Announcements for September 2, 2018

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1 ELLINGTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH A Congregation of the United Church of Christ phone: (860) fax: (860) eccucc@sbcglobal.net Web site: Church Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Mon. Fri. Announcements for September 2, 2018 WELCOME Welcome to all our visitors, friends and members. If you are visiting for the first time, please sign our guest book in the Narthex. Please join us downstairs in the Social Room for a time of Fellowship and Coffee after the 9:30 a.m. worship service this morning. Large Print Worship Bulletins and Bibles are available for people with special vision needs. Please speak to an Usher for the use of one of these Bibles and a copy of the Bulletin. Children s Bulletins are available. Children of all ages are invited to remain in church with their parents. If it becomes necessary to leave during the worship service, please use the door at the rear of the sanctuary. And please, as best as you are able, try to step out during hymns or other active times, so as to respect the worship experience of your neighbors. Thank you. Cradle Roll is now closed for the summer and will return on September 16 th. Subject to change. Preaching Pastor SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST ALL CHURCH WORSHIP DR. JAY M. TERBUSH September 9, 2018 LAST WEEK Last Sunday s Attendance 9:30 A.M. 84 Last s Sunday s Offering Loose $ Pledge $2, Please do your best to keep your pledge current. Your giving makes such a difference. This morning s flowers are given by Robin Miller in loving memory of M. Bradford Gardiner. Thank you!

2 THIS WEEK S CALENDAR FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST COMMUNION SUNDAY LAST 9:30 AM SUMMER SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR ALL CHURCH WORSHIP 9:30 Worship Cleaning of the Bells Mon Church Office Closed Tues 10:00 Prayer Group 1:00 Friendship Class 6:45 Growth & Nurture 7:00 BCE 7:00 Stewardship 7:00 Diaconate Wed 7:00 Golf Committee Thur 6:30 HR Team 7:00 Sr. Choir Fri 7:00 AA Sat 8:30 Men s Fellowship Meeting dates and times are subject to change. Submissions are due for the next Bulletin = Tuesday of each week CALLER =15 th of each month PLEASE remember when paying your offering by check to write your envelope/giving number on the memo line. Thank you. LOST & FOUND box is located in the Social Room coat area. Items of the delicate nature i.e., glasses, jewelry, etc., can be claimed in the Church Office during office hours. The LOST & FOUND area is overflowing with items, please take a look if you are missing something. Thank you. TODAY S GATEKEEPERS Greeter(s): Lay Reader: Deacon(s): Usher(s): Robin Miller George Nickerson Laurie Hazleton Anna Carroll Beth Cocuzzo Marcia Hesse Charlie Cella Amy Zander CALENDAR (continued) SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST ALL CHURCH WORSHIP 8:45 Worship 10:30 Worship 11:45 Sr. Bells 7 th Annual Golf Tournament ***If you have an emergency for which you need immediate pastoral care and involvement, please call the Church at and listen to the directions provided on the answering machine.*** Fragrance Sensitivity at Church & Offices - For many people being exposed to perfumes, colognes and chemicals can pose a serious health risk. Please be considerate of your neighbor and think before you apply. Thank you!

3 PRAYER CONCERNS - During The Gathering of the Community, please clearly PRINT a Prayer Request Form that can be found in the pew rack. When the Deacon on Duty comes around with the microphone you are encouraged to state your prayer concern aloud. Give the completed form to the Deacon or drop it in one of the Prayer Concerns Baskets at the front or back of the church as you exit and this will be used to provide information to the church secretary for our Prayer List. When you have updated information about the person you have asked prayers for or when that person can be removed from the list, please complete a Prayer Request Form and give it to the Deacon so information on our list can be kept as up-to-date as possible. Thank you. Admire Respect Enjoy! Let us all help ECC sparkle. If you see something that is in need of repair, cleaning, moved, replaced, painting, etc., please stop by, call or the church office with the information so a Clean/Maintenance Request Form can be completed and submitted to the Board of Trustees for review. Thank you! The Stewardship Committee has placed generic offering envelopes in the pew racks. These generic offering envelopes can be used by visitors or if you are presently placing cash in the offering plate and would like to begin to receive a giving statement for tax purposes. These are not to replace your numbered giving envelope. If you would like to start using numbered envelopes to receive a giving statement, you can request a box of envelopes by completing the pink form in the Narthex. If you currently are using checks with a giving number, you may continue to do so. Thank you for your financial support of the mission and ministries of the Ellington Congregational Church. SAVE THE DATE!!! September 16 th is the first day of Sunday school classes! Come meet your teacher and classmates and have an ice cream sundae with them. Hope to see you there!

