Announcements and Calendar for the Week of Jan. 20, 2013

ANNUAL REPORTS are now available in the Narthex. One per family, please.


ALSO, please remember to take your offering envelopes if you ordered some.

FEBRUARY SHARE deadline will be January 25.

SLEEPING BEAUTY—Several members of our youth group are cast in the upcoming production of Sleeping Beauty and we are organizing a trip for the 3 pm matinee on January 27. Please call the box office (860-963-7170) at the Complex in Putnam to make your reservation because seating is limited. Tickets are $10 for students. We will organize transportation to and from church that afternoon so let Meg Bishop know if you are planning to attend.

ITALIAN DINNER: Mark your calendar for our TENTH Annual Italian Dinner on Saturday, February 9. Join us for a delicious meal at the Hill Church at 5:30 PM. Tickets are $10 per person or $5 for children and can be purchased at the church office or from youth group members.

PEACE POLE – when we studied our Peacemakers unit several years back, I researched various topics on peace and learned of The Peace Pole Project. Masahisa Goi began the idea of the peace pole in 1955 in response to the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These handcrafted monuments are erected all over the world and their purpose is to spread the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in many different languages. I asked our skilled craftsman Leslie Sweetnam if he could make one for our church and a beautiful one he created indeed! It was placed near the church entrance in honor of Rev. James S. Harrison upon his departure in tribute to his continuing peacemaking endeavors in our world. My Chinese piano student took note of it this past week and let me know how much he liked it! I hope you will take note of it often and continue your prayers for world peace. Thank you Leslie! If the weather allows, we will photograph our church school children around the peace pole next Sunday! Peace, Ellie Donahue

THIS MORNING’S CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH – by Ellie Donahue

Peacemaker Rotations

Upper Grades – Grades 7/8/9 – Being a peacemaker is based in fairness, justice, equality and love.

Downstairs - center classroom (teen room). Workshop leader – Bruce Lyman

Lower Grades – Pre-K through Grade 6 – Peacemaker activities.

Art activity – Differences in perception. Game activity – Tug-of-Peace

Downstairs - classroom number one. Workshop leader – Ginny Viteri

Next Week – January 27th – THE SNEETCHES – Group Event For Pre-K Through Grade 9

Sometimes people are like the Sneetches in the book by Dr. Seuss, thinking others have value only if they fit in. That is not how God judges worth. God judges the feelings and compassion inside a person, not how someone looks on the outside. Next week Ginny Viteri will lead our children in a discussion on prejudice and acceptance. We’ll follow up making sneetch cookies in the kitchen!

COMING IN FEBRUARY FOR GRADES 7-12! – a three week unit on PEER PRESSURE, led by Katherine Donahue Murdock and Brittany LaFleur. I am working on a dedicated teen room in the downstairs area of the church. A suggestion envelope is posted outside the classroom door. Teens – put ideas for your room in the provided envelope or see Mrs. Donahue. Thanks!

CALENDAR OF THE WEEK

Today “In Our Shoes” display - Harrison Hall

9:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School

Monday

7:30 p.m. AA

Wednesday

7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

Thursday

7:30 p.m. Sr. Choir

Next Sunday

9:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School

11:15 a.m. Annual Meeting