Staying Connected to Your Church Community

STAYING CONNECTED TO YOUR CHURCH COMMUNITY

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Final Farewell and Church Reopening Plans

LAST FAREWELL GATHERING

FRIDAY, JUNE 17

Pre-registration for small groups is available at Sign Up Genius or contact the church office for assistance.

OUTDOOR WORSHIP

SUNDAY, JUNE 20

A special outdoor service at 10:00 AM will be held on the Parsonage lawn, rain or shine. The playground will also be open for families with children to use. Attendance is limited to 200, so please reserve your spot on Sign Up Genius, or contact the church office for scheduling assistance. A virtual version of the service will also be available.

LIVE-STREAM SERVICES

SUNDAY, JUNE 27 & JULY 4

We will begin to live-stream worship services from the Sanctuary with preaching and about ten co-celebrants.

WORSHIP IN THE SANCTUARY

SUNDAY, JULY 11 & 18

"In-person" attendance at worship in the Sanctuary open to 50 worshipers. Sign-Up Genius will be used to reserve spaces. The service will also be live-streamed and available on our website.

Hills Church Adult Ministry Program Offerings

(Sponsored by the Faith Formation Support Board)

PATHWAYS:

A Summer Exploration

June 17 & 24 - 7 to 8:30 pm

in the Reception Room

In this time of keen transition -- with our senior pastor's departure and the world slowly reopening -- we invite you to envision this summer as a time to re-orient and re-anchor yourself in God and community. This adult ministry program will use Dr. Howard Gardner's theory of "Multiple Intelligences" as a framework. "PATHWAYS: A Summer Exploration," with facilitators Rev. Suzanne Bossert and Mary Canavan will lead an exploration of the multiplicity of ways individuals can authentically feel in tune with the Divine.

Embracing faith formation as an on-going way of life, this small group will meet in-person on three nights in June, within covid guidelines. This program will include practicing time-honored spiritual traditions as well as creating and experimenting with new ones, with peer-to-peer discussion and theoretical learning leading the way.

With all of the exciting changes ahead, it's time to re-ground ourselves so that we can faithfully thrive amid change. We hope you can join us and please do not hesitate to contact facilitators, Suzanne or Mary with questions.

June Tea Party

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US ON ZOOM!

Tuesday, June 22 ~ 2:00 to 3:15 pm

Summer is upon us,

School years are drawing to a close,

The rhododendrons and other flowers are blossoming!

What about us?

Are we blossoming?

What are your summer plans?

Email Judith Swahnberg and she will send you a Zoom link

Church Governance

Zoom Open Forum

Tuesday, June 22 @ 7 pm

Want to learn more about church governance? Please join us for a virtual Zoom session with Church Council and Strengthening Church Governance Implementation Task Force to explore:

How is the church organized and how do we fulfill our mission?

Please follow these easy instructions for Sign Up Genius to participate in church programs.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the SMALL button: Sign Up
Click on the LARGE button: Submit and Sign Up
This brings you to a page that says: Sign Me Up
Enter your information and click: Sign Up Now
You will then see a Thank You message
You will also receive a Confirmation email

LINK to contact our Church Administrator

LINK to view the church calendar

Church Mouse Chatter

Susan will be working remotely on Thursday, June 24 and Friday, June 25 next week.

A BIG thank you to Elaine and Gintus, who removed the four old air conditioners from the church and to Martha Stowell, who made a second and third trip to the Recycle Center with old computer monitors and other electronic hardware.

*NEW* Office Angels!

Are you interested in being an office angel? Office angels cover the office when Susan MacDonald is away. Janeen Hansen is our first office angel, who is covering the office in July. Simple tasks and instructions will be left for you to do, as well as answering the phone and checking the mail. If this is something that interests you, please contact Susan in the church office.

Welcome to our weekly roundup of goodness focused on links related to faith and family, inspired articles, books, and activities to encourage your faith journey @ home. Whether you are 2 or 92, there is something for you. ~ Sally

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"With love at the center of all that we do, it is our hope to journey beside our youth as they grow in faith together and discover how God is calling each one of them to use their gifts to help build a just world for all." ~ Rev. Anne Marie

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Hills Church Weekly Calendar

THURSDAY

Staff Meeting (Zoom)

Noonday Prayers with Rev. Judy (Facebook)

Farewell Gatherings (Reception Room/Parsonage Lawn)

New Beginnings (Virtual)

CSSB Meeting (Zoom)

Pathways: Summer Exploration (Reception Room)

FRIDAY

Interim Selection (Board Room)

AA Meeting (Board Room)

Women's Connections (Zoom)

SATURDAY

SUNDAY - Father's Day - Matt's Last Sunday

Coffee Hour (Zoom)

Worship Service (Parsonage Lawn)

AA Meeting (Board Room)

MONDAY

CPC Meeting (Zoom)

Food Pantry (Assembly Room)

TUESDAY

Morning Meditation (Zoom)

Food Pantry (Assembly Room)

Tea Party (Zoom)

ARCH Meeting (Microsoft Teams)

Hand Bell Rehearsal (Garth)

Church Governance (Zoom)

WEDNESDAY

Noonday Prayers (Facebook)

Food Pantry (Assembly Room)

Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

THURSDAY

Staff Meeting (Zoom)

New Beginnings (Virtual)

Welcoming Meeting (Zoom)

Pathways: Summer Exploration (Reception Room)

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