4 Farmhouse Fair Spotlight of the Week Gals and Dolls You ll be amazed at our 18 doll clothes, as well as the reasonable prices. Many outfits are one-of-a-kind and all the doll clothes are adorable. We also have a beautiful selection of bracelets for children. Do You Sew?!! PLEASE HELP We need more people to make doll clothes. If you only made one outfit it would be a huge help to the Farmhouse Fair. You can make them in the comfort of your own home. Don t have a pattern - no problem - we have a variety of different ones. As the old saying goes, many hands makes for light work. Should you need a pattern or have any questions, please contact Vivian Hary Join Us at the FARMHOUSE FAIR WORKSHOP!! SEPTEMBER 22, :30am 11:30am We will be working on layered soup mixes. If you signed up to donate ingredients, please bring them to church on or before September 9 th and leave the items in the red Farmhouse Fair donation box next to the coat rack in the social room. Suggestions or questions please call Vivian or Marcia

5 Friendship Class The Friendship Class will resume on September 4 th at 1PM. Please join us for this program which will be based on the book "Change of Heart" by Jodi Picoult. Picoult is New England's favorite author. All her stories deal with issues, hot button topics, big questions about life and death, and moral issues. FALL 2018 MUSIC PROGRAMS THE SENIOR CHOIR will resume rehearsals on Thurs., Sept. 6 th at 7:00 p.m. We would love to have you join us this year. Lift your spirits and join the choir! THE SENIOR HANDBELL CHOIR will resume rehearsals on Sun., Sept. 9 th following the late service. If you read music and would like to join, please contact Esther Pezzella or any handbell member. The annual cleaning of the bells will take place on Sun., Sept. 2 nd ~ TODAY. Children s Programs will begin on Sept. 30 th as follows: 4:00-4:30 CHIME CHOIR (Grades 2-6) is a beginner group that works on music reading. With the high price of music lessons why not take advantage of this free music opportunity? 4:30-5:00 Junior CHOIR (Grades 2-6) Events planned for this year are the Christmas play and more. 5:00-5:45 JUNIOR HANDBELL CHOIR requires music reading and is targeted for middle school age. Come to the first rehearsal and get early choice on bell assignments. We will also be planning the year and would love your input! **SACRED DANCE will continue this fall under the continuing leadership of Kayla Panagrosso. A Sacred Dance selection has already been selected, see Kayla for more information.

6 Save Money Home Heating Oil Season As you may know, back around 1998, the ECC Trustees organized a small group of our members to buy heating oil at below market prices. Our supplier at the time, Andrews Oil of South Windsor, also agreed to a rebate for the church s fuel account. The program became very popular and has grown steadily to the point, where this past heating season about 43 families participated and the church earned rebates of approximately $1,700. This is truly a win win program. You save money on your heating oil and help our church at the same time. We are trying to expand our group further and would like to have you, your extended family, friends, and neighbors join us. If you know of anyone who heats their home or business with oil and resides within the greater Vernon- Ellington-Manchester area, please let them know about this great, money saving program. This year, we made some minor changes in our program so as to continue to offer our participants good value for their heating oil dollars. In addition to Andrews Oil and Gas Services, we will continue with a second, full service dealer, Automatic TLC Energy of East Hartford. I have outlined the programs for each company below and encourage you look them over and decide which you feel will best meet your needs. You must act fairly quickly as there are some deadlines in place. Andrews Oil and Gas Services will offer the very same program as last year. No changes. They will offer members of our buying group their cash/ market price at time of delivery pricing. With this program, the prices will vary from delivery to delivery and a participant will be asked to pay for their delivery within 3 business days. (Payment options would be: #1) pay the driver, #2) have a credit card number on file with Andrew s office, #3) mail a check to the office, or #4) pay by phone using your credit card. If prompt payment is not received, a higher price per gallon would be charged. Automatic delivery and equipment service contracts ($260/annually) are also available. Andrews will also continue their rebate program to the church oil fund. Please call Colleen at Andrews Oil ( ) to enroll, cancel, or renew your participation in this program.

7 Automatic TLC Energy. In this, their fifth year, TLC has modified their program slightly. Participants must be on the Automatic Delivery program. They will be charged at a commercial market price, which will vary from delivery to delivery, but participants would be protected by a cap at $2.799/gallon for one full year. (You will never pay higher than $2.799). The cap price will be offered to existing customers who renew their agreements before and any new families who sign up before In either case you should call Customer Care Department at Automatic TLC/ to participate. Please note that 12 months or shorter budget programs may also be arranged. TLC also offers equipment service contracts at a discounted price for customers in the ECC buyers group. Hot air furnace plan would run $239 plus tax/annually. A hot- water boiler plan would run $309plus tax/annually. Both of these plans cover most parts and labor. Call Customer Care with questions or to register prior to September 30, TLC also rebates to the ECC Oil program. In closing, I would offer that, in my opinion, both companies are older, well established, reputable organizations with good history. I think it comes down to where you feel oil prices will go this season. Both companies reserve the right to reject a prospective member who resides outside of their normal delivery areas or who they feel does not meet their respective credit criteria. Remember to respond quickly and observe the deadlines. Feel free to call me with any questions you might have about the respective companies, their programs, and enrollment. Thanks for your attention, Jack Hagopian, (C) Sacred Stitches Ministry meets on the second Monday of every month to cut out and sew baby quilts for the NICU at Hartford Hospital and mid-size quilts for Covenant to Care children. Come and sew in the comfortable air conditioned social room where the only thing you need to bring is a sewing machine (optional) and your sewing kit and a bag lunch and we ll furnish patterns, ideas, fabric, coffee and fellowship. If you think you might be interested in sewing with us or just have a question or two, call Peg Doffek, or Judy White, We meet in the Social Room from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. See you then!

