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Reminder - One Service Only This Sunday, January 22 at 9:30A!
Preaching this Sunday
Dr. Tom Petter will
preacher this Sunday. Tom's sermon
is entitled "Wholeness in the Midst of Chaos," based on scripture from Numbers 21:1-9. John 3:14-16.
All Church Coffee Hour Before the Annual Meeting this Sunday.
We are going to have a potluck coffee hour at 10:30A before the Annual Meeting. We'll provide quiches, bagels, cream cheese, coffee, tea and juice - would you be willing to bring fruit, muffins or breakfast bread? Drop it in the kitchen on the way into church that morning, and we will set it out.
TCC's Annual Business Meeting, January 22 at 11A
Everyone is invited to come to the Annual Meeting of Trinitarian Congregational Church, THIS Sunday, January 22 at 11A.
Yes, only church members can vote to adopt a 2017 Budget and a new slate of church leaders, BUT all regular attendees should come to get updates on what is happening at TCC! There'll be time for "Q and A's" as well as a time to reflect on what TCC has done this past year and offer feedback to the current leadership.
Children's Programming During the Annual Meeting
There is care for children (infant through grade five) for parents attending the annual meeting. For safety sake, children (infant - grade 5) need to be supervised during the Annual Meeting. Children may stay with their parents in the meeting OR go to kid-care in age appropriate rooms.
- Children will be dismissed from 9:30 LTA as usual. Please pick up ALL children at end of the service.
- Refreshments for families in Phillips Hall (Encourage your kids to have refreshments, as no additional snack will served in children's rooms during the meeting.)
- At 10:50A - Parents staying for the Annual Meeting should escort their children to their appropriate rooms.
- Infants - preschool children to Room 105
- Elementary children to Room 204
- Parents should pick up their children immediately following the Annual Meeting in their respective rooms.
Help Needed in Children's Ministry During Annual Meeting
We need 3 additional people to care for children (infant grade five) during the Annual Meeting this Sunday, Jan 22, from 11A - 12 noon. If you are able, please email Gail at [email protected].
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2017 Offering Envelopes
Offering envelopes for 2017 are now available in the church lobby for pick up. If you like to use assigned envelopes and do not see a box already there for you, let Aimee Mury know by signing up on the clipboard sheet located in the lobby with the envelopes, otherwise call the church office at 508-358-7717, or email Aimee at [email protected] .
Likewise, if you have assigned envelopes, but won't use them, please leave them in the box in the lobby BUT mark "Won't need" and initial the box. This will save us from over ordering next year. Thank you!
Electronic Givers - Something to Put into the Offering Plate...
Several people who give to TCC electronically have mentioned wanting to symbolically put something into the offering plate as it is passed each week. Laminated cards are now available with a message stating electronic giving. You can request one from the Ushers when you pick up your bulletin each week. Simply place it into the offering plate as a symbol of your giving!
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** Winter Weather and Possible Church Cancellations**
With winter on our doorstep, here is TCC's inclement weather policy regarding church service delays or cancellation. In the event of bad weather, a decision will be made by 7P on Saturday night for Sunday morning services. On Sunday mornings, we may potentially cancel the 9:30 service (along with all LTA and Student Ministry Programming) and just have the 11A service. There would not be any Student Ministry or Children's Programming at the 11A service.
You can learn about any plans to cancel or delay services by:
- Calling the church office (508-358-7717; a temporary message will be left on the church's answering machine so that people may call in and find out the status of services)
- Checking the front page of the TCC website
- Checking CBSBoston.com
- Watching WBZ-TV
As always, please use your own discretion before traveling in any questionable weather!
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Lost and Found - Everything Left in the Church Coat Closets will be Donated on February 6.
Our coat closets and Lost and Found box are overflowing once again! We are currently doing our New Year cleaning. Please help us stay organized by taking a few minutes to go through what's there, and claim your belongings. All unclaimed items left in the church closets will be donated on Monday, February 6. Thank you!
Are you Missing a Dish, Tupperware Container or Pan?
On the kitchen rack next to the refrigerator, there are many unclaimed kitchen items. Please stop by, and see if your items are among them. Anything remaining after February 6 will be donated.
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"Peacemaking for Couples" - Register Now!
January 23 & 30; February 6 & 13, 2017
7:00P - 9:00P in Room 204
What is Conflict? A difference in opinion or purpose that frustrates someone's goals or desires. TCC's Peacemaking Team is presenting four "Date Nights" entitled "Peacemaking for Couples." You will learn that conflict provides opportunities to glorify God, to serve others, grow to be more Christ-like and strengthen a marriage.
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The Teddy Sayonkon Foundation - Donations Wanted.
Teddy Sayonkon continues his mission work in Liberia with efforts to collect clothes, shoes, school supplies, toys, books and Bibles throughout the month of
January
. If you would like to donate any of these items, please leave them in the collection area off the lobby in the stairwell.
For more information, please read:
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Mom and Me Play Days,Wednesdays, Beginning January 25, 9A-11A.
Consider bringing your infant - preschool children, your friends and neighbors and their preschool children to TCC for a play date. We're opening the gym and one preschool room for free play on Wednesdays between 9-11A. We'll begin on January 25 and run through March 8 (excluding vacation week).
Contact Gail Hughson with any questions.
Save the Date: Feb 17 - Live the Adventure Family Movie Night!
