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Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right things, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.
Anne Lamott
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- Sunday Service
- Important Dates
- Are You Watching Online?
- Christian Education Update
- Salvation Farms
- Baked Goods and Volunteers Needed for Oct. 8th!
- Womens Fellowship Game Night Oct. 13th!
- SPARK Starts October 24th!
- Raise the Roof on Homelessness!
- Quilt Raffle
- Thanks for the Eyeglasses and Printer Cartridges!
- Host Families Needed!
- Ways to Support Ukrainians
- Pictures
- This Week's
- Music Selections
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Masks are recommended, but not required for those attending services in person.
SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 91
Lay Reader: Brad Osbourne
ANTHEM: "O Lord Increase My Faith"
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE
SCRIPTURE Exodus 19:3-7, 20:1-17
MESSAGE: "On Eagle's Wings" Rev. Dan Haugh
COMMUNION
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Children's Worship
This Sunday is World Communion Sunday! and we will continue with our new Children’s Worship curriculum, that is a wonderful program called: HOLY MOLY! We will divide into our two classes; have some Bible lesson time, along with a craft and a healthy snack provided for all!
This week’s lesson is all about: Rebekah & Isaac, and the Key Bible Verse to tie into this lesson is: “…Let the young woman who comes out to draw (water)…let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for [Isaac]." Genesis 24:43-44
We also are excited to share that we will once be offering a session of our afterschool Ministry program called SPARK, for a 5 week session later this fall! Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
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Friday, 9/30 4:30 wedding rehearsal
6:00 wedding rehearsal
Saturday, 10/1 3:00 wedding
6:30 wedding
Sunday, 10/2 9:30 Celebration Service In-person and livestreamed
Monday, 10/3
12 noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Tuesday, 10/4
8:00 AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Wednesday, 10/5
Noon AA weekly meeting in Fellowship Hall
5:30 Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, 10/6 5:30 Stowe Rotary in Fellowship Hall
7:30 Texas Swing Concert in Sanctuary
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Juliet Schmidt on 9/30
Marc William Youkel on 10/1
Katelyn O’Toole and Whitney Vigneau on 10/3
Nancy Bryant and Tobias Eliasson on 10/4
Austin Anderson and Jacques Bouramia on 10/5
Louise Deuso on 10/6
Brad Osborne on 10/7
Forrest Van Dyke and John Van Blarcom on 10/8
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Congratulations for getting married this week:
Travis Hill and Natasha Thomas on 10/1 here
Sawyer Smith and Rachel Jones on 10/1 here
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Watching our Sunday service online?
Please send a note to our office to let us know if you are watching online! Pastor Dan would love to acknowledge your presence and support during his Words of Welcome. Send an email to info@stowechurch.org with your name and where you are watching from.
You can access our Livestream service from our website: https://www.stowecommunitychurch.org/live
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Committee of the Month - Christian Education Committee!
This October we are requesting prayers for students, teachers and Christian Education Committee. Our Christian Education committee and dedicated teachers help guide the educational ministry of our church by supporting weekly classes for students from Kindergarten through 5th grades. Beginning in mid-October we expect to expand this to include weekly classes and youth group opportunities for Middle and High School students.
Please pray for God to be with our students, teachers and Christian Education committee and fill them with his love, wisdom and blessings.
We ask that you also consider volunteer opportunities with this group:
Nursery Care volunteers needed to snuggle with infants, build big towers, read books and let your imagination run wild while playing with our toddler group. Time commitment is once every 6 weeks (on a rotating basis)
K-5 Teaching assistants needed for our K-5th grade classes. Teaching our children is an important task and we need lots of volunteers to ensure we are providing a strong foundation of faith for our children. No preparation involved, just show up and help the teachers and students. Volunteer benefits - Lots of high fives, smiles, goldfish crackers and you may come away with a better understanding of a Bible story! Time commitment is once every 6 weeks (on a rotating basis).
To volunteer, please sign up at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48a5ad28a6f9c07-christian
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Salvation Farms - a nonprofit organization working toward a future where our communities are increasingly fed by local farms - is always looking to engage new volunteers in our work. As a volunteer, you could help with gleaning, driving and delivering, or administrative tasks.
We also have an ambitious annual fund goal of $236,580, of which we have only raised about 20% so far this year. Any donation amount is helpful to allow us to do our important work and continue to expand into the Northeast Kingdom, produce frozen foods from surplus crops, promote local farms, and engage more people in the local agricultural system.
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Volunteer
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Baked Goods and Volunteers Needed for October 8!
