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The Evangel The Congregational Church of Westborough, United Church of Christ
Westborough Massachusetts
1724-2014
"Open Doors - Growing Faith!"
Volume 34, Issue 5 May 28, 2014
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
All of our Sunday services are at 10 AM, and there is
nursery care and Sunday School for kids up through
the 8th
grade. The kids are in church for the first 10
minutes or so, and then they go to their special session.
Everyone is invited to join us for coffee hour after the
service downstairs in the vestry (or fellowship hall)!
SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST
COMMUNION – NEW MEMBERS SUNDAY
We will celebrate the Sacrament of Communion
together today, and Pastor Paul will continue his
sermon series on Genesis. We will also join new
members to our church!
SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH
PENTECOST!
CHILDREN’S SUNDAY
STRENGTHEN THE CHURCH OFFERING
Our children will be leading us in worship today,
and celebrating their past year as we all give thanks
for the gift of the Holy Spirit on this Pentecost Sunday,
the birthday of the Church! We will also be receiving
the UCC Strengthen the Church Offering, which
helps to support new churches and revitalize other
churches across the country.
SUNDAY, JUNE 15TH
FATHER’S DAY - CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
We will give thanks for the special men in our lives,
and also confirm and join to the church our
Confirmands! Rev. Elaine S. Gaetani will be
preaching.
SUNDAY, JUNE 22ND
COMMISSIONING SUNDAY
We will commission those going on our youth work
camp trip next week, and seminarian Serena Leiser
will be preaching.
PLEASE INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS TO JOIN US HERE FOR WORSHIP!
PASTOR’S COLUMN
Recently, I went to a conference where someone shared this
this responsive reading:
ONE: To hear the call of God…
ALL: Nothing is more precious; nothing more desired.
ONE: To remember that God knows us, through and
through…
ALL: Known by God, our lives are already transparent.
ONE: To receive all the gifts that God has given us…
ALL: Enough to embrace the kingdom that is now.
ONE: We come before you, O God, inadequately prepared,
ALL: For the love, intimacy and generosity You offer is so
good to be true! Humbly, we ask that you remind us once
more of the promises you have made to us in baptism, so that
we may live as your people.
May it be so for us,
Faithfully yours,
Pastor Paul
NOTE: SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
For the weeks of June 16th and June 23
th, the office will be
open Monday – Thursday, 9AM – 1PM. Summer hours will
be Tuesday and Thursday 9 AM – 1 PM, beginning the first
week in July.
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PRAYERS & CELEBRATIONS
Bereavement: Lori & Kristen Helm and family on the passing of their mother, Gretchen; The Melin family on the death of Stan. New Prayers: Linda Birch; Charlie Flood. Continued Prayers: Norris & June Lukey; David Samson; Scott Penniman (co-worker of Jack Barry; Nancy Dazy (Bonnie’s Rossi’s sister); Rev. Richard Jones; Carol-Ann Uhlman; Mary Gilson; Sue Menzel’s brother, Thom; Al Vigil; Tom Walker; Sara Gannon; Chris Jamrock (Serena’s daughter); Pat Ainsleigh’s son, Michael; Helena Engberg; Jamie Goodall; Jean Newton; George & Nancy Reimann’s grandsons (Brody, Brennan, Landon & Jason); Dane Burk (youth pastor at Grace Baptist in Hudson); Cathie Achorn’s Aunts Carol and Judy; Kathy Todd’s friend Julia; Richard Hopkins; Steven Gray; Jeremy Inman; the Marriott family; Marty Newark. In Hospice: Tom Walker. Whittier Rehab: Charlie Flood. Celebrations: The wedding of Benjamin Forrest Thayer, son of Polly and Jay, to Sarah Elizabeth Carrington on May 10th in Pinehurst, NC. Whitney Suites: Kay Wentzell. Beaumont: Rhoda Lehmann (Cecilia Temple’s mother); Richard Clapp; Shirley Hero; Gerry Green Jordan. Beaumont, Northboro: Catherine “Pete” Bryan. Kindred Health Care: Bea Ladner. Oakdale Rehab: Marjorie Paulson. You can place prayer concerns on the church’s email distribution list at [email protected]. To add or renew an ongoing concern, please call the church office 366-2000 or [email protected].
