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10am Service
Preaching this week: Paul Shupe
"Leaving in the Middle"
Order a DVD of any of our services or handbell concerts by filling out the DVD request form HERE.
No Worship @the Well this Sunday.
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Programs for Children | May 26th, Memorial Day Weekend, classroom activities offered for PreK through 5th Grade.
June 2nd, Hancock Choristers and Junior Handbell Choir in morning worship.
June 9th, Bell Sunday! Kids stay in worship.
June 16th, Faith Across the Lifespan Celebration
June 23rd, Sunday Summer Adventures in Faith begins! Adult volunteers are welcome!
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Choristers will sing in church June 2nd!
There will be no Chorister's rehearsal this weekend. Any questions, contact mark at mark@hancockchurch.org
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JUNIOR YOUTH ORGANIZATION
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June 2nd, JYO and fifth graders are invited to Sandwich Making in Wright Lab.
June 9th, Bell Sunday! All stay in worship.
June 16th, Faith Across the Lifespan Celebration
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Green Sheet for May!
May 19 @ 7 - 8:30: Games on the Green
Wink, wiggle, and more...come play some HYG classic games on the green!
May 26: NO MEETING (Memorial Day)
June 2: End of the Year BBQ! Our last meeting of the year, time TBD.
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Wednesday May 22:
1:15p Consort--Kathie Stuart 7p Carillon Rehearsal--Bell Room Thursday May 23: 12:30p Girl Scouts-Conference Room 6:30p Boy Scouts--throughout Building Friday May 24: 9:30 No Morning Glories Rehearsal Saturday May 25: 8 AA Women's Step Study--Chapel 10 AA meeting--Dining Room 3p Brass Group--Choir Room Sunday May 26: 9 Bagels and Bible Discussion Group--Wilson 10 Morning Worship- Lifespan Sermon Series-Sanctuary 10:20 JYO-- Upper Room 10:20 Church School--Children's Chapel and Classrooms 11 Fellowship Hour--Dining Room 11:30 Spirituality Across the Lifespan--Dining Room Monday May 27: Memorial Day Church Offices Closed 9:30 Projects with Purpose--Conference Room 1:30p Skyloom--Kathie Stuart 7:30p Parish Life--Potter Library Tuesday May 28:
10 Staff Meeting--Conference Room
11 Staff Worship Planning--Conference Room
7:30p Lexington Troop Leaders Meeting--Pearson
7:30p Theology on Tap--Orlean's in Davis Square
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Please click the link below to visit our calendar on-line.
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Hancock Weekly and other Communications Deadlines
The deadline for submitting news for this e-mail newsletter each week is Tuesday at 3pm. Submissions should be sent to: office@hancockchurch.org
Kindly send text and images as separate attachments. Thank you!
Click Here for the Communication Deadlines resource sheet.
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Lexington Food Pantry --May is canned vegetables
If you donate food in May , please consider canned vegetables. Donation baskets are in the narthex, as well as outside the office and dining room. For more information, contact Caroline Nijenberg 781 862-4465 or carolinen@rcn.com If you wish to volunteer, to help distribute food at the pantry, please contact her to see if volunteers are needed.
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Stray Plates and Serving Dishes
Are you missing a plate or serving dish that you brought to a coffee hour, potluck, or other event at church? There are many unlabeled plates and serving dishes in the church kitchen on the wooden countertop to the left of the coffee maker looking to be reunited with their owners. Dishes will remain there for your viewing and taking until 5/26. After that time, any remaining dishes will be given to Goodwill.
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 Many rooms will become unavailable when constructions starts. These signs will be posted outside the affected rooms. Please contact the Church Offices, so that we can try and accommodate everyone! Call (781) 862-4220 or email Jane Park at jane.park@hancockchurch.org. |
Building Update: Early Payment of Pledges Welcome
Any early payment of pledges already promised would be extremely helpful. As soon as we have settled on a General Contractor we will finalize arrangements with the UCC Cornerstone Fund for a loan to pay construction costs not yet covered by pledges received (a construction loan). The cost of loan interest and title insurance can be reduced if additional pledge payments are received before June 1st. Bids will be coming in from interested contractors next week. Thank you!