Our church is looking for volunteers to provide baked goods and also serve as hosts for an open house on Saturday October 8th from 10-3pm.
Our vision is to have our beautiful sanctuary open and provide water and baked goods for guests visiting town that weekend like we did for the British Invasion.
Please contact Chris for more info or to sign up: chrisd437@gmail.com
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Women’s Fellowship BUNCO Game Night!
Okay ladies of SCC, are you ready to play some BUNCO? If you do not know what it is, check out the website at the end of this email. There are several variations to BUNCO, so this website will help introduce what the game is if you have never played it before. Basically, it is a mindless dice game, that is a ton of fun in my opinion with prizes. This will take place Thursday, October 13th at 5:30 pm at the parsonage. I will have official rules printed out on the night of the 13th.
We need at least 12 people to play so please RSVP to laurettahaugh@gmail.com if you can make it!
Additionally, please bring an appetizer, snack, beverage, or dessert to share if you are able.
And lastly, if anyone is able, please bring a bag of Halloween candy for the parsonage for Halloween. We went through 1,000 pieces last year! And this year we will have an official counter :)
https://buncoprintables.com
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SPARK After School Ministry Starts October 24th!
We are excited to share that we will once again be offering a session of our afterschool Ministry program called SPARK, for 5 weeks this fall!
Those classes will begin on Monday October 24th, and end on Monday November 21st. Classes will be from 3:00 -4:30 pm, and Miss Taryn will walk to Stowe Elementary School to meet students there, and we will walk over to the Church together each Monday of that session.
Here is the link to sign up for this next session of SPARK classes:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6d8cfUdMVIEpmmD9ghX6caLfby9kGw9JuBxCMKrnob_Uqiw/viewform?usp=sharing
Please feel free to reach out to Taryn Noelle, the Director of Children’s Ministries if you need anything or if you have any questions?
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Raise the Roof to End Homelessness in Lamoille County!
Please mark your calendars for a fun evening of community and music on Saturday, November 5 to help end homelessness in Lamoille County!
The Lamoille Community House—the only shelter in our area— will open for its final season at the “Yellow House” in Hyde Park next month. There are currently more than 125 people in our community experiencing homelessness.
We are actively fundraising to support year-round operations at a new building to ensure people without homes have safe shelter, a warm meal, and connection to services not only in the winter months, but all year-round. We are midway through our 365 Campaign to raise $365,000 and still have a way to go. It’s a big lift, but I know we can pull together to make this happen!
One easy way…come to Raise the Roof on Saturday, November 5 at Alfie’s!
Tickets are $75 per person for a night of music, tacos, and awesome raffle prizes to benefit the Lamoille Community House. Thanks to our good friends at JCOGS, every single dollar raised will go directly to the 365 Campaign!
You can purchase tickets here.
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Quilt Raffle!
Again this year we are having our Quilt Raffle. This gorgeous throw quilt (5'x5') was hand made by Nancy Tooley.
Raffle ticket prices are $5 for 1 ticket and $10 for 3 tickets. The drawing will be on the Saturday of our Christmas Fair.
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Keep Those Eye Glasses and Printer Cartridges Coming In!
Last week our church gave about 25 no longer needed eye glasses to the Lions Club to give to people in many countries, who need them and cannot afford them.
Also last week our small empty ink cartridges, sent to CA postage free, brought a check for $18 to our church..
We hope you will continue to share your no longer needed eye glasses and your small empty ink cartridges with our church!!
Right now the baskets which hold those items are in the first small room down stairs.
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Host Families Needed!
On December 3, our friends at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center are inviting back The Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir. Many of our church members saw them last year and enjoyed the concert enormously. Housing will be needed for the members of this choir, and SPPAC is wondering if members of the congregation would be willing to open their homes that evening. If you can, please send a quick email to info@stowechurch.org.
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Ways to Support Ukraine!
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is appealing for support for refugees and for elderly and other vulnerable people who are displaced within Ukraine and unable to leave. As a member of the ACT Alliance, UCC support is being targeted to people most in need through humanitarian relief partners with a history of working in the region.
For more information or to donate go to
Ukraine Emergency Appeal
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Last Week!
(If you have pictures for inclusion in the Quest, please email them to gmorrill@pshift.com)
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David McGaughy shared this moving version of "Nearer My God to Thee" with me and I am passing it on to you as well.Thanks,David! | | |
Pastor Dan shared the story of Moses last week and mentioned the iconic scene in the 1956 movie where Moses parts the Red Sea. Well, here it is! | | | | | |
