ANNOUNCEMENTS
Happy Mother’s Day: On this Mother’s Day, we recognize the Mothers in our midst, the Mothers who nurtured us ,and the women who have mothered us. May God’s blessing and grace be upon them, in them, and through their actions.
Many thanks! ...to all who contributed to the Roast Beef supper yesterday. Many people cooked, baked, served, set-up, cleaned up and sold tickets. Special appreciation to Bill McGowen and Charlie Henry, our “Master Chefs,” and Ann Kelley and Pam English for their organizing efforts!
Dedication of Green Paraments: Today we have the joy of dedicating a covering for the Communion Table, marker for the Bible and hanging for the Pulpit—all in memory of Polly Wilson. Polly’s family indicated Memorial Gifts could be given to the Church in Polly’s memory, and those gifts were used to commission the Paraments from Mayan Hands. Mayan Hands is a weaving cooperative in Guatemala which helps women to become economically self-sufficient.
Communion Offering: is to support Heifer Project International, which provides farm animals to people throughout the world. Each Sunday in May, our children will be working in Sunday School to learn about Heifer Project and to make crafts which they will sell during the first two Sundays in June. Also on sale will be special Fair Trade Green Mountain coffee. Green Mountain Coffee and Heifer Project have paired to help coffee growers become more sustainable by finding crops they can sell in the off season. The money which comes in for the Mission Offering will be paired with the kids’s craft sale proceeds to buy as many animals as we can from Heifer Project. (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.)
Church Care Day: is May 22nd from 8am until 1pm. Many items will be attended to if we have the peoples’ support. A running tally of all that is needed to be fixed in the church is located in Fellowship Hall on the “Fix Me” Board. We are actively seeking food donations to feed our hungry workers for our burger cookout following our hard work, so if you can help support us, please let one of us know! Your trustees are Rena, Dan, Chris, Scott, Bruce and Rick.
“Fix Me” Board: Anyone with a church "care concern" (i.e. fix this please!), let a trustee know or place it on the easel located in Fellowship hall. Your Trustees are Rena, Bruce, Chris, Scott, Dan and Rick.
Centering Prayer: You are all invited to a time of centering prayer every Wednesday at 8:00 am for 30 minutes. Jo Chase is hosting us in her home at 306 Catamount Road.
Pre-paid cards to benefit NCC: If you do any shopping at Shaws, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, or Irving Gas (or any number of stores)...buy a pre-paid card to make your purchases. A percentage of the sales comes back to the church and you aren’t spending any more money than you would have anyway. We place the orders on the 3rd Sunday of the month and they are delivered on the 4th Sunday. Please contact Tiffany George if you have any questions about the program at 332-5808 or t_george12@hotmail.com
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOUR! Coe-Brown Northwood Academy will hold its 5th Annual Golf Tournament. On Saturday, June12th, please join them at Nippo Lake Golf Club, Barrington, NH for a day of fun! Deadline for registration receipt is Wednesday, May 26th and you may pick up your forms containing all the details on the table outside Fellowship Hall or by visiting www.coebrown.org.
MEETINGS THIS WEEK
Today Mother’s Day
Monday 7:00pm Trustees
Tuesday 6:30pm Finance Committee
(at Ken Flesher’s home)
7:00pm Deacons
Wednesday 8:00am Centering Prayer
Thursday 7:00pm Choir
Saturday 8am-1pm Church Care Day
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