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1 The Federated Church of East Arlington Meditation, Meanderings and Musings from Pastor Kathy Cell Parsonage phone: July/August 2018 Inside This Issue Message by Brian Allen: We visited lots of churches during our time in the UK. It gave me a chance to get a tourist's view of the state of the Church of England and to think about the similarities and differences between mainline Protestant churches here and in England. We started our trip in an unlikely place: Broad Chalke, in Wiltshire, about 100 miles west of London. We wanted a place near Salisbury since I wanted to visit the great cathedral there. In many ways, Broad Chalke could be Arlington's "sister city," or sister hamlet is more like it. Our hostess at our bed and breakfast was on the church council of the parish church, All Saints, a Church of England parish and a bit older than our Federated Church...it dates to The village itself has about 800 people. The town's mostly rural and agricultural, though it's center is dense, like East Arlington. In visiting old English churches, I think of their beauty and history, of course, and All Saints has both. It's a squat stone church with a graveyard of Masterpiece Theater caliber. The interior looks like St. James in Arlington, grand and spacious rather than Yankee quaint, with an accretion of tombs and commemorative plaques, an impressive, carved, elevated pulpit, some stained glass, and a big medieval baptismal font. As much as I think spiritual thoughts, I also think dollars and cents. How much does it cost to maintain this building? A lot. It's a money pit. What's the donor base? Small and dwindling. The Church of England is the official church of England, led by the Queen, whose government appoints the Archbishop of Canterbury, the church's major domo, and most bishops. But these churches get no government money. It might be the official national church, but financially, they're on their own dime, or shilling. Both membership and attendance at Church of England churches have declined dramatically. Statistics abound but it seems safe to say only a quarter of people in England consider themselves Anglicans, with about 5% active church goers. At All Saints, reliable attendance is about thirty on Sunday. It offers services three Sundays a month. Three priests cover 13 parishes. Financially, All Saints is not in terrible shape. It's been on the receiving end of bequests for 700 years. It's located in a part of the country that's not rich but it's prosperous. The big financial debates on the church council revolve around deferred maintenance, not survival, though many Anglican churches are now shuttered. In a building that old, something is always breaking. Do we fix to last or do we patch to get by? The parish has vastly reduced its social service commitments. It concentrates on local veterans of active service in Iraq and Afghanistan and their often uneasy reentry in civilian live. Pastoral concerns are foremost as (continued on page 6) Financial Secretary s Report Church Attendance Church Council July Birthdays & Anniversaries Helping Hands Fellowship/Coffee hour Altar Flowers Lectionary Readings SW Assoc. Prays for churches August Birthdays & Anniversaries Helping Hands Fellowship/Coffee hour Altar Flowers Lectionary Readings SW Assoc. Prays for churches 4 Freedom Festival Summer Sermon Series Ring for Freedom Message from page 1 continued Message from page 6 continued NO Prayer Shawl Ministry Summer Lunch snacks Adventures in Reading Israel Congregation Concert Sabbatical Worship Team Missions and Outreach Disability Rights UCC Leaders: Families Together Electronic Giving Website News From the Office Clipboards Need Names July Calendar August Calendar Insert Insert Please submit your articles for the September 2018 issue of the newsletter by August 20th Thank you for your anticipated cooperation!

2 Page 2 The Federated Church of East Arlington Report of the Financial Secretary, Sandra Grover 2018 Congregational Giving Budgeted: $ 65, Congregational Giving Received 1/1-5/27 $ 23, Building Use 1/1-5/27 $ 2, Fundraising $ Thank You! Church attendance (including children) 6/ Children 6/ Children 6/17 Ecumenical Service 6/ Children Our Church Council Summer is upon us and we can enjoy the sunshine and long days. The church council is working behind the scene to keep everything moving along. Fred is doing a great job of getting people to preach each week while Kathy is on sabbatical. Thanks to Karen Underhill for the service on GRACE this last week. Olavi and Mary are working on putting the new TV on the wall in the Sanctuary. This is quite a project and we thank them for their time and effort to make it look good. The Website should be up and running shortly. The steeple will be painted in August. The summer lunch program needs your support for individually wrapped snacks. There is a box in Bailey Hall that needs to be filled each week. What a great way to take care of the children in the Arlington Area during the summer. If you have any questions or concerns about the Church please feel free to contact me at Church on Sunday or give me a call at Enjoy the Summer Peace Sue Congdon Chair Susan Congdon Treasurer Alyson Grzyb Clerk Tammy Lang Ex Officio Pastor Kathy Clark Building & Grounds Charlie Jenks 1. Olavi Wirkki 2. Education Anne Marie Webber 1. Bernice Gaudette 2. Fred Kerner Finance Brian Allen 1. Herb Taylor 2. Raebeth Hitchcock Worship & Ministry Fred Kerner 1. Linda McDevitt 2. Phyllis Warren

