October 6, 2022

TRUSTEES MEETING  

Monday October 10 at 7:00PM on Zoom

The Rev. Dr. Jane Ellingwood is well-known at FCCB, having been a member of FCCB since 1998. She is serving as a supply preacher for October 2 and 9 after having just completed, on August 31, a two and a half year position as Interim Associate Minister at the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield.

Jane is happy to see people at FCCB again and to participate together in the worship services.

We at FCCB are very glad to have her with us, and are grateful for her many blessings.

Coming Up:

October 16th

Stewardship/Generosity Sunday

October 22nd

FCCB Fall Harvest Festival and

Children's Pumpkin Festival 1PM-3PM

A fun day for all!!

More information soon!

Newly listed-

October 29

Bethel CT Pride Halloween event for LGBTQ+youth

Newly listed-

October 30

Trick or Treat Street 

Downtown Bethel 1PM-3PM

Sign up forms for the Bethel Women's Club event can be found in the Church Office

Trick or Treat Street is back!



Trick or Treat at participating businesses in Downtown Bethel.

The event is scheduled

from

1pm - 3pm on Saturday, October 30th.

(Please no "early birds", the businesses need time to set up.)

The costume contest will be at 3pm on the lawn of the Municipal Center. Prizes will be awarded for: Infants to Pre-K4, Grades K-3, Grades 4-8, Grade 9-adult.

Erik Tonner will be DJ-ing the event.

***The event will follow the COVID GUIDELINES set forth by the Town of Bethel*** Please be courteous to those around you and maintain a safe distance.

As the event gets closer we will post a map of the event so you can plan your afternoon.

Event happens rain or shine!

Attributions:

Artwork: JESUS MAFA. Healing of the ten lepers, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.  https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48295 [retrieved October 3, 2022]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr

(contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact). JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa.

Liturgy: The liturgy is adapted from David Gambrell, ed., Connections: Worship Companion, Year C, Vol. 2 (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2022), pp. 13-14, 157-162.