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CHANTICLEER OCTOBER 2018

Chanticleer FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CHARLOTTE, MI

OCTOBER 2018 VOLUMN 91 ISSUE 10

2018 Annual Meeting State Wide Conference

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First Congregational- Charlotte Michigan Conference of the

United Church of Christ

October 12th and 13th. “Be Not Afraid” (Isaiah 40:9) "Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, be not afraid..." See Judi Cates if you can help with welcoming

or child care 667-6659

Everyone is welcome to this meeting! (See Page 5)

On the web at http://www.ucccharlotte.org

Harvest Feast SUNDAY OCTOBER 21st See Mary Normand for tickets. Check the sign-up sheets in the Bess Ful-ton room. We need workers and yummy desserts. The turkey fund raiser is still going on. We need $500-600 for the tur-keys. Please help if you can. Please come out and support this project and have a good dinner that you don’t have to fix!!

Sunday, October 7th 6:30 PM - Church

Sanctuary Mission Blue

(See page 9)

Fall Multi-Cultural Series presented by The “Church as Educator” group

(See 8)

82nd Annual Bazaar Crafts from the Congregation (See page 7)

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Living Waters

As your interim pastor, the rest of the time here is up from here for me. My very first day in the office I had a significant headache. Now my deep dark secret: I only get head-aches when I don't drink enough water. Drink water- no headaches: such a very diffi-cult basic concept to get and remember right? Years ago, while in an administrative double masters degree program, various professors would emphasize that we will all be more effective leaders if we kept learning about the culture and emergent patterns in the life of the various groups within your organization. At the heart and core of leadership is the challenge and blessing of relearning how to be attuned to the basics of mission. Why are we here? Who is being served? What are the current best resources available to us? How can we continuously evolve and adapt? In my personal life the basics are simple: live right, eat right, exercise, pray, meditate, play, read widely, cultivate friendships, practice kindness, be the peace grace-fully gifted to us all by God, ceaselessly seek justice for all, al-ways be myself by being inquisitive with oth-ers, get up on the right side of the bed, AND

drink enough water. Simple! Then life happens. We are all indi-vidually and collectively challenged to recall and practice living in a way reflecting our deepest wisdom and sense of mission in life. For all churches there are basics we all need to be cultivating: remembering it's not all about ME. It's all about learning and re-learning to inclusively live faithfully together in a manner informed by the teaching and example of Jesus the Christ. Jesus offered up living waters refreshing and renewing all per-sons so that they (we) can be fully, respon-sively, creatively, and lovingly alive in a way mattering to God and the future of all life on this interconnected planet. Living waters. Drink often. Drink deeply

Fewer headaches for all!! I am blessed to be here as your interim pastor. I look forward to getting to know you all. Peace. Pastor Curt

INTERIM PASTOR Rev Curtiss DeMars-Johnson


MODERATOR Curt Scott

We’ve come to a point where the lines no longer add up… I teach where those lines came from and who drew them. We know more than any previous generation about Jesus and his followers. Those who know this find mod-ern Christians disturbing. The truth about Jesus and Christian history is as jarring as it is enlightening. But brace yourselves. It’s here. Pastor Curt preached from sacred texts that arrogant men of the Reformation cut from the Bible 500 years ago. Wisdom conflicted with their misogyny. Luther did it; the same man who called the Letter of James an “Epistle of Straw” because the words of Je-sus’ brother contradicted a belief he was selling: his. Truth is coming. We stand poised to be the first generation to know and follow the teachings of the living Jesus Christ since 70 AD. Things didn’t turn out so well for them. Nonetheless, the task is ours. It starts with Shalom.

Peace, CJS

An extract from Tangled Webs Sermon We’re surrounded by tangled webs of belief about Jesus; religions and tribes and clubs ad-amant that they’re Jesus’ bffs or spokesper-sons while seemingly knowing nothing what-soever about the life and teachings of the man, let alone how Jesus’ words and inten-tions have been manipulated over the last 1600 years. I have spent most of my adult life trying to figure out how the original advocate for tran-scendence, for developing a conscience as re-sistance to the crushing maw of Empire, be-came the imaginary figurehead for every bru-tal Western Empire since the late 4th Century. How did we get from Jesus and his followers spreading the principle “love thy neighbor” to Catholics and Lutherans - the big dogs of Chris-tianity 1800 years later -- forcing the world to invent the word genocide because of what they did to their neighbors? … The short answer is brutal, and simple. Peo-ple who called themselves Christians stopped using the teachings of Jesus as the basis of their religion. It started in the 1st Century. Christianity slowly and sometimes not so slow-ly became about something else then kept becoming about something else until we ar-rive here, today, with Christians trying to re-place our elected government with fascist, theocratic dictatorship.

MODERATOR MOMENT


Sunday School Volunteers Needed!

The Christian Education Board is asking for volunteers to teach our children on Sunday's. We will keep the same plan as we’ve had this whole year.

You can choose to do any kind of lesson you want. Examples are: reading a book or bible storybook, doing a craft or activi-ty, coloring a paper, doing an activity sheet or playing a game.

Consider teaming up with a friend and teach together!

Supplies will be stored on the wooden tables in the middle classroom upstairs.

If you would like ideas or materials, please contact Judy Johnson543-7768, Amy Slot 543-5927, Katherine Johnson

Minister: Every Member of the Church Interim Pastor: Curtiss DeMars Johnson Pastor: Dawn Christenson Director of Music Ramona Kime Moderator Curtis Scott Vice Moderator Amy Frost Board of Deacons Matt Slot Board of Trustees Judi Cates Board of Christian Education Amy Slot Outreach Board Mary Normand Church Clerk Barbara Anderson Financial Secretary Don Johnson Treasurer Eric Crandall Staff: Office Manager Sher Brown Custodian Rex Todd The Chanticleer is a monthly newsletter, distributed to members and friends of First Congregational Church.

We welcome most comments and articles. Editors: Judi Cates: [email protected] Amy Krizek [email protected] Chanticleer article deadline is

the 18th of each month.

Staff and Leaders of the Church 2018


EVERYONE is welcome.

First Congregational Charlotte will be hosting and we will be asking folks to sign up to help with this event.

Judi Cates: Welcoming/docents; Oversite of set up /tear down)

Chris Reist: Kitchen food preparation/serving/clean up .

Bill Rinckey : Parking Ramona Kime: Music Rex Todd: Janitorial Ser-vice Ministerial Staff of FCC.UCC Rev. Curtiss DeMars Johnson Pastor Dawn Christenson PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD GIVE A FEW HOURS OVER THESE TWO DAYS TO AS-SIST IN THIS STATE WIDE CON-FERENCE FOR THE U.C.C. See Judi Cates: cell 517-667-6659

FALL CONFERENCE

October 12th 13th

First Congregational Charlotte, United Church of Christ has been selected to host the Annual Fall Conference for the Michi-gan Conference of the United Church of Christ on Friday and Saturday, October 12th and 13th.

Keynote Speaker this year is Rev. Dr. Alice Hunt Immediate Past President, Chicago Theological Seminary Vice-Chair, United Church Board of Directors Beginning in July: Executive Director, Ameri-can Academy of Religion

This year's Annual Meeting has more of a traditional format with Friday bringing some Continued Education time, work-shops, lunch (at the church or on your own , resolution and budget hearings, and an Award Banquet planned for Friday evening at The Center - . Saturday begins with a continental breakfast, worship with Rev. Dr. Alice Hunt preaching, lunch (at the church or on your own), plenary, lots of singing, and more workshops!

Go to Michucc.org for more information

Cost is $35/person plus lunch cost.

Please be on the look out for the “SIGN UP” sheet as they magically appear mid Sep-tember!!


October 2018 Judi Cates, BOT

without knowing the expected income. That is why it is important to take time to assess what you are able to give to the Church in the form of a Pledge. Like any household we are planners of the needs of the church. The BOT are the “stewards” of these dollars and we take the time to thoughtfully use these dollars in a manner that has been discussed and analyzed before spending. May I be so bold to “ASK” what you can give this Stewardship season? Is it a one time gift? Is it a year long pledge? Is it an increase from last year? Is it time to prayerfully spend time to

look at what you are able to give? Future Giving to Endowment? To “Be the Church” in our community is a large commitment to “ASK” our congregants. It is also a difficult task to “ASK” our congre-gants for financial support. Please take some time and prayerfully look at what you are able to give financially in your Pledge for 2019. Matthew 7:7–8 7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Peace and God’s Grace

Puzzles have always challenged me. I am not that good with picture puzzles nor the effort it takes me to sit and put 1000 pieces togeth-er. Now the HOWEVER , However I love to figure out the puzzles that present us on a daily basis. As a Board Member I am only one person on this team of puzzle solvers! The BOT look at our Buildings and Grounds puz-zles; we look at our role as stewards of this great church and the church family. We strive to see that our care sustains and re-plenishes the needs of the church. Stewardship is an important part of our role. Pledge cards were given out in Septem-ber and we are asking that they be returned on October 21st during Service. Last year we had 61 folks “Pledge” and along with dona-tions and gifts our needs are greater than our offering. We look to our family and friends to help sustain the mission of the church in our Community. We ask that you search you heart as to what you might be able to give. It is said that people will give more in a specific need such as a Memorial Tree/Bench when needed; loose change offering for Children's Books or Labyrinth. We now need to ask for you to offer gifts to support the General Operating Funds of the Church. We are a creative, giving, caring community of people that support the needs of our church efforts in the community and now we as the Board of Trustee’s ask for pledges to support the 2019 Budget. Did you make a Pledge in 2018? I know personally it is very hard to create a Budget


Treasurer Report: Provided by L. Foster. Checking $3144.63; Savings $503.63; Repairs and Replacements $548.95. Harvest Feast, Sunday Oct 21, 2018 is being chaired by Mary Normand. She is in need of des-sert donations and a list was passed around. Turkey cookies and ice cream sandwiches will be provided during coffee hour to anyone donating $5 toward the purchase of Turkeys. She will once again purchase them from Family Fare in Eaton Rapids. Twelve turkeys will be needed as last year’s ten provided no left overs for Community Dinner. Sign up sheets for workers will also be available Sept. 16 at coffee hour. Bazaar Chairs 2018 Amy Krizek and Mary Normand have stepped forward and agreed to coordinate 82nd Bazaar, dates November 9&10 already established at the wrap up meeting. Food Supply donation lists will be available Sunday Oct. 7. Still in need of dishwashing chair person(s), but all other bazaar departments have leader-ship. (see list attached). Neola Rendel is having hip replacement surgery and Lana Perry has agreed to assist Susan Barnett in the dining room. Newly retired Amy Smith will be contacted to see if she will help with salad dressing and Kim Bruce has agreed to understudy Pie Chair, Dot Yoder. Lola Wilson says 2018 may be the last year for repurposed costume Jewelry sales as donations have been slow. Bazaar wrap up meeting, Tuesday Dec. 4 9am, we will review. Crafting sessions began in August and continue Mondays at 2pm in the BFR. Dyna has pro-cured donations of LOTS of silk flowers and holiday supplies and suggests that we can use them of multiple activities: Bazaar crafts, Festival of Tree decorations, and will contact Shirley Ripley (church flower chair) for church beautification as well. Dates for workshops were reviewed. Squash cooking on October 4th starting early. Squash pealing and mashing by 10am. Join us when you can. Due to bad growing conditions for beets, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence (M-50 vegetable market) were contacted and are donating their beet harvest to us. Noodle making grosses $140 and will happen Monday Oct 29th 6pm. Kitchen clean up following Bazaar will be Thursday Dec 6 – come when you can. Women’s Fellowship Annual meeting will be following church, January 6th, soup/salad pot-luck. Amy Krizek, Secretary

Bazaar Planning Meeting Sept 11, 2018 Submitted by Amy Krizek


Sunday Worship: 10:00 am, Children’s Sunday school: 10 am Coffee Hour: Following worship, join us for great fellowship!

Adult Bible Studies: Sunday 8:15 am, Library Faith Studies: Tuesday at 6:30 pm, Annex Men’s Group: Saturday 8:00 am Lounge Prayer Shawls: First and Third Saturdays after 9 am in the Lounge Senior Choir rehearses Wednesday at 7 pm in the Lounge Bell Choir rehearses Wednesday at 5:30pm Christian Education Board: First Sunday after worship, Annex Library Diaconate Board: Second Sunday, Annex Small Meeting Room Outreach Board: Third Sunday, Annex Small Meeting Room Care Community: First Wednesday in Annex Library. 10:00 am Board of Trustees: Third Monday, 6:30 pm Annex Library Advisory Board: Third Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm, Annex Small Meeting Room

When We Come

Together

SOUND BOARD TEAM MEMBER NEEDED

Friday, November 9, 9am-6pm Saturday, November 10, 9am-2pm

Important things you can help with! MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Plan on coming and enjoying this event Donate your unique and treasured craft items (start working on them now), or join us at our Monday 2pm crafting sessions in the BFR Donate canned pickles, fruits and jams, or homemade goodies (start working on them now). Watch the Bulletin and Chanticleer Calendar for cooking and preparation assistance oppor-tunities. Food ingredients are supplied by donations. Check the list on the credenza at coffee hour and help provide some of the needed food. Questions?? This is our 82nd Bazaar – just ask someone next to you! OR contact Amy Krizek or Mary Normand [email protected] [email protected] ANNUAL WF MEETING – Sunday, JANUARY 6th , After Church Potluck – All friends of the church are welcome to come and help allocate the funds generated by the Harvest Feast and Bazaar. Get your ideas for projects to Linda Foster, treasurer (517-543-3041) BEFORE this meeting.

2018 Bazaar 82nd Bazaar

CRAFTS FROM THE

CONGREGATION

mailto:[email protected]



Sunday, October 7th 6:30 PM - Church Sanctuary Mission Blue, an Emmy

award winning documentary, highlights leg-endary oceanographer, marine biologist, en-vironmentalist and National Geographic Ex-plorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle. The film follows Dr. Earle on her global quest to pro-tect our ocean—and the extraordinary ma-rine life that call them home—from the pow-erful forces of pollution, overfishing, and cli-mate change. For generations, we have believed that the ocean is too big to fail—but that’s no longer true. And having logged more than 7000 hours underwater, Dr. Earle is uniquely posi-tioned to help us understand why. As a wit-ness to oceanic and marine life change over the past 60 years, Sylvia is a steadfast warri-or, leading the charge to restore the ocean to health before it’s too late. And Mission Blue is her warning call. View the film’s stunning photography on the big screen and join us in a brief discussion following the film about the impact that the environment’s health has on us. Quinn Underwood, Director of Charlotte Area Re-cycling Authority, will be leading the discussion.

Up Coming EVENTS at the Church

Oct 7 Crop Walk Neighbors in Need Oct 8 Blanche Moyer 6:30-Dinner Oct 12 & 13 MI Conference UCC Fall Conference-at FCCUCC Oct 14 6:00 Potluck 7:00 Multi-Cultural Presentation Oct 21 Harvest Feast-Noon Oct 24 3:30 pm – 5 pm Community Dinner Eagles Oct 28 6:00 Potluck 7:00 Multi-Cultural Presentation Nov 9,10,11 Holiday Bazaar Nov 11 Brown Bag Sunday Nov 11 Siren Tea: Celestial Bells Play 6:00 Potluck 7:00 Multi-Cultural Presentation Nov 12 Blanche Moyer 6:30-Dinner Nov 23 & 24 Festival of Trees ** **10th Anniversary Dec 1 Hanging of the Greens 9AM Dec 2 First Sunday Advent Dec 9 White Bag Sunday Dec 10 Blanche Moyer 6:30-Dinner Dec 16 Lessons and Carols Sunday Dec 24 Christmas Eve Service


buds budget bites october 2018

Unrestricted dollars only

Annual Budget needed: $212,567

Receipts-Unrestricted YTD $ 114,372.78 Total 8 months Pledges & gifts rec’d through August 31st(53% Collected for 66% of the year) Disbursements-Unrestricted YTD $121,173.62 Amount paid out 8 mo. Ended August 31st Loss Year to Date (YTD) ($ 6,801.62) End of August 2018 (Projected/Estimated LOSS 2018 ($ 14,961)

Posted BUDGET as of August 31st

FULL BUDGET IN 3 RING BINDER

LOCATED IN ANNEX LIBRARY

Christian Education News

Did you know about the following Christian Education offerings ? Adult Bible Studies: Sunday 8:15 am, Li-brary Faith Studies: Tuesday at 6:30 pm, Annex Men’s Group: Saturday 8:00 am Lounge

CHILDREN’S CHURCH SCHOOL The Children ages 3 –8 have Sunday School after the Children's Sermon and go to their classroom until Service is completed. The Youth of the Church, Middle School and High School leave after the Sermon and meet in the Youth Room downstairs. Discussion on the Sermon and other topics are explored.

A THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH

Diversity is the magic. It is the first manifesta-tion, the first beginning of the differentiation of a thing and of simple identity. The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection. Thomas Berry


Music Notes Ramona Kime, Director of Music

I like to make a joyful noise (even if it's just for me). But I sound better in a group, a BIG group. Come join us: we like warm bodies! Dottie Moore You get to sing the songs over and over and over…. The performance is actually not as fun as the practices, where you make a mistake and can

ask for a 'do over'. Choir is a collection of people who generally love to work together for the suc-cess of the whole. And the music director is always on time, very dedicated to her craft, and fo-cused on the success of the group. I also love the fellowship and the “sacred sugar” after rehearsal. --Amy Krizek I've sung in choirs since I was 10 years old and now, 62 years later, I am still enjoying the fun and camaraderie of such nice people with the same love of music. If God gives you the gift of music, use it to his glory! You don't have to have a soloist's voice; many voices make joyful noise. Pam Rinckey I dread the thought of what I would have become without choirs, sacred music and the transcend-ent love required to perform as a group. To my mind, the synergy of ordinary people immersed in sacred music is as close to God as one can be while still breathing. --Curt Scott I love music. Years ago, I was told by my pastor that when you sing in church choir, you were wor-shipping twice. I have to have music. --Diane Hudson I joined our church choir because I grew up singing in my hometown choir for years. I missed sing-ing all the beautiful music a choir offers in song to the congregation. There are many wonderful, caring people in our choir who made me feel welcome when I decided to join the choir, which put me at ease. Music is a passion and God-given gift to me, and I just love to sing!! --Bev Gardner For me, singing with a choir is the purest form of "make a joyful noise unto the Lord". Being part of our choir, accompanied by Ramona, is the most joyful part of my life. --Kathie Cook Where does one start in talking about the reasons I sing and play bells? I have been in both choirs for decades. The choirs bring harmony to my soul. The families of both choirs have kept me on an even track so many times. The love, kindness, caring, shown by each of these brothers and sisters, have gotten me through many difficult days and nights. I love this church and all who enter here. I enjoy singing and ringing and hope I am able to do so for decades to come.--Chris Reist

Last month I shared comments by bell choir mem-bers about why they enjoy playing in the bell choir. This month I’m sharing comments by members of the senior choir. It’s clear that being part of a music ensemble can affect people on a very deep level. Ramona


Most of the films shown at our monthly movie nights are housed there. There are also a number of other wonderful movies and documentaries in the library that we’ve decided not to show at church, either because of a hefty screening fee or, in a few cases, because the movie is rated R.

See the list below for the DVDs in the library at this time. If you borrow a DVD, be sure to sign the “check out” sheet. While there’s no deadline to return the DVDs, we’d like to know where they are in case someone else would like to borrow a particular DVD. Also, if you have DVDs of appropriate films that you would like to donate to the library, please see Ramona.

30 Days --18 episodes of Morgan Spurlock’s series of people living for 30 days in a culture