YOUTH SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2015

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1 YOUTH SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2015 PRAYERS & CELEBRATIONS FOR JAN 11, 2015 Bereavement: Friends and family of Bob, Sally and Mark Petersen as they mourn the loss of their beloved son and brother John. Family and friends of Margaret Roche; Pat Muldoon and family upon the death of her husband Jim; The Lyle family upon the death of Maryilyn s sister-in-law, Kay. Continued Prayers: Joe Harrington; Marge Butcher; Stan Podlanski (Ina s friend) recovering from surgery at Emerson Hospital; Bob Waltstrom; Max Sharkey; Mary McLeod; Bob Brown; Polly Howard; Rhonda Sexton (friend of the Whitten Family); Cathie Achorn s brother Phil; Betty Barclay; Ben Watkins (friend of Carol Moore); Peg Houtchens (Ina Donahue s sister); Carol Moore; Lisa Newark Larson ; Jean Hall; Norris & June Lukey; David Samson; Mary Gilson; Al Vigil; Sue Menzel s brother Thom; Carol-Ann Uhlman; Rev. Richard Jones; Kay Wentzell; Jamie Goodall; Helena Engberg; Jean Newton; Michael Ainsleigh (Pat s son); George and Nancy Reimann s grandsons (Brody, Brennan, Landon); Ila Porter; Steven Gray (Betty Gray s nephew); Betty Carlson; Dick Hopkins; Marty Newark; Jeremy Inman. Prayer requests: You can place prayer concerns on the church's distribution list at eprayers@uccwestboro.org. If you would like a prayer request included in today's service, please let a Deacon know prior to the start of worship. Prayers will remain listed for 8 weeks. If you would like a prayer renewed, please call the church office. Prayer Shawls: If you know of anyone who would benefit from the gift of a prayer shawl, please call the church office at These shawls have been knit and prayed over by members of our church and all who receive them say they bring such comfort. ANNOUNCEMENTS E-PRAYERS AND E-NEWS Two ways our church community can stay in touch with up to date notices and prayer concerns is to make sure you are signed up to receive eprayers and enews. The two programs are separate and intended to have separate content and not be duplicative. Enews is for announcements about our church s activities, and eprayers is for prayer requests, concerns of the congregation, celebrations and other spiritually related matters. To subscribe to eprayers please Jerry Lyle at mjlyle@charter.net. If you would like to subscribe to enews, contact the church office at or send your request to either brossi6@verizon.net or westboroucc@verizon.net. Once you do, you will then receive an asking you to subscribe to the service. All you have to do is accept the and you will be put on the list. NEW PERSON GET TOGETHER- TODAY AFTER CHURCH If you are new in our church, we invite you to a new person/member get together after church at 11:30 AM today downstairs in the Chapel. It will be a chance to meet other new people and to find out what it means to join the church. Speak to Pastor Paul or Rev. Elaine for more details! PARKING OPTIONS Please know that in addition to parking in our lot or on the street, you can park next door in the library parking spaces on Parkman St., or behind the Forbes building next to the library. We re glad you re here! FOOD PANTRY ITEMS We invite people to bring in non-perishable food items for the Westborough Food Pantry and place them in the blue box downstairs.

