Announcements and Calendar for the Week of Oct. 14, 2012

GIFT CARDS: Oct 6-19 - Joanne Fabric gifts cards will earn 8%; Oct 6-Dec 31 - Jiffy Lube gift cards will earn 3%; and until Oct 12 Marriott travel cards earn 2% more.

FLASHLIGHT NIGHT AT FORT HILL FARMS Senior High Youth Group is going to the CORN MAZE in Thompson on Saturday, October 20. We will meet at the East Woodstock Church at 7 pm. Cost is $10 per person if we qualify for the group rate, so pass the word and invite your friends!

CHRISTMAS ON THE HILL, Nov. 17, 10-2. Many hands make light work! Please help Women’s Fellowship set up tables for the Fair on DRESS DOWN TO SET UP SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, after church. Plan now to help in this huge task. All help is greatly appreciated! Call Susan at 860-923-2887 for details.
Joan Fortin will be selling ada knives and other ada items.  Do you need a carving set or one of those fantastic paring knives?  See Joan to be sure she'll have what you need.

THERE WILL BE A Board of Outreach meeting, Wed. Oct. 17, 7 p.m.

CROP WALK FOR HUNGER Thirty-five members of Giv2 Northeast participated in the Killingly/Brooklyn Crop Walk last Sunday and we raised over $1200 for Church World Service. These funds will be used to support the Friends of Assisi Food Pantry in Danielson as well as hunger programs around the world. Thank you to all our walkers and sponsors for taking steps to fight hunger!


MISSION TRIP TO COLOMBIA We have received the itinerary & cost estimates for the projected mission trip to visit our mission partner, the Rev. Michael Joseph & the people he serves. The trip is scheduled for March, 2013 & the information is posted on the Bulletin Board outside the church office. Take a look & speak with Susan, 923 2887 if you have any interest.

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS
Today we begin our new unit, People Who Made A Difference, with teachers Jen Beck and Ginny Viteri. We will study people of faith who were outsiders, including the prophet Deborah, the child Jeremiah, the Gentile centurion’s servant, and the outcast Samaritan woman at the well. As people of faith, we, too, can respond to God and make a difference, even if we are very young or feel we sometimes don’t belong. Knowing God loves us gives us courage and the desire to help others.
Today's nursery volunteer is Jeanne Foote. The nursery schedule was distributed via the church e-mail list and is posted on the Harrison Hall kiosk. Ladies, please check for which week you have been assigned. Thank you so much!
We placed the Dutch Mill Bulbs order, and we'll alert you when it arrives.

What better way to celebrate the season than by assisting Leslie Sweetnam and Eva Hulme in December with preparation for the Christmas pageant? If interested, see Jen Beck, and thank you!



The Children on the Hill are meeting the challenge…..can you?
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. Gen 1:9-10
Week 3 Challenge: “Keepin it Good”

• Let’s help keep our world as God intended.

• This week commit to taking all your recyclable plastic beverage containers back to the supermarket, Donate the money you receive to the Water Project.

• Prayer for the week, “Thank you God for our beautiful Earth and the gift of clean water.”

It’s not too late…you can join us for the remaining 3 weeks or participate for just one week and help us bring water to areas of the world where there is no access to clean water.
So pick up a blue bracelet, bank and challenge sheet for the week in Harrison Hall.


CALENDAR OF THE WEEK


Today

9:00 a.m. Adult Sunday School

9:15 a.m. Band rehearsal

6:00 p.m. Bad Girls of the Bible

Monday

7:30 p.m. AA

7:30 p.m. Bell Choir

Tuesday

7:30 p.m. Hillbillies

Wednesday

7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

7:00 p.m. Outreach

Thursday

7:30 p.m. Senior Choir

Saturday

7:00 p.m. SYG Corn Maze (Meet at EW)

Next Sunday

9:00 a.m. Adult Sunday School

9:15 a.m. Bell Choir warm up

6:00 p.m. Bad Girls of the Bible