3 July/August 2018 Page 3 July Birthdays 6 Selene Clark Jen Rosenthal 8 Fred Kerner 9 Leslie Benjamin 11 Bonnie Barnes 14 Marcelo Barrios 19 Dan Rosenthal 19 Anna Bushee 30 Ben Brumaghim 31 John Thompson John Frost July Anniversaries 11 Kathy & Richard Maddaloni 15 Dan & Darlyne Barber 23 Lina & Raymond Grover July Helping Hands Lay Reader: Gail Rice Council Member: Sue Congdon/Sandy Grover July 1: Usher: Kathy Frost Communion Servers: Karen Underhill, Ginny Wilkins Greeter: Michelanne Sylvester July 8: Usher: Ginny Wilkins Greeter: Karen Underhill July 15: Ushers: Karen Underhill Greeter: Ginny Wilkins July 22: Ushers: Janet and Ward Wilson Greeter: Linda McDevitt July 29: Usher: Greeter: Altar: Carol Thompson Sunshine: July 1: July 8: July 15: July 22: July 29: Altar Flowers Diane and Jeff McConnell July 1: July 8: July 15: July 22: July 29: Fellowship/Coffee Hour Southwest Association, UCC Prays for their Churches Each week one of the churches in the Southwest Association, UCC, will be prayed for by the other churches in the association. July 1: United Church of Benson July 8: Brandon Congregational Church July 15: Federated Church of Castleton July 22: Congregational Union Church of South Wallingford July 29: Union Church of Proctor Lectionary Readings for July July 1: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27; Psalm Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 July 8: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10; Psalm 48 2 Corinthians ; Mark 6:1-13 July 15: 2 Samuel 6:1-5,12-19; Psalm 24 Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29 July 22: 2 Samuel 7:1-14; Psalm 89:20-37 Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, July 29: 2 Samuel 11:1-15; Psalm 14 Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21

4 Page 4 The Federated Church of East Arlington August Birthdays 4 Wendy Bahan 9 Janet Umlauf 28 Dania LaVallee 30 Laura Rosenthal 31 Gail Rice August Anniversaries 4 Al and Janet Clayton 6 Andy & Nancy Schoerke 27 Don & Janet Umlauf Lay Reader: Lina Grover Council Member: August 5: Usher: Communion Servers: Greeter: Michelanne Sylvester August 12: Usher: Greeter: Karen Underhill August 19: Ushers: Greeter: Ginny Wilkins August 26: Ushers: Greeter: Linda McDevitt Altar: Sunshine: August Helping Hands August 5: August 12: August 19: August 26: Altar Flowers August 5: August 12: August 19: August 26: Fellowship/Coffee Hour Southwest Association, UCC Prays for their Churches Lectionary Readings for August Each week one of the churches in the Southwest Association, UCC, will be prayed for by the other churches in the association. August 5: August 12: August 19: August 26: August 5: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13; Psalm 51:1-12 Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35 August 12: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33; Psalm 130 Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, August 19: 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14; Psalm 111 Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 August 26: 1 Kings 8:1,6,10-11, 41-43; Psalm 84 Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69

