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Thursday Reminder September 3, 2015
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Pentecost 2015


Greetings from your church! 

New Phone Number at CCPomfret: 860-315-7780

In This Reminder
This Week
Items for Consideration
Coming Up
Your Stewardship
Housekeeping
Extras!
This Week


 
Kitchen Construction! 

Take a look at the new Kitchen Floor



 

 
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 6, 2015
 
9:15 Family Eucharist Celebration with Dave 
Jim Dehls on piano; Nursery available; Hymns are 493, 602, 335 and 371

Pool Party at the Hales at 11:30 for new J2A young people and their leaders

The Leaflet can be found here
The Announcements can be found here
Summer Schedule & Calendar through Sept. 6th can be found here (note: "Welcome Back Sunday" is Sept. 13th not the 6th)
 
Deadline for the October Courier is September 21 

Readings are Track One, a link can be found here

Summer Courier can be found here
REVISED September Courier can be found here
September Calendar/Schedule can be found here

The September '15 to January '16 Coffee Hour Team Schedule can be 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. Others scheduled to help out in the fall. The Safe Church Training at Christ Church on Oct. 3rd may be cancelled because of scheduling conflicts... update soon (when we host the cost to us is $1000 for the trainers so we're happy to reimburse folks for travel to go elsewhere)

Here is a link to the Diocesan Safe Church Trainings:
 
 
Church School Notes

 

Welcome Home Sunday, September 13th, Breakfast at 9 a.m. followed by the return of the 10:15 service! 
 
     Thanks to the volunteers who have offered to help out this fall.  We had a great meeting last Sunday, and volunteer information has been sent via email to all.  (Let me know if you would like a copy of the classroom schedule, though it's still undergoing some last-minute revisions!)  The next meeting will be September 27th after church.
      We are looking good for September volunteer coverage, but would love to see some new folks come aboard in October for Potter's workshops and Godly Play.  Newer families in church are welcomed to "jump in" by just coming down and observing a classroom (not necessarily your own child's!) to get a sense of what we do and to experience how rewarding children's ministry really is at our church!
      I hope to see many of you on September 13th at the Welcome Back Breakfast!  I will be at the top of the stairs next to our bulletin board with new Registration forms to be completed, and will be happy to greet the children and answer questions.

Welcome back to your Church School!!!

Contact Nicole at 860-928-2155, or by email:  ccchurchschoolpomfret@gmail.com 
 
On October 4th, there will be a special program with Chris George, Executive Director of IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigration Services).  We would like to help the people this organization serves by collecting new or gently used linens (towels & bedding) and personal care items (toothbrushes, hair combs & brushes, etc).  These are items people need right away when they go to temporary housing, and usually do not have.  Please leave your donations in the box near the Church School bulletin board.  Thank you for your support! Donations list can be found here
 
Teen Program Updates:




The Bi-annual Teen Program Celebration Dinner on Saturday, September 19th (this is also the Candle-Lighting Ceremony and first Overnight/Lock-in for the new J2Aers and their families). This event is a Celebration of our Teen Program in it's entirety so all Teens and their families are invited! Pasta/ both regular and gluten-free. Please bring a veg or dessert to share! It's a cool event and we only do it every other year. Here is the invitation!

Rite-13 is the "first" of the 3 Teen Program groups and includes young people moving out of the Church School into their "teen" years: 6 and 7th grades! The leaders for this group are Kim Bergandahl and Greg Nichols (Christine Carter will be advising this group in the fall). The Rite-13ers are helping cook the meal for the Teen Program Celebration on September 19th and then again helping to serve at the CSO dinner on September 26th! We hit the ground running! We're looking forward to it.

J2Aers:.... Pool Party at the Hales for all new J2Aers on September 6th at 11:30 a.m. 
We're looking forward to the new J2A group (coming up from Rite-13). The opening dinner for the TEEN PROGRAM and the Candle Ceremony for the new J2Aers and their families is Saturday, September 19th. The new J2A Leaders include Amy Nunes, Ginger Lusa & Adam Squires who are the point persons for this leadership team (there are three other more part-time leaders: Brian Smith, Steve Adams & Cyndi Sturni)
 
YACers:  YACers traditionally help do a scavenger hunt for the new J2Aers... are you up for it? We're also trying to find the clues used in the past to save time. Contact Jen Ritzau asap if you wish to help & if you have more info: 
The Leaders starting to work on program looking ahead to collaborating with the returning Pilgrims. Jen Ritzau is a point person with support from Peter Mann and Donna Bessette, advising). Note.... the YAC group this fall is essentially identical to the returning Pilgrims who will be meeting with their outgoing leaders to plan a Pilgrimage Report for presentation on a weekend evening OR a Church First Sunday.
 
