JULY 2024 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 Church Office # 781-447-5557 Margaret Mannke – Secretary Office phone: 781-447-5557 Music Director/Organist: Heather Peel Reverend Rick Giragosian will be preaching this year. ♦♦♦♦♦ 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 3^rd 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 ♦♦♦♦♦ Wednesday Wonderings 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. 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. ♦♦♦♦♦

Wednesday Wonderings - July 24^th God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress Psalm 46:2 A UPDATE FROM YOUR SEARCH COMMITTEE Several members of the Search Committee will be taking vacations during the month of August.   Although we will be communicating with each other regularly via Zoom, telephone, and email,  we do not foresee a significant update until after Labor Day. We appreciate your continued support and prayers.   As always, please reach out with questions and/or concerns. Cheryl Clark, cLEAc77@comcast.net  781-447-0507 Mark Hall, jollymolly70@aol.com 781-447-5610 Jeanne Leblanc, jgthibault@yahoo.com 508-378-3648 Elaine MacAskill, elaine.macaskill@yahoo.com 781-789-5079 Donna Stransky, donna.l.stransky@gmail.com 339-788-7875 SAMARITAN’S PURSE MISSION PROJECT Start checking sales for Christmas Boxes Back to school items needed (small notebooks only) Also toothbrushes, face cloths and soap Small toys for boys and girls Roberta Spencer and Barbara McLaughlin are coordinating FELLOWSHIP Volunteers to help with fellowship on Sunday after Worship are welcome to assist Barbara McLaughlin. If you would like to help any Sunday by bringing baked goods or fresh fruit, that would be great. Also, if you are available to help by taking over a Sunday, please let Barbara know of your availability. Thank You! Please Pray for the Following: Tom H Joan H Heather P Ashley Dan B COMMUNITY NEWS:  ALL SAINT'S THRIFT SHOP: All Saints Church in Whitman Thrift Shop is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10-2 and the first Friday of every month from 4-7 p.m.