VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MONTH OF
MAY
Transportation Ministry
The following people will be providing transportation to and from the church this month. Please contact them
if you are in need of their services.
May 3rd Mary Lillibridge (673-6786)
May 10th Gerhard vonBoehn (673-9585)
May 17th Tom Alexander (673-6951)
May 24th Don and Sally Wild (673-5001)
May 31st Chuck Slade (673-3895)
Acolytes
The following young people will serve as acolytes:
May 3rd Lily Mastrogiovanni
May 10th Victoria Clark
May 17th Matt Thureson
May 24th Hannah Best
May 31st Carly Thureson
The Hospitality Team for the month of May is Gerhard and Eleanor vonBoehn, Pam Gebauer, Chuck Slade and Joan Suiter.
For the month of May, Church Families
will host Fellowship Hour.
On Mother’s Day, Men of the Church will host.
Prayer Chain and Prayer Concerns
Please call Pastor Dean or the church office
with prayer requests, thanksgivings, or remembrances to be included in the weekly notices or to have your ongoing prayers included in the prayer chain or to become a member of
The First Church of Christ Prayer Chain.
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June Cornerstone Deadline
The deadline for submissions to the June newsletter is Friday, May 23rd.
The newsletters will be available for pick-up in the narthex on Sunday, May 31st. Thank you in advance for helping us save on postage! If you are unable to be here on the 31st, we will mail your copy.
MAY BIRTHDAYS
Peg Swets – May 3rd
Jean Barth – May 10th
Nancy Sylvester – May 12th
Bill Clark – May 15th
Thomas Z. Dean – May 22nd
Art France – May 23rd
Tim Barth – May 25th
Gail Burk – May 26th
Rian Dahle – May 28th
Bryan King – May 28th
MAY ANNIVERSARIES
Eleanor and Gerhard vonBoehn – May 14th
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Your Help is Needed!
The church needs volunteers to help dust and tidy up the narthex and the sanctuary on a weekly basis – one person for the narthex and two people for the sanctuary. Also needed are some young people to help clean and tidy the game room upstairs as needed. Sign up on the bulletin board or see Bob Thureson, Charlie Burk, P.C. Schoening or Bruce Ellison.
For those of you who have already taken on jobs, we thank you for the gift of your service. Please remind others that it is a once-a-week commitment.
The Trustees wish to thank all the volunteers for their time and help in keeping our church clean at their own time and expense. We are truly grateful to you.
In gratitude,
Your church family and the Trustees Committee
Help Needed, Please!
One or two people are needed to help pick up wastebasket trash in the church while Bruce Ellison is on vacation (middle of May until the first week in September). Please step up and help keep your church clean. “Not a hard job!” Call Bruce for details, 673-5687
Confirmation Classes for May
May 3 – 11:30 am class &
1:00 pm Walk Against Hunger
May 24 – 1:00 – 5:00 pm Mini-retreat
May 31 – Confirmation Sunday
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Walk Against Hunger
Sunday, May 3
See details within this newsletter
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Frances Richards Club Meeting
Wednesday, May 8 – 1:00 pm
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Book & Bake Sale
Many thanks to all who made the Book & Bake Sale a success. To those who donated books, baked and gave of their time and talent wherever needed, a sincere THANK YOU!
The “Book Sale” took in $500.00, which will be held in a “Fund Raiser Fund” for now.
The “Bake Sale” made $300.00, which will help benefit the Christian Education program.
It was a wonderful team effort — truly a job well done!
Joan Suiter & Della Domas
Current Small Group Opportunities in the life of The First Church of Christ, Unionville
HSSS (High School Sunday Series)
A small group Bible study for high school age
young people that generally meets the
2nd and 4th Sundays, September through May
following the children’s moment in worship.
Adult leader: Tim Barth
HSSS May Schedule:
May 3rd – Dunkin Donuts/Conference Room
May 24th – Dunkin Donuts/Conference Room
Frances Richards Club
Meets the second Wednesday of the month for
fellowship, special activities and lunch.
Men’s Small Group Bible Study
Meets every Friday at 8:30 a.m. from September through May at McDonald’s in Unionville.
Leader and contact person: Pastor Dean.
Ladies Night Out
Dinner and Fellowship. Meets Fridays, once a month at 7:00 p.m. Contact: Cindy Munsey.
The Chapel Bells
Meets Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m.
in the chapel. Contact and Leader: Lisa Durkin
New small groups are welcome and encouraged.
To begin one, contact Pastor Dean. Please feel free to participate in any of these groups. New members are welcome at any time.
A special thanks to all those who helped to make our clothing drive a success. Many items of good quality clothing were collected, delivered to The Institute of Living, and will be made available to those in need. Once again, your generosity will bring warmth and sunshine into many lives.
Many thanks,
The Missions and Outreach Committee
A A A LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP! D D D
Dust Off Those Sneakers for The 26th Annual
WALK AGAINST HUNGER
Sunday, May 3, 2009
SHOW SOME TEAM SPIRIT!!
TAKE A BROCHURE, FILL IT OUT AND RETURN IT TO OUR TEAM CAPTAIN, KEN KOLLMEYER, OR PASTOR DEAN.
Don’t be a Lone Ranger – corral your family, friends, and neighbors to join our team (or sponsor you).
The First Church of Christ, Unionville team will be raising money not only
to benefit the Foodshare program but also the Friendship Service Center
in New Britain.
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Last year, FCC Unionville participated as a Team and did very well. Congratulations to all who took part by walking or making a donation.
Walkers included: Donna & Mike Achilli; Jean & Tim Barth;
Thomas & Pastor Tom Dean; Curtis & Jen Dupont; Sarah, Mitchell and
Lisa Durkin; Ken Kollmeyer; Alex Linden; Jancis, Teddy and Kathy O’Brien;
and Rachel and Ron White.
FCC-Unionville raised $3234. Many of those dollars came from you,
the church family.
We will again designate the Friendship Service Center of New Britain as our “Benefiting Agency”.
Our goal for 2008 was $2700;
We were ranked as the 8th highest
Faith Team in Greater Hartford and 2nd highest Faith Team sponsoring the Friendship Center.
I would like the FCC, Unionville team to again establish an aggressive but realistic goal for 2009. Because of expanded need for help,
let’s increase our goal a bit to $2800.
Please sign up in the Social Room and join in the walk.
If you wish to sponsor a walker, please
present your donation directly to the walker. If you wish to sponsor the FCC, Unionville team as a whole, please take an envelope from the Social Room and
take it to the church office or give it to
Ken Kollmeyer or Pastor Dean.
Thank you and let’s show Greater Hartford
our Christian support and spirit.
Learn more about Foodshare and the ‘Walk’
by going to foodshare.org.
