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 Online WebPay ♦♦♦♦♦ 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 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 *************************************************************************************************** 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 –February 2^nd 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..... 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. ♦♦♦♦♦