5 July/August 2018 Page 5 On July 20, 2018, the 4 FREEDOMS FESTIVAL presents RING 4 FREEDOM. RING 4 FREEDOM is a unified bell ringing at across towns large and small in the state of Vermont, to signify and honor the Four Freedoms; the first ever event of this kind will take place at 4:00pm Eastern, for 4 minutes. The full fes val outline of details may be found here: val/ And inspira on for this fes val is outlined below... another wonderful story in our state's history. In June 1941, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued their Atlan c Charter, in which they described four essen al human rights: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear. At home, in Arlington, Vermont, the legendary ar st Norman Rockwell was inspired. Rockwell was too old to enlist, but he wanted to make a statement in pictures why Americans were sending their boys to war. His wife suggested he paint the ideas, not the words. One night, Rockwell a ended an Arlington Town Mee ng. One of his neighbors (a very likeable farmer) stood up and spoke. Everybody in the room disagreed with the man s opinion, but no one interrupted. A er all, in America, everyone has the right to Freedom of Speech. Norman was, once again, inspired! He decided to illustrate The Four Freedoms in everyday American scenes, using his Vermont neighbors as his models. The Saturday Evening Post published The Four Freedoms, and long before the term was used, the images went viral. The four pain ngs became iconic images. By 1943, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Allied Forces were struggling across the Atlan c. Because of the images popularity, the Treasury Department asked Rockwell to go on tour with his original Four Freedoms pain ngs and sell war bonds. At a me when the war was going against the Allies, those pictures raised $133 million dollars (The equivalent of $1.7 billion today.) That influx of cash changed the course of the war and history. And it was all because a Vermont farmer stood up and spoke at a town mee ng! Pastor Kathy s Sermon Series in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Four Freedoms Freedom of Speech August 5 Freedom of Worship August 12 Freedom from Want August 19 Freedom from Fear August 26 Sunday, July 22, 2018, 1:00pm PRAY 4 FREEDOM The 4 FREEDOMS FESTIVAL closes the weekend s events with an Interfaith ceremony at Norman Rockwell s home and studio in West Arlington at 1:00pm. The event brings together spiritual and religious leaders, with a non denominational focus on Freedom of Worship. FESTIVAL organizers join regional inter faith leaders in their commitment to Grateful Hearts, community food cupboards and local food banks, by encouraging all participants to donate food, upholding Freedom from Want. Friday, July 20, 2018, 4:00pm RING 4 FREEDOM On July 20, 2018, the 4 FREEDOMS FESTIVAL presents RING 4 FREEDOM. RING 4 FREEDOM is a unified bell ringing at across towns large and small in the state of Vermont, to signify and honor the Four Freedoms; the first ever event of this kind will take place at 4:00pm Eastern, for 4 minutes. Here is the festival website with more details:

