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VOLUME LXXXIII, No. 5 February 20, 2018 Sunday, February 25, 2018 Rev. Dr. Robert Leroe Sermon Title: The Preaching Prophet Calendar for Sunday, February 25, 2018 9:00 am Chapel Worship Service 10:00 am Prayer in the Chapel 10:30 am Sanctuary Worship (Infant and toddler care provided) Sunday School follows the Children’s Message Coffee Hour follows 10:30 service Noon: Passion Play Rehersal Memorial Flowers The flowers will be given to honor the 65th wedding anniversary this month of Jerry and Patricia Kemmerer, from their grandson Ryan Peiffer and his wife, Meredith. Greeter: Teddy Fitzpatrick Ushers: Jennifer Byam, Andrew Donnelly, Joanne Peavey, Marcia Phinney, Ruth Ross, Linda Byam (Captain) Coffee Hour Host: Needed Sunday, March 4, 2018 Communion Sunday Rev. Dr. Robert Leroe Sermon Title: Jonah and the Worm Calendar for Sunday, March 4, 2018 9:00 am Chapel Worship Service 10:00 am Prayer in the Chapel 10:30 am Sanctuary Worship (Infant and toddler care provided) Sunday School follows the Children’s Message Coffee Hour follows 10:30 service Noon: Passion Play Rehersal Memorial Flowers The flowers on the right will be given in loving memory of Martha A. Martin by her family. Greeters: Donna Nicolai and Stephen Gates Ushers: Sarah Bacci, Jayna Hatheway, Chloe Powell, Elisabeth Laboy And Linda D’Agostino (captain) Communion Servers: Jennifer Byam, Barbara Flynn, Janice Jones, Andy Black, Jacob and Doug Jackson Coffee Hour Hosts: Needed Church Office Hours Monday - closed Tuesday 10 am – 4 pm Wednesday 10 am – 4 pm Thursday 1 – 7 pm Friday 10 am – 4 pm
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VOLUME LXXXIII, No. 5
February 20, 2018
Sunday, February 25, 2018 Rev. Dr. Robert Leroe
Sermon Title: The Preaching Prophet
Calendar for Sunday, February 25, 2018
9:00 am Chapel Worship Service 10:00 am Prayer in the Chapel 10:30 am Sanctuary Worship (Infant and toddler care provided)
Sunday School follows the Children’s Message Coffee Hour follows 10:30 service
Noon: Passion Play Rehersal
Memorial Flowers
The flowers will be given to honor the 65th
wedding anniversary this month of Jerry and
Patricia Kemmerer, from their grandson Ryan
Peiffer and his wife, Meredith.
Greeter: Teddy Fitzpatrick
Ushers: Jennifer Byam, Andrew Donnelly, Joanne
Peavey, Marcia Phinney, Ruth Ross, Linda Byam
(Captain)
Coffee Hour Host: Needed
Sunday, March 4, 2018 Communion Sunday
Rev. Dr. Robert Leroe Sermon Title: Jonah and the Worm
Calendar for Sunday, March 4, 2018
9:00 am Chapel Worship Service 10:00 am Prayer in the Chapel 10:30 am Sanctuary Worship (Infant and toddler care provided)
Sunday School follows the Children’s Message Coffee Hour follows 10:30 service
Noon: Passion Play Rehersal
Memorial Flowers The flowers on the right will be given in loving
memory of Martha A. Martin by her family.
Greeters: Donna Nicolai and Stephen Gates
Ushers: Sarah Bacci, Jayna Hatheway, Chloe
Powell, Elisabeth Laboy
And Linda D’Agostino (captain)
Communion Servers: Jennifer Byam, Barbara
Flynn, Janice Jones, Andy Black, Jacob and Doug
Jackson
Coffee Hour Hosts: Needed
Church Office Hours
Monday - closed
Tuesday 10 am – 4 pm
Wednesday 10 am – 4 pm
Thursday 1 – 7 pm
Friday 10 am – 4 pm
Prayers for healing:
Baby Samuel, Alwyn Van Cor and Kenneth Sullivan
Please continue to keep us in your prayers: Chaplain (CPT) Scott McGowan, MA Army National
Guard – deployed to Kosovo, Barbara Costas, Becky Fosnock, Donna Nicolai, The
Hopwood Family, Stephanie Apitz (Bob Blaser’s niece), Robert Blaser (Bob’s dad), Ed Courier, MaryAnn Doherty,
Mark Ganong, The Laboy Family, Kathryn Millheim, Richard Pratt, Peter Rearick and his parents, Warren
Reeves, Albert Simkins, Barbara Sullivan, Stephen Taylor, Angelique and Pastor Nick Toroni,
Pat Weisenbach, Matthew Willard (Ken Wood’s nephew), Jerry Wilkinson, Irene Whitehead
and for Our missionaries around the globe.