TeenLeaders 
Teen Program 2-year cycle is on: 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 is required for all Teen Leaders that have not had it (Training at Christ Church on Saturday, Oct. 3rd may be cancelled due to scheduling issues AND if our people can't do the training it does not make sense for us to host it at $1000!). Here is a link to the Diocesan Schedule of other trainings:
 

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

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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

The readings will be from "Track 2" and include a double healing story from Mark. The first is the healing of the daughter of the Syro-Phoenician woman, a foreigner. It is interesting as it appears that this is one of the rare instances of Jesus changing his mind. Why would that matter, except that we often think of the events of Jesus' life as planned in advance or pre-ordained. I wonder if this story reminds us that his life as ours, is "ad-libbed", in the moment!

The full text of the readings can be found  at the Lectionary Website here

Lay Eucharistic Visitors Updates
We've already launched this program on a very limited basis with Greg Nichols and Steve Adams being the first trained and who have the required Safe Church training. The other four interested folks are Dayna Flath, Bruce Phillips, Woody Danenhower and Peter Mann. Safe Church Training is scheduled here for Oct. 3rd but without enough registered it may not be cost effective as we have to put up the $1000 for the day. Other opportunities are found at the Diocesan website..... see link above.

Special Mission Outreach
PID trip to Guatemala is probably leaving January 10th now. 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. Oscar's schedule begins the first week of October and is found here. He is offering Spirituality Workshops on second Saturdays in the morning, a conversation entitled "Spirituality for the Second Half of Life" on third Thursdays in the afternoon, a "Spiritual Companions" Group on first Tuesdays in the evening.
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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
September- October:

Sunday, September 6th (Labor Day Weekend): 9:15 Eucharist with Dave; J2A Pool Party at the Hales at 11:30 a.m., new Leaders with new J2Aers.

Thursday, Sept. 10th: 7:30 Healing Eucharist; B'fast at the Bean

Saturday, September 12th at 8 a.m. Set up for the Breakfast in the Great Hall; Weeding and Cleanup at the Playspace next to the GH.

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

Thursday, Sept. 17th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist; B'fast at the Bean

Friday, September 18th...around 8 p.m.: Nine6teen will be playing at the Crossings in downtown Putnam.. oldies, goodies, newies.

Saturday, September 19th... TEEN PROGRAM Celebration Dinner for all Teens and families (Pasta/Sauce with Potluck on Veg and Dessert) included is the J2A Opening Ceremony for students and parents as well as first overnight with leaders. Rite-13ers and YACers and encouraged to help out (see Teen Program above)

Sunday, September 20th: All services! Tentative Baptisms scheduled for the 10:15 service.

Thursday, Sept. 24th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist; B'fast at the Bean

Saturday, September 26th.. CSO Dinner! All are invited. This event will benefit the Day Kimball Hospital Chaplaincy: Here are details: CSO Dinner

Sunday, September 27th... All services scheduled... Contemporary Service at 10:15

Thursday, Oct. 1st: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist; B'fast at the Bean

Saturday, October 3rd: Safe Church Training at CCPomfret, MAY BE CANCELLED due to scheduling conflicts!

Sunday, October 4th: All Services. A special visit from Dir. Chris George of IRIS

Thursday, Oct. 8th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist; B'fast at the Bean

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).  Flower donations are encouraged. There are always applications for flowers in the back of the church ($30).

Vestry Notes
Next Meeting is September 9th at 7 p.m.

Buildings and Grounds
Carpet cleaning in the Rector, the Parish Hall and the Sacristy is complete. The Kitchen floor is complete. John Murphy is pricing out the rotted window replacements around the Library, the downstairs chapel & in the hallway outside the Library; Other jobs pending: Roofing and Chimney items

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 September 28th at the 1st Congregational Church of Woodstock (the Hill Church). Contact Pauline Phillips at Christ Church. CSO Committee meets periodically to recommend grants.
Extras!

Becca Stevens preaching at General Convention in July
An extraordinary message that comes from her own challenging journey of faith:


Our new Presiding Bishop preaching at the conclusion of General Convention. Bishop Michael Curry has been elected for a 9 year term in office.
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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