This Week at FCCLW 11/1/15

This Week at FCCLW 11/1/15

Published: Thu, 10/29/15

November 1, 2015

Time Change

Don't forget! After you come home from Trick or Treating Saturday night, set your clocks back one hour. If not you will miss worshiping with some of the warmest people in Palm Beach County.

Little Free Library We are excited to announce that First Congregational United Church of Christ will be the home of one of a network of "Little Free Libraries" that will be popping up all over Lake Worth in the coming weeks. Our library, from which anyone is invited to take a book will start out for books for adults as well as books for children in English and Spanish. Thank you to Lake Worth Neighborhood Association Presidents Association, College Park Neighborhood Association, and Friends of Lake Worth Library for facilitating the grant that was used to purchase the libraries and approving our request to be a steward of one of them. Thank you to Trish, Emerson, and Pastor Jason for being part of the painting party last Saturday and preparing our library for installation. Interfaith Thanksgiving Service This Thanksgiving, November 26, 2015, the Lake Worth Interfaith Network will hold a service of gratitude right here at First Congregational United Church of Christ. Take a break from your cooking and join together as participants in the many faith traditions of Lake Worth come together sharing readings, prayer, and songs from their faith traditions. Living Questions Join us beginning in October for a new small-group experience. See more on our website. Project Linus Project Linus meets Sunday, November 8th, after worship. The mission of Project Linus is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth, and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need, through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans lovingly created by volunteers. Our volunteers knit, crochet, quilt or make blankets of hand-tied fleece. In addition, some of our members are involved with making prayer shawls, caps for premies, and scarves for children that are sent overseas to dental clinics. We would love to have anyone who is interested, come and join us. We will meet next Sunday, Nov. 8, after church in the Parlor. If you need help getting started, we have members who can teach you how to crochet or knit. It you’d like any additional information, call Betty Rigdon at 964-5926. Flea Market and Craft Sale On Saturday, November 14th 8:00am-2:00pm, First Congregational Church of Lake Worth will hold its annual Flea Market & Craft Sale. Vendors wanted-10×10 spaces available Outside for $25 Or Inside ac space (limited) $35 Food available in the kitchen for sale both breakfast and lunch. Contact Christopher at 954-303-8363 or the church at (561) 582-6691. You can also email us for more information. Advent Together On Wednesday evenings during Advent (December 2nd, 9th, and 16th) we will gather together for a soup supper and vespers service of song, scripture and prayer. This is a a great opportunity to take a break from the rush of the season and create space for the presence of God in the midst of the sacred season. It is also an opportunity to spend time with the wonderful folks of First Congregational United Church of Christ! We are currently looking for three individuals or families who would be willing to take responsibility for making a soup for each of our three gatherings. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Jason.		Silence Silence nurtures transformation by helping us quiet all the voices that threaten to define us, so that we can hear the One voice, so that we can then know that we are loved to such a degree. Take a three minute retreat by watching this video featuring Phileena Huertz from Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Action. Fellowship Hall Spruced Up You have probably noticed that the fellowship hall has a new coat of paint! Thank you so much to everyone who made this possible, especially for Barry Nicholson and Christopher Lepard for organizing our fundraising, and Barry Nicholson and Janet Lisle who oversaw the project. Speaking Out This Sunday we heard the story of blind Bartimaeus and explored asking for help and giving help when it is requested. You can watch the service here. Craft Sale and Flea Market Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed to help facilitate our Craft Sale and Flea Market on November 14th. Help is needed for set-up from 6:30 - 9:00 that morning, monitoring event from 9:00 - 2:00 PM, and help breaking down and resetting the fellowship hall at 2:00 PM. Let Bob Lilly or John Button know if you are able to help. Online Giving Have you explored the opportunity of electronic giving? You can choose to have a set amount taken from your bank account on a regular basis or you can make a one (or more) time gift by checking account or credit card on our website. Your regular electronic giving means that your gift is available for ministry even when you are away (or forgot your checkbook!). Thank you for your continued support of the ministry of First Congregational Church! Hey, Thanks! You're sharing this newsletter with your friends! More people read (or at least opened) our newsletter than we send out. If there is something here that interests you, it may interest someone else. If a friend sent this to you and you would like to receive it regularly, you can subscribe on our website. Facebook If you are on Facebook, you can keep up with what is happening "between Sundays" on our Facebook page. First, go to our page and "Like" us. However, just liking us does not mean that you will see everything we post. Each of our Facebook posts only goes to about 2% of the people who like our page. To make sure you see everything, after you like us, go to the pull-down menu on the "Like" button and click "Get Notifications." This way everything that we post will show up on your own Facebook wall.