prEview September 5 , 2019
THIS WEEK IN WORSHIP
Pastor Bradley Bergfalk will be leading Worship service this Sunday, he will present a sermon en title "Welcome Home!"
Please join us for our Rally Day Picnic following service.

Rev. Bergfalk is a credentialed minister in the Litchfield South Association of the Connecticut Conference of the UCC. He most recently served as Senior Minister at First Congregational Church of Litchfield. He is married to Roxanna and together they have three young adult children. Rev. Bergfalk has served congregations in both settled and intentional interim roles in New Hampshire, New York, Washington State, Alaska, Nebraska, and Connecticut. He lives in Chester, CT.
Rally Day Picnic
September 8th Following Worship 
Please join us this Sunday following service for our annual Rally Day Picnic. The Deacons will be providing Hamburgers & Hot Dogs. Bring your favorite side-dish or desert to share.
Youth Group Starts this Sunday September 8th. Senior High and Junior High will meet
4:00pm-6:00pm.
September 14th
2:00pm-4:00pm

The Green Sleep Project will be returning to show us how to make sleeping mats for the homeless out of plastic bags. We will also be upcycling t-shirts into reusable bags.
All are welcome.
Rev Bradley J. Bergfalk will begin Interim Pastoral Ministry on September 3, 2019. To help him get to know the folks within the Congregation, please wear your name tags to Sunday Morning Worship. If you are missing or need a new name tag, please let Kurt Habeck or Jim Welsh know before/after service or e-mail Heather McMillan ( fccbsecretary@firstchurchbethel.org ).

Have you Checked Out Our Updated Website?
Take a minute to view FCCB improved website! We now have an online donating option.


Computer Classes
Looking to learn more about computers? Email? Writing documents? Excel Spreadsheets?
First Church wants to help with our inter-generational Computer Lab .
with topics you would like to
 learn more about.
We will begin to offer classes this coming school year.


Office Hours
Monday 9am-12pm
Wednesday 9am-12pm
Friday 9am-12pm
LAY READERS AND COFFEE HOUR HOSTS

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered! Sign-up sheets are available, we need volunteers for August.
Lay Readers are needed starting
August.

First Congregational Church of Bethel, 46   Main   St ,  Bethel , CT  06801
Phone # 203-743-1877
An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ.