FROM YOUR SENIOR PASTOR

The Seekonk Congregational Church

United Church Of Christ

The Gathered 1885

Caller

BE COOL AS YOU COME TO WORSHIP THIS SUMMER IN ‘AIR-CONDITIONED’ COMFORT AND DISCOVER THE WARMTH OF GOD’S LOVE!

~ SPECIAL SERVICES PLANNED ALL SUMMER ~

One Service at 9:30 will continue in

July and August and the 1^st Sunday of September.

CELEBRATION SUNDAY WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 7 @ 9:30 as we celebrate the gift of WHO we are as God’s people – all ages in community. There will be a very special time for children following the service (and for young at heart of all ages as well) Stay tuned for the September Caller for more information.

Two Services will resume at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. on September 14^th.

WE ARE ALL CALLED TO BE ‘WITNESSES’!! So…

Invite family, friends, and neighbors looking for a church home to come worship with us…

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From the Senior Minister:

I invite you to reflect on this special poem even in the lazy days of summer – take time to breathe deeply and be aware of your one life that is a gift from God…

“Lessons for Life” …

by Dawna Markova

I will not die an unlived life

I will not live in fear of falling or of catching fire

I choose to inhabit my days

To allow my living to open me

Making me less afraid and more accessible

To loosen my heart so that it becomes a wing,

a torch, a promise

I choose to risk my significance

To live so that that which comes to me as seed

Goes to the next as blossom

And that which comes to me as blossom

Goes on as fruit.

Joy

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From the Associate Minister:

C O N F I R M A T I O N

Our excellent and all encompassing program of CONFIRMATION will begin in September for NINTH GRADERS AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS.

Please register as soon as possible!

Students who go through the year of Confirmation here in this church GROW in amazing ways and get to put lots of "good stuff" in their resumes for later in life!!!

From the Director of Christian Education

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO RECEIVED

ATTENDANCE AWARDS

Perfect Attendance

September 7 – June 8

Adreanna Burke, Braden Putney, Caroline Hindle, Victoria Alves

Outstanding Attendance

*up to 2 absences for the year

Austin Wald, Daria Westberg, Dane Westberg

*up to 3 absences for the year

Erin Keough, Lauren Keough, Melanie Keough,

Emily Crafford, Rachel Crafford, Molly Daigle

SECOND GRADERS RECEIVE BIBLES

Adreanna Burke, Brittney Carden, Sean Carlson, Emily Crafford, Julia DiPietro, Kaleigh Esposito, Wesley Harris, Michelle Heimann, George Kellum, Jared Lima, Ethan Mace, Carissa Maloof, Alexander Santos, Georgia Teixeira,

***Bibles are given to our 2^nd graders and others who are new to the church:

Dane Westberg, Daria Westberg, Hailey Campatelli, Sophia Rustemeyer.

Special thank you to our church school helpers:

Carol Porter: Craft and Kitchen helper

Special thank you from the Christian Education Committee to all Teachers, Helpers, Nursery Care Givers and all those who helped out in the Classrooms from September 07-June 08…A donation has been made in honor of you as a member of he Teaching Team Ministry, to the children of Haiti.

Register for 2008-2009 Fall

Church School & Confirmation

Parents: Please fill out registration forms for the coming year. Thanks!

Vacation Bible School 2008

Dates: August 11 – 14 (Monday – Thursday)

COSMIC CITY

Registration form available on inside back cover

and in the church office or by calling 508-336-9355

SUMMER CHURCH SCHOOL

"WRITE GOD'S WORD ON YOUR HEART"
(sing it, make it, say it, pray it!)

K- 5^thgrade: room #1 After story/prayer, split for group projects

PRESCHOOL: room #3 Projects modified for age

JULY 6 BIBLE VERSE “You shall love God with all your heart…”

Make it, sing it!...Sign language song & Sticky Hearts!

JULY 13 BIBLE VERSE “My sheep hear my voice. I know them…follow me”

Make it, say it!... Good Shepherd “Marco Polo” game, cotton candy sheep treat!

JULY 20 BIBLE VERSE “Brothers & sisters, do not be weary in doing what’s right”

Make it, pray it!... Right Rewards gift & prayer for others, caught doing GOOD coins!

July 27 BIBLE VERSE “Oh sing to God a new song”

Make it, sing it!... Create a new song to God with drums, bells & other instruments.

Aug 3 BIBLE VERSE “Ask and it will be given… knock and the door will be opened”

Make it, say it!... Scavenger hunt and door hanger project.

Aug 10 BIBLE VERSE “Where 2 or 3 are gathered in my name, I am among them”

Make it, pray it!...Puzzle pieces and picnic prayers out back.

Aug 17 BIBLE VERSE “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”

Make it, sing it!...Flashlight fun, let it shine song, look into Word of God box.

Aug 24 BIBLE VERSE “…I have finished the race,…I have kept the faith.”

Make it, say it!...Laurel wreaths and races out back.

Aug 31 BIBLE VERSE “Let words of my mouth…be acceptable…O God, my rock”

Make it, pray it!...Campfire prayers, s’mores, name rock meditation prayer

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