VOLUME LXXXI, No. 17

August 4, 2016

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 Worship Service – 9:30 am

Bruce Londino, Guest Preacher

Calendar for Sunday, August 14, 2016

9:00 am Prayer in the Chapel

9:30 am Sanctuary Worship

(Infant and toddler care provided)

9:30 am Sunday Sr. High Worship in Chapel

9:45 (approx.) Summer Sunday School

10:45 am Fellowship

Memorial Flowers

The flowers will be given in loving memory of Mr.

& Mrs. Martin Tucker and Miss Gladys E. Tucker

by Linda C. Hamlin

Greeters: Donna & Steven Taylor

Ushers: Joe D’Agostino, Barbara Flynn, Steve

Gates, Linell Nester and Linda D’Agostino (captain)

Coffee Hour Hosts: Thursday Morning Women’s

Bible Study Group

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2016 Worship Service – 9:30 am

Bruce Londino, Guest Preacher

Calendar for Sunday, August 21, 2016

9:00 am Prayer in the Chapel

9:30 am Sanctuary Worship

(Infant and toddler care provided)

9:30 am Sunday Sr. High Worship in Chapel

9:45 (approx.) Summer Sunday School

10:45 am Fellowship

Memorial Flowers

The flowers will be given in loving memory of

David Renner by his mother Joyce and his sisters

Lisa, Donna, and Linda

Greeter: Kathryn Millheim

Ushers: Joe D’Agostino, Barbara Flynn, Steve

Gates, Linell Nester and Linda D’Agostino (captain)

Coffee Hour Hosts: Linda Sabatula & Diane

Deminski

Reverend Dr. Greg Hopwood will begin his ministry here with us on August 28,

Be on the watch for your informational letter arriving soon.

Absent in Body Absent in Body Absent in Body Absent in Body Present With the LordPresent With the LordPresent With the LordPresent With the Lord

Xiansi Jiang February 1, 1929 – July 27, 2016

PLEASE KEEP IN PRAYERPLEASE KEEP IN PRAYERPLEASE KEEP IN PRAYERPLEASE KEEP IN PRAYER

Prayers for healing:

MaryAnn Doherty (recently hospitalized), Rodrigo

Illanes, Catherine Callaghan, Robert Blaser (Bob’s

dad), David Blaser, Stephen Donovan, Ed Foley,

David Frey, Elsie Laboy,

Warren Reeves (at Bear Hill), Jean Sabatula,

Stephen Taylor, Angelique Toroni,

Janice Whitehead

Please also pray for:

Emily Jiang and her family as they grieve the loss of

her father, Pastor Greg and his family as they make

the transition from one church family to another,

Richard Pratt, Dan and Nancy Rearick and Peter as

he continues to care for them, Nancy Gould, John

Oliphant, Albert Simkins, David and

Irene Whitehead;

Our missionaries around the globe:

The Sturgeons, The Rideouts, The Mindlings, and

The Soderbergs

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,

by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your

requests to God. And the peace of God, which

transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and

your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

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If you know of someone who could benefit from

receiving a prayer shawl,

please contact the church office.

CHURCH ATTENDANCE

July 31 101

August 7 64

CHAPEL PRAYER

Prayer for our church needs will begin in the

Chapel at 9 am every Sunday before worship.

Please join us.

Thank you, Lisa Carpenter

The last Family Sunday for the summer will be on

Sept. 4.

Presenting Julian Elias Laboy, born August 5, 2016,

5lbs 1 oz, 18.5 inches to proud parents Chandra and

Ismael and big sisters Elisabeth and Sofia

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Attention Students

Chris Warne, our Youth Pastor, is leading a

weekly Christian School class on

Thursdays, from 3-4:30 pm. This class is

open to anyone in middle school and high

school and will begin with a short “game

time” and also have a “recess” in the middle.

This class has gotten great reviews so far.

Come have some fun, learn how to

understand your Bible even better, and even

learn a little Greek with us! If you haven’t

been able to join us yet, you can still jump in

at any time.

