Posts from October 2023
SAFE CHURCH CORNER
Who, What, Where, When, Why and How? These questions can apply to many problems that crop up in our lives. They particularly apply to incidents or accidents that affect us, at home, at work, at play and at church. Hence, the INCIDENT REPORT. Let’s examine these criteria as they apply to filling out the report. WHO is anyone who has been involved in an incident or accident relating to a church activity; a child in Sunday School, an adult in…
Thanksgiving Food Collection – 2023
Thankfully we have been able to make necessary adjustments to the current new normal, and some things have not changed. Poverty and homelessness still exist. People have lost jobs or had their income reduced resulting in more need for shelters and food pantries. Â Â Â Â We are fortunate to have the Westminster Community Food Pantry housed in our church. In a recent conversation with Dorcas Hurd, Director of the Westminster Community Food Pantry, she expressed great appreciation for everything our…
CHURCH SCHOOL NEWS
The children continue their exploration and understanding of what it means to be part of God’s family. This past Sunday, Covenant Hall was filled with smiles and â€soft†ball games as the children focused on the Families Remember God unit memory verse: “ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your being and all your strength.†Deut. 6:5  Scheduled for next Sunday, Oct. 22, is the Storytelling and Drama station as we begin a new unit on…
Call to Meeting
You are hereby notified that the Annual Election & Budget Meeting for 2024 will be held on Sunday, November 19th 2022 in the sanctuary, immediately following the service. On the agenda is the election of nominated individuals and a vote on the 2024 budget. Anyone may attend and participate in discussion, but only members may vote. Snow Date: November 26 Julie Gagnon, Clerk
From The Pastor’s Pen
All congregations experience ebbs and flows in those actively attending and participating in church programming and worship. No church enters into a community as a large church, nor do they complete their ministry as such. This shifts in size will be accompanied with anxiety and leadership stress. As well, negative perceptions of the congregation’s abilities to turn things around will increase when these shifts are not openly recognized by seeking adaptations: to the church structure, of the foci of the…
Generous Giving Pledges Needed!
Over the past month, we have had a number of members speak on behalf of their committees. Thank you to those folks who shared such valuable information about how their committees and their volunteers “show up†for the church. We need you. Your presence.We are asking all folks committed to this church to consider making a pledge as a way to bear witness of your presence. And for those who are already pledgers, we ask for you to increase your…
From The Pastor’s Pen
   Anxiety is high in this congregation. Questions of budget, pastoral leadership, and direction swirl. One source of this anxiety rests on the intersection of Generous Giving, church budget, and the capacity of the congregation to support a full-time minister. This is one level of the anxiety related to this particular aspect of the church’s life. To take it to another level is to name the reality of tension between remaining the same and adapting—making shifts in…