ANNOUNCEMENTS
Neil English will be our Lay Preacher today. We’d like to thank not only Neil, but all our Musical Assistants, Lay Preachers and Lay Readers for making our services brighter with the gifts they bring to our Congregation!
Gayle Murphy is on vacation until August 11th. The Deacons will be on call for any emergencies and will check the phone daily. Please contact Jo Chase at 942.8940 or 545.4195 if there is an emergency and they will make sure you get the pastoral care you need.
Kat will be taking her summer hiatus during the weeks of August 10 and 17, returning Wednesday, August 26th. I wish you all a wonderful summer and will see you late August.
Special offerings for the month of August will be sent to the Rochester District Visiting Nurse Association. This is the organization that makes it possible for many of our Northwood neighbors to remain in the comfort of their own homes and receive the medical care that they need. What a welcome relief to people who would otherwise be required to enter a nursing home! Their Support Services Program also offers Personal Care Service Providers, Homemakers, Staff Companions and In Home Providers. For further information call 332-1133 or visit www.yourvna.org. As always, the Missions Committee thanks you! (Please note: when making checks to support Mission giving, make them payable to NCC, with Mission in the Memo section, so that the funds can be properly tracked and then allocated to that Mission.)
Our children are tending a garden in summer Sunday School. We still need adults and youth to help our children. There will be a sign-up outside of Fellowship Hall for you to sign up for one Sunday during the summer to help. We also need someone who will put up a fence around the garden to keep our neighborly critters from eating all the fruits of the children’s work.
Please share the bounty of your gardens by donating flowers for the Communion Table to brighten our Worship. There is a sign-up sheet outside of Fellowship Hall.
Centering prayer is silent and peaceful…where we offer our time as a love offering to God. It allows us to invite God’s presence and open ourselves to grow in relationship with God. The Centering prayer group meets Wednesday mornings at 8:00am at 11 Blaisdell Dr. The prayer time lasts 30 minutes. Anyone is welcome. If you have questions or need directions, speak with Mary Ann Lippincott 942.6070.
The Wednesday 6:00pm book discussion group is reading various books on authors of the New Testament, the growth of early Christianity and early beliefs that were not included in our Scriptures. Five books by Bart Ehrman are being circulated as well as several by other authors. This discussion will probably continue through August. Please join us on Wednesday.
Last Week: Income $ 1,243.00 Budgeted: $ 1,097.00
Attendance: 36 Adults, 6 Children
COMMUNITY NEWS
Come celebrate Indonesian Independence Day! Maranatha Congregational Church in Madbury is hosting a free supper on Saturday, August 15th from 5-6:00pm. Directions: Rte. 155 North towards Dover, turn left after playing fields onto Town Hall Road, turn right into Town Hall parking lot.
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