MEMORIAL SERVICE
There will be a memorial service for Gretchen Helm who passed away last
week. It will be held on Sunday, July 20th at 2pm in the Sanctuary.
SPECIAL ATTACHMENTS
Pg. 9: A letter from Matt Carriker about the new church start. Pg 10: A letter regarding fundraising for the sanctuary windows.
PAUL NICKERSON TO COME SPEAK WED. JUNE 18TH AT 6PM
ALL BOARDS & COMMITTEES MEETING
Paul Nickerson is a nationally known consultant and leader in new church starts and church revitalization, and he will be our guest speaker and leader for the all boards and committees meeting on Wed., June 18th at 6PM at the church. Even if you are not on a board or committee in the church, please plan to join us for this special presentation! We will start with a simple dinner, and then Paul will speak to us and then take questions. He was formerly pastor of the Union Church in East Bridgewater, MA, and then went on to become the staff person for the Mass. Conference of the UCC in charge of new church starts and church revitalization. Paul left that position a few years ago to become a consultant nationally to new church starts and churches that are seeking to revitalize. He will talk to us both about the joys and challenges of starting a new church in our culture today, and also about the different models of how to do it across the country. He will particularly be speaking to how “mother churches” like ours, can relate to the churches they are seeking to birth, as we are doing. Please join us for what should be an interesting evening.
ALL CHURCH PICNIC
Please join us for our annual All-Church Picnic Sunday, June 8th following the service. We
will gather on the side lawn. (If there is rain, we will use the vestry.) Please feel free to bring one of the following to share: Side Dish if your last name begins with A-K Desserts if your last name begins with L-Z Christian Ed will provide hot dogs and hamburgers.
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MISSIONS
DISMAS HOUSE DINNER
The next date for having dinner with the residents of Dismas House, a house that seeks to help ex-prisoners adjust to society, is Wednesday, June 11. If you would like to help with the meal preparation, come dine with us, or if you would like more information please contact Karen Hutchinson a 508-870-1782 or email her at [email protected].
IHN BENEFIT CONCERT
Please plan to attend the upcoming “Character Rising - with Joel, Chris and Jon” Concert on Saturday June 7th at 10:30 am at the First Unitarian Church, 90 Main Street, Worcester. Tickets are $5/person with a $10 cap/family. All proceeds benefit IHN, one of our Church’s primary missions.***The first 50 families will receive Joel’s latest CD – H.E.A.R.T.S free ***
Joel Warren is the founder and lead singer of a band called Character Rising. As a musician and 17 year veteran elementary school teacher, Joel has written over 37 motivating songs on 3 CD’s for children of all ages up to adults. Children, as well as adults will love to be part of this experience by singing, moving, jumping and laughing! “Each of us has the potential to expand on the gifts we are given by realizing the strength of our individual character. You are the ROCK and RISING as a character of positive change.” Joel
FARMERS’ MARKET
The Dismas House Farmers’ Market will be back again this year starting Thursday, June
12th. Every Thursday from 12-6pm, the farmers’ market will take place on the church lawn. Come on by and grab some lunch and check out the new vendors. Live music will fill the air and free crafts will be
available for the kids. This farmers’ market supports the inspiring work of Dismas House. For more info about Dismas House, visit the web site www.dismashouse.org. So say a prayer for sunny Thursdays, bring your friends
and your recycled shopping bags for pleasant afternoons of shopping and community
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRIES
Our program year is coming to an end…that was fast! We have had a great year. Students and their families were very dedicated to our program and our missions! We had great attendance AND welcomed many new families to our church, we are truly blessed!
As we wrap up our year, we had an outstanding Scholastic Book Fair to benefit Hands Across the Sea. We were able to donate almost $2000 worth of books with the help of students, families, our congregation and partnering with Scholastic! Our books will be sailing to the Caribbean next fall!
