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We are called to be a church community with outstretched hands, welcoming all and nurturing seekers of God's love and grace..
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Homecoming Sunday-Everyone Welcome!
September 11th, 9:30 a.m. Emerson Center South Lawn
Sermon Title: "Where there is smoke..."
Preacher: Martin Riekert
Enjoy music and celebration as we worship together in a spirit of renewed community. The service will be held outdoors (weather permitting) on the South lawn of the Emerson Center located on the Town Common at9 East Common Street. Special music by the CCoT Homecoming Band will be featured - you're in for a real treat! An old fashioned ham & bean luncheonwill immediately follow the service. Sunday School classes begin this Sunday.
Homecoming is the kick-off to the fall season of church activities. Old friends are welcomed back from their summer travels and new friends are eagerly invited. JOIN YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!
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Healing Scripture: "And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and heaed their sick..." Matthew 14: 14
Healing Prayer: Dear Lord, I ask you to turn this weakness into strength, suffering into compassion, sorrow into joy, and pain into comfort for others. May your servant trust in your goodness and hope in your faithfulness, even in the middle of this suffering. Let him be filled with patience and joy in your presence as he waits for your healing touch.
In Loving Memory
Our prayers of Christian love and sympathy are extended to the family and friends of Ed Colbert who passed away on September 1, 2016. Visiting hours are from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, September 9, at the O'Donnell Funeral home. A memorial service is scheduled at
11 a.m. on Saturday, September 10th at the Meeting house.
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Children & Youth Ministry- Sunday School Kick-off Sunday, September 11th
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Dear Families,
Sunday School Kick Off will be on Homecoming September 11, 2016, 9:30 a.m. on the Emerson Center South Lawn. There will be Activities on the Lawn and a visit to the Community Garden with Rev. Amy Bruch and Irina G. Guerra, as well as an Introduction to the Puppet Ministry with Carolyn Nenart for kids in grades 4-6 interested in participating in future Puppet Shows. Nursery will be available in the Emerson Center, RM. 204.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
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Attention especially students in Grade 4-8 and Adults!!
I'm very excited to invite you to join me on Sunday September 11th after the children's message to meet in the chapel to learn a little more about our puppet ministry to children and the greater church. During the year the puppeteers will be asked to do special programs for children during Sunday school time and periodically be the children's message. This is a great way to be a part of church, but in a creative way. We will need people to volunteer to be puppeteers and prop people. The commitment is probably as little as one practice and one "show" or being a part of every single one! It is always a lot of fun and a great way to do something for others!
I'm not a professional puppeteer but, if like me you have a desire to have fun and work together to share stories with our church is all that is needed. If you can't make it Sunday but, want to be a part of it let me know. I do realize we are all super busy and have sports etc. but it you want to try it out I'm more than willing to work with your schedule!
I hope you will join me to be a part of this fun and theatrical ministry at our church!
Carolyn Nenart
603-512-3980 (c)
603-489-3980 (H)
calsedu34@gmail.com
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 New Director of Music- Joel Schwindt
Please join us in welcoming Joel Schwindt as our new Director of Music.
Joel has served as the director of music for congregations in Andover, Tucson, and Wichita. He received his Ph.D. in Music History from Brandeis University, a Master's in Choral Conducting from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelor's in Vocal Performance from Wichita State University. Joel lives in Wakefield with his wife, Sara, and his daughter, Hannah. In his free time, you can find him happily ensconced in a comfortable armchair at a Starbucks or Dunkin enjoying a coffee and a pastry, or at a playground or library with his wife and daughter. Music is an integral part of any worship community, and his goal is facilitate, encourage, or lead those who wish to contribute to the musical life of CCoT, whether it is simply by singing along with the hymns, singing in the Sanctuary or Youth choir, ringing with the Hand bell Choir, or even offering a new contribution to our worship! Most of all, we hope to serve as an expression for the love that binds us together as a community: "If I speak with the voices of men and angels, but have not love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal" (I Corinthians 13:1). Please join the search committee consisting of Ruth Bortzfield, Jody Clineff, Joe Gibbons, Rob Hardy, and Louise Rownd, in welcoming Joel to our church family.
