A Guide to Wholehearted Living
We are continuing in our worship series, "A Guide to Wholehearted Living." Each week for ten weeks we will engage one of the guideposts for wholehearted living from Brene Brown's book The Gifts of Imperfection. Check out our website for all the ways you can participate in this series.
This Sunday we embraced the opportunity we have to cultivate gratitude and joy in our lives instead of living in fear of scarcity. If you missed the service you can watch it here, including a beautiful interpretation of Nicole Nordeman's Gratitude, sung by Bruce Linser. This Sunday, we will let go of certainty as we cultivate faith and intuition.
Join us for worship at 10:30am on Sunday mornings. You can watch the service right here each week on Facebook or on our YouTube Channel.
See the Order of Worship here.
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Carolyn Ludwig, our treasurer for the past four years, will be retiring from the position at the end of this year. This volunteer officer position is well-supported by our trustees and bookkeeping service. If you would be willing
serve in this position, please contact Pastor Jason.
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Guideposts Discussion Group
In addition to the worship series, we will have a book discussion group on Thursday evenings at 6:00 PM, beginning July 21. Each week, we will discuss the guidepost from the previous Sunday. We will meet in-person and via Zoom here. Each week, we will dig deep into the guidepost and work at how we might apply it to our lives.
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Board of County Commissioners' Meeting
This Tuesday, August 17, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners will vote on whether to use $75,000 of the $290 Million the county received from the American Rescue Plan Act to support the cost of Community ID's. You can read a
detailed article about the issue in The Palm Beach Post. The meeting starts at 9:30 AM. Masking is required. See Pastor Jason for more information.
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PEACE, Direct Action Research and Training network, and a number of Catholic diocese in Florida are sponsoring a workshop, via Zoom, on Pope Francis' encyclical on care of creation. One of the presenters will be noted theologian Sister Ilia
Delio, who speaks and writes at the intersection of Christian faith and science. You can register for the workshop taking place Tuesday August 17 at 7:00 PM here.
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While we know that our church is more than our building, for the time being it is our building that has been the focus of much of our energies
We are currently waiting for repairs to be completed on the sanctuary air condition unit. These repairs will be a temporary fix for a system that will ultimately need to be replaced. We have received bids from two companies for replacement, ranging from $75,000 - $110,000, not including some electrical and construction work that will be required.
The air conditioning unit in Studebaker Hall is currently running at half capacity. We are waiting to receive estimates for repair and replacement.
We have responded to Seventh Day Adventist's offer for purchase of our campus with a counter offer and are awaiting their response. Our conversations with them have been gracious with all of us wanting our campus to be used most effectively to serve God and our community.
We give thanks for our Trustees and Church Council for the time and energy they have devoted to this over the past weeks.
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- Gary Sitler
- Mark Stanford
- Harvey Littlefield
- Phil & Nancy Johnson
- Meredith Button
- Susan Frisbee
- Cathy & Howard Austen
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Thursday Morning Chat & Fellowship
Join us on Thursday mornings at 10:00 for virtual chat and fellowship in our “virtual parlor.”
You can join us by clicking here. The password, if you need it, is fcclw. If you join us by computer, clicking the link will download the necessary software and take you right into the “parlor.” If you are joining on your smart phone or pad, you will need to download the Zoom app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. You can also call 646-558-8656 and enter Meeting ID: 718 419 400 and then Passcode: 839769.
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As another way of connecting with our congregation and our community, we have started a YouTube channel. Here, you can watch (and share) sermon and teaching videos as well as videos from our life together.
Go to our channel, subscribe to it, and share it with others. When we get to 100
subscribers, it unlocks some additional features we can use.
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Facebook
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. If you are on Facebook, you can keep up with what is happening "between Sundays" on our Facebook page.
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As much as we love gathering together on Sunday mornings, there are times when we are out of town or otherwise unable to be there in person.
You can now watch our worship service live on Facebook right on your computer, tablet, or smart phone. At 10:30 on Sunday just head over to our Facebook page and join us!
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Thank you for your consistency and your generosity in your giving during our current unique and challenging circumstances.
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!
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