On June 8th we will be celebrating Children’s Sunday. Our students will be helping to lead worship and music, and we will have a movie to see and hear all that we did this year. The movie will be our “2013-14 Story”! We will have our annual picnic following the worship service. We hope that everyone will come and celebrate with us!
YOUTH GROUPS On JUNE 21ST, we will be having our program year-end celebration…at the beach! JUNIOR YOUTH and HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUPS and BREAKFAST CLUB will be carpooling down to Wendy’s for a day of fun, games, a scavenger hunt, swimming…and a cookout on the beach! Everyone is invited! We will be meeting in the church parking lot at 11am. Students in the 5th Grade are invited to join us, since you will be in Junior Youth Group next year! I would like to thank everyone for a wonderful program year! Have a great summer and remember…God is all around you. You just have to remember to look! God’s love and peace, Wendy
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BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY
CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!
On Sunday, May 18, we held our Baccalaureate Sunday service.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Westborough High School
Addington Grace D’Luzansky (French Honor Society & All State Liberto -
Volleyball) Penn State University, University Park, PA
Parents: Kari Addington & Martin D’Luzansky
Claire Louise Gitkind (National Honor Society)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Parents: Judy Powell & Mitch Gitkind
Sabrina Rose Herstedt
Springfield College, Springfield, MA Parents: Stephanie Herstedt & John Herstedt
Grandmother: Jean Hall
Benjamin McMillen Huber University of Maine, Orono, ME Parents: Megan & Joe Huber
Julya Anne Peairs
Lasell College, Auburndale, MA Parents: Herv & Margery Peairs
Ethan Jelle Peterson
(National Honor Society) Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Parents: Marjet Schoen & Dana Peterson
Assabet Valley Regional Technical
Danielle Irina Sharkey Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA
Parents: Art & Linda Sharkey
Grafton High School
Gregory Andrew Oevermann
Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA Parents: Ulrich & Kari Oevermann
Grandmother: Karen Gavel
Meredith Jane Westgate (Every Day Hero Award)
(Westborough Knights of Columbus Scholarship)
Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA Parents: Jane Sanderson & Geoffrey Westgate
Grandmother: Carol Sanderson
Hopkinton High School
Austin Michael Adams American University, Washington, DC
International Studies Parents: Mary Ann Brayer & Gus Adams
Worcester Academy
Kevin Neil Bock (Eagle Scout)
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Parents: Amber & Neil Bock
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Justin Taylor DeMichele
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA BA in Professional Music
Parents: Carol & Daryl DeMichele
Maia Barbara Menzel University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
BS in Nursing Grandmother: Sue Menzel
Benjamin Ambrose Peterson
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA BS in Biology/Pre-Med, Magna Cum Laude
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Parents: Dana Peterson & Marjet Schoen
Jackson Arthur Sharkey
Keene State College, Keene, NH BS in Occupational Safety & Health Applied
Sciences Parents: Art & Linda Sharkey
Andrew H. Tougas
Champlain College, Burlington, VT BS in Web Development & Design,
Magna Cum Laude Parents: James and Robin (Flood) Tougas
Grandfather: Charlie Flood
David John Westgate Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA
Associates in Computer Science Heading to Portland State University, Portland, OR
Parents: Jane Sanderson & Geoffrey Westgate Grandmother: Carol Sanderson
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John Chang Wilson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
BS in Biomedical Engineering Graduate School: Northeastern University,
Boston, MA Parents: Jack & Judi Wilson
Bethannie Ellen Ledoux
Southern New Hampshire University, Nashua, NH Parents: Deborah Ledoux & Keith Ledoux Granddaughter of Nancy & Charlie Gage
SENIOR HIGH YOUTH GROUP WORK CAMP
Hooray! Our church’s 14th work camp trip is almost here. On Sunday, July 6th we will travel from our church parking lot all the way to Guilderland, New York – a little past Albany, so about a 2 hour 30 minute drive. The location is a bit closer so we will not need to stop and spend the night along the way. This year we have a few new adult faces joining our trip; and we are including the incoming high school students as well (current 8th graders). So, more than half of our crew will be attending for the first time. Wednesday is a half-day of work; so the local organization has arranged a party at a park for the whole work camp. As we have done in the past, we will be joining about 500 other people to help transform some homes in the Guilderland area. More important is the impact the week has on the lives of residents whose homes we work on – and the bonus is the transformation the week can have on those of us who make the trip and do the work. For as much work is done, homes improved, sweat is poured; there is also an emotional and spiritual change that can take place for each of us. We will be returning to our church parking lot on Saturday, July 12th. Learn more about the sponsoring organization at http://groupmissiontrips.com/; they’ve been doing trips like this since 1977.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
The dates for this summer’s Vacation Bible School are August 11 -15. It will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church from 9am – 12pm. Registration forms are attached or you may pick one up at the Mission Table.
