Wednesday, February 20
Covenant News Deadline
FAITH: Continuing the Search
10:15 a.m.
Center for Counseling and Healing
1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Bread and Soup
6:00 p.m.
Program/Discussion
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 21
Canterbury Bells
6:15 p.m.
Chancel Choir
7:30 p.m.
Youth Outlet 30 Hour Famine Lock In
5:00 p.m.
Family Movie Night
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 23
Gateway ONA Convocation
10:00 a.m.
Sunday, February 24
Seminary Sunday
Coffee, Fellowship
11:15 a.m.
"Make Way" Photography and Music Project
11:30 a.m.
Adult Ed: Grief and Grieving
11:30 a.m.
CCH: Meditation Class
Center for Counseling and Healing
1:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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Contact Us
10 W. Lockwood Avenue
Webster Groves, MO 63119
314.962.0475
Minister, ext. 11:
Director of Music and Arts Ministry, ext. 17:
Director of Christian Education, ext. 12:
Coordinator of Youth Ministries, ext. 15: Office Administrator, ext. 10:
Covenant News Editor, ext. 18:
Facility Manager, ext. 14:
Director of the Center for Counseling and Healing:
[email protected] Seminarian/Student Minister, ext. 15: |
Get Connected,
Stay Informed
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The Center
for Counseling and Healing
Since September 2011, our Center for Counseling and Healing, under the direction of Rev. Linda E. Smith, has provided a safe place for people who find themselves in emotional or spiritual need. The Center's variety of caring techniques include
Education
Healing Touch, Levels 1 & 2
Healthy Eating classes
Healthy Thoughts classes
Meditation classes
Counseling
Individual, couples and family therapy
Grief Counseling
Life and Wellness Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (changing negative self-talk)
Guided Imagery/Meditation
Spiritual Direction
Healing Touch - an Energy Therapy
Substance Abuse & Addiction Issues
For appointments, fee schedule or class registration, please call or e-mail:
Linda E. Smith, Director
314-440-2096
[email protected]
Level 1 Class
March 2 & 3
Church Members recieve a discount. |
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"Make Way"
Photography and Music
 Families, children, and youth are invited to participate in this six-week project incorporating photography and music around the themes of Easter (and a bit of Advent, too). We will create our own music video (with live music) which will be presented during worship during the Easter season.
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Ladies Night Out
Feb. 28 
Moms' Night Out is now Ladies' Night Out! Come, and help kick off the new identity on Thursday, February 28th from 5:00 to 7:00 at Cyrano's Cafe, 603 East Lockwood Avenue.
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Looking for a Ride
The office is aware of a disabled church member seeking assistance getting to and from church, some Sunday mornings.
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 Eat and Meet Wednesdays in Lent 2013 LENT FOR 2013 features Wednesday evening gatherings. For the five Wednesdays following, Pastor Dave Denoon will lead adults in a series of hour-long discussions on topics taken from the animate:FAITH curriculum recently studied by the Wednesday morning discipleship series, Faith: Continuing the Search. Age-appropriate learning opportunities will also be available for children and youth. |
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 30 Hour Famine, Feb. 22-23
Youth Outlet members are participating in the World Vision 30 Hour Famine, to raise funds for combating world hunger. If you would like more information about this effort, please see any youth, or sponsor them online by going directly to their team sponsorship page.
Dollar-A-Week-Sponsorship Club 
The Youth Outlet Dollar-A-Week Sponsorship Club is going strong! Look for our booth on Sunday mornings in Memorial Hall!
Worship Dialogue Update
The Youth Outlet members have reached their goal of 25 marbles through completing their Worship Dialogues and a handful of other participatory actions in the church. We will be starting our count over as the new year begins. If you would like to contribute to the ante, please let Katrina know!
Youth Coordinator on the Move! 