6 Page 6 The Federated Church of East Arlington (continued from page 1) priests, spread so thinly, focus on funerals, weddings, and births and all the complexities - joys and sorrows - surrounding these life events. During my month in the UK, I went to three Anglican services. Each was heavy on pageantry, grandiloquent to the point of seeming silly to this simple country Methodist. All Saints' Sunday priest and her sermon were cheery and businesslike. She had three other services in three different parishes that day. The service I attended in Porthleven in Cornwall was nearly inscrutable. Lots of smoke, flouncy vestments, sitting and standing, onstage choreography, and a hymnal with only words and no music. Clearly it was all inside baseball. Either you were in the know to make sense of it all, or you weren't and couldn't. I was the tall, dark stranger and clearly was watched. Whenever I fumbled through the program or hymnal, a church lady came up to me to point me to the right place. The church's controllers were people who considered themselves the better class of people in town. This was grating. It wasn't the town - Porthleven still has a big fishing and working port economy - but simply evidence of a more pronounced and rigid social hierarchy than anything we know here. We also went to Evensong at St. Paul's in London. The music was lovely and the service ponderous. On the way to the church, hundreds of naked cyclists flew by us. The event drew attention to the perils of car pollution. I thought more of visual pollution. Most English should really stay clothed. I think pomp and circumstance will backstop the Church of England's decline. There will always be a constituency for that kind of thing. Because the Church of England is the state church, its service is patriotic, too. Each service was beautifully done. Not my cup of tea but there was nothing improvised. Some people go to church for otherworldliness. Not a bad or illogical motivation. Here in Vermont, attendance and membership in both Methodist and Congregational churches are dropping, and dropping fast. I think each of us has our own nuanced, multi-part explanation. Simple demographics matter. Vermont is, after West Virginia, the state with the country's oldest population. Our population has changed, too. Where I grew up in Connecticut, there was a large, indigenous Yankee population. They were Congregationalists, mostly, like my grandparents. My great-grandparents were farmers and belonged to the Episcopal church in town because that's where their parents went. This Yankee element is almost entirely gone. Even in New England, the most irreligious part of the country, there are many options for worship. Options mean competition. In America, there's an endless array of Protestant evangelical movements, a huge number of Roman Catholics, and so many other religious offshoots, among them Mormons, Mennonites, ethnic Orthodox churches, and all the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran variations. America has more of an impulse for community involvement than probably anyplace. We're inveterate joiners, though that spirit is declining as well. In any event, we're a country of calculating consumers. Staying home is an option. Those of us over, say, 60, remember when everything except the churches was closed on Sunday, by law or habit. This has changed, too. The austerity of a Methodist or Congregationalist service, its simplicity and accessibility, its many demystifications of spirituality, its diminution of cant, are all virtues to me. But the closer religious worship comes to the mundane world of we earthlings, the easier it is the critique and the more alternatives exist for spending our time. Being a lifelong Methodist and a regular churchgoer, I have my own opinions. I've seen a dramatic decline in the quality of pastoring and, overall, of the Protestant ministry in the last thirty years. I don't see that at our Federated Church, of course, where we are exceptionally well served, but in other churches. Ministers are much more involved in national or international social movements. My impression is that many find pastoral work boring. Many love the romance of big movements, however marginal these movements might be to their individual congregations or communities. I can't say whether or not ministers are better educated. Divinity schools have changed. Yale's is becoming a place where students learn to protest. It still has a serious academic component. I follow it because I went to Yale and have many Yale-educated ministers in the ranks of my "great-great-greats." I think Yale would love to close the divinity school and use its property and buildings for other things. Preaching is becoming a lost art. I like a provocative sermon. I just don't like sermons that are easily picked apart, simplistic, rambling, uninformed, or muddled. (continued on page 7)

7 July/August 2018 Page 7 (continued from page 6) No one likes being conscripted into the ranks of a captive audience, either. Dropping, indeed, collapsing attendance and membership probably reflect the natural human impulse to vote with your feet. When ministers wander into the realm of what's on the editorial page of the New York Times, I often think, "stick to your day job." Protestant churches were at the forefront of the civil rights movement in all its permutations. To me, this was the right place to be. On issues like illegal immigration, travel bans, climate change, the tax bill, of all things, and other concerns, I hear lots of rhetoric I find intellectually sloppy, without nuance, and irrelevant. Of course, ministers aren't politicians. Many mainline churches made some brave calls on civil rights of blacks, women, and gay people. They lost members. Nothing we could do about that, but we need to think about how to replace them. It's safe to say most of those we lost have moved on. The sermons I heard in England this round, and every time I've attended an Anglican service in the UK, were well delivered, instructive, and well constructed. This might be an issue of education, recruitment, expectations, or oversight of clergy. Subjects were tied closely to Bible readings and events on the church calendar like Pentecost, which happened at the beginning of my trip. And they stayed focused. Now, the higher up the chain of command, once you hit the ranks of bishops, they start sounding like Cabinet ministers. That hasn't helped membership or attendance, however virtuous and current it makes the big shots feel. I think the English churches reflect a better understanding of the simple concept that you get people to come by offering them what they can't get elsewhere. The more focused on current events or movements-de-jour churches become, the less special they seem. The more timely they become, the less focused they become on the timeless. A sermon's a speech, and a service is an event that's well planned, badly planned, or on autopilot. Both a sermon and a service are many other things, of course, but the lures of habit and tradition in motivating church going matter less and less the younger people get. There's no substitute for serious content that's presented well. We're a country of cunning, calculating consumers. It's risky to think of generational mantras but probably on the mark to say for Generation Xers and Millennials that one of theirs has to be "don't waste my time." It's nice to be back in Arlington. I am often misled into thinking the English and Americans are very similar because we share the same language and lots of the same social, economic, and political history. Well, we're not. Americans have more in common with the Irish and Scots. That's another essay! NO Prayer Shawl Ministry in July We will be with Karen Tibbetts at Joel s memorial service at 10:00 a.m.