CE Board 2014-2016 Ted Jaworski (chair) Brenda Lord Mary Lynn Hackett Kristi Allen Lisa Ruberti Elizabeth Lombre Erin Dimick
PARISH LIFE
Thanks for all you who participated and then helped clean up at the 70's theme potluck supper. Prizes awarded to Sara Purcell, Rachel Purcell and Mallory for twister game and hula hoop contests. Best dressed couple Tom and Donna Morgan. Tie dye cake was voted by the judge to be the best 70's food. This is our last event until Fall. Please watch your email and Evangel for the Fall events. Your Parish Life Committee. Ps.: If you have any ideas for events for next year let us know.
COMMUNICATION
The photo directories are here and available from the office. Bonnie is keeping a list of those who have picked up theirs. Special thanks to Donna Morgan for superb graphics, and all the photographers. :Kelly FitzSilva for the cover, Tom and Donna Morgan, and Jack Barry. All of them gave Donna lots of quality candid shots to work with.
The office has software from LifeTouch, which Lisa is learning how to use. The software will enable the office to easily update either information or a photo on the web page. Stay tuned for more information. Recently a subcommittee devoted to reworking the web site had its first meeting. The objective is to make the web page more current, with new events being listed on a consistent basis on the home page. Also the committee expressed a desire to make the pages more vibrant and eye catching. Several options are being explored. We’re in the early stages of discussion and will keep you apprised of developments.
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Finally, we’re trying to get all the various newspapers and listings on the internet to use Congregational Church of Westborough as our name and eliminate Evangelical Congregational Church of Westborough. When we list calendar items or have an ad for a special event, we are aiming for consistency with our name.
Kathy Barry, Communications chair
MUSIC COMMITTEE
CELLIST CONCERT
On May 4, our church hosted cellist Sergey Antonov and pianist Ilya Kazantsev. They performed a concert of Richard Strauss and Felix Mendelssohn. After the concert they signed CD’s they had recorded. The concert was the last of the three concerts sponsored by the music committee this year. In addition to the annual Black History Concert, the committee is looking into another concert next year. The choirs finish for the year this Sunday and will resume in September. We are looking for people willing to perform during summer services. Please contact me at [email protected] to let me know what instrument or voice you’ll perform with and what music you have in mind. After 6 years as music committee treasurer, we are saying thank you to Ina Donahue as she goes off the committee. She has done a terrific job of keeping the books and we are grateful for her talents. Kathy Barry, Music Committee chair
STOP & SHOP and ROCHE BROS. GROCERY CARD SALES
2014 Goal: $11,000 YTD Sales: $ 3,979,91
Spring for a grocery card this season and help us help our church meet our commitment of
$11,500 to the operation budget. To meet this new ambitious goal, we will need our faithful buyers to remain faithful and we will need new regular customers. We've expanded our offerings to include not only Stop and Shop and Roche Bros. but also Price Chopper, Panera, Starbucks, and McDonald's. Thanks! Contact us: Karen Hutchinson at 508.870.1782 or [email protected], Sally Petersen at 508.366.5169 or [email protected], and Nancy Quimby at 774.249.4431 or [email protected].
