Weekly Newsletter

June 14, 2021

Weekly Events:

Sunday Worship:

Sunday, June 20th @ 10 AM

Church School:

Sunday, June 20th

12:00 & 12:30 PM

What's Up My Jude? (youth)

Sunday, June 20th @ 12:00

The Joel Point (youth)

Sunday, June 20th @ 7:00 PM

PRAYER REQUESTS:

Sofia
Linda
Carey
Fran
Nola, Alan and Olivia
Gay (and Don)

If you have a prayer request you would like to add to our eblast, please send it to [email protected]

Altar Flowers for

Sunday June 20th:

Flowers on the altar given in Loving Memory of Alexander Ruxton Birnie and Frances Birnie Williams from their daughters Halley Birnie Trani and Sydney Birnie Manley.

Sunday Worship

June 20th @ 10:00 AM

Join us online or in person (details below)

Pastors Dallas and Marisa are preaching from the Book of Acts this summer in a series called "The World Rightside Up - What is the Church?" Explore with us the launch of the church after the Holy Spirit came to the apostles and how the first communities grew and flourished. What can we learn from their time of emerging now that we are also in such a time?

Scripture Reading: The Conversion of Saul

Acts 9: 1-19

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?’ He asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The reply came, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.’ The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one. Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. For three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Click HERE to read the entire scripture.

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We are OPENING! Re-Entry Team Update

Dear First Church of Christ Longmeadow Congregants:

The Church Reentry Team recently met and completed a sanctuary walk through, in preparation for resuming in-person worship. Based on current state and local COVID opening regulations/restrictions and First Church’s capacity to safely meet them, we are extremely excited to offer our first in-person indoor worship service on

June 20th, 2021

Church Reopening Guidelines have been developed to streamline safety considerations and establish participant expectations. While children are welcome to attend in-person worship, those under the age of 12 will not have been vaccinated against COVID. The Reentry Team wanted attendees to be aware of this, so that you can make an informed safety decision about attending in-person worship. We anticipate that there will be periodic guideline updates, as CDC pandemic safety recommendations evolve. These will be provided to congregants in our weekly email and posted on the FCC website.

Each indoor worship service will continue to be live streamed on Facebook and YouTube to allow congregants to worship remotely: if they are not feeling well, do not feel safe worshiping together, or cannot comply with our guideline mandates.

Due to limited seating capacity during Phase 1 of our reopening (75 spaces), pre-registration will be required for congregants who would like to worship in-person.

Registration can be completed in one of two ways:

1) For those with internet access (preferred method), log into the Sign Up Genius website using the link provided in our weekly eblasts before the scheduled worship service. Links will change from week to week. If demand for in-person worship exceeds seating capacity, congregants unable to reserve a seat should email [email protected] to be waitlisted and/or have first seating preference for the following week’s Sunday worship service.

2) For those without internet access, call Jill at (413) 567-6287 anytime between 9AM–4PM Tuesday through Thursday before the scheduled worship service. Registration will be completed on a first come/first serve basis.

Please peruse the attached Phase 1 Church Reopening Guidelines for safety details regarding our in-person worship service. We thank you for your patience and look forward to seeing you in person soon!

Kind regards,

The First Church of Christ Longmeadow Re-entry Team

Phase 1 Guidelines

We need ushers for in person worship!

Now that we are welcoming people back into the church, we would love some help ushering! Please consider signing up for a Sunday or two. Click the button below to sign up! Thank you!

Usher Sign up

Loaves and Fishes

Our faithful volunteers for the Loaves and Fishes meal ministry are requesting assistance with a meal prep or delivery this summer as volunteers take vacations. Cick the button below for more details. Contact Mandy Kravetz ([email protected])

with questions or to sign up!

Loaves & Fishes Info.

YOUTH & FAMILIES

Church School:

June 20th:

12:00 noon: K-2nd Grade

Elaine Booke

12:30 PM: 3-5th Grade

Carolyn McGarr

For more information about our Church School and family programs, click HERE.

Church School Zoom

What's Up My Jude?

June 20th @ 12:00 PM

Virtual middle school faith and bible study.

For more information,

click HERE.

My Jude Zoom Link

The Joel Point

June 20th @ 7:00 PM

Virtual High School Youth Group

For more information,

click HERE.

Joel Point Zoom

News and Upcoming Events

Stewardship Update

We are at 80% of our

$330,000 goal!

We are so close! If you have not yet made your pledge, please pledge today.

Click the button below to set up your pledge online:

Pledge Here

Altar Flowers

Would you like to sponsor altar flowers on a Sunday of your choice? For only $45, you can honor a graduate, a birthday, anniversary or any event you would like!

If you have any questions, or are interested in sponsoring flowers for a Sunday service, please phone Carole Mazzarino at 567-5686 or email [email protected]

SAVE THE DATE! July 11, 2021

Friday Evening Fellowship Group

is heading to Tanglewood!

The Program:

Sebelius - Violin Concerto

Dvorak 6th Symphony

For those of you who haven't participated in our Sunday afternoon trips to Lennox to enjoy beautiful music with First Church friends on the lovely lawn setting, here's your chance to join in on the fun! It's a pot luck picnic preceding the concert. We'll be checking to get the details about tickets and timing. One difference is that there is no intermission this year. Stay tuned for updates in the eblast!

Online Giving

With our building being closed and worship services being online, we are unable to pass our offering plate in person. We hope you will consider giving to our online offering plate, so we can continue to do God's work and support our community. We are still accepting mailed pledges. Click the titles to connect to our Text to Give Instructions, secure Online Giving page through Breeze, or use our Paypal option. Thank you!

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