As I help to raise funds with the Youth Outlet for their mission work in the spring and summer, I am also in the midst of raising funds for an personal educational trip next summer. As many of you may know, I am a graduate student in Art Therapy Counseling at SIUe. I have the opportunity next summer to travel to Kenya and Tanzania with Global Alliance for Africa to learn more about international art therapy, which will help to inform my thesis work. If you would like to help me with this endeavor, please visit my sponsorship page at http://www.gofundme.com/katrinainafrica
Thank you for you help!
A big thanks to everyone who supported the Youth Outlet Super Bowl sub sale!
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 Our series on progressive Christian spirituality and discipleship begins again, today at 10:15 a.m., for a 12-week series entitled, Saving Jesus Redux (a new series by Living the Questions). Every Wednesday, each 90-minute session will include 30 minutes of provocative insights by contemporary scholars and ministers, interwoven with questions and responses by our group leader and participants. |
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First Congregational Mugs
IMAGINE: Your very own church mug as the deliverer of your hot morning beverage, the First Congregational Church of Webster Groves waking you to a new day!
It can happen by contacting the office - (314) 962-0475 or [email protected]!
Each mug is $15 (or 2 for $25), and proceeds benefit the Minister's Discretionary Fund - a benevolence for people and programs in need of special support.
Mugs are made of sturdy stoneware and come replete with either
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- a photograph of the sign that caught so much attention on the internet and in the St. Louis area, in February 2012; or
- a lovely line drawing of the church, by our own Sybil Gardiner.
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Be a
Con-green-gationalist!
 This Week's Green Tip:
We all know that compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) help save money and energy because they're 4 times more efficient and last 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs. The traditional spiral shape and brightness of CFLs isn't useful for all fixtures, though. Did you know that CFLs now come in an "A-line" form that encases the spiral in shaped glass? Globe, candelabra, and flood light shapes, and even dimmable CFLs, are available at Lowe's, WalMart and on-line at Amazon.com, Lightbulbsdirect.com, 1000bulbs.com, Mylelight.com, and Bulborama.com |
Recycling Additions
Save your glass spaghetti sauce jars (such as Ragu or Prego), and bring them in with your aluminum. We're starting a special project and will need lots!
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GATEWAY ONA COALITION CONVOCATION
On Saturday, February 23, First Congregational Church will host the second annual Gateway ONA convocation. This is an opportunity for members of local UCC churches to come together to learn more about being Open and Affirming.
We hope our own (host) members will want to attend and help out.
Click here to learn more, and register!
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Family Movie Night, Feb. 28
February 28 at 6pm will be our next Friday night Dinner and a Movie. We will showcase "Mulan", a story about a free-spirited girl  who takes her father's place and serves in the Imperial army. Chinese Food will be served (along with chicken nuggets) so please bring a donation to help offset the cost of the meal. No need to bring anything but yourself a friend or two.
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Conference Annual
Women's and Men's Retreats
Women's Retreat
Meet Me at the Well and Water Our Souls
May 3-5, 2013
Camp MoVal, Union, Missouri
Weekend cost is $100.
Click here for the 2013 registration, event flyer and promotional materials.
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Men's Retreat
May 3-5, 2013
Shannondale Camp, Shannondale County, MO
Weekend cost is $60.
Click here for additional information.
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When you use eScrip, every time you shop at Schnucks a portion of your receipt can be automatically contributed to First Congregational Church's operating fund. Don't delay, sign up today!
WOW...Thanks to your use of eScrip cards, we made $44.18 in the month of January! KEEP IT UP, you're doing great!
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Celebrate Black History
in Webster Groves
Saturday, February 23
"A Historic North Webster Exhibition" will be conducted, this Saturday, February 23, at the former Black YMCA (now Renfro Hall, Parks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church,
608 Holland Avenue).
A retrospective program is being offered from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, with a luncheon at noon and exhibits from 12:00  noon until 4:00 p.m.
Through displays, storytelling, activities of African culture, and much more, learn how this historical site has transformed into a community for change.
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