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Betty Barclay 11407 Ann’s Choice Way Warminster, PA 18974
WORDS OF APPRECIATION
Dear Folks, Once again I wish to thank you for the beautiful tulip plant I received. Mary MacDonald
---------------------------------------------------------------- How do I thank so many for the outstanding Honor that was dedicated to me and my many years up in the Loft? I was overwhelmed by this outpouring of love. The special music, the bells, Myra’s reading and the cake and luncheon after topped off a memorable weekend. My thanks go to the Music Committee, the chair, the Bells, Curtis and to you my Church family. My voice through the years was my gift to God and to you my Church family. Thanks again & God Bless you all, Charlie Thank you all for your warm support during my training and running of this year’s Boston Marathon. It was a tough run as the weather was quiet warm, but with the help of the amazing crowd, I was able to finish in 4:25. More importantly, and thanks again to everyone’s generosity, I was able to raise just over $10,000 for the Michael Lisnow Respite Center in Hopkinton! Nila Gray
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KEEP US POSTED PLEASE
Please keep in mind that as your
email addresses, phone numbers
or other vital communication
information changes, we need to
update our records in the office. Please email
Bonnie at [email protected]
AROUND THE CHURCH
CHURCH WEBSITE
If you have church related information you would like posted on the church website, send it in a .pdf file or in a Word document to [email protected]. If you are interested in helping work on the website or have questions, call Doug Wales at 870-0086 or Lisa at the church office 366-2000.
VIDEOS OF CHURCH SERVICES
Videos of our church services can be seen daily on Westborough public access TV: Verizon channel 24 and Charter channel 11. Times are 7:00AM on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8:30AM on Saturday and Sunday; and 9:00PM on Wednesday. In addition, any of these services can be viewed any time over the Internet "on demand" on www.westboroughtv.org: click on "WTV Shows" on the home page and then the "Congregational Church of Westborough" icon; or use "Show Search" to find programs with "Congregational" in the title.
*CHANCEL FLOWERS If you would like to grace our Chancel with flowers on a Sunday morning, please sign the flower chart in the Vestry. Flowers are given in memory of, in honor of, or for a special occasion. Please call Chris Mosher 366-2250 or Nancy Gage 366-9266 with questions.
*HOSPITALITY If you would like to be added to this committee, please contact Betty Gray, 366-1039.
*AUDIO VISUAL REQUESTS Please let Tom & Donna Morgan 366-0358 know at least one week in advance if you have AV requests of church services or events.
*HOSTING COFFEE HOUR If you would like to host, please sign-up in the Vestry or call Linda Borglund 870-5784.
*SUNDAY BULLETIN DEADLINE Submissions for Sunday’s bulletins must be received by 10 AM the preceding Wednesday.
*THE EVANGEL DEADLINE The next issue of the Evangel will be published on June 25. The deadline is Wednesday, June 18.
Copy received before deadline is appreciated!
PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER (AVPCC)
The Pastoral Counseling Center at 7 Church Street in Westborough is again offering support groups in the following areas: divorce support, caregivers support, grief and loss support and women's spirituality. All groups are small, begin when filled and have availability for daytime or evening. If you have questions or an interest in one of these groups, please call Mary Taber at the center at 508-366-4000.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Pastor Paul Sangree, Senior Pastor [email protected]
Rev Elaine S. Gaetani, Associate Pastor [email protected]
Curtis Richardson, Director of Music [email protected] Sue Menzel, Handbell Director [email protected]
Wendy Reardon, Director of Children’s and Youth Ministry [email protected]
Pedro Silva, Pastoral Associate [email protected]
Serena Leiser, Seminarian [email protected]
Mike Jaworski, Seminarian [email protected]
Doug Uhlman, Dir. of Men’s Ministry [email protected]
Rev. Matt Carriker, Mission Pastor
for New Church Start – [email protected]
Office Administrators
Lisa Coffey [email protected]
Bonnie Rossi
[email protected] Church Office Phone 508/366-2000
General Church email
Church web site www.UCCwestboro.org
www.facebook.com/TheCongregationalChurchofWestborough
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Dear Westborough friends,
Thank you for ALL your support this past year in getting the new church start off the ground. I am excited, and
so thankful to you all for your encouragement and affirmation. What a blessing!
