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THE CHURCH CALENDAR THIS WEEK:
This Sunday, 03-14-10 Fourth Sunday in Lent
9:30am - Choir (FH)
10:30am - Worship, (FH) & Sunday School (KC)
11:30am – Fellowship Hour (FH)
2:30pm – Tweens/PreTweens Mtg – Board Game Day!
Monday 03-15-10
8:00am - Noon Administrative Assistant in Office (P)
9:00am – Noon Pastor in Office (P)
5:00pm – Worship Team Mtg (P)
7:30pm - Al-Anon (P)
8:00pm - AA (FH)
Tuesday 03-16-10
8:00am – Noon Admin. Assistant in Office (P)
12:30pm – 2:00pm Play Group (KC)
4:30pm – JJ Bells (FH)
5:30pm - Girl Scouts (FH)
6:00pm – 7:30pm Prayer, Meditation & Blessing (P)
8:00pm - 12-Step (FH)
Deadline for Sunday Bulletin/Weekly Window Information
Wednesday 03-17-10
8:00am – Noon Admin. Assistant in Office (P)
9:00am – Noon Pastor in Office (P)
6:30pm – Choir (FH)
Thursday 03-18-10
8:00am – Noon Admin. Assistant in Office (P)
1:00pm – Ladies Society Gathering (FH)
Friday 03-19-10
8:00pm – Noon Admin. Assistant in Office (P)
April Newsletter Deadline Today
Sunday 03-21-10 Fifth Sunday in Lent (Final Sunday in FH)
9:30am - Choir (FH)
10:30am - Worship (FH) & Sunday School (KC)
11:30am – Fellowship Hour (FH)
(NOTE: Pastor Alison will be working Wednesdays for the next two weeks-
3/17/10 and 3/24/10)
The Winchester Weekly Window
Week of March 14, 2010 through March 21, 2010
www.ucwinchester.org
The United Church of Winchester
99 Main Street
Winchester, NH 03470
(603) 239-4465
WORSHIP SERVICES:
We will continue to hold Worship Services in the Fellowship Hall through March 21st.
Beginning on March 28th, Palm Sunday, worship services will be held in the sanctuary.
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR:
The Human Resource Team has placed a covered box in the Fellowship Hall for the purpose of accepting nominations for Volunteer of the Year (can be an individual or group). On Sunday, April 18th we will honor the winner. Please don’t forget to put your nomination in and if you feel like saying why you chose this person, feel free to do so. Thanks
WIN A WEEK ON THE LAKE THIS SUMMER!
The Capital Campaign Committee will be raffling off a chance to win a weeklong vacation at a two bedroom lake house (sleeps seven) with sun porch and two decks. Open living area with galley kitchen and bathroom with shower, located on Highland Lake in Stoddard, NH. Enjoy swimming from the dock or at a sandy beach on Island Pond only one mile away, public boat launch is directly across the street. Includes use of sailboat and kayaks. Many hiking trails beginning from your front door! There will be 500 tickets sold at a cost of $10.00 per ticket. Drawing will be held as soon as all tickets are sold. All proceeds will benefit the CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND. Tickets may be purchased from the church Administrative Assistant during normal business hours.
THE UNITED CHURCH OF WINCHESTER – ONLINE!
The UCW has a website, at http://www.ucwinchester.org/. For those of you on FaceBook (and I see there are quite a few!) we now have a FaceBook page with associated Events Calendar. You can find us by searching for “United Church of Winchester” in FaceBook, or by going to this url: http://tinyurl.com/ygess5t. If you have information you wish to have sent out on the Google Group, or dates that you wish to have put onto the calendar, please contact Allyson at 603-336-6144 or revallyson@gmail.com.
Prayer, Meditation & Blessing – How To
Facilitated by Allyson Szabo
Tuesdays through March 23, 2010
6:00pm - 7:30pm at the Parsonage
Prayer, meditation and blessings are something that should be present in every spiritual person’s life. Too many of us let the ongoing grind distract us from connections with God that would help us be centered, focused and more calm. This study is designed to allow us to learn more about prayer (talking to God), meditation (listening to God) and blessing (doing God’s work) and how these three things affect our daily life. There will be study and activity during each class, as well as a small homework activity to help us put into practice the theories that we are learning. Please feel free to come to one or all of the classes! Contact Allyson at 603-336-6144 for more information. Update on classes: Due to several snow storms and illness, the classes have been extended through March 23rd. There will be another book study starting up on April 6th, more to follow on that later.
NOTE FROM THE SECRETARY:
Deadline for the April Newsletter is March 19th. All newsletter articles may be dropped off at the church office Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am & Noon, or e-mailed to the church office at unitedchurchofwinchester@myfairpoint.net. Due to time constraints, the deadline will not be extended.
In an attempt to save expenses we have been e-mailing the newsletter to those members with e-mail, however we still have approximately 116 newsletters that are mailed to folks at a cost of .66 cents per mailing. This amounts to $76.56 each month. The cost for newsletter mailings was not made part of the operating budget for 2010. Donations are gratefully accepted to help defer the cost for the newsletter mailings.
Deadline for Sunday Bulletin & Weekly Window articles is every Tuesday by Noon. All prayer concerns and/or articles may be dropped off at the church office Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am & Noon, or e-mailed to the church office at unitedchurchofwinchester@myfairpoint.net. Due to time constraints, the deadline will not be extended.
Church Directory – The first draft of our Church Directory has been generated. If you have not already done so, please take a moment to review your contact information. If you have changes that need to be made, please drop that information off at the church office Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am & Noon, or
e-mail it to the church office at unitedchurchofwinchester@myfairpoint.net.
VISITOR FROM ZIMBABWE:
Daizy Thabedhe a representative from Zimbabwe will join us for our Envisioning Team meeting on March 25th, so save the date! Daizy will be in Winchester from Wednesday evening, March 17th until Friday morning, March 26th. Next Sunday we will have an opportunity to write notes to our partner church and to Sibusisiwe Gapara, the orphan we sponsor which we will send back with Daizy. Please bring a few pictures of church people and events to enclose in our packet to our partners in Hwange. Snow scenes, autumn foliage and spring flowers are also appropriate to send. Please contact Mary L. Johnson if you have any questions regarding our visitor and/or correspondence. Mary L. Johnson may be reached by calling 603-239-4819 or by e-mail at mljohnson@cheshire.net.
LADIES SOCIETY:
The Ladies Society will be hosting a Chicken & Biscuit Dinner on April 17th at 6:00pm in the fellowship hall. They are currently looking for some assistance in hosting the dinner, so if you are available to help out in any way, please contact one of the following ladies, Marion Baldvins (239-6802); Meg Conant (239-4260); Thelma Gomarlo (239-4995) or Jackie Taylor (239-4284) they would be very glad to hear from you!
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