8 Tell Your Money Where to Go Rescheduled!!! Are you tired of wondering where all your money went at the end of the month? Start to break that cycle as you learn how to tell your money where to go. We will be sponsoring a seminar entitled Making a Difference on Sunday, September 23 rd following the 10:30 a.m. service. We will be welcoming Sam Chang, Financial Consultant with Thrivent Financial as our guest presenter. The workshop is designed to help you share your resources (time, talent and treasures) thoughtfully and intentionally and in ways that align with your values. You will also explore ways to make the most of your resources. The Stewardship Committee will be sponsoring a hearty coffee hour following the service and there will supervised activities for youth. The seminar will begin at Noon. Talents Project Join the fun! To enroll, please complete the form below and place it in the offering plate or in the Stewardship mailbox outside the church business office. Name: Phone Number: Brief Description of Project Idea (If you have one): Well done, good and faithful Servant Thank you to all that are participating!

9 DIRECTORY OF PROJECTS Sharon McLaughlin Talent Show June 2018 Thank you Sharon for a wonderful evening! Joan & Gene McCarthy - Craft sale look for their Marketplace. Joy Davis Flickenschild Community Summer Dance Thank you Joy for a fun dance! Ellen Panagrosso ( ) - Arbonne International Products Laurie Hazelton ( ) Pie Making Lesson (Date TBD) Laurie Hazelton ( ) Greeting Cards Allison McKeegan ( ) Reading and Writing Tutor (up to 5 students book now for the summer) Richard Steele ( ) Metal recycling (nearly any type) Claudia Steele ( ) Sticky buns (with/without raisins and nuts) Dawn Stone ( ) Gluten Free Baking from a dual flour kitchen - Available by pre-order ONLY. Bread: $11.00 Molasses (as used for communion) Herbed Traditional White Claudia Steele ( ) Blessing jar Cupcakes Chocolate Regular size $1.50 each or 2/$2.75 Carrot Jumbo Size $2.50 each or 2/$4.50 Cinnamon Pecan Sticky Buns 4/$6.00 Penny Gates ( ) Quilted Baby Blanket ~Silent Auction~ Jack Hagopian ( ) Valet Service

10 Todd & Melissa Rolland ( ) Help buying, selling or cleaning (no, they won t come clean) Cassie Soucy ( ) Simple sewing repairs (prefer no chiffon or jacket zippers). Hemming: Jeans $10.00 Slacks $10.00 Dresses/Skirts $15.00 Pricelist Repairs: Priced per job Sunday, September 9 th, 2018 Ellington Congregational Church 7 th Annual Golf Tournament Ellington Congregational Church 7 th Annual Golf Tournament to be held on Sunday, September 9 th, 2018 at the Willow Brook Golf Course in South Windsor; home of a beautiful 18-hole par 60 layout. For Tournament Fees Please See Scott Noble Schedule of Events: 4-Person Teams/ Scramble Format 11:30 AM Registration opens 12:45 PM Call to Carts 1:00 PM Shot-gun Start 5:00 PM Dinner Buffet, Contest Prizes and Raffles Not a Golfer? No problem! There are several other ways you can be a part of this event! Be it as a tournament, luncheon, contest or tee sign sponsor; a raffle prize donor or a volunteer, you can still join us in supporting the 7 th Annual ECC Golf Tournament. Yours in Service, The 2018 ECC Golf Committee: B.J. Aldrich, Karen Conley, Alex Fox, Penny Gates, Jack Hagopian, Tom Mason, Bill McAllister, Scott Noble, Gordon Oliver, Curtis Thompson and Duane Van Deventer

11 Board of Missions Mail SHOPPING CART REQUEST For the month of September CANNED TUNA CANNED CHICKEN CANNED SALMON CANNED FRUIT JUICE BOXES BOTTLES OF JUICE PEANUT BUTTER JELLY ON-GOING PANTRY STOCK Canned Tuna; Canned Soup Boxed Macaroni & Cheese Thank you for your generosity! SEPTEMBER 30 th 5 th Sunday for Cornerstone Personal Care Items: Body Wash, Deodorant, Tissues, Shampoo, etc