2 PRAYER BOARD UP! In the back of our church is our Prayer Board. Please take a card if you wish, fill it out, and put your prayer on the board. PRAYER SERVICE JAN 15 TH We will gather for a prayer service this Thursday, Jan 15 th at 7pm in the chapel for our church for those in our community and beyond who need prayer. Doug Uhlman will be leading. MEN S BREAKFAST MOVED TO JAN 31 ST The Men s Breakfast that was originally scheduled for this coming Saturday, Jan 17 th at our church has been postponed. It is now scheduled for Saturday, Jan 31 st at 8:00 am. Pedro Silva will be our speaker so come and join us! YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS TODAY The Youth Groups will meet this afternoon. Junior High will meet from 1-3 pm and the Senior High will meet from 3-5pm. Hope to see everyone there! Breakfast Club: The next meeting of the Breakfast Club will be next Sunday, Jan. 18 th at 9:00 am in the kitchen downstairs. BELL REHEARSALS START AGAIN IN FEBRUARY The Jubilant Chimes will begin rehearsing on Sunday, Feb. 1 st at 11:15 and the Parkman Bells will begin rehearsing on Thurs. Feb. 5 th at the usual time of 4:15pm. PROGRESSIVE DINNER FEB 7 TH Sign up today in the vestry! We re excited to announce a Progressive Dinner on Feb.7 th. You ll have appetizers at one home (6:00-7:15PM), dinner at another (7:30-9:00PM) and dessert back at the church (9:00), with a different crowd at each location. If you haven t been, it s a really wonderful evening we hope you ll join us! Sign up by January 30th by ing or calling Nancy Cook at or nancycook8@msn.com. (Feb. 28 th snow date) Please indicate if you are willing to host appetizer, dinner or dessert. The responsibilities are: Appetizer Hosts host approx 8-10 adults and provide 2 simple appetizers, beverages and name tags Dinner Hosts host approx 8-10 adults and provide main dish and beverages Dinner Co-Hosts responsible for salad and/ or vegetable dish, rolls Dessert Hosts responsible for bringing dessert and helping to make coffee & teas and set up at church and clean up. Hope to see you there! The Parish Life Committee: Cathy Purcell, Cathie Achorn and Nancy Cook 2015 CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPES If you haven t already done so, you can pick up your contribution envelopes in the library. If you did not have envelopes last year, please contact me at sharkey53@charter.net, phone or drop a note in the offering plate. You have a choice of either weekly or monthly envelopes. I urge everyone to use envelopes. Thank you, Linda Sharkey

3 HAITI MISSION TRIP: APRIL 2015 Members from our church have been going to Haiti the last 2 years to work with Heartline Ministries to develop businesses where Haitians can earn a livable income. We are planning our next trip which is scheduled to take place the week of April 6, Pastor Paul will join Mike Lawler and Art Sharkey for this 1 week mission trip. If you are interested in finding out information about the trip and our work, please let us know and we will be happy to reach out to you. The winter forecast is calling for lots of snow again; why not treat yourself to a week of 90 degree weather next April in the Caribbean and contribute to our team s efforts to enhance the lives of Haitians. You can Art at artsharkey@charter.net or Mike at mlawler@anchorengineering.com. USHERS (collectors) AND COFFEE HOUR Would you like to serve by occasionally helping to take the morning offering or by helping out with the coffee hour after church downstairs? Please look for the sign-up downstairs on the table in the entrance or speak to our head Deacon, Linda Borglund. WELCOMERS WANTED! We are looking for people with the church who would be welcomers! These are friendly people who whenever they are in church will reach out to new people and those they don t know. There will not be any schedules, and only one meeting a year. Would you be one? Sign up on the sheet downstairs on the table in the entrance thanks! PASTOR PAUL AT PANERA Pastor Paul is at Panera in downtown Westborough on Wednesdays from Drop by anytime, or call him on his cell at if you d like to have lunch at Noon! He would love to see you! GROCERY CARDS 2014 Goal: $11, Total Profit: $ 9, Goal: $10, YTD Sales: $ New Year's Resolution (#neednewcustomers): It's easy! We purchase grocery gift cards from Stop&Shop, Roche Bros., and Price Chopper in bulk at a discounted rate. We then sell them to you at face value. For example, if you purchase a S&S gift card for $100, you will be able to buy $100 worth of items at S&S. It works like a debit card. If you only buy $45 of groceries one week, you'll have a balance of $55 for the next time you shop. So make a New Year's Resolution to become a regular customer and help us make our commitment of $10,000 to the operation budget of our Church. It's a win-win! Contact us: Karen Hutchinson at or millarhutch@aol.com or Nancy Quimby at or nquimby11@gmail.com. PLAYGROUP Playgroup is going GREAT! We meet in the Cribbery downstairs on Wednesday mornings from 9:30-11:30am. Questions call Sandy Horton or Cecilia Temple at PCC/AVPCC The Pastoral Counseling Center at 7 Church Street in Westborough is again offering support groups in the following areas: divorce support, caregivers support, grief and loss support and women's spirituality. All groups are small, begin when filled and have availability for daytime or evening. If you have questions or an interest in one of these groups, please call Mary Taber at the center at

