Announcements and Calendar for the Week of June 3, 2012

WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME to The Rev. Dr. Bruce Johnson. He is retired from the First Congregational Church of Coventry after serving there for 37 years. He will be our Interim Pastor until the search process is completed, and will be holding office hours on Thursday mornings. Please look for his biography and a welcoming message from him in the June issue of SHARE. WE ALSO WELCOME Carl Asikanen, Program Director for TEEG. Our church is beginning a new relationship as part of our local outreach, with TEEG, and he will be explaining the services that are offered to people in our area & how we, as a congregation of “givers,” can plug into this vital agency with our time & talents. There will be a Second Hour, immediately following the service for individuals to ask specific questions & get answers about services vital to many of our area neighbors. Diane Peterson & Brittany LaFleur will be coordinating our church’s response when a need arises & we are called on to respond with “person” power or specific items as our relationship with TEEG goes forward. THANKS AGAIN, TO TOM & LYNN SINGLETON FOR COORDINATING OUR PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH COVENANT TO CARE!!!! CHRISTMAS ON THE HILL meeting will take place after church next Sunday, June 10. Please come if you worked last year or are able to work the Fair this year! B&B SIGN UP SHEET IN HARRISON HALL! Reservations are already coming in for the weekend of Oct. 12 & 13. Please sign up if you can help! LOOK FOR OUR GIFT CARDS FUNDRAISER today at Coffee Hour! We are working with United Scrip to develop an on-going fundraiser for the church using gift cards. Instead of spending cash in the stores, you would use your prepaid gift cards to purchase items you are already planning to buy. A percentage of the value of your card is given to the church right up front. There is NO extra cost to you beyond the value of your card. Your spending habits don’t change but the church benefits from usage of these cards. There is nothing to lose and everything for the church to gain. We will have a table set up in Harrison Hall every Sunday in June. Stop by and learn how you can use your cards. FATHER’S DAY cards from Church World Service will be available at the church office (during morning business hours) or at Coffee Hour on June 10 & 17. Remember, $5.00 gets you a card for Dad & allows CWS to send tools or a blanket to an area where disaster has claimed even the simplest of household items. BYLAWS REVISIONS: As summer approaches, the Bylaws Revision Committee will begin looking at our current Bylaws. Do you have a suggestion of a needed change? Contact Sam Lyman with your thoughts ASAP! toads@snet.net or 860-928-9187. CALENDAR OF THE WEEK Today 11:15 a.m. Junior Choir 11:15 a.m. Second Hour with TEEG 11:15 a.m. Youth Ministry Team 4:30 p.m. New England Ringers Bell Concert at Putnam C.C. Monday 7:30 p.m. AA (library) 7:30 p.m. Bell Choir Wednesday 4:00 p.m. TEEG Ribbon Cutting ceremony (with Bell Choir) 9:00 a.m. PCT 6:30 p.m. Deacons 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Thursday 7:00 p.m. Senior Choir Next Sunday 11:15 a.m. Christmas on the Hill Meeting \ .