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        This Sunday is a Church First/Contemporary Sunday. Hymns and Organ music at the 8 a.m. service, all our teens and kids are in church for a shorter contemporary communion service at the 10:15. The Adult Forum will be led by Jane and Dave: A Workshop in Anglicanism Or What is God up in the Church?
       
        Relay for Life at the Woodstock Fair Grounds is organizing right now!  is a link to Ginger and Dayna's announcement below! Register this week if you want Ginger to order you the T-shirt. Dave has a special offer for J2A teens in terms of funding. Click here to go to the information down below.

       A second group is organizing to go to Guatemala on August 6th with PID. Click here to go to the announcement below. Contact person: Dr. Suzanne Powell

       Rummage Sale items can start coming in and be placed downstairs in the second teen room. Smaller items under the table in the Choir Room or upstairs in the Attic! If your larger items need to be picked up speak with Catherine Bastow! The Sale coincides with the Pomfret-wide sale on May 7th.

       Innovation comes to our Church! That's right, the Episcopal Church of CT is re-engineering, re-imagining, re-creating itself in a bold, new fundamental way! The driving issue is WHERE IS GOD AT WORK IN OUR WORLD? The Church is reorganizing to encourage you and me, its parish members, to participate more fully in the needs and ministries of our area. By building new connections among parishes, we can better leverage our efforts and impact in the ways we are called towards God's mission of reconciliation and restoration. HOW THIS WILL ACTUALLY WORK IS UP TO US. A  Convocation to explore our reorganizing with a focus on ministry will be held Friday evening and Saturday, April 22 and 23, in Ashford. ALL OF US ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. (Dave is going, I am going, car-pooling) This is our chance to be represented in formative discussions! More information can be found at this link. Thanks, Lindsay Paul
In This Reminder
This Weekend
Items for Consideration or Prayer
Coming Up
Your Stewardship
Housekeeping
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This Weekend

Sunday, April 17: Easter 4
8 a.m. Holy Communion/Hymns with Jim and Dennis (Dave, celebrant & preacher; Jane is worship leader) Coffee: 
9:00 a.m. Choir Rehearsal
9:15 a.m. Rectory Chapel 
10:15 a.m. Contemporary Family Eucharist & Church First (Dave, celebrant; worship leader) Church School meets after the joining us for the service; Nursery; Teens join us for the service and then meet as scheduled. Red Team for Coffee

Adult Forum (11 a.m.): The "3-Legged Stool" of Anglicanism and how that allows us to discover what "God is up to" today..... touching on women's leadership, gender, race, sexuality, outreach and in-reach.

Leaflet can be found here
Announcements can be found here
Readings link can be found here

Try this link to our Google Calendar

Here is a link to the hymns through April 24th

Deadline for May Courier is April 18th!
 
April Courier with Calendar/Schedule is found here

February to June 2016 Coffee Team Schedule is found here

Pastoral Emergencies or to put someone on the Prayer Chain please call the office: 860-315-7780 or Dave's Cell Phone, 860-608-7632. 
 
 
Church School Notes


This Sunday, 
We have started our new Feasting on the Word curriculum.
This week all classes will be upstairs for Church First! Then downstairs for class and Godly Play. Nursery is on!

The Vestry Liaisons, Dave and the selected Vestry are working on plans to continue tuning our Church School program for next year, provide more support to the Director, organize our volunteer base, provide a more comprehensive schedule. We'll be contacting parents and folks who've been involved for the past 3-4 years for a meeting and email contacts. Thanks!

Here is a  copy of the Church School Schedule coming up!

A link to the Church School Registration form.
 
Nicole Nichols, Church School Director
   My contact is 860-928-2155, or by email:  ccchurchschoolpomfret@gmail.com 
 
 
Teen Program Updates:


Rite-13 6 and 7th grades! We're UPSTAIRS for Church First to start and then Meeting!
We will further explore the idea of having a Seder Meal.The Rite-13ers are also working on the Vine and Branches photo directory project! 

J2A: After being together in the service on Sunday we will have their regular meeting downstairs and will further discuss their Pilgrimage location. Parents who have not completed the survey should do do by following this link: Survey Monkey for our Pilgrimage

Parents and young people. Here is the link that Ginger emailed to everyone on the possible trips. It's an overview of the North American pilgrimages. Check it out. 

YACers: meet as scheduled; "Confirm not Conform" continues later in April.... for info contact Jen Ritzau: 
(Leaders also include Peter Mann and Donna Bessette, advising)

Teen Pilgrimage Fundraisers... May 7th: Rummage Sale, May 15th: Car Wash
 
Current Teen Leaders Materials: 
HERE is a link to find PDF copies of all the different group materials. Note that the main item for each group is the manual of lesson plans. Use as you see fit!
 
The Teen Program Registration Form is needed for each student so we can provide a consistent and safe environment for your young person. Thanks.  

