FEBRUARY
2023 WORSHIP
HOURS 10:00am 11:00 a.m.: Fellowship Go paperless!! Now you can give online!! Click the link
below or scan the QR code ♦♦♦♦♦ E-mail
ADDRESS: uccwhitman@gmail.com Rev. W. Scott Wasdin Church Office # 781-447-5557 Margaret Mannke – Secretary Office phone:
781-447-5557 Music Director/Organist: Heather Peel ♦♦♦♦♦ 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 *************************************************************************************************** ♦♦♦♦♦ 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 6th, 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 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 –February 2nd
from : Rev. Scott
Wasdin The Wasdin family truly appreciates the prayers for their
son Josh’s recent hospitalization. He and Crystal came home Monday night. Please
continue to pray for Josh’s recovery journey ahead. Sunday’s (2/5/23) sermon
will be “Focus on the Light!" The
scriptures for Sunday are Psalm 139:7-12 and Acts 16:16-34. What a great Sunday to invite
a friend to worship! Our weekly worship begins at 10:00 am in the sanctuary,
followed this week by a covered dish lunch in the fellowship hall. Communion
will be shared and observed during the worship service. Additional News Worship services are
back on Facebook. We are broadcasting live and also posting the service to
watch anytime. Sunday February 5th -
Recognition Sunday and Potluck Luncheon There will be a special time in the service to honor our 50
plus year members. We will share a potluck meal together after the Worship
Service downstairs in Fellowship Hall. Please bring a dish to share if you are able. Dessert and beverages will be provided. Let’s expand our Choir! Add your voice to the beautiful music of Roberta and Kathy. All ages welcome! Please let Heather Peel,
our new organist, know if you are interested. Valentine’s
Day Mission Valentines for shut ins and Old Colony Nursing Home. White bags will be available to decorate on February 5th Please put a Valentine’s card or two in the bag and return to the church on February 12th for
delivery. Share your love and smiles with someone who needs one! ♦♦♦♦♦ ***Reminder*** If you are not up to date on your covid vaccinations,
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..... 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. ♦♦♦♦♦ |