March 25, 2016   

First Edition  
Let's Journey Together!

Wishing you peace on your journey through the final days of Holy Week, and joy as we gather to celebrate the risen Christ on Easter!
 
Good Friday ~
Both South Congregational Church in Granby
and East Granby Congregational Church will offer "Open Sanctuary" 12pm-3pm for reflection.
 
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, come help set up on Saturday afternoon, 3/26 at 3pm..
The larger Granby community will be invited as well.

Come celebrate Easter with us at First Church!
 
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NEED HOST! Souper Saturday - April 9, 6-8pm
The next Souper Saturday is scheduled for April 9 but we are in need of a host! Please let Pastor Ginny or Linda Betsch know if you are willing to open your home to 15-20 people for an evening of soup and socializing. Host provides soup; Guests bring appetizers, sides, drinks.  

April 8 Anti-Racism Training
Join Pastor Ginny at SURJ Hartford for our first Member Meeting on April 8th! We, as the Hartford chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), are building a base of committed White folks to challenge and transform racism on all levels.
Our shared purpose: As we strive to dismantle white supremacy, we mobilize white people to show up to public, political actions for racial justice. We do so as accountable partners in this work, following the lead of local and national activists of color. White racial justice activists need connection to sustain courage and hope. We need to know there are other white people, like us, who will take risks, make mistakes, and learn. We need other white people to lean on when we are discouraged, and to share our excitement with! Racial justice movements, including Black Lives Matter and others, need a constituency of accountable white racial justice activists who are connected, hopeful, and many.

Join us on April 8th to begin the work (and fun!) of finding each other and building a base of courageous white people showing up for racial justice

Schedule:
5:30-6:00PM: Arrival, Registration and Refreshments
6:00-7:00PM: Intro, Community Building, and Anti-Racism
7:00-8:00PM: Working Groups to begin planning and implementing goals as SURJ. Groups include: Education, Action, Base-Building, in addition to creating space for affinity groups to organize their constituencies
Bring yourself, bring friends, and stay in touch.
 
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.
On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing" - Arundhati Roy
For more information please contact: Jason Fredlund or Liz Castle   

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.

This Sunday is Easter, so the SchoolHouse kids will sit with their families!

Faith Ed & Jerrotones 
 
will not meet next Thursday, March 31st.  


The Dessert Auction was a  huge success! Almost $4,000 was raised. Thank you to everyone for making desserts, for attending, for bidding, and for donating. We are a larger youth group now, so the additional monies raised should help us get everyone to DC this summer! 
NOTE:  We weren't sure who made each dessert that showed up, so though you may not have gotten thanked, please know that we appreciate the trouble, time and effort you spent making a dessert for this event.  We are so grateful for the support this church shows every year for the youth!  

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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