Many of you know that after the February vote of the Congregational Church of Westborough to support the
new church, I gave my six months notice to Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM), the interfaith
organization I work for. I will be completing my time with CMM this August, after my 11th
summer as the
director of the Interfaith Youth Initiative (IFYI) program (if you know high school or college youth who would
like to be part of a transformative eight-day immersion program in interfaith dialogue, service, peacemaking,
and the arts, email me or check out: http://www.coopmet.org/IFYI.html ). I am sad to be leaving CMM and
IFYI, but excited about the direction God is calling me and this new church start! Once I leave CMM, I will be
able to devote greater amounts of time to the new church. Next year I will continue to be bivocational,
beginning my third year as Protestant Chaplain at Brandeis University in Waltham.
Since the February vote to support this new church start, you have not seen me as much in worship! While I
will join you for worship every couple months (and will be joining Westborough church as a member on June
1), I have been using Sundays for two purposes: 1) to visit other new church starts and learn best practices, and
2) to begin spreading the word and gathering support from other UCC congregations for the new church start.
On March 30th
, I preached and shared about the new church start in Hopedale, and in July, I will preach at
Upton. I have met and talked with pastors and members of other churches about ways that they can support the
new church start, and have more plans to preach and share in the fall. There is a lot of excitement about this
new church start. As one fellow pastor told me: “this new church is exactly what the Church- with a Capital C-
needs!”
This summer I will be continuing to meet up with pastors of different new church starts to increase my
knowledge of best practices. In March, I completed, Church Planting 2.0, an online course with the Center for
Progressive Renewal (I completed Church Planting 1.0 in the fall of 2013). I am learning as much as I can now,
before the church start gets off the ground running in September!
Next fall, I will gather together a group called the “Wisdom and Visioning” team. This team will meet
regularly to lend their vision and wisdom in thinking about next steps for launching this church. Paul Sangree
and Serena Leiser from Westborough will be on that Wisdom and Visioning team. Over the summer, I will
continue to do outreach in the Waltham area to spread the word about the new church start, and hopefully get
more locals who are interested in the vision of this new church. In the beginning stages of this new church start,
outreach will be key! As many of you know from the outline of the new church start I shared in February, the
first year of starting a church consists largely of building the community, before launching into regular worship!
I am so thankful for the support of the Congregational Church of Westborough. Starting a new church is a
monumental task, and I know that I cannot do it alone. I am so grateful that the Congregational Church of
Westborough has voted to be the “parent” church of this new church start, and to help seed it into being. In that
spirit, if you feel called to partner more deeply in getting this new church start up and running, I would welcome
you to be part of a “New Church Start Support Team.” There are many ways you can help, from outreach, to
research, to marketing, graphic design, administrative tasks, and more! I would ask you to think about your
particular gifts and skills- what you are good at, and/or what makes your heart sing- and consider whether you
might use those skills in the service of this new church start. Please email me at [email protected] if you
are interested, and we can begin the conversation about different ways you can help!
Peace to you all, and many, many thanks,
Matt
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The Congregational Church of Westborough - 57 West Main Street Westborough, MA 01581
May 2, 2014
Dear Members and Friends,
One of our many strengths as a Church has been the complete worship experience one feels while sitting in our Sanctuary. Over the course of the last 20 years we have worked hard to take good care of this space so that it might be an appropriate setting for, and complement to, our strong spiritual, music and worship programs. One of the last remaining projects in this area is the repair and refurbishing of a few of the stenciled windows in the Sanctuary.
The Trustees, with the support of the Cabinet, have decided to move forward with the task of replacing the broken and missing stenciled windows. These beautiful windows have enhanced our place of worship for over 100 years and now need our attention. There are 11 large panes and 5 colored border panes that need to be replaced.
After a lengthy review process, we have selected Willet Hauser Architectural Glass to complete the work. Willet Hauser has a hundred year history of designing, restoring and repairing stained glasswork and has worked on some of the best known sacred spaces in the country. They have studied the affected panes and responded with a detailed and thoughtful proposal.
We will need to raise $16,500 to fund this project which will also create a few extra stenciled panes to meet any future needs. During the review phase, many people have stepped forward to indicate a willingness to donate to the project. It will take contributions from many of us to meet this goal. We hope you’ll consider being a part of this exciting project.
