting at the Scoville Library
- 7pm Housatonics
Friday, November 30
- 7:45pm Men's Bible Study
- 5:30 Bell Choir: Hanging of the Greens at Salisbury School
Saturday, December 1
- 11am Memorial Service for Jack Ritchie
Sunday, December 2
- 9am Mindfulness Meditation at the Scoville Memorial Library
- 10:00am First Sunday of Advent Worship with Communion, Choir, Sunday School, and Nursery Care
- Final Tile Painting for Church Mural, in the Parish Hall following Worship
- 11am Trustees Meeting
Monday, December 3
- 11:30am Salisbury Duplicate Bridge Group
- 5:30-6:30pm Bereavement Group
Tuesday, December 4
- Bell Choir Concert at Geer Village
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Click on the image for the December Action for Happiness Calendar:
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Don't Forget to Turn in Your Pledge Card
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Please mail in your pledge card, or drop it in the offering plate during Worship.
If you need a new pledge card, you can pick one up at church or print one here:
Pledge Card
You can also pledge online! Click for our secure site:
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One of the best parts about Thanksgiving is taking the opportunity to stop for a minute and consider all the things in our lives for which we are grateful. At the community Thanksgiving service, we all read together a beautiful piece by Melody Beattie on gratitude:
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
And while we were celebrating the holiday, our conference minister Rev. Tamara Moreland got back to us that she will be sending along some mini-profiles of candidates for us to consider. She is keeping in mind our community's needs and knows the level of experience that would be helpful for our church. We are also looking for a time when Rev. Moreland can come visit us, and look forward to connecting with her and with candidates who might feel inspired by the opportunities that serving us will provide. We appreciate your support, your engagement, your patience, and your prayers.
Betsy Beck, for the Interim Search Team
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This Sunday, December 2, Pastor Diane's Sermon will be "Hope in Things to Come".
Readings:
Psalm 25:1-10
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Luke 21:25-36
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From Barbara Collins, Director of Religious Education
Mark your Calendar :
Sunday, December 9
Sunday School, Youth Discussion Group; Messiah and Handbell performance at 3:00
Sunday, December 16
Sunday School, Christmas Pageant immediately following worship
Sunday, December 23
Sunday School, Youth Discussion Group; caroling after church
Monday, December 24
Christmas Eve Service 6:00; Handbell Choir at 5:30
Sunday, December 30
No Sunday School, Nursery Care or Youth Discussion Group
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Erin Swett, LCSW, leads our Youth Discussion Group on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month. All youth grades 6-12 are invited to participate! Our next Youth Discussion Group will be Sunday, December 9.
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From Jack Bowman, Minister of Music
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Throughout history, most composers have written music for worship services which in the Roman Catholic tradition included the Eucharist, the sacrament of the Lord’s supper. Wolfgang Mozart, remembered mostly for orchestral and opera repertoire, wrote several masses that were sung during worship in the Cathedral in Salzburg, Austria. One of his most famous masses, first sung in 1779, is knick-named the Coronation Mass and has the traditional sections of the mass including the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei. These movements are sung throughout the mass.
This Sunday, our choir, soloists (Jennifer Oberto, Emily Elliott, Betsy Beck, Lee Collins, Charlie Noyes, and Malcolm Brown) and instrumentalists offer sections of Mozart’s mass at the appropriate times in our service. Our service of worship still accommodates the mass music so well. Not much has changed in 239 years.
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If you would like to dedicate a poinsettia in honor of or in memory of your loved one, please call the church office or pick up a dedication form at church. Plants are $15 each and will decorate our sanctuary. Deadline for dedications is December 14.
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Collection for the Astor House
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Christian Action is already looking ahead to Christmas! In addition to the Giving Trees which will be set up in the sanctuary December 2
nd, this year we will be assisting the
Astor House in Millerton. Astor Services for Children & Families is a community based, non-profit organization that provides children’s mental health services, child welfare services, and early childhood development programs. Astor provides support for pre-schoolers, children with behavioral and emotional health problems, children at risk of placement in foster care and families that need assistance in developing the skills necessary to raise their children in an environment filled with increasing challenges. Currently, they serve 33 families.
