Announcements and Calendar for the Week of April 18
Church World Service - During our current Peacemakers unit, the church school children will be putting their offering towards the Church World Service Blankets and Tools of Hope program. The children will be watching a short, inspiring video on CWS this morning.
The Daily Bread Table in the Great Room needs a few more food items before the end of the month. Peanut butter, jelly and tuna fish are always in need. Thank you for your generosity.
Junior Choir Fieldtrip - Twelve JC singers will be heading to Overlook Masonic Retirement Home tomorrow for a mini-concert at the skilled nursing unit. We will meet at the church at 1:00, warm-up, head to Charlton, sing, visit, stop at Sweet Evalina's for ice cream, and return to the church about 5:15-5:30 p.m.
THE GROUNDS COMMITTEE would like to request that you do not park on the front lawn. Please try to keep the tires of your vehicle on the asphalt or gravel, not on the grass.
PLEASE HAVE YOUR May Share Articles in the church office by Tuesday, April 20th!
A NOTE ROM JENNIFER JOHN: On behalf of the Junior Youth Group I would like to thank those youth who turned out to make pillows for Haiti! Working together, Brittany, Alena, Emily, Robbie, Elijah, Diane Peterson, and myself were able to assemble roughly 30 pillow kits, enjoy fellowship and pizza, too! A special thank you to Diane for gathering all of the supplies necessary for this wonderful project. Debbie Pallato-Fontaine will be carrying these kits with her when she travels to Haiti and will distribute them to children orphaned by the devastating earthquake earlier this year. Our prayers and well wishes are included! A special thank you to everyone in the congregation who baked items for the Junior Youth Group Bake Sale held in conjunction with the Rummage Sale! Through good faith donations only, we were able to collect approximately $151.00 which we happily donated to Women's Fellowship. This appears to be an activity that is here to stay! We now have customers come in looking for their favorite Hill Church goodies! Cheryl Swenson's peanut butter bars are ever so popular!!! Thank you, too, to our faithful youth for volunteering their time not only to help with the bake sale, but to assist with rummage sale tasks as well: Trevor, Brittany, Emily, Robbie and Elijah.
ORDINATION SERVICE FOR DEBBIE PALLATTO-FONTAINE
I would like to personally invite my church family to my ordination on Sunday, April 25, at 3:00 p.m. here in the sanctuary. As you know, I have been called to be the new Minister of Mission at the Gilead Congregational Church, UCC in Hebron. I have officially started my duties there and am very excited about this ministry; one that is dear to my heart. However, this is also a bittersweet time for me. I have been a member of this church for the last 20 years – raising a family, serving the church in myriad ways, and working as a Commissioned Minister.
I would like to thank all of you for your support and guidance as I have pursued ordained ministry in the United Church of Christ. As one friend recently said to me, "It is time for me to reap the fruits of my work."
In honor of the mission and outreach theme of the ceremony, please consider bringing a nonperishable food item for "Daily Bread." A basket will be in the narthex for your donations. Thank you so much and I hope to see you on the 25th! A reception will follow the ceremony in the Great Room.
CALENDAR OF THE WEEK
Monday
1:00 p.m. Junior Choir concert at Overlook Home
7:30 p.m. AA
Tuesday
9:00 a.m. Giv2
10:30 a.m. Bible Study
7:30 p.m. Church Council
7:30 p.m. Quiet Corner Gospel Jam
Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts
Thursday
7:00 p.m. Sr. Choir
Next Sunday
3:00 p.m. Debbie Pallatto-Fontaine Ordination
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