Fun Service Opportunity
If you'd like to greet and get to know the young families at TCC, consider volunteering once a month at the Children Ministry Check-In Desk. Contact Gail at
[email protected] for information or to sign up.
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1. Our Student Ministries Team is excited for our Student Ministries Worship Service THIS SUNDAY, in Bradford Hall, from 9:30-10:30A!
We will continue our IDENTITY series...
2. NO High School Small Groups this Sunday.
3. MS/HS Students, don't miss an opportunity to serve dinner to those in need next Monday, from 5:15-6:45P at the Framingham Salvation Army Miracle Kitchen
(35 Concord St, Framingham, MA 01702).
Drop-off and Pick-up is at the Salvation Army.
4. MS Midweek next Wednesday from 7-8:30P at Bradford Hall!
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Music and Worship Ministry
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Choir Rehearsal - Thursday Nights, 7:00P in the Choir Room
The
Sanctuary Choir, directed by Adam Kurihara, is comprised of adults of all ages. The choir sings once per month in the Sunday morning services, as well as at special holiday services.
No audition required... Come; add your voice, as we worship through rehearsal together. Think you can't sing? Let us prove you wrong! All ages and abilities are welcome. [email protected]
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Knit Together (K-Tog) meets on Mondays at 10A-12P and 7-9P in the Parlor. All ages, all levels. Light refreshments are served. Bring personal projects to work on. We also make Prayer Shawls and lap blankets, hats and scarves for the Seafarers, and donate items to other organizations. Questions? Call Susan Foster at 508-358-5852.
Precepts Women's Evening Bible Study - Galatians
As the gospel spread across the Roman world in the first decades after Jesus' earthly ministry, conflict arose. Jews and Gentiles came to believe the gospel, and a struggle over what it meant to be a Christian began. What does it mean to live under grace? Do you have to keep the Law to be a Christian? All of it or just part of it? Who is right? How will we know?
God used an apostle to write a letter to some churches that were struggling with this issue, a letter that still speaks today. Its message clearly defines the relationship between Law and grace, and how Christians live under grace, led by the Spirit, free from bondage.
What: Precept Upon Precept: Galatians
When: WednesdayNights, 7P-9P
February 1 - March 15. Galatians is a seven week study.
Where
: TCC - Wayland, RM 205
Why: Matthew 4:4 - But Jesus answered, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD that comes from the mouth of God."
Cost: $17 for workbook
RSVP: Missy Ringuette,
[email protected]
or 978-298-5049.
TIME Change - Wednesday Morning Bible Study now at 1:30P
Rev. Allan Baldwin will be away from January 18 - February 22. During his absence, this class will be taught by TCC's Student Ministry Intern, Steven Weiss. The class is held in RM 205 from 1:30-2:30P each Wednesday.
Registration is NOT required, and all are welcome to attend!
Thursday Morning Women's Bible Study (WBS), 9:15A-11A
Y
ou can register on our website:
www.tccwayland.org/wbs
. If you have any additional questions before signing up, please feel free to contact Amy Canute at
[email protected]
. We would be happy to speak to you for any further information you wish!
We hope you can join us tomorrow, Friday, January 20th at 9:30A for Jen Calverley's talk, Persevering Through Life's Challenges.
To register for our winter session, please visit www.momtomomwayland.org.
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Saturday Men's Breakfast and Bible Study - RM 205 this Saturday at 8A
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Additional Ushers Still Needed...
Our mission:
To welcome every visitor and member to the house of God!
What is needed
: Ushers are absolutely critical in helping newcomers form their first impression of TCC. You help set the tone for the worship experience to come. You are representatives of God's kingdom. You're not just opening doors, providing information, handing out bulletins or collecting the offering, you are making people feel welcome!
Could you help ONE
Sunday morning a month? Please contact Debbie Wilson at [email protected] or 508-358-7717.
Volunteer Offering Counters Needed ...
Are you accurate and reliable? Volunteers count the weekly offering (mostly checks for deposit) each Sunday, and we are in need of new helpers. Offering counters work in pairs. Contact Aimee Mury at [email protected] or 508- 358-7717, x303 if this might be a way you could help us. Training provided!
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Coffee Hour needs YOU!
Participation gives you and your group an opportunity to serve the Lord and is greatly appreciated by your fellow members.
Please sign up at the Connection Hub this Sunday or contact Robin Spinale, our new Coffee Hour Coordinator at [email protected]!
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The TCC Food Pantry, "Loaves & Fishes" offers assistance to those of TCC and the surrounding community who need help with providing for themselves and their family. If you are in need, or if you know of someone who is in need, please feel free to visit the church office for assistance from the food pantry. The food pantry is open on Sunday mornings and during regular church office hours.
Donations to the TCC "Loaves & Fishes" Food Pantry are gratefully accepted. There is a collection bin on a table near the lobby stairwell. We only accept donations of non-perishable food and personal items. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU NOT TO DONATE ANY OPEN OR EXPIRED ITEMS - WE JUST HAVE TO THROW THEM AWAY!
TOP ITEMS NEEDED:
Mayonnaise
Cooking Oil
Salt / Pepper
Juice / Juice Boxes
Mouthwash
"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Luke 12: 48
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Thanks for reading and hope to see you this weekend.
Sincerely,
Debora Wilson
Trinitarian Congregational Church
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