WELCOME |
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| Sunday
Worship |
10:30am |
| Sunday
School |
| Infant
& Toddler Care |
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| Open
Communion |
First
Sunday of Every Month |
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ABOUT
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Our Staff |
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Pastor: The Rev. Bill Neil
Director of Music: Jim Morrison
Office Administrator: Michelle Bouche
Sexton: Glenn Withers
Christian Education Director: Elaine Miller
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Christian Education |
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We believe that learning is important in the life of a Christian and in the life of a church. Our Christian education program encourages learners to:
-know themselves as persons who are children of God
-know God revealed in Jesus Christ
-know themselves as part of a Christian Community
-discover the Holy Spirit in their lives
-discover who God has called them to be
-live and work in the world in light of all of the above.
We offer worship and education programs for preschoolers through grade six on Sunday mornings. Care for infants and toddlers is provided in the nursery on the second floor of the education wing. All other children begin the morning in the sanctuary with their families, leaving about 10:45 to go to their classrooms, and returning for our closing circle and benediction. On the first Sunday of each month they return to join the congregation for communion.
The Church School program encourages children to take part in mission projects during the year. Money is raised each year for Heifer Project International and for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
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Youth |
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Youth Mission Trip:
Ten of our youth recently returned from a mission trip to West Virginia where they worked on two houses. The bulk of their work consisted of constructing a roof on one of the houses, putting up sheetrock, and a ceiling!
Although an exhausting trip for the team (four adults participated as well), they plan to go on another mission trip next year.
They thank the many businesses and individuals who came forward with donations of money, tools, water, and other support that made their trip possible.
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Music |
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Our choir is a hard-working, fun loving and super-friendly group of essentially regular folks. We are committed to serving and praising God, to enhancing the worship service by bringing the people gathered closer to God, and to making wonderful music together. We rehearse Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm and warm up Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM. We are all amateur singers and enthusiastically welcome new singers.
We have a number of gifted instrumentalists – children and adults – in our congregation who participate in the music ministry of our church.
Our children are enthusiastic singers, and from time to time rehearse songs that they share during Sunday worship.
Each summer our church is a stop on the tour of Village Harmony, a group of high school students who provide a varied concert program of music from the Balkans to Appalachia, from shape-notes to gospel.
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Mission Outreach |
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We believe in putting our faith into action. Through the United Church of Christ Global Ministries we participate in an extended ministry to those of special need throughout the nation and the world. We do work with Church World Service, a cooperative ministry that provides sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance in some 80 countries. With CWS we have conducted Tools & Blanket Drives, collected supplies for Health & School Kits, and organized our first ever Lee CROP Walk on May 6, 2007.
Closer to home we offer both financial support and personal participation in programs such as Construct Inc., Relay for Life, and the Lee Food Pantry at St. George's. Our building is also the site for many community activities and service organizations.
Food Pantry Needs
We are a drop-off site for the Lee Food Pantry. The church office is open Mon, Wed, Fri until 3pm, feel free to telephone first if you'd like to drop something off.
The following list is to help you when you shop ~ whatever you can give is appreciated, it does not have to be an item on the list. Please, non-perishable items only!
For a Family of Four:
Shop as you would shop for your family - avoid items loaded with sugar or salt. Real fruit juice, not juice drinks.
BASIC:
2 boxes cereal
3 cans fruit
1 bottle juice
1 jar jelly
1 jar peanut butter
3 boxes pasta (not Lasagna)
3 jars pasta sauce
2 boxes or bags rice
3 cans beans
8 cans vegetables
4 cans tuna
2 cans potatoes
EXTRAS THAT ARE NEEDED AND CANNOT BUY WITH FOOD STAMPS:
Toilet paper
Cake soap
Dish washing liquid
Toothpaste
Deodorant
Laundry detergent
Pet food
EXTRAS THAT ARE NICE:
Granola bars
Pudding mixes
Crackers
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Community Dinners |
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Current Schedule: September 15, 2010 through June xx, 2011
Every Wednesday evening our Fellowship Hall is filled with laughter and conversation and the aroma of good food. In partnership with The Berkshire Center, St. Mary's Church, and the Tri-Town Rotary, our church provides a hot meal free-of-charge to everyone who comes. Rotating teams of volunteers cook and serve.
Doors open at 5:00 pm, dinner is served at 5:30 pm.
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