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August 5, 2022

Church Phone

802-253-7257

Prayer Team

802-253-7257

Church emails

Marylou Durett info@stowechurch.org

Rev. Dan Haugh dan@stowechurch.org

Taryn Noelle taryn@stowecommunitychurch.org

Lizi Lyon lizi@stowecommunitychurch.org

Church Website and Livestream

www.stowecommunitychurch.org

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Thought for the Week

For nothing is impossible with God.

Luke 1:37 (NIV)

Notices:



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This week in the Quest

  • Sunday Service
  • Important Dates
  • August Happenings!
  • Congregational Meeting August 21st!
  • Provide Refreshments for Sunday!
  • Help Needed for United Way Firewood Project
  • Register for Bible Camp!
  • JCOGS Capernaum Presentation
  • Taryn and Joe Davidian Concert!
  • Stowe Interfaith Coalition Service
  • Nursery Help Needed!
  • Ways to Support Ukrainians
  • Pictures
  • This Week's Music Selections

Sunday August 7, 2022 9:30AM

Livestream: www.stowechurch.org

Communion

Masks are recommended, but not required for those attending services in person.



SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 3

Lay Reader: Maggy Dunphy


SPECIAL MUSIC: "The Church in the Wildwood" David McGaughy, soloist


SCRIPTURE Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16; Luke 12:32-40


MESSAGE: "You Can Do This Hard Thing" Rev. Dr. Barbara Purinton

 

COMMUNION

Kids Connection

Summer Worship for Children and Youth


Children’s Message:   Sunday Funday! A Children’s Worship Celebration!

 

Key Bible Verse: “For surely I know the plans that I have in store for you," declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you hope, and a future.”

(Jeremiah 29:11)

 

(For this week, and for the big Fun Day, Sunday.. this is one of Miss Taryn’s personal favorite Bible verses, so thank you in advance for the indulgence!))


Summer Worship will continue with a full hour of Worship time downstairs in Fellowship Hall Sundays from 9:30 am-10:30 am

Important Dates

Upcoming Calendar

Sunday, 8/7 9:30 Celebration Service In-person and livestreamed


Monday, 8/8

12 noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall


Tuesday, 8/9 8:00 AA meeting in Fellowship Hall

Vermont Primary! (Polls close at 7:00PM)

5:00 Womens Fellowship at Nancy Tooley's


Wednesday, 8/10  Noon AA weekly meeting in Fellowship Hall

Birthdays

Tyson McKechnie and Devon Douglas on 8/5

Beth Pearson and Macklin Bowen on 8/7

Tristin Williams on 8/8

Jo Sabel Courtney, Dustin Martin and Bonnie Knight on 8/9

Tyler Proulx on 8/10

Elizabeth Sargent on 8/11

Gage Charles Daliere and Will Vaus on 8/12

Camille Cobaugh on 8/13

Anniversaries

Neil and Carol Van Dyke on 8/11

Bob and Amy Marshall on 8/13 

Features

August 2022

Busy August Ahead! Save These Dates!


August 9th Vermont Primary! In our Democracy your voice is your vote! There are no unimportant elections. Vote in-person or request your absentee ballot.


August 9th 5:00PM Women's Fellowship meets at Nancy Tooley's Contact Meg Scotti (megscotti@mac.com) for directions.


August 13th from 8:00am - noon, United Way of Lamoille County Service Day, Volunteers are needed to block, split, and stack wood. People with chainsaws, wood splitters, trucks and trailers are essential.


August 14th at 11:15 am Holy Land educational presentation (open for all) Capernaum: How a Galilean Jewish Village Became a Christian Pilgrimage Site. This meeting will be in person in Fellowship Hall and on Zoom. The zoom link will be included in the Quest.


August 14th 5:00PM Joe Davidian and Taryn Noelle will offer and share a concert of memories, music, milestones and friendship at the beautiful Stowe Community Church. $10 pp, suggested donation at the door, cookies and lemonade provided!


August 21st Congregational Meeting right after 9:30 service to vote on replacement and upgrading our kitchen stove and hood including bringing everything up to code. Members will also be voting on a new vice president as Kathe Rhinesmith will be relocating to New Hampshire. Thank you Kathe, so much for all your spiritual guidance and leadership in our church.


August 21st "Picnic at the Parsonage” 11:00 am Bring your own picnic food, blankets, chairs, and beverages and relax together on the lawn of the Parsonage for an extended time of fellowship following the morning worship service.


Bible Camp, August 22 – 26, 9:00 am to noon. Go to our website Stowe Community Church.org for more information.


August 28th- Summer Interfaith Service themed on Homelessness in Lamoille County. More information to come.