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Dana Home Foundation Grants Hancock $20,000 for Television Ministry
We are thrilled to announce that the Dana Home Foundation has made a grant of $20,000 to Hancock Church to help fund the television ministry portion of our Growing for Good capital campaign. The Foundation makes grants to non-profit organizations providing direct services to seniors living in Lexington, and we are pleased and honored to receive a grant. Special thanks to our grant-writing team of Joan Rutila, Sue Rockwell, Lori Tambone, Carol Bukys and Nichole Locher. One condition of the grant is that other donors match the gift on a 1:1 basis. Anyone who is able and willing to make a gift specifically for our television ministry can double their impact with a pledge now. |
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Kitchen/TV/CE Wing Appeal
The supplemental campaign appeal to help fund the kitchen renovation, TV system overhaul, and improvements to our sanctuary sound system and CE Wing is making steady progress. Through Tuesday we have received 46 pledges totaling $236,680 towards our $500,000 need. Have we heard from you? We know many are unable to add to their generous pledges last spring, but if you haven't participated in the campaign yet and would like to, or if you're able to add to the pledge you made last spring to help fund these priorities, your pledge will be greatly appreciated. Please fill out and send in the card you received in the mail, or call the church office or pick up a pledge card in church. Follow the details of our progress on the chart in the lobby.
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Bagels & Bible
Bagels & Bibles will not meet on during Memorial Day weekend. Please check out our blog BagelsAndBibles.wordpress.com for discussions on "Who Wrote the Bible?"
For the past six months, the members of the Bagels and Bibles class have been studying Jesus' parables and the Passion of the Lord using the Scriptures as the primary focus. In almost every session, questions about the origin of the Bible have come up, so this summer we have decided to study the history of the Bible. We will use Richard Elliott Friedman's book "Who Wrote the Bible?" as a guide.
We will spend a total of twelve weeks studying the cultures, literary forms, and authors that influenced the Old and New Testaments. We'll also learn how the ancient scrolls became the book we know today. Stop in for a single lesson or join up for the entire series.
We will extend our classroom discussions on the new blog, BagelsAndBibles.wordpress.com. New topics will be posted on Mondays while we continue to meet for conversation on Sunday mornings at 9am. If you cannot join us in person, please feel free to leave a comment on the blog. We'd love to have you participate in any way!
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Hancock Poetry Group meets second Wednesdays of each month--Join us!
The Hancock Poetry group meets on the second Wednesday of each month, in the Pearson room. We gather to share the poetry of others, or our own, whatever has inspired us lately. Long time poetry lovers, and those just discovering the joys of poetry are all welcome! |
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Indoor/Outdoor Workday June 8th
Indoor/Outdoor Work Day Saturday, June 8th from 9am-1pm. Join members from the Prudential Committee for one more work day. Thanks to the dedicated and hard working volunteers at previous workdays, we have made a dent in our to do list. Much more remains to be done as we prepare the building for the start of Capital Campaign construction work. No special skills required! Meet in the conference room. Come for all or part of the day. Refreshments provided. Contact Prudential Committee member Susan McClements with any questions, skmcclements@gmail.com.
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Interfaith Garden--Want to Help?
The garden has been cleaned up from the winter, compost has been added and the first of the cool weather crops have been planted. Parsley, lettuce, beets, radishes, spinach and peas were planted to join the crops that wintered over (asparagus, strawberries and garlic). Hancock regularly joins members of 12 other churches and temples working at the garden. The produce will go to the Lexington Food Pantry. All are welcome...bring a friend, neighbor or your kids. There are plenty of times that extra help is needed...not just when Hancock is scheduled. If you are interested in working at the garden, contact Amy Swanson amy.swanson@rcn.com.
| Sat | 6/15/13 | 8:30 to 10am | | Sat | 6/29/13 | 8 to 9:30am |
| Sat | 7/20/13 | 8 to 9:30am | | Sat | 7/27/13 | 8 to 9:30am |
If you or anyone you know are interested in more information or want to sign up to work any of those days, contact Amy Swanson amy.swanson@rcn.com . More information available at http://interfaithgarden.org/
Read the first Garden Report from Opening day on March 30th Here
Read the Garden Report from April 6th Here.
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