AUGUST 2022 WORSHIP SCHEDULE 10:00 AM Worship 11:00 a.m.: Fellowship WORSHIP HOURS Summer Worship time is 9:30am (starting Sunday July 3^rd, 2022) E-mail ADDRESS: uccwhitman@gmail.com Rev. W. Scott Wasdin swasdin@gmail.com Church Office # 781-447-5557 ♦♦♦♦♦ Margaret Mannke – Secretary Office phone: 781-447-5557 Sexton: Organist: Tom Hoisington ♦♦♦♦♦ Go paperless!! Now you can give online!! Click the link below Online WebPay ⁘⁘⁘⁘⁘ Upcoming Events AMERICAN RED CROSS: SOUND THE ALARM Campaign is offering to Whitman residents FREE smoke detector w/installation. Schedule an appointment by texting your name and contact phone number to ARC Volunteer, Anne Williams at 508-345-8988 *************************************************************************************************** SUNDAY’S SERMON for December 13th, 2020 Click here to view Sunday's sermon ♦♦♦♦♦ Home Communion and visitation now available- please call the church at (781) 447-5557 to arrange. Mask restriction lifted (if fully vaccinated)! As of Sunday, June 6^th,2021, anyone fully vaccinated is not required to wear a mask. Social distancing guidelines will remain for another week until June13th service. ♦♦♦♦♦ Church and Fellowship hall are available for your event Please contact the church office for available times and costs Baby showers- Wedding Showers- Collations Weddings and Special Events The fellowship Hall underwent a beautiful face lift. Check us out when planning that special event. ♦♦♦♦♦ All Ages Welcome Volunteers needed – signup sheets in sanctuary. Church Openings Interested in joining a committee or be a representative on the board? Openings are available for all church members young and not so young. Learn more at fellowship or by asking a current committee or board member Or How about greeting, usher or counting collection?  Sign up on the clipboard in the back of the sanctuary. Thank you for considering taking a more active role in your church as a much-needed volunteer! Any time you can give, is sincerely appreciated. "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. " Henry Ford ♦♦♦♦♦ Sandwiches for MainSpring Every month This wondrous mission program sends 100 lunches each month Meet in the kitchen just after service – many hands make light the load ♦♦♦♦♦

Thursday Thoughts – August 11^th From: Rev. Scott Wasdin: Psalm 25: 4-5, “Lord, tell me your ways. Show me how to live. Guide me in your truth, and teach me, my God, my Savior. I trust you all day long.” Monthly Men’s breakfast this Saturday 8/13/22 at 8:00 am at MO’s Place in Hanson. Take time this week to pray for our military serving around the world, as well as their families still at home. “Any concern too small to be turned into prayer is too small to be made into a burden." - Corrie Ten Boom VOLUNTEER TEACHERS for the children this Sunday, August 14^th are Dafne & Cooper Preskins. Thank you! SAMARITAN’S PURSE CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX COLLECTION HAS STARTED!  Most needed currently are kids small sized tee shirts, shorts, socks, underwear, washcloths, soap, toothbrushes, small toys and small sewing kits. Roberta has school supplies aplenty. OFFICE CLOSED: Margaret, the church’s secretary, will be on vacation next week. The office will reopen on Monday, August 22^nd. If you need pastoral assistance during the week, please email Rev. Scott at swasdin@gmail.com  or call the office and leave a message, as the pastor will be checking voicemail messages remotely. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: Please, please, please have any articles or reports for the September Newsletter, sent in by Monday morning, August 22^nd by 8 AM. Thank you! ***Reminder*** If you are not vaccinated, please wear your mask at all times when at church. Hand sanitizer stations are available Sanitizing measures have been ongoing throughout the church ♦♦♦♦♦ Thursday Thoughts will be the resource for updates on worship services and prayer requests. Please email Gail at iamgjc@icloud.com with joys and concerns to share. A live Facebook broadcast (available also as a link on this website) will be available each Sunday until further notice. God Cares. Yesterday today and tomorrow All over the world folks are doing what they can to support and give comfort in this time of uncertainty. Everything has changed but God is our constant.  God will comfort the grieving and give strength to those who are in need There is hope found through prayer and our continued faith that God will be there for all of us. Our church family is amazing when called upon to help.  Some ideas..... Fill the plastic container outside the parking lot door with food for the food pantry Drop off cards in the office mail box to be mailed to area nursing homes or our shut-ins. Put a sign with a word or picture of encouragement in a window or in your yard Every day at 3PM let's all take a moment to connect spiritually with prayer. A moment in time each day to pray for those who need God’s comfort and care. Your deacons are available via email or phone. We are committed to help however we can. Gail Clement:  781-447-4052 Russ Greene:  781-447-5047 Wayne Brundige:  781-447-1021 Frank Kawa:  781-308-5511 The Lord hears when I call to him. There are many who say, “O that we might see some good!” Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord In peace I will both lie down and sleep. For thou alone. O  Lord, makest me dwell in safety. ♦♦♦♦♦