The recording from this past Sunday's installment of the American Idols series ("Stuff") is finally online. Sorry for the delay. You can listen to it here or any of the previous weeks by clicking on the topics here. If you would like to watch the video from Sunday night's The Remembrance gathering, visit www.storyofstuff.com.This coming week, we will be looking at the idol of "celebrity." Sure, we all would likely admit that our country has an infatuation with those in the spotlight. But don't we realize that we are the ones that make that spotlight brighter? Come and hear about how this affects our relationship with God and each other, and even how it affects how we look at ourselves.
Also this coming Sunday, we will return to the Hingham Beach/Park for our monthly gathering to fellowship. Plans are a bit different this time: just bring good food (as you always do) that we can share, that is pick-nicky in nature. We gather on the side of the beach near the rest rooms. Ed DiSante checked with Hingham Town Clerk and grills are not allowed, so bring it ready to eat!
The summer is quickly moving towards September and this means a whole bunch of things, but in particular this year, it means some new directions for our Sunday School. Here's a note from our fearless leader:
We are pleased to announce that as our children grow in size and number, we will be starting another Sunday School class! Our new year will start in September, and we need your help! We need an assistant for our older childrens Sunday School class and substitutes for both our older and younger children's classes, who could fill in when our regular teachers are away. Please contact Dawn Haskell, (617) 910-7212 or sunshine_3773@hotmail.com, if you are interested in helping in any way! Thanks, Dawn
Creating room for this new class is a challenge, as you know, recognizing our limited space in the church building. Our Ministries Committee recommended to the Church Board that we purchase a partition for the Newell Gathering Room. This has been in discussion for months and the timing seemed right to move with the purchase. The board agreed, but noting the economic difficulties of the times that have not left even our church community alone, decided that the partition will not be purchased until the money is fully raised specially, outside our regular budgetary concerns. The partition will cost almost $2000, but as of this evening, $900 has already been given for this purpose by some in our church community. Would you prayerfully consider this opportunity as well as we seek to provide clean, safe, and well-organized space for the spiritual formation of our children? We look forward to other possible uses of the partition as well!We'll gather for The Remembrance again this coming Sunday evening. Come at 6:00 to prepare for worship and we'll begin at 6:14. By popular demand, we've begun compiling songs that we often sing during these gatherings as a YouTube playlist. Click here and select "Play All" to listen to them.
As always, use our online calendar to know what's going on and when.
See you soon!