If you have questions and missed the informational meeting and fund-raising kick off on Sunday, April 27 following the worship service, please feel free to contact a member of the Sanctuary Window Project Team.
The work will be scheduled once we meet our fundraising goal.
Sincerely,
Sally Petersen, John Truesdell, Doug Wales
Sanctuary Window Project Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How to Contribute
You may place a check in an envelope in the weekly offering or mail or drop it off in the Church office. Please make your check payable to the Congregational Church of Westborough and enter “Sanctuary Windows” on the memo line and on the envelope.
If your contribution is in memory of someone, or if you would like your contribution to be anonymous, please include that information on a note with your check.
BSA & GSA – Scouts
PPRC/Pastor Parish Relations Committee
TPC/Teaching Parish Committee
F. F. – Fannie Forbes Room
PCC – Pastoral Counseling Center
PTF – Properties Task Force
FOC – Financial Oversight Committee
JHYG/SHYG – Jr and Sr High Youth
Journey Home /Hospice Choir
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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COMMUNION/NEW MEMBERS
10- Worship & Church School
11:30 Deacons/Kerygma
11:30 Work Camp Meeting
11:30 JoySpring/Sanctuary
2:30 Beaumont Service
4:30 BSA/Kerygma
2
2:30 GSA/Vestry
7:30 AA/Cribbery
3
9:30 Called to Care/Kerygma
7- Mission Committee
/Kerygma
7:30 Festival Ringers
4
4- Journey Home /Choir Room
9:30 Playgroup/Cribbery
5 10:30 Staff Meeting/Keryg.
10:30 PCC/F.F.
6:30 BSA Court of Honor/
Vestry/Sanctuary
7- Men's Ministry Prayer Time
in Chapel
7pm BSA/Kerygma &
Classroom
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7
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10- CHILDREN'S SUNDAY
ALL CHURCH PICNIC
11:30 JoySpring/Sanctuary
1-3 JHYG/Chapel
2- Recital/Sanctuary/Vestry
3-5 SHYG/Chapel
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6:30 Trustees/Classroom #1
7:30 AA/Cribbery
7:30 BSA/Kerygma
10
7- Social Media Meeting/
Kerygma
7:30 Festival Ringers
11 9:30 Playgroup/Cribbery
4- Journey Home /Choir Room
6:30pm
Confirmation Rehearsal
& Reception in Vestry
12 10:30 PCC/F.F.
10:30 Worship Planning/Keryg
Noon-6pm
Farmer's Market
Opens
6:45 BSA/Vestry
13
7-10pm Cello Rehearsal
/Sanctuary
14
3pm (Rehearsal)
5- Kerygma Room in use
5-6 Vestry in use
7pm Concert
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CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
FATHER'S DAY
10- Worship Service
16
Noon/AVPCC Board/Kerygma
2:30 GSA/Vestry
7:30 AA/Cribbery
17
1:15 WILLOW'S
COMMUNION
7pm BSA/Kerygma &
Classroom
18
4- Journey Home /Choir Room
6pm
ALL Boards & Committees
Night with Supper/Vestry
19
10:30 PCC/F.F.
Noon-6pm Farmer's Market
20
OFFICE CLOSED
21
Noon-5 Jr & Sr High Youth
Groups to Wendy's home
22
10- Worship Service
23
7:30 AA/Cribbery
24
25
2- Stephen Ministry
Workshop/ Kerygma
4- Journey Home /Choir Room
26
10:30 PCC/F.F.
Noon-6pm Farmer's Market
6- Rev Gaetani’s PPRC/office
27 OFFICE CLOSED
5:30 - 9:30 parking lot in use
for Town Block Party
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Rain date
Noon-5 Jr & Sr High Youth
Groups to Wendy's
29 10- Worship Service
2:30 Beaumont Service
30
7:30 AA/Cribbery
~ JUNE 2014 ~
Pastor Paul away June 6-13
Bonnie Rossi away June 17-19
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
Starting week of June 16
9am-1pm Mon-Thurs
July & Aug – 9am-1pm Tues &
Thurs
OFFICE CLOSED ON FRIDAYS
