DECEMBER
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. Tom Coronite (TC) 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 3rd Sunday of 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 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. 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
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Click here to see Rev. Coronite’s monthly column. Thursday Thoughts –December 7th
Greetings, members and
friends of First Congregational Church, Whitman! My apologies for leaving so
quickly following the Worship Service this past Sunday! As I mentioned, I was
not feeling so great, and I thought it best to get home quickly, and not
expose anyone at coffee hour to anything I might’ve caught. Fortunately,
after laying on the couch all day watching football, I feel much better. But, this coming Sunday I will
be scooting right after the Service again! I beg your forgiveness! A church I
formerly served is celebrating their anniversary, and I will try to get there
before the reception is over, so I can spend a few minutes celebrating with
them. Ordinarily, I prefer to spend
some time in fellowship after the Service. It’s an important part of our
Congregational Identity that we fellowship together, share coffee and snacks,
and be together! It’s a small thing, but I consider it an extension of what
we do in the sanctuary - but with Cheez-Its! (And other treats, but those are
my favorite). Such a simple act, but
it goes a long way toward us being Church together. Let us break “bread”
together, and give thanks to God. And let us enjoy one another’s company, as
Sisters and Brothers in Christ! TC Rev. Tom Coronite ♦♦♦♦♦ ANGEL TREE PROJECT This year instead of hats and mittens and toys for children, we will be collecting gift cards or donations to purchase gift cards for teens. Please take a gift box from the Angel Tree and return it with a gift card for Game Stop, Kohls, Target or Walmart. Gift cards or monetary donations can also be dropped off in the mail slot or mailed to the church. Thank you for helping a teen have a wonderful Christmas. CHRISTMAS
PAGEANT Sunday, December
17, 2023 (during service) followed by our traditional “Happy Birthday, Jesus”
party during fellowship.
STEWARSHIP
SUNDAY is not just one Sunday but a combination of many. Thank
you to those who have already pledged. Pledge cards can be put in the offering
plate, dropped off at the office or mailed back. You can leave the amount blank
if you prefer; we are grateful knowing you will be contributing, The 2024 budget
depends on all our support for operating expenses as well as community and church
programs. Thank you! PRAYERS
FOR John M, Kathy & Mark Hall’s
friend. FUNERAL
SERVICES for SHIRLEY NOON,
Stephanie Libby’s mother and Jennifer Murphy’s grandmother, will be at MacKinnon’s
Funeral Home in Whitman on Monday, December
11th. Calling Hours begin at 11:00 am,
Funeral Service is at 12 N followed by burial
at Colebrook Cemetery at 1:00 PM.
All are welcome. A collation will follow these services
at this church in Fellowship Hall. |
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