Please contact the church office if you know of
someone who could benefit from receiving a
prayer shawl.
Prayer is the most powerful tool! Would you like our First Parish Prayer Team
praying for your needs? Please fill out a prayer
request. You will find the prayer cards in the back
of the Sanctuary on the Williams Table. Our Prayer
Box is also there to drop in your prayer request. The
Prayer Team will gather them up each week, and
they will pray for your needs.
CHURCH ATTENDANCE
Chapel Sanctuary Sunday
School Total
Feb 11 16 93 ? 119 Feb 18 Snow 64 ? 64
February 21, 2018 at 6:30p Please join us for this Lenten Season as
we share and draw closer to the Lord for a 6 Week Alpha Course on Prayer
Precedes with dinner, worship, and fellowship
The PRAYER COURSE will cover: Adoration,
Petition, Intercession, Perseverance, Listening
and Spiritual Warfare
Please see Bruce Londino for more information.
SNOWSTORMS Regarding Worship Services
If there is a snowstorm on a Saturday, please call the church office. The outgoing message on the office telephone will be updated to inform callers of any cancellation. You may also check the website www.fpccwakefield.org The 10:30 am service will usually be conducted. If the 10:30 service must be canceled in the event of a severe storm, the cancellation will be announced on the WBZ Storm Center (TV Channel 4 in Boston).
********************************* Dear Church Friends, This weekend past, Pat and I had a most delightful visit from Marcia Phinney whom I have known since joining First Parish in 1971. Marcia brought us a lovely bouquet of flowers. Thank you Marcia and also all of our church friends. We are most grateful for your compassion: bless you all. Fondly, Sandy and Pat Serrentino
Prayer time is at 10 am in the Chapel.
Please join us.
What is a Family Sunday?
Family Sundays are an important part of our
community. On Family Sundays, FPCC does not
offer Sunday School, but instead gives everyone an
opportunity to worship together at the 10:30 service.
If your children are not yet ready to participate in
the full worship service, they are welcome to join us
upstairs in the classroom for a Community Service
project. These projects will have a central theme of
helping our larger family within the community.
Childcare will still be available for the babies and
preschoolers.
Upcoming Family Sundays:
February 18th
March 11th
April 15th
May 27th
June 24th
Please consider becoming a Stephen
Minister For more information, please check out the website
at www.stephenministries.org. Also, please feel free
to contact us with any questions and for more
information. Ken and Pam Hodgson, Stephen
Ministry Leaders: [email protected],
Thank you
NEEDS LIST
Auditor
Antiques Committee – 2 people needed
Fair Committee – 1 person needed
Food prep for Wonderful Wed– see Nancy Jackson
Set up for Wonderful Wed – see Bruce Londino
Clothing for the Clothing Closet - winter
Coffee Hosts Openings – 2/25 + 3/4
Passion Play - Children’s parts
Music Committee – 1 person needed
Room to Rent to church attendee (do you know of one)
Usher Committee – 3 people needed
If you would like to more information about any of
these openings, please contact the church office at
781-245-1539.
Building a Team: if you are willing to serve on the team to set up or prepare meals
or cleanup for Wednesdays nights, please contact
Bruce Londino or Nancy Jackson
Searching for the
Search Committee If you are interested in submitting
your name to be considered for the
Search Committee, you will need to
return your application to the office
by the February 25th deadline.
Council will notify Search Committee
members after the Council meeting on
February 27. Thank you.
Did you ever teach
Sunday School? The Christian Ed
Committee is planning a
celebration as we near the
200th anniversary of our
Sunday School
program. We would like
to recognize anyone that
has assisted or taught over the years. If you know
of someone that was one of our valuable teachers or
aides, please send the name along to Nancy Kunz at
[email protected] so that we may honor their
commitment to our youth.
Thank you,
Christian Education
For more information click on
https://fpccwakefield.org/event/cccc-womens-retreat-2018/ If you would like an application form, please
contact the office.
Pasta for the Passion Play
March 18
Pasta Dinner cooked by Chef Ken Wood. This
yearly event is a fundraiser for our annual Passion
Play. Served in our dining room after the 10:30
service on March 18. Sign ups will begin next
week in the vestry after church or please call the
church office.
$10 per person/ $25 per family
Summer Mission Trip to Haiti
The Student Ministry is going on a Mission Trip to Haiti from August 21st to 27th. We will be working with the local church in the
village of Bassin Bleue, located in the mountains just outside of Jacmel...an area
that Pastor Aaron has visited and ministered in many times. We will be ministering to and with the church there, doing Children's
Ministry in connection with the church, and possibly even do a small work project for
either the church or one of the church members. We will also be visiting and ministering at the Les Petits
Anges orphanage in Jacmel.
