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What's Happening At First Congo!

Welcome to 'What's Happening'

     This is a new addition to our site that allows you to keep up with the events at our Church and the Fellowship Hall.

     June 20th- 5th Annual Golf Tournament: a fund raising event.

7:30 AM Registration - 8 AM Tee Time.

1 PM Luncheon & Drawing Prizes

18 holes of golf with a shotgun start and a scramble format. the entry fee is $60.00 per person and for t hsoe who only wish to have dinner and a chance at fantastic raffl eprizes th eprice is $25.00 per person.

     October 24th- Halloween Party & Pot Luck Supper -5:30 PM. All you ghouls and goblins, ghosts, ghostesses, and zombies get out those costumes again. Bring your favorite scary dish or slimy beverage and enjoy one another's company. Last year was abig hit an dwe plan to do it all over again!

     November 21st- Harvest and Holly Fair -Funding raising event - All Day. This event is known by many in our community and the local area residents.  It is a time when fllow Congregationalists donate and sell their wares to raise funds for our church.  The items sold range from Christmas presents and decorations to soups and pies.  This is an all day event and is one of the major fundraisers for the church.  So feel free to sign up for a table and participate in this great event. 

      November 22nd- 270th Birthday Celebration of the Church and Colonial Service-10 AM. We will be celebrating the 270th birthday of our church.  This is a day for all to partake in the Colonial Service planned for all to attend.  Our service will be led by "Governor John Bradford" and our ushers will be Pilgrims.  The service will have a historical theme to it and our children are encouraged to come and enjoy and learn.  Everyone is welcome to dress for the occasion.  We will have a cake in honor of the 270th at the Fellowship Hall following the service and as we always do any of the wares still available from the Harvest and Holly Fair will be for sale.

Church Office…508) 295-1630 Parsonage… (508) 295-0850
Mary Cunha........Church Organist and Choir Director
Peggy Gorton.………….Director of Christian Education
Sunday Worship……………......................10:00 a.m.
Church School ................  ....................10:00 a.m.

Our Church provides a Food Pantry to assist the needy. Donations of canned goods and packaged meals are always welcome.

HALL RENTAL

The Rowland Thacther Function Hall is available for rental. Please contact the church office (508-295-1630) for dates and rates.

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Greetings From The Helm: June 2009

It is June. Public Schools close, brides and grooms take anxious steps toward their future together and our church looks forward to its 5th Annual Golf Tournament.

Gardens are growing, seeds breaking new ground.
Song birds are nesting trilling bright, joyful, sounds.
The Good News uplifting, inspired choral voices
The warm summer Spirit of each heart rejoices.

Children playing, long summer vacation,
Living life at a beach front location.
Families together with so much to do.
God’s Spirit in Church with your family and you!

Well, I guess the unaccustomed warm weather has caused me to wax poetic. Perhaps it has just been a bit of nostalgia for the long ago days of our youth in the face of the task which the Lord has set for us in this era of hardship. But I am buoyed up by my own words in the charge I give to the couples I marry, “By electing to keep Christ in your life you may be assured that you will never be alone; that God will not direct you upon a journey you cannot complete nor will God set before you a task that together (with God) you cannot conquer.”

The question before us is , ‘Do we play the ant or the grasshopper?’ I suggest a short respite from the world. Grasshoppers of the world unite! Rest. Read a book. Catch some rays. The ants at our picnics will remind us of our future obligations and we will ready ourselves for the beauty and duty of winter. I will be on vacation for much of the summer in grasshopper mode. The newsletter is not published in July or August so I pray for the Lord to bless the kind and generous family our church with sunshine, rest, health and happiness.
Pastor Bob

p.s. Visit our Web Site: firstcongowareham.com . Notes or notices may be addressed to either Hazel ( office@firstcongowareham.com) or myself (PastorB@firstcongowareham.com)