8 Page 8 The Federated Church of East Arlington Summer Lunch Arlington, Sunderland, Sandgate How can I help? Individually wrapped healthy snacks can be put in the box in Bailey Hall. Adventures in Reading As I write this, I am at work collating all your reading reports (all came in on time thank you) and putting the information into proper order for Nancy Schoerke to do her excellent work typing the final book list. Phyllis Warren has been of great help for all of us by checking out the list of books at the Martha Canfield Library. Phyllis s efforts have supplied the current names of some authors recommended as well as books to be removed from categories II And III Into category IV. International concert and recording artist Maxine Linehan will be a featured performer at Israel Congregation of Manchester s 100 Years in Vermont gala celebration on Sunday, August 19 at the Barrows House in Dorset. Acclaimed for her ability to emotionally engage throughout a stunning vocal performance, Linehan is known to Northshire audiences for her impressive solo show, What Would Petula Do, at SVAC last year. She will be joined by Taconic Music Festival s principals, Ari Rudiakov and Joana Genova, in a salute to ICM s century-long history of Jewish worship and engagement in the larger community. In our list we will provide the location of your selected book in the Martha Canfield Library. Janet Wilson Coordinator Tickets for the festive evening, which also includes dinner and dancing, can be purchased at icmvt.org or by calling REMINDER Celebration of the life of Joel Tibbetts July 21, :00 a.m.

9 July/August 2018 Page 9 Sabbatical Worship Team I would like to thank everyone for making Pastor Kathy's sabbatical go so smoothly. We tried some new things. Let us know what you liked or disliked. We sang some old favorites and learned some new ones. We also got to hear the amazing youth choir from Shalimar, Florida. A special shout out needs to go out to Scott Lang, Mary Edwards, and Karen Underhill for sharing their Christian journey one Sunday. A special hug to Karen Underhill for leading the service and her message on Grace this last Sunday in June. She even went one step further with the joke she told during her message for I could feel Joel smiling down on us. A few more Sundays and Pastor Kathy will be back among us and, with the pictures she has been sending back, there should be a number of messages to hear of God's creation. Again any new ideas about the worship service you would like to see tried let us know. Your Sabbatical Worship team Fred Kerner Brian Allen Tammy Lang Missions and Outreach The Mission and Outreach team continues to be available to consider requests that come into the church. There is a thank you note on the bulletin board in Bailey Hall from Church World Service for the $275 we gave for blankets. Also information is on the bulletin board by the library about where the blankets and kits are distributed. Many thanks to you all for being the hands and feet of Jesus. Just when I think there s not many snacks for the Summer Lunch program, I look and the box is overflowing. These snacks, added to the food in the bags, bring joy when the children look for them. Many thanks to you, the people of St. James Church and the Arlington Community Church for the snacks. Keep them coming. We are thankful to be of assistance when our neighbors are in need. Sandra Grover, chair Wendy Bahan Jen Rosenthal Disability Rights: ADA 101 Wednesday, July 11, 1:00-2:15 at the UUFB, 108 School St in Bennington. Mike Charron and Ericka Reil from VCIL-Montpelier will be here to explain how specific disability-related laws can impact our everyday lives. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. They will discuss our rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, including how to interact with businesses that have access issues, what to do when your town sidewalk is not useable, how to have success with the state bureaucracy, who to call and what to say. Come learn what your rights are under the law. Events are free, but registration is required to ensure enough materials and seating. Workshops are designed to honor people with disabilities, but their care givers, service providers and allies are also welcome. Light refreshments provided. These are scent and chemical-free events. Please let us know if you would like an ASL interpreter by the Friday before the workshop you ll be attending. To register, for more information, or to request accommodations, contact: Lynn Mazza, , lmazza@vcil.org