September 4th evening service at the Parsonage. Cookout at 5:30 pm. Service begins at 6:00 pm

Congregational Meeting

Congregational Meeting August 21st!


A Congregational Meeting will be held after the 9:30 Sunday Service on August 21s to vote on


  1. The replacement and upgrading our kitchen stove and hood bringing everything up to code. 
  2. Members will also be voting on a new vice president as Kathe Rhinesmith will be relocating to New Hampshire. Thank you Kathe, so much for all your spiritual guidance and leadership in our church.
Fellowship

Help Keep the Fellowship Going!


We need help with Sunday refreshments after the 9:30 service. You can choose whatever you want to serve.


Here is a link to sign up. Thank you for helping out. 


https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E48A5AD28A6F9C07-sunday

United Way

Opportunities to Serve


2022 United Way of Lamoille County Service Days:

  • Saturday, August 13th from 8:00am - noon
  • Saturday, September 10th, from 8:00 am - 2:00 (delivery days)


Volunteers are needed to block, split, and stack wood. People with chainsaws, wood splitters, trucks and trailers are essential. 


Please sign up here to volunteer and to learn more about the firewood program. (https://uwlamoille.org/programs/local-programs/firewood-program.html)


A deep, heartfelt thank you for offering your time and commitment to help our neighbors stay warm this winter. We couldn’t do it without you! 

2022 Bible Camp

Register for Bible Camp!


Remember to sign up for Bible Camp, August 22 – 26, 2022, 9:00 am to noon.


Go to our website Stowe Community Church.org for more information.

JCOGS

Capernaum: How a Galilean Jewish Village Became a Christian Pilgrimage Site


Sunday, August 14, 2022

Join Daniel Ehrlich, Keshet's Educational Director to virtually visit this site in Northern Israel and to gain insight into the Jewish context of the foundational stories of Christianity. Get to know this Jewish community of the Second Temple period and better understand how the story of Jesus and his followers is part of the saga of the Jewish People of the Second Temple period. It is a 40-45 minute learning session combining Powerpoint with maps, texts and timelines and video with live narration and teaching followed by Q&A.


Register Here

Taryn Noelle

August 14th Concert!


Joe Davidian and Taryn Noelle will offer and share a concert of memories, music, milestones and friendship at the beautiful Stowe Community Church in Stowe at 5:00 pm on Sunday August 14th.  We hope that you may come join us for an evening of story, fellowship, memories and new beginnings.

 

Joe and Taryn have been longtime friends and collaborators over the past 25+ years, and would be thrilled to see you there, and to say hello! Joe is originally from East Montpelier, VT, and now resides and works in New York City, and is widely known and revered as an international Jazz Piano phenom and sensation. Taryn, who is originally from Toronto, Canada, did her own stint in NYC as an actor, and now splits her time between Stowe and Craftsbury, VT. 

 

$10 pp, suggested donation at the door, cookies and lemonade provided!

 

Lamoille Community House

Greater Stowe Interfaith Coalition Service


Reserve the date Sunday, August 28, 2022 for our

First Summer Interfaith Service!


•It will be an evening service.


•Theme: Homelessness in Lamoille County.

•Focus: Lamoille Community House.


Hosted by the Greater Stowe Interfaith Coalition.

More details to come.

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Nursery Volunteers Needed!


It takes a big heart to help shape little minds and, as Pastor Dan says, the most important

room in the Church building is the nursery. We need volunteers, both teens and adults,

for nursery care during our Sunday morning services.


Please consider volunteering once a month, or even every other month, your time and generosity would be greatly appreciated.


To volunteer, contact Heather Stowe at heatherstoweis@gmail.com

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Ways to Support Ukraine!


The United Church of Christ (UCC) is appealing for support for refugees and for elderly and other vulnerable people who are displaced within Ukraine and unable to leave. As a member of the ACT Alliance, UCC support is being targeted to people most in need through humanitarian relief partners with a history of working in the region.


For more information or to donate go to

Ukraine Emergency Appeal

Pictures

Pictures from Last Week!

New Paint Job

New Paint Job!

Mary and  David Gibson

Musical Selections

Believe In Something - (Official Music Video) - Original Song by Mat and Savanna Shaw

I am a big fan of Mat and Savannah Shaw (They've sort of outgrown the Daddy and Daughter Duet title!) This is an original song written by them that I believe is really appropriate for our current time: "Believe in Something!"

Light of a Clear Blue Morning (Dolly Parton) - Bel Canto Choir Vilnius

Another piece that seems to be designed for our current times is this Craig Hella Johnson arrangement of a Dolly Parton composition "Light of a Clear Blue Morning." Here it is sung so well by the Bel Canto Choir Vilnius.

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