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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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 Join us Sunday morning, September18th at 9:30 a.m. as we gather in covenant community. Sermon Title: " Temple tantrum? " Preacher: Martin Riekert |
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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 all the family and friends of Jackson O Welsh who passed away on July 26, 2016. A memorial service is scheduled at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 17th at the Meeting house.
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Topsfield Fair booth 2016
Please select the link above to sign up for all shifts at our booth at the Topsfield Fair.
We had a great sign-up at the Homecoming Worship Service. More than half of all positions are filled.Please encourage family members, neighbors and friends to work for one shift at the Fair booth. We will provide the parking and the entry passes to the Fair for every volunteer.
Thank you
Barb Barnes, 978-887-8442
Fair booth Committee members Conny Griesshammer, chair Barb Barnes, Jim Bunker, Joe Gibbons, Charlie Itz, Mark Panella, Bruce Spaulding, |
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Community Event- Music at Eden's Edge Concert Sat. Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
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 Music at Eden's Edge Concert 7:30 p.m. Sat. September 17th at the Meetinghouse Music at Eden's Edge presents their 2016 Summer Season entitled "INSPIRED" The Summer Concert Series is a central pillar in the platform of musical art and community outreach, truly the heart of our mission. Over the 34 years since our first season, MEE has been making music affordable, available and accessible in our North Shore community. Live music forges community by opening minds and hearts in the shared experience of playing and listening. The Summer Concert Series brings together high musical art and engaged audience participation. Welcome to Music at Eden's Edge! MEE is also committed to community outreach through our Senior/Family Concert Series and Youth Chamber Concert Series. Click to learn more about our Really Open Rehearsals, Peabody Institute Library Concerts and Close Encounters with Music Lectures/Performances for the adult concert-going public eager to learn about and connect with music. September 17, 7:30 p.m. Program: Hope and Glory - Ives, Mozart and Schubert. |
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Boy Scout Troop 81 Update
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 Troop 81 will hold an open house on Tuesday, October 25th at 7 p.m. in the Emerson Center for all interested parents and boys ages 11-17. |
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Children & Youth Ministry
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Dear Families,
Regular Sunday School starts on September 18, 2016.
Children gather with their families in the Meetinghouse at 9:30 AM After the "Time with Children" they are dismissed to their classes in the Emerson Center. They cross the Common in company of the teachers and will then divide up to their individual classrooms:
Pre-K&K, Room 203 and Grades 1-6,Room 201
Pick Up is at the classroom at 10:45 AM
Please remember to either mail or bring a completed Medical Consent and Registration Form to Sunday school or see Irina G.-Guerra after Worship in Fellowship Hall to sign an existing hard copy of the digitized forms for your children. Every child/youth MUST HAVE a recent Medical Consent and Registration Form in order to participate in our children and youth programs 2016-17.
Children's Music:
Music Rehearsal days for the fall to be announced soon!
Nursery
Nursery will be available every Sunday morning in the Emerson Center, Room 204, starting at 9:15 AM.
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Attention especially students in Grade 4-8 and Adults!!
I'm very excited to invite you to join in with me to learn a little more about our puppet ministry to children and the greater church. During the year 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 were unable to make the September 11th orientation 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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Mission and Outreach Opportunities
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Concert Across America- Next Sunday, September 25th
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.
Concert 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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Eyeglass Recycling
Do you have old eyeglasses that aren't the right prescription for you now or they have just gone out of style? Maybe your children have outgrown their glasses or have gotten contacts. Clean out your drawers and bring all of your unused eyeglasses to church. The glasses will be sent to a Lions Club recycling center in VA where they will be cleaned, the prescription will be determined, and they will be sorted and packaged to go where eye care is unaffordable and inaccessible.
Thousands of eyeglasses are sent annually to medical and missionary organizations all over the world, such as Feed the Children and World Relief Volunteer Optometric Services. The shipments are often accompanied by ophthalmologists and optometrists who examine and fit the glasses. There will be a Lions Club collection box in the Meeting House Narthex and church office for your prescription and non-prescription eyeglass donations. Thank you for giving clearer vision to others. The Board of Mission and Outreach
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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 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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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 starting at 9:15 a.m.
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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