10 Page 10 The Federated Church of East Arlington UCC Leaders: Keep Families Together Condemning the unconscionable assertion that migrant children should be separated from their parents because of orderly and lawful processes that protect the weak and lawful,' a Biblical statement used to justify U.S. immigration policies United Church of Christ National Leadership has issued this pastoral letter, urging the people of the denomination's almost 5,000 congregations to take action now! First, by contacting their Congressional representatives, and then by providing funds to keep families together. Money to be used to support the people sleeping in the streets at the borders of this country, or those parents and children separated upon entry! "Still, when God saw the trouble they were in and heard their cries for help, God remembered God's Covenant with them, and, immense with love, took them by the hand. God poured out God's mercy on them while their captors looked on, amazed." Psalm 106:44-47 (MSG) Friends, once again we stand at the brink of a moral precipice in our society and the question before us is will we choose to act in covenant with God on behalf of God's people or will we sacrifice our soul. The United Church of Christ has long been a supporter of migrant families seeking refuge within our borders from intolerable and unsafe living conditions in their homelands. As people of God committed to the sacredness of all creation and the sanctity of every life, we are compelled to heed the cries of families now being violently torn apart at our borders for political expediency and profitability. Such violent acts are unnecessarily punitive and place at risk the physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and developmental stability of hundreds of families who now find themselves separated, caged, and commodified in a strange land. All of our sacred texts, no matter the faith, identify the disregard of the humanity of the vulnerable as sin. And God hears the cries of God's people. The plight of black and brown migrant families whose children are ripped from their care cannot be the policy of a civilized land. We've been here before. Our nation's history bears witness to a legacy of lost love. We separated the children of Native people from their families. We separated the children of enslaved people from their families. We separated the children of Japanese people from their families. Many of these families were never made whole again. This legacy of white supremacist ideology is idolatrous and leaves an indelible mark of evil that can only be redeemed by a conscious act of spiritual repentance and repair. We must resist the evil of dehumanization enacted upon the vulnerable among us. The United Church of Christ strongly condemns the dismantling of families, the criminalization of the quest for freedom, and the caging of those whose only crime is to seek shelter from harm. How we treat those who seek shelter in our midst is a direct reflection of how we treat God. We call upon our 5,000 member churches to write letters to your representatives in Congress as an act of worship this month. Refugee Justice Sunday is June 17, World Refugee Day is June 20. Remind Congress there is a law that supersedes partisanship and political bantering, and that is the sanctity of all people of God. Faithfully yours, The National Officers of the United Church of Christ The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, General Minister and President The Rev. Traci Blackmon, Executive Minister, Justice and Witness Ministries The Rev. James Moos, Executive Minister, Wider Church Ministries The Council of Conference Ministers of the United Church of Christ Call on Congress to Keep Families Together.

11 July/August 2018 Page 11 We, the members of the Federated Church of East Arlington, declare ourselves to be an Open and Affirming and Reconciling congregation. With God s help, we include all persons in our fellowship, embracing and celebrating differences of gender identity, marital status, age, mental and physical ability, and sexual orientation, as well as racial, ethnic and socio-economic background. We welcome into our community everyone who seeks to share in the work and worship of the church of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Consider automating your regular donations with our new electronic giving program. The Federated Church of East Arlington relies on the financial support of the congregation and donations electronic giving offers an easy way to give on a recurring basis. Visit the church office for more information or go to our webpage at or scan the qr code. Thank you! FROM THE OFFICE If you know of a prayer request to add or change in the bulletin, please let the office know by Thursday. Arlington Area Food Shelf 459 pounds collected Our Church Family Needs Help These lists need names: Ushers Fellowship Time Altar Flowers Altar Team Communion Servers Sunshine WEBSITE NEWS federatedchurchofeastarlington.org If you would like to add anything (pictures, articles) to the website or have suggestions, contact Sue Wirkki, sue@wirkki.org Like the Federated Church of East Arlington on Facebook. CLIPBOARDS NEED NAMES Choir Ushers Communion Servers Fellowship/Coffee Hour Altar Sunshine Flowers Ride Share Sunday School Share the Love We are a family, we love each other, we need each other, we are loved by God.

12 The Federated Church of East Arlington 102 Ice Pond Arlington, Vermont Visit us on Facebook The mission of The Federated Church of East Arlington is to welcome all, follow Jesus Christ together, and live God s Word with compassionate service. July/August 2018 Newsletter August Sermon Series In honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Four Freedoms Summer Lunch Program Begins June 19th Snacks needed August 5 Freedom of Speech August 12 Freedom of Worship August 19 Freedom from Want Please bring individually wrapped healthy snacks and put in the box in Bailey Hall. The children are very grateful! August 26 Freedom from Fear