March 18, 2016   

First Edition  
Let's Journey Together!

The Pasta Dinner/Dessert Auction is this Saturday, March 19th, 6PM
If possible bring your desserts on Friday before 6pm or on Saturday before 4.
What do we need most right now?
1) People to come to the Pasta Dinner  at 6 and stay for the Auction. Please plan to be part of this fun evening... and invite a friend or neighbor! What a great way to introduce them to First Church! 
2) A few more people to make extravagant/ wacky/ weird/ delicious/ amusing/ imaginative desserts!  Sign up here
3) And bid!  There will be more simple and affordable desserts offered through the silent auction, and hopefully plenty with the WOW factor!
Reservations are not required but to help with pasta quantities and table setup, please RSVP here or call Sue 653-4537.

Parenting Forum has been POSTPONED - Date TBD 
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims. Forum will be rescheduled to a later date to be determined.

Holy Week Schedule 
Maundy Thursday ~
6pm Service and Supper in Cook Hall  
  
Good Friday ~
"Open Sanctuary" 12pm-3pm for reflection
at South Congregational Church in Granby and East Granby Congregational Church 
 
Easter Sunday ~
6:30am SUNRISE SERVICE at High Meadow
Gather with folks from other Granby Churches at the top of the hill for a simple service of song, scripture, and reflection.
High Meadow Camp, 311 North Granby Road

Easter Breakfast follows Sunrise Service in Cook Hall

10am EASTER FESTIVAL WORSHIP in Sanctuary
Grand, majestic, and expressive - a joyful worship celebration for Easter day.

Easter Flowers ~
We invite everyone to bring a pot of their favorite spring flowers on Easter Sunday, and during the opening music we will decorate the sanctuary.
Think color! Think variety! Think spring!

Traditional Easter Dinner ~   
First Church will provide the Ham and Scalloped Potatoes. Please bring your family and whatever side dish or dessert makes Easter special for you. If you don't like to cook but would like to help set up on Saturday afternoon, 3/26  at 3pm ,we would love help then also.A sign up sheet will be in the hallway near the office this Sunday.
The larger Granby community will be invited as well.
Come celebrate Easter with us at First Church!

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Did you know we have a photo sharing page?
Lots of people capture the spirit of First Church events and then their photos are forgotten on their phones. Click here to upload your photos.  Look for the appropriate folder and add! 

Congratulations to Brianna Cassin
2016 Level 4 Massachusetts All Around Gymnastics Champion for 12 Year Olds
This Sunday in SchoolHouse ... A Kidz-eye view of HOLY WEEK.  What happened during that last week of Jesus' life, and how do we remember it two centuries later?   9th Graders continue the TIMELINE PROJECT with Jim Brown and Scott Tracy on the 2nd and 3rd Sundays of the month.
Faith Ed...
 
We start meeting Thursday nights - our first one being right after the Maundy Thursday service, which we will attend together.

Seeing past the surface. Looking for more in each other than we 
previously have. 
Stretching.  Listening. Sharing. 
                                We are proving that it's possible!
Sunday at 7 - PERSPECTIVE CONTINUES>>>
 Seeing past the surface.  Seeing from another angle.  Standing in a different place.  Widening our viewpoint.  Wanting to be challenged.  And learning as a group to give that gift of acceptance, understanding and a deeper look to each member in the youth group.  We grew up together, but there is still more to everyone of us than what is on the 'surface'.  

Contacts 

Sue Miltenberger (Office Manager)
Rev. Ginny McDaniel (Senior Minister)

Rebecca Brown (Leader, Children & Youth Ministry 

Jerron Jorgensen (Music Director)

Church Office Phone: 860-653-4537   

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