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 The first day of the Fair is three weeks away when our church will open the doors to our restaurant. We need bakers, carvers, weighers, grill masters, kitchen wizards, top managers, magicians at the steam table, fearless divers into the dirty dishes to name just a few positions. Please sign up here and see what shift will be the perfect fit for you and your family.
Conny Griesshammer, chair (978-887-7493)
Fair booth Committee members Barbara Barnes, Jim Bunker, Joe Gibbons, Charlie Itz, Mark Panella, Bruce Spaulding, |
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Mission and Outreach Opportunities
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 Order your Bulbs Today!! Refugee Immigration Ministry (RIM) Bulb sale 2016 RIM (Refugee Immigration Ministry) North Shore Cluster is again selling bulbs to support our continued effort to welcome those in need into our community. Over the past years RIM has supported refugee families and asylum seekers from all over the world. Your continued support allows RIM to provide the means for those in need to integrate into our society and become independent. Descriptions of Bulbs for sale and Order form. Please make checks payable to Refugee Immigration Ministry, and in the memo field of the check please note North Shore Cluster. Bulb orders are due to Cathy Imboden,54 Kinsman Circle Topsfield MA 01983 by October 16th. Bulbs will be ready for pick up on October 22nd. |
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Concert Across America
The power of music to reach far and wide has fueled countless important movements in recent decades. Now is the time to turn up the music and turn down the hateful rhetoric that has become a hallmark of the gun debate. On September 25th, a ministry group of our church that is working to create a conversation around gun violence will be hosting a Concert Across America on the Topsfield Town Common from 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Concerts Across America is a national movement of local communities hosting their own concerts on this date in honor of what Congress designated in 2007 as a day of national remembrance for victims of gun violence. We are actively seeking volunteers to support this event on September 25th.
If you are interested, please contact Dolly McIlvaine or Susan Warner.
Susan Warner - smwarner2@verizon.net
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Beverly Bootstraps
A fun night was had at Beverly Bootstraps sorting clothes, pricing, and hanging items. By using volunteers instead of paid staff more money can be spent on the food pantry, adult education programs, and client services. We would like to commit to one Monday a month from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm. Between 5-8 volunteers would be needed. It would be great to have a large list of volunteers that could then sign up for the 8 slots.
If you would be interested in being put on this list please contact Cathy Imboden at cbimboden@comcast.net. Mission Trip to Costa Rica Sponsored by Missions and Outreach
Interested in building a home for the "poorest of the poor" in Costa Rica with Mercy Homes Ministry? This Mission trip is set for Feb. 20- March 1. Cost is $850 plus airfare. You will be joining a fun group of people from other churches. 13 people have signed up, and there are only 18 spots. Contact Kathy Hartmann at 978-317-7698 by September 30th to sign up for this great experience.
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The weekly deadline for Announcements for the eNews and Notes & Notices is Wednesday at 10 a.m.. Anything received after 10 a.m. on Wednesdays will be included in the following week's publications. Helpful Hints: Send in MS Word with minimal formatting as an attachment or in the body of an email, or drop off at the church office during office hours Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m..
Please send articles to wendy@topsfieldchurch.org.
Wendy Colby
Communications & Office Manager 978.887-2101 ext. 11
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Sunday School
Dismissal Details
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After the children are dismissed from the Meeting house, they cross the Common with their teachers to the Emerson Center for Sunday school.
9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Classes meet in the following classrooms: Pre K-K in Rm 203 and Grades 1-6th in Rm 201.
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Sunday Service
Childcare Available
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Infants and toddlers up to
age three are welcome to
enjoy the nursery room,
located in Room 204 in the
upper level of the Emerson Center.
Contact: Anne Stoops
nursery@topsfieldchurch.org
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Dear families,
The CCT Children and Youth September calendar can be located here.
We hope you will find it helpful with planning. Check it out!!
Irina Gunzel-Guerra
Children & Youth Ministry AssistantIrina@topsfieldchurch.org
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Mon. - Friday
If you need to drop anything off after hours there is a mail slot available at the door to the right of the Church Office entrance (halfway down the ramp.)
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