Weekly Announcements for April 3, 2014 This Sunday in Worship Thank you to all who attended and helped with the Retirement Party Who is preaching in April? Annual reports due April 14th Craft Sale on Sunday Order your Easter Lilies and Tulips Stewardship – Have you returned your pledge card? One Great Hour of Sharing – SAM’s focus for April The Yard Sale is coming! Save the Date – Sunday, May 4th Did you leave a bag of plastic eggs in the office? Nominating Committee needs your service and support Top Ten Reasons to Wear a Nametag Need a Ride to Church? But Wait… There’s More This Sunday is the fifth Sunday in Lent. Doug Drake will be preaching. Thank you to all the CCC families and friends who participated in the “Adventure Retirement Party” for John and Shirley Zachry. There was plenty of food, interesting costumes, laughs, hugs, and fellowship. It was a special time for all. We will post some pictures on Facebook. Val King and Doug Drake – Deacons Who is preaching in April? As we search for an interim minister we will schedule pulpit supply ministers, lay sermons, and also Pastor Debra for selected services. Our goal is to have an Interim Pastor in place by May-June. If you have interest in delivering a lay sermon please contact one of the Deacons or Pastor Debra. April 6 – Deacon Doug Drake April 13 – Reverend Rona Tyndall – Pulpit Supply April 20 – Easter – Pastor Debra Adams (both services) April 27 – Deacon Marcia Cassidy Annual Reports are due in the church office by Monday, April 14th. This Sunday the CCC Crafters will have a table of Spring crafts for sale. Need a hostess gift for Easter dinner? You might just find what youre looking for at our table. Come down after church to the coffee hour and see what weve been up to the 2nd Thursday of each month. Easter Lilies and Tulips: The Sanctuary Committee will be taking orders for Easter lilies and tulips on Sunday, April 6 and Sunday, April 13 in Fellowship Hall after church. The cost will be $11.00 for either. If you cannot make it to church on one of those Sundays, please contact Dick Papenfuss with your request and dedication by Monday, April 14. Stewardship Sunday, April 6: Stewardship Sunday is this Sunday, April 6. The Stewardship Committee would encourage anyone who has not returned their pledge already to turn it in this Sunday. We want to wrap up this years campaign and have to make as few follow-up calls as possible. Your help in Giving until It Feels Good will help us accomplish our goals and provide a sound budget for next year. The pledges will be consecrated on Sunday, April 13 during the service. Any questions can be addressed to a member of the Stewardship Committee – Bob Moore, Glenn Dissinger, Teresa Legregni, Mike Cassidy, Pastor Debra, and Dick Papenfuss. We are One with Disaster Survivors! The Social Action and Mission Focus for April is One Great Hour of Sharing, a national UCC sponsored collection in conjunction with Church World Service and nine other national church denominations. When you give to OGHS, you are one with the survivors of the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornados, the people of New Jersey who lost or incurred major damage to their homes due to Hurricane Sandy, and with those in sub-Sahara Africa suffering from drought, but learning to use drought resistant seeds, and building food store houses. You may make your gift using the OGHS envelope or the Benevolence envelope in the pew (mark OGHS on the memo line). The Yard Sale is almost here! The church yard sale is on Saturday, April 26th. Items can be dropped off beginning Saturday, April 19th. Please read the Crusader for more information. Save the date: Sunday, May 4th at 4:30 p.m. Rwandan Genocide: An interfaith Service of Remembrance and Healing at Saint Mary Magdalen church in Tyngsboro sponsored by GLILA – the Greater Lowell Interfaith Leadership Alliance. Last week a bag of plastic eggs were left in the church office. There was no note with them as to who they were for or who left them. If you left the eggs, please let the church office know. If you intentionally leave something in the office or for anyone else (pastor, nursery, etc.), please be sure it is properly labeled so we know who it goes to and who it is from. Items left behind without notes will generally be considered lost and found. Nominating Committee is still in need of your service and support for the next church year: 2014-2015. Just look at our choices!! Please contact a member of the nominating Committee – Ellen Kunkel, Ginnie Hall, Connie Smith, Lisa Zachert – if you would like to help. Thank you for your consideration Members-at-Large – 2 openings Board of Trustees – 1 opening Nominating Committee – 2 openings Communications Committee – 1 opening (someone with a desire to use their technical savvy to support this groups outreach!) Music Committee – 1 or 2 openings Sanctuary Committee – 1 opening Social Action and Missions (SAM) Committee – 2 openings Top Ten Reasons to Wear a Name Tag: #6 A name tag makes it easier to introduce you to someone. Need A Ride To Church? Call the Transportation Hotline at 978-905-8220. The Church Diaconate has set up a hotline through which a parishioner can request a ride to a church service. But Wait… There’s More April 6 – John 11:1–45 At this point in Lent, we might feel some of Mary and Martha’s despair after the death of their brother. In raising Lazarus – a foreshadowing of his own resurrection – Jesus shows us the hope that leads us out of despair, the light that can lead us out of the darkness. As we approach the end of our Lenten journey and Jesus’ Passion, we, too, are called out of darkness and into light with new life and hope breathed into us. This week – send a handwritten note to a friend (or even take her/him out for coffee or lunch) who is dealing with the despair of a personal loss.
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