Astor has told us that the most needed and appreciated items for their clients are very basic: toilet paper, paper towel, bar soap, feminine products, diapers, xmas wrapping paper. So Christian Action will be collecting such donations beginning immediately, to deliver to Astor House in time for their Christmas Open Collection evening where clients come and are able to choose their own necessary items.
Please bring donations to the Church hallway and place in the painted bench. Deadline for Donations is December 16.
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The Christian Action committee has set up the Giving Tree to support
Women’s Support Services in Sharon, CT. The tree will be up in the sanctuary from December 1-16
th. Ornaments will be for various gift cards and the like for the WSS staff to be able to lend additional client support in times of individual need.
Ornaments should be returned with the donations and placed in the box by the tree – DEADLINE DECEMBER 16
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We are need of a church clerk to take minutes during the monthly Council meetings and keep our records up to date.
Do you feel called to serve in this capacity? Please contact Betsy Beck, Moderator, with a
ny questions and/or interest:
betsyfbeck@gmail.com
or 860-364-0622.
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Men's Ecumenical Bible Study meets on
Fridays 7:45am. All men are welcome.
Women's Bible Study meets on Thursdays at 4:30pm in the Parish Hall Library. They are studying Genesis. All women are welcome, no previous experience necessary.
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We have an ongoing collection for The Corner Food Pantry. Please place your donations in the bins located in the vestibule or the Library Street hallway.
Beginning in January, we will have a quarterly collection during Worship.
The following statistics for November were reported by Isabel Sloane at The Corner Food Pantry:
November has been a busy month at The Corner Food Pantry with an increase in activity. We served 66 Households (with 266 household members) for the annual Thanksgiving Turkey distribution.
Thank you for your continued support!
For the Month of November: Open 3 weekends
Number of Households Served: 178
Number of Individuals Served: 740
Number of Meals provided: 6660
Pounds of Food (Estimate): 7992
Weekly Averages:
59 households per week
247 individuals per week
2220 meals per week
2664 pounds of food
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If you would like to provide flowers for a Sunday service
, please contact Linda Estabrook at
(860) 824-5896
by Wednesday of the week the flowers will be donated. You are welcome to provide flowers in memory of or in honor of a loved one.
Simple bouquets and garden flowers are encouraged - there is no need to spend a lot of money!
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When do people in community stretch us beyond our comfort, and how do
you
respond?
How does
your community
respond?
How do you
want
to respond?
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The Coffee Hour sign up
is in the Parish Hall. If you have never served at Coffee Hour and would like to “learn the ropes,” please sign your name in the column marked “helper” and you will be paired with an experienced Coffee Hour server. If you have served before, please sign up for a Sunday or two and consider inviting someone new to join you!
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Click above to access our secure site
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Pastor Diane's office hours are Monday -Thursday 9:00-5:00 or by appointment.
Kathy Wiggins, Administrative Assistant, is in the office Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30-3:30.
Melissa Adam, Financial and Communications Assistant, is in the office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00-2:00.
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Please contact the office if you would like to add a name to the prayer list. Names may be added at any time by calling the office 860-435-2442 or emailing
kwigginsscc@gmail.com
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Please make sure you have permission from someone to add their name to this public list.
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Please take a moment to visit our website:
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Screening at Scoville Library
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On Thursday, November 29, at 4:30 In the Scoville Memorial Library in Salisbury, there will be a screening of "abUSed: The Postville Raid".
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About three weeks ago, a fire in Amenia destroyed everything the Juarez family owned.
As you can see from the photos (on attachment) of their new apartment, they have virtually nothing. Esperanza Nuñez, Debi Suby, Heidi Truax and Susanna Schindler have been working with Vecinos Seguros and members of Trinity Church in Lime Rock to support the family in this crisis. We have covered a month’s fuel bill and provided some clothing.....
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"America's Housing Crisis" Presentation
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Chris Estes (son of Duane Estes) will speak on "America's Housing Crisis" On Friday, December 7, 2018 at 7:30pm at the Hotchkiss School. This event is sponsored by The Salisbury Forum.
Click here to learn more
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You can VOLUNTEER at the Simply Smiles Home for Children in Oaxaca, Mexico!
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Next week-long volunteer opportunities available:
- January 12-19, 2019
- January 19-26, 2019
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The Congregational Church of Salisbury, United Church of Christ
125 Main Street, PO Box 392, Salisbury, CT 06068
Phone (860) 435-2442
email: salisburyucc@gmail.com
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