The Wednesday Night Fellowship Supper on Wednesday, November 16 will be at 6:30pm in Smith Hall. Youth Worship will be at 7:00pm in the Meeting House and the Happy Marriage Workshop will be at 7:00pm in the Parlor (advance registration required).
The Wednesday Night Fellowship Supper returns to its usual 6:45pm time on Wednesday, November 30.
All are invited to the Church each Wednesday evening at 6:45pm for our Fellowship Supper in the Parlor.
Scheduled between Children’s Choirs and Confirmation and Adult Education and Quest, this supper is a chance for all ages to come together for relaxed fellowship and good food.
A free will offering is taken but there is no set cost for the meal. We hope you will join us for this new tradition at God’s Acre!
Who: You! All 1st and 2nd graders are welcome to join us!
What: We know that you can’t wait to be old enough to join a youth group at church. We have decided to host a few Minnow Meetings to give you a taste of the fun that is to come!
When: Tuesday, November 1 from 4:00-5:00pm
Where: The Congregational Church of New Canaan – Smith Hall
Questions? Contact our Youth Director Kelly Leather!
Phone: (203)966-2651, x24 E-mail: leather@godsacredev.wpengine.com
Happy Marriage Class November 16th 7:00-9:00pm in the Library
Participants must sign up in advance! Please contact Laurel Carr Laurel@godsacredev.wpengine.com or (203)966-2651, x833
Join us for a fabulous and fun evening as we explore “Happy Marriage: Your 10-Step Solution to Happily Ever After”. This is an interactive power point presentation that has delighted and educated audiences on how to elicit the best from themselves and the best from their marriages. Attend as a couple or come solo to discover proven strategies and techniques to strengthen your union. Whether you are just getting married or have been married for a long time…there is something for everyone in this presentation.
Presenter: Tracy Fox is a speaker, an author and a New York University certified life coach. For over 10 years, she has consulted with clients as a Personal Life Coach and Marriage Coach. She uses a signature step-by-step action plan to solve client’s problems and teaches tools and techniques they can use daily for a more empowered life.
The confirmands are preparing for a Midnight Run on November 11. We need the support of the congregation in collecting items to be distributed to the homeless in New York City. Please drop off a few new items and used clothing in the collection bins located in Smith Hall!
Click here for a list of items needed.
Questions contact Kelly Leather at leather@godsacredev.wpengine.com.
Join us on Sunday as we kickoff our fabric collection in aid of refugees arriving in Connecticut. In sewing classes at Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) newly arrived women are learning job skills, English, and local culture, while making sorely needed clothes for their families and curtains and more for their new homes. So clean out your closets and bring any fabric both decorative and dressmaker, good sewing scissors, rolling cutters and cutting boards, pincushions, needles, measuring tapes, thread, zippers, elastic, trims, batting, and pillows to the box in Smith Hall to be put to immediate wonderful use!
In the last year 263 Syrians, 79 Afghans, 50 Sudanese, 24 Iraqis, and 24 refugees from DRC have settled in CT through Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS). IRIS, in New Haven, is one of three CT agencies addressing their critical needs and facilitating, with the help of volunteers, the rebuilding of their lives.
To find out more come to the info session at the Lifelong Learning Class 10/26 at 7:30pm where through the lens of Acts we’ll consider our role in the refugee crisis.
Contacts: Sally Lambdin at sallam59@aol.com or Marianna Kilbride at marianna@godsacredev.wpengine.com.
Pivot Work Day 10/22/16 9:00am-2:00pm
Please join us at Pivot Ministries (a men’s drug and alcohol abuse treatment center) in the rehabbing of two of their campus buildings. Wear sloppy clothes, sturdy shoes and gloves, and goggles if you have them. Meet in the church circle at 9:00am to carpool to Bridgeport, lunch served. No experience necessary, willing hands and hearts a plus. RSVP to Marianna Kilbride at marianna@godsacredev.wpengine.com.
Where: God’s Acre
When: Friday, September 23 – Saturday, September 24
Check-in begins at 5:00pm, wrap-up by 9:00am
What: Pitch your tent on God’s Acre for fun and fellowship! Pig roast dinner, a casual worship service, and a campfire under the stars – with s’mores and a movie! Grab and go breakfast to make it to all your Saturday activities.
RSVP: Kelly McGinn, churchschool@godsacredev.wpengine.com or (203)966-2651, x826
Classes for Stephen Ministry will begin this fall. Please give some thought to whether you would like to be part of this training. Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm, beginning September 20, and will meet from September through January.
Stephen Ministry Training is a wonderful, comprehensive program for anyone interested in becoming more involved in our church community. Stephen Ministers are thoroughly trained to offer one-on-one lay Christian care. The training is also helpful in a broader context: for family interactions, if you are a caregiver, and even in work situations.
Please contact any any of the Stephen Leaders with questions about Stephen Ministry: Beth Baker: (203)554-4736 Jim Cole: (203)934-9405 Avril Sweeny: (203)966-4597 Cindy Ziegler: (203)962-3325 or contact Debbie Chapman in the Church Office: (203)966-2651, x831.
Please join us for our upcoming ‘New Members’ class. We will meet for the following sessions this fall:
10/23 – New Member Initial Social, Parsonage, 4:00-6:00pm
10/30 – Session #1, Parlor, 8:30-9:45am
11/6 – Session #2, Parlor, 8:30-9:45am
11/13 – Session #3, Parlor, 8:30-9:45am
11/19 – New Member Social, 4:00-6:00pm
11/20 – New Member Sunday, 10:00am
Please contact Jill Robey at jrobey@optonline.net or Janis Hennessy at janishennessy@optonline.net to sign up or to ask questions.
Back to school means pencils, pens, and NEW SCHOOL SNEAKERS! New Sneakers in the right size, such a given for most of us, are such a gift for a homeless child. Signup at the Missions table during fellowship hours to buy a pair for a child in the Inspirica Afterschool Program. Inspirica focuses on moving families out of poverty. While the children are in the afterschool program, parents are working on employment and life skills and eventually assisted with job searches and obtaining affordable housing. Some members of our congregation volunteer at the Afterschool Program with homework help or enrichment programs. This wonderful organization is working hard to change Stamford for the better. Please join us in the sneaker drive! Sneakers may be returned to the box in Smith Hall by 10/2. Contact: Joellen Ford at joellen@godsacredev.wpengine.com or Marianna Kilbride at marianna@godsacredev.wpengine.com.
In an increasingly divisive age, when so many issues fracture relationships among people, we need to be a witness to the world that the family of Jesus is committed to be connected to one another. As members and friends of The Congregational Church, we need to know one another better – to be more connected. We are excited to introduce Connect@God’s Acre! This intentional call to connection will inform much of our activity on God’s Acre for the coming year. In an effort to better draw our community together we will: worship in two services instead of three (maintaining our summer worship schedule of 8:00 and 10:00am throughout the year); reclaim Wednesday evening as a time of intergenerational fellowship and learning; and continue our discipline of personal sharing before all board, committee and ministry team meetings.
The deacons will lead three Sunday mid-hour conversations (July 24, August 28 and September 4 at 9:00am) to further inform our church community about our exciting plans for the year and to solicit additional ideas on how we can come together as a Christian community. Additional information on plans and programs will be provided in the coming weeks. Come share your ideas and connect!