4 VIDEOS OF CHURCH SERVICES Videos of our church services can be seen daily on Westborough public access TV: Verizon channel 24 and Charter channel 191. Times are 7:00AM on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8:30AM on Saturday and Sunday; and 9:00PM on Wednesday. In addition, any of these services can be viewed any time over the Internet "on demand" on : click on "WTV Shows" on the home page and then the "Congregational Church of Westborough" icon; or use "Show Search" to find programs with "Congregational" in the title. OUR CHURCH HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE FOLLOW us on LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! TWITTER TOO! Check out Pedro Silva s blog on Facebook on our website! THE EVANGEL Share your story with us. The next Evangel deadline is Wednesday, Jan 21, published Jan 28. BULLETIN deadline WEDNESDAY. The Deacons ask for our cooperation in honoring worship by submitting written announcements rather than speaking them. HOSTING COFFEE HOUR You can too! Call Linda Borglund BAPTISM Call the church office or speak to a Deacon. LITURGIST Contact Nancy Cook CHANCEL FLOWERS If you would like to celebrate or honor a person or event with flowers, you can sign the chart in the Vestry or call Chris Mosher or Julie Labbe HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE For a member or friend who needs meals, call Betty Gray NOMINATING COMMITTEE If you would like to learn more about serving on a committee or ministry team or want to join one, call Rich Lord Pastor Paul Sangree, Senior Pastor phsangree@verizon.net Rev. Elaine S. Gaetani, Associate Pastor - revelaineg@aol.com Sue Menzel, Hand bell Director/Interim Choir Director westcongmusic@yahoo.com Jennifer Bastien, Interim Organist/Pianist lessonswithjenn@gmail.com Wendy Reardon, Director of Children s and Youth Ministries - wendysreardon@yahoo.com Pedro Silva, Pastoral Associate Psilva@ants.edu Serena Leiser, Seminarian sleiser1@verizon.net Mike Jaworski, Seminarian at Agape Spiritual Community send2mjsinbox@gmail.com Doug Uhlman, Director of Men s Ministry uhly222@aol.com Lisa Coffey, church office - westboroucc@verizon.net Bonnie Rossi, church office - brossi6@verizon.net Rev. Matt Carriker, Mission Pastor for Agape Spiritual Community mcarrike@hotmail.com Office hours: Mon & Fri 9-1, Tues, Wed, Thurs 9-2, Church office phone 508/ General Church westboroucc@verizon.net Church website

5 CALENDAR JAN 11 th JAN 18 th Jan 11 Youth Sunday 10:00 AM Worship & Church School 11:30 AM Music Committee/Choir Room 11:30 AM New person get together/chapel 1-3 PM Junior High Youth Group/Vestry 3-5 PM Senior High Youth Group/Vestry 5:00 PM GSA/Vestry Jan 12 Monday 2:30 PM GSA/Vestry 7:30 PM Trustees/Kerygma Room 7:30 PM AA/Cribbery 7:30 PM BSA Committee/Library Jan 13 Tuesday (no events scheduled) Jan 14 Wednesday 9:30 AM Playgroup/Vestry 4:00 PM Journey Home Singers/Choir Room Jan 15 Thursday 10:30 AM PCC/Fannie Forbes Room 10:30 AM Worship Planning/Kerygma Room 6:00 PM Confirmation Class/Kerygma Room 6:45 PM BSA/Vestry 7:00 PM Prayer Service/Chapel Jan 16 Friday (no events scheduled) Jan 17 Saturday 10:00 AM Memorial Service & Collation Jan 18 Sunday - (Rev. Elaine preaching) 9:00 AM High School Breakfast Club 10:00 AM Worship & Church School 5:00 PM GSA/Vestry