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Thursday Reminder August 6, 2015
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Pentecost 2015


Greetings from your church! 

New Phone Number at CCPomfret: 860-315-7780

Teen Leadership: The YAC leaders (with the oldest Teens) met this past Sunday to begin their planning. Thanks to Jen Ritzau, Peter Mann and Donna Bessette!
In This Reminder
This Week
Items for Consideration
Coming Up
Your Stewardship
Housekeeping
This Week


  
J2A Pigrimage to San Francisco left this morning at 5 a.m. from the church! There will be update posts to the Christ Church Pomfret Facebook Page from Dave's phone!

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2015

9:15 Family Morning Prayer with Bruce Phillips & Peter Mann. Hymns with Dennis and Jim will be: 48, 490 & 544

Nursery back again on August 23rd
Coffee Hour sign up on Parish Life Bulletin Board.

Readings are Track One, a link can be found here

Summer Courier can be found here
Summer Schedule and Calendar are found here

Pastoral Emergencies or to put someone on the Prayer Chain please call the office.. 860-315-7780 or Lora's cell phone above Or Dave's Cell Phone, 860-608-7632. 

Lay Eucharistic Visitors Team:  Steve Adams and Greg Nichols are currently commissioned. Peter Mann, Woody Danenhower, Dayna Flath & Bruce Phillips are scheduled to help out in the fall. The Safe Church Training will be at Christ Church on Oct. 3rd


Church School Notes


 


See you all on Welcome Home Sunday, September 12th, when we'll have our Breakfast at 9 a.m. followed by the return of the 10:15 service! 


 

In the meantime join us in the Summer service at 9:15!
  

Thanks all for a great season!


 

Nicole is already talking with folks to help out as Teachers & Door-people for the new year! We'll be starting with a Potter's Workshop but then move on to use anther curriculum mid-year.


 

Nicole Nichols, Director of the Church School. 


 
Teen Program Photos & Updates:


 

J2Aers: On to San Francisco as of this morning! 

 

YACers:  Von Conta-Koerner Scholarships have all been awarded. Congratulations Seniors!


 

TeenLeaders
Teen Program starting in September: Our program leadership is looking good right now but if you have a "care for Teens" we could certainly find a place for you to participate!

Safe Church Training for all Teen Leaders that have not had it will be held at Christ Church on Saturday, Oct. 3rd. 


Dee Dee Markes 
79 Mashamoquet Road
Pomfret Center, CT 06259
860.963.0846 860.617.7996
deedeespa@charter.net
 
Items for Consideration

 















First Take
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, homily at 9:15 a.m.

The readings will be from "Track 1", the Gospel is John 6:35, 41-51 in which Jesus talks about his identity as the "bread of life" provoking a mis-understanding. How can anyone be "bread" for someone else?
The full text of the readings can be found  at the Lectionary Website here

Special Mission Outreach
PID trip to Guatemala leaving early January. This is a medical and building project mission trip. Here is the website! Here is a PDF about the base price before airfare and some general instructions. You will need inoculations for Guatemala. Our trip is not yet posted on the Partners in Development website. 

Spirituality Experiments.... with Oscar Brockmeyer.
Group Spiritual Guidance for those within and beyond the church. Here is an overview. Resumes in the fall!
860-942- 2934 orobbrockmeyer@snet.net for more information.

Vine and Branches "Directory" Project
The fifth-sixth grade (Christine & Philippa) started a vine and branches art-piece. We'll put up household photos all along the painted vine. Jim Goodwin will be informally taking photos but feel free to send in a Selfie with your family to this email address! Here's the progress:


Coming Up
















August - September:

Thursday, August 6th: J2A Pilgrimage to San Francisco

Sunday, August 9th: 9:15 Morning Prayer Service with Peter Mann and Bruce Phillips

Wednesday, August 12th: Pilgrimage Returns!

Sunday, August 16th: 9:15 Morning Prayer Service with Steve Adams and Barbara Anderson (Dave is with Nine6teen at the Federated Church in Cotuit, Mass.)

Sunday, August 23rd: 9:15 Family Eucharist & Baptism with Dave

Sunday, August 30th: 9:15 Family Eucharist with Dave

Sunday, September 6th (Labor Day Weekend): 9:15 Eucharist with Dave

Sunday, September 13th: Welcome Home Sunday, 8 and 10:15 services, Choir Rehearsal, Church School and Teen Programs begin. Breakfast between the services!
Possible date for start of the Rectory Chapel service at 9:15.

Christ Church Online Google Calendar 
Your Stewardship!















 
Thank you for your generosity!

Stewardship: Visions and Ventures
Your pledge remains the most important source of income for us to continue our ministries, by far. Thanks! 
Pledging and Donating Online:

(Note: when you wish to access the Christ Church easytithe donation site you will need to go through this button, here on the Reminder, or on the website. It will not work on the easytithe site directly. That log in is for account managers.)

Amazon Smile: Amazon.com will donate .5 percent of eligible purchases to Christ Church. Amazon pays these donations. You can still shop through your own account but Christ Church will benefit. Link is Here Thanks! 
Housekeeping














Flowers
Sign Up Master List is posted to the left of the office door. You can sign up there, call the office (860-315-7780), or Lora's cell phone (above) or respond to this email to Make a Memorial or a Thanksgiving for a loved one ($30/Sunday). In the season after Pentecost: Flower donations are encouraged. There are always applications for flowers in the back of the church ($30).

Vestry Notes
August meeting postponed to the 19th!

Buildings and Grounds
Our current plan is to repair the floor in the kitchen around the dishwasher over the summer as a volunteer initiative (Rich DiBonaventura). We have some roofing work to do where there was winter damage on the church roof outside the Sacristy. Other items still outstanding include rotten window sills in the office building and fixing the American flag that has gotten "stuck" again on the pine tree. 

Shawl Ministry:
 Blessed shawls on the back table in church (fill out the log book). We have had a number of folks respond with thanks after receiving one of the shawls. Rebecca Patenaude, Coordinator

Outreach....  Next cooking for Community Kitchen on August 24th at the 1st Congregational Church of Woodstock (the Hill Church). Contact Pauline Phillips at Christ Church. CSO Committee meets periodically to recommend grants.
Extras! (When we have them!)
Dave Carter
Christ Church Pomfret
(Box 21) 527 Pomfret Street 
Pomfret, Ct. 06258

Feel free to contact us: christchurchpomfret@gmail.com

 
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To seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves, welcoming all who come through our doors to participate in worship, education, service and fellowship on a journey in Christ, a journey that we believe not only has power to heal and change us but also has potential to transform the world.

(Vestry 2003)


 

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