The cost of this trip is $1,350 a person. Please consider making a donation to support this trip. You can give your donation
to Pastor Aaron (please place in a sealed envelope) or put it in the offering plate. If
you write a check, please make check payable to First Parish Congregational Church and write "Haiti trip" in the memo
line. If you are giving cash through the offering, please place in a sealed envelope
and write "for Haiti trip" on the envelope. Thank you in advance for your support!
Pastor Aaron
Are you at Risk for Stroke, Heart Disease and
Diabetes?
Did you know that a 10% decrease in cholesterol
can reduce your risk for heart disease 30%?
Diabetes is the 5th leading cause of death in
the US
Elevated CRP levels in the blood are
indicators of risk for heart disease and
high blood pressure
Stroke is the 4th leading cause of death
Life Line Screening offers finger-stick blood tests
with results in 10 minutes. Protect your health by
finding out your risk of diabetes and vascular
disease by participating in the Life Line Screening
that will be at First Parish Congregational Church
on Monday, March 5, 2018.
Register for the lipid panel (HDL, LDL, total
cholesterol and triglycerides), glucose and CRP
blood tests for only $129. Call 1-888-653-6441 or
visit
www.lifelinescreening.com/communitycircle or
text the word circle to 797979 to schedule your
appointment. Ask about our other stroke and heart
tests. Taking control of your health doesn’ t have to
be hard. Lifeline has offered two discounted
coupons valued at $55 off a package or one free test
valued at $70. If you are interested, please register
your name in the church office and we will draw 2
names from those names submitted on February 26.
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
2 Timothy Callaghan
3 Neal Griffin, Victoria Haley
4 Angelin Ross, Cynthia Bossi
5 Carol Ou, Olivia Pollock
6 Amanda Martin, Brian Foster
7 Elaine Thibodeau
9 Mark Hatheway
12 Richard Covell
13 Christopher Faylor
16 Christopher Nielsen, Heather MacDonald,
Richard Testa
17 Donald Hodgkins, Jo Lynn Foster
19 Benjamin Bianchi, Warren Reeves
20 Douglas Hammond, Sandra Serrentino, Kristina
Major, Sheri Prosperi, Susan Peterson
21 Erin Gates
22 Laura Kunz
23 Marcia Phinney, Janet Manning, Alice Roden
24 Scott Bossi, Patricia Weisenbach
25 Elaine Sciascia
26 Steven Racamato
28 Beverly Oliphant, Rodrigo Illanes, Dana
Bernabeo
29 Adeline Kent, Michael Watt
30 Pamela Hodgson
31 Barbara Hammond, Pamela Mac Farland
Pledge Envelopes If you have already returned your 2018 pledge
card commitment, you may pick up your box of envelopes in the back of the vestry.
STEWARDSHIP UPDATE
To date, we have 84 pledge commitments and have received $197,704 in pledge
commitments. If you have not made your pledge commitment, please consider doing so.
First Parish Congregational Church needs your support.
PASSION PLAY 2018
at 7 pm Thursday, March 29
Friday, March 30 Be sure to bring a friend along.
••Pastoral Perspective• On Church Growth… -Pastor Bob Leroe
The majestic Sequoia trees of northern California grow together
in groves. They have shallow roots but they intertwine and
connect with the other trees, holding each other up. That’s a
pretty good description of the church. We need each other and
we strive to work together for the increase of God’s Kingdom. The church is more like a family than a
business. The relationship is more important than the production. We are a community of praise
shaped by the Cross. In community we discover our common brokenness and strength.
•Principles of Church Growth…
Churches grow warmer through friendship
Churches grow deeper through training
Churches grow stronger through inspiring worship
Churches grow broader through community outreach
Churches grow larger through faith-sharing
Church growth is the result of church health
Churches grow by the power of God through equipped people
•Responsibilities of Church Members…
Attend worship regularly, faithfully, joyfully—observe the sanctity of Sunday.
Participate—find your place, your niche, and serve in a position—volunteer!
Invite others to church (friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc)
Get to know the congregation; meet the people in the pews
Pray for your church family and ministries
Come to church social/fellowship activities
Support the ministries of the church with generous giving of time, talent, and treasure
Strive to learn and grow spiritually
Guard the good name of the church
Office Hours
Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 – 3p
Please call first, in case I am called out into the Mission Field.
CHURCH HERALD First Parish Congregational Church
One Church St. Wakefield, MA 01880-2301
Phone: 781-245-1539/1644
E-mail: [email protected]
Fpccwakefield.org
February 20, 2018
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
DEADLINES
CHURCH HERALD Thursday, March 1, 2018
(Will cover the dates from March 11 - 24, 2018)
ORDER OF WORSHIP 3 pm on Wednesdays.
Meeting Minutes for Council The Thursday before Council
