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Youth Group Calendar
Middle School Youth Calendar
• Sunday April 15. Fundraising for 30 hour Famine.
We will be signing up sponsors after church during coffee hour. All participants should attend.
• Sunday April 29th, Noon - 2:00 PM Lunch and Mini Golf.
Senior High Youth Calendar
• Sunday April 1, 10:20 AM. C3 - Christian Conversation and Cocoa. Youth in grades 9-12 are welcome to participate in their own gathering time during church school. This is your time to talk and connect with each other. Treats are provided by volunteer families.
• Sunday April 1, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM. SHYG Mission Training, Mountain Month, and Dinner. We will welcome our partners at Holy Trinity Orthodox Churches to train with us. Bring any additional stock letters to send out. Bring $5 for our dinner fund and enjoy chicken fajitas.
• Friday April 20, 6:00 PM to Saturday April 21, 7:00 PM. 30 Hour Famine. Our youth will be participating in a fundraiser and service learning project revolving around hunger and poverty issues. We will join in activities and worship at New Life Community church. On Friday night we will sleep outside at the church. Our carwash will be on Saturday morning followed by activities, service and fun. All the while, we will not be eating! We will end our 'fast' with worship and a pasta dinner.
• Saturday April 28th, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. ReBuilding Together Workday. CAll SHYG Mission Team members and Confirmands will be working on a local service project. We will meet at CCNF at 8:00 a.m. and carpool to our sites. Check in with Liz Yoho if you have any scheduling concerns. Permission forms are needed. Lunch will be provided, but bring a refillable water bottle. Boots, gloves and jeans are required.
• Sunday April 1, 10:30 AM. C3 - Christian Conversation and Cocoa.
• Sunday April 1, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Mountain month with HTO.
"Field of Flags"
The "Field of Flags," which graced the front of the church between August 17, 2008 and September 7, 2008, is a memorial and prayer chain honoring those men and women who have given their lives serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is a flag for each life lost. The memorial began on October 23, 2005 at the Somers, CT Congregational Church with a display of 2,231 flags. It has since traveled to six states and seventeen churches and there are now over 4,700 flags as part of the memorial today. The flags were dedicated on August 17, 2008 at the Congregational Church of New Fairfield with help from the New Fairfield Veteran's Association. They remained until Sunday, September 7, 2008 when there was a brief closing ceremony. [Read more...].
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Looking for volunteers
The Hospitality Committee has a new sign-up sheet in Pilgrim Hall next to the kitchen door looking for volunteers to host Fellowship Hour on Sunday morning. It typically takes three people to host, but it can be done with fewer. The directions explaining what is needed are right under the sign-up sheet. Please sign up!
Electronic giving
Contributions are now easier and you don't even need a computer! Here's how it works: You authorize a specified amount to be electronically transferred from your checking or savings account to the church account or use a credit card. You specify the frequency of the transfer. It's fast, safe, easy, and secure. To sign up, fill out the Electronic giving form and return it to the church office.
Inclement weather policy
Though we rarely cancel worship services on Sunday, there are a few occasions when storms come on Saturday evening or Sunday morning that make driving treacherous making it prudent to cancel. Our Inclement Weather Policy calls for the Chairperson of Worship and Ministry along with the Pastor to make a decision by 7:30 AM in order to allow time for choir members, church school teachers, and others to be notified. If there is a question about a cancellation, listen to WLAD or tune into WTNH 8 or WFSB 3.
Receive the Candlelight Electronically!
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