Catherine Bastow
catherinebastow@sbcglobal.net
cbastow@rectoryschool.org
Items for Consideration or Prayer



First Take
Easter 4: The full text of the readings can be found at the Lectionary Website here 
        Our Gospel is a reminder that Jesus doesn't really let us get too far away. Just like those proverbial sheep we like to wander but that is never the end of the story. God knows us by name and calls us by name. This is not just the way our mother or father called us, or even our children or grandchildren. As wonderful as that "calling" was or continues this "call" includes that and more. God calls us by name as the one who called us into being, a la Psalm 139, when God knew us when we were still in the womb! This is a wondrous "call"!

Here's a link to further reflections on the readings:
                     Textweek Page for Easter 4

Relay for Life:  May 21-May 22, Woodstock Fairgrounds
Registering ONLINE Relay
1.  Go to the relay website: HERE is the link for "Relay for Life of Northeastern Ct."
2. Click on Sign Up
3. Click on Join our Team
4. Our Team name is Christ Church Family and Friends
5. Fill out your contact information
6. Take a collection envelope to get sponsors. You can also send out emails from your online page. You must raise $100 to stay overnight. Fr. Dave is offering a $25 incentive for each J2Aer and each leader. You have to go see him with a sign up form!
8. There will be a sign up sheet at church to choose walking times.
Questions: call Ginger at (860) 428-5351 or email at gingerlusa@gmail.com

Our Regional Convocation is now scheduled for April 22nd and 23rd. Our Diocese is reorganizing in an important way that affects us. See above.
Lindsay Paul has become a point person as well as Jane Hale. More can be read at this link. 

Partners in Development, our trip organizer for Guatemala, has just put out their newsletter for the late winter.  Here  is a copy! The group of Christ Church parishioners who went in January is now thinking of returning about the same time in 2017. Think about joining us OR join or start your own trip that we'd be happy to advertise? GuatemalaThere is now a second team who is signing up for August 6th this coming summer. The contact person is Suzanne Powell, suzanne.p@sbcglobal.net or 860 944-1132. The church is offering subsidies for this trip as well, up to half the cost! Make your registration payment and we'll reimburse you. 

Spirituality with Oscar Brockmeyer.
Group Spiritual Guidance for those within and beyond the church. Oscar's schedule is found here. 860-942- 2934 orobbrockmeyer@snet.net for more information. 

Spirituality with Jane Hale: The Women's Spiritual Growth Group. The Next Meeting is 7-8:30 pm on Tuesday, April 26th.  A time of spiritual and faith exploration, story-sharing, and celebrating our Sisterhood!  Contact Jane Hale at jclhale@charter.net. 

Pastoral Notes/Prayers: here is the Prayer Chain for April.

Vine and Branches "Directory" Project
The Rite-13ers are continuing this project and we're taking photos at Coffee Hours. Thanks to Jim Goodwin and his help with photos. Thanks all!     


Coming Up

Sunday, April 17th, Easter 4: 8, 9:15 and 10:15 Services. Contemporary Music Sunday and Church First. 

Wednesday, April 20th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist followed by B-fast at the Bean

Friday-Saturday, April 22-23: Northeast Region Convocation in Ashford

Sunday, April 24th, Easter 5: 8, 9:15 and 10:15 services. Possible Douglass baptism at the 10:15 service.

Wednesday, April 27th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist followed by B-fast at the Bean

Sunday, May 1st, Easter 6: 8, 9:15 and 10:15 services. 

Wednesday, May 4th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist followed by B-fast at the Bean

Friday, May 6th Rummage Sale Setup and Pricing; Saturday, May 7th, J2A Rummage Sale

Sunday, May 8th, Last Easter: 8, 9:15 and 10:15 services. Mother's Day Sunday

Wednesday, May 11th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist; Vestry meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Pentecost Sunday, May 15th: 8, 9:15 and 10:15 services. J2A Car Wash 

Wednesday, May 18th: 7:30 a.m. Healing Eucharist followed by Breakfast at the Bean

Saturday-Sunday, May 21st-22nd: Relay for Life at the Woodstock Fairgrounds (12 noon to 12 noon)

Sunday, May 22nd: 8, 9:15 and 10:15 Services. Contemporary Sunday (last of the season)!

Christ Church Online Google Calendar 
Your Stewardship!
Thank you for your generosity!

Stewardship: Visions and Ventures
The Pledge Materials are available HERE as a downloadable copy of the written brochure. And HERE is a pledge card for 2016. Thanks in advance.

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 on Wednesday, May 11th at 7:30 p.m. 

Buildings and Grounds  Other items still needed include replacing the Library windows, replacing the door on Dave's office which has "sprung open". We need to build a utility closet around the furnace in the church to prevent any soot issues in the future. The front steps of the office building need either repair or a more extensive replacement. Other larger items looming are a possible bigger repair to our organ not related to the soot which includes foot pedals and stops. We've also detected a weakness in the upper Rose Window during the cleaning that needs attention asap. We're looking over the church trim for repair and painting.

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 at 8 a.m. on April 25th here at CCPomfret to bring to the 1st Congregational Church of Woodstock (the Hill Church). Contact Pauline Phillips at Christ Church. CSO Committee meets periodically to recommend grants.
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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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