Announcements and Calendar for the Week of June 5, 2011

THIS MORNING’S CHURCH SCHOOL
Pre-K and Kinder –– Leader - Ellen Boylan Grades 1-8 –– Children’s Sunday Preparation
Junior Choir –– there will be a brief rehearsal this morning after church.

Children’s Sunday –– June 12th! - We invite EVERYONE to our Children’s Sunday worship service. It will be a joyful celebration of Pentecost! There will be an all church picnic on the common following the service, including hot dogs on the grill and yummy potluck side dishes! Mark your calendars!
Friday, June 10th - Children’s Sunday rehearsal for grades 1 –– 8 from 4:00 –– 7:30 p.m. Pizza will be served. Rehearsal/Snack/Fun!

PICNIC! June 12th is our Children’s Sunday with the rollicking all-church picnic on the lawn after worship (or downstairs, if it rains). Our skilled grillmasters will prepare hot dogs, and we hope you will provide the salads and sides. Please take a look at the sign-up sheet at Coffee Hour today, or respond to the email you received this past week. See Sam Lyman with questions. This event is always great fun, and you must come!

Children's Sunday Request: Please see Jennifer John if you would be willing to bake 1 or 2 dozen white cupcakes with red frosting for Children's Sunday. We need 6 - 8 dozen more. Ellie Donahue has special cupcake liners for your use. We will be celebrating the birth of the Christian Church!

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE FATHER’S DAY cards are available during Coffee Hour. $5.00 donation.

REMINDER: SIGN UP SHEETS are in the Great Room - for Roseland B & B, Woodstock Fair Chicken Barbeque; as well as for Ushers, Coffee Hour Hosts and Lay Readers.

BULLETIN COVER CREDIT: photo collage by Julia Correira.

A MEMORIAL DAY THANK YOU! A little lightning, thunder and rain were not enough to cancel our Woodstock parade. The skies cleared just in time to go ahead with our annual Junior Youth Group fundraising event! Though there wasn't the usual attendance due to weather, we had plenty of fun and fellowship. Lela, Ciri, Jessie, Emily, Robbie, and Elijah were a tremendous help; they had great fun playing in the rain as we awaited word if the parade would go on as scheduled! Diane Miller, Ginny Viteri, Ellen Boylan, Bob Donahue and Robert John all pitched in to make this event a success. Thank you to Melanie, a visitor from NY and guest of the Miller family who gladly chipped in wherever help was needed...she was very excited to experience our rural celebration of Memorial Day. Thank you to our church family and friends for supporting our efforts. And lastly, a special thank you to Sweet Evalina's for generously donating 4 dozen of their yummy, old fashioned, home made, sugar donuts! ~Jennifer John

WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP: The Annual Meeting of the Women’s Fellowship will be held on Wednesday, June 8 at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Susan Waldron, 17 Maple Lane in Thompson. After the business meeting, the reading of Annual Reports and worship offered by Lynn Singleton, we will share in a Pot Luck lunch. Plan to bring your favorite salad to share. Call Susan at 860-923-2887 to tell her you’ll be coming and what type dish you’ll be bringing. Also bring your ideas & wishes for next year’s programming along with your calendar so you can sign up to hostess or do worship!

Eat and Talk with our Conference Minister, June 7, 2011 7 to 8:30 p.m.
How can we organize ourselves for fruitful ministry when there are fewer of us? How about pre-summer dessert to meet with our UCC Regional Minister, Susan Tarolli, about who we can become as a church? The Transition Team invites you to explore this question over strawberry shortcake (speaking of fruitful) on June 7th.
The Church Council takes this issue of smaller church seriously. We trust that you do also. Susan Tarolli, our Regional Minister, will share her experience of other congregations, as we accept the challenge of our journey in transition. Everyone is welcome. RSVP to Ellen in the office or sign up on the kiosk.
Calendar of the Week
Today - Confirmation Sunday
11:30 a.m. Junior Choir
Monday
7:30 p.m. AA
Tuesday
10:30 a.m. Staff Meeting
7:00 p.m. Discussion with Conference Minister
Wednesday
10:30 a.m. Women’s Fellowship at Susan’ Waldron’s house
7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts
Thursday
10:30 a.m. Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Book Group
Next Sunday - Church School Sunday and Picnic