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS Wednesday Nights at 6:30 pm

We are now offering a study by Max Lucado on

John 3:16 - The Numbers of Hope. Music by Doug

Jackson will enhance our time of worship. We will

watch the DVD study as one big group and then we

will break into small groups for a study

session. Ice cream will follow. Hurrah!!!

Summer Sunday School This summer, through August, the Christian Education Committee will be offering Sunday school classes for pre-K through 5th grade.

Also this summer, Chris is coordinating Sunday Worship designed especially for our high-schoolers in the Chapel concurrent with our Sanctuary service. If you’re a high-schooler, come join us!

DISH TOWELS NEEDED

The House Committee has been busy cleaning and

sorting through a lot of items at our church. In

doing this we have discovered that we are really in

short supply of dish towels.

If you would like donate some new towels, you may

either leave them on the stage marked HOUSE

COMMITTEE or give them to me.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Linda D’Agostino, Chair

SAVE THE DATE!

On Wednesday, September 7, the Music

Committee is once again hosting our

“Welcome Back” Sanctuary Choir dinner.

Come join us at 7:00 pm in the Fellowship

Room to share in a meal prepared by Tania

Alongi & the Music Committee, followed by a

short rehearsal to prepare an anthem for

the following Sunday. This is a great

opportunity to help worship the Lord in yet

another mode here at FPCC. Prior experience

is not a requirement, just being able to

share in the joy of singing. Although the

ability to read music helps, of course, it is

not necessary; nevertheless, you might end

up reading music somewhat as a side benefit,

as I include some basic music theory in

nearly all our rehearsals! We rehearse

Wednesday evenings from 7:30 – 9, then

Sunday mornings at 9:30, prior to our 10:30

service. Thus, even if you can’t make every

Wednesday rehearsal due to your schedule,

that’s OK, as you can “catch up” on Sunday

morning.

Please consider this opportunity very

prayerfully if you have any inclination toward

music; there’s so much music in our choir

library that needs a bigger group to present

effectively than we have now! And what

better way to greet our incoming Senior

Minister than with a bigger choir!

Hope to see you on the 7th at 7 in the

Fellowship Room!

Don Hodgkins,

Director of Music Ministries

Volunteers Needed The youth program at First Parish is

looking for adult volunteers who are

willing to help one evening per week

as a youth leader. No experience is

necessary, just a willingness to mentor

the youth of our church and have a

great time. The studies and games are

planned by our youth pastor, so you

won’t even have to do any planning,

unless you’d like to. Please speak with

our youth pastor, Chris Warne, if you

would like more information.

The scaffolding set up in the choir loft is in place so that the contractors can work on repairing, re-sealing, and re-painting the

plaster around the 3 stained-glass windows.

It will be in place until approximately mid-August.

SALVATION ARMY BIRTHDAY CAKES

Birthday cakes are delivered to the Saugus

Salvation Army housing unit to help celebrate the

birthdays of those temporarily living there. This

month’s cakes are due Wednesday, August 31st .

You can bring it the evening before or by noon on

Wednesday. For more information please call

Linda D’Agostino—781-245-0243.

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

2 Lyndsey Nielsen, Arthur Lyons, Jr., John Sofia

3 Alex Brown, Lauren Faylor

4 Jill Kennedy, Eden Hudson

6 Barbara Parish, Lillian Jones

7 Jeffrey Sleger, Abigail McGrath

8 Judith Fanjoy, William Watt, John La Verde, Andrew Fox

9 Thomas Rosa

12 Diana Powell, Ann Ludlow, Kevin King

15 Mary Mac Laughlin, Michelle Reid

17 Austin Kennedy

18 Thomas Carpenter

19 Todd Stevenson

22 Tyler Mitchell

24 Gina Gebhard

25 Ava Spies

26 John Arena, Robert Nielsen, Shannon Livingston

28 Samantha Prosperi

29 Kristen Mitchell

CHURCH HERALD First Parish Congregational Church PO Box M, Wakefield, MA 01880-0301

Phone: 781-245-1539/1644

FAX: 781-557-1000

E-mail: FPCCX1644@aol.com

August 9, 2016

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

DEADLINE FOR NEXT CHURCH HERALD

Thursday, August 18, 2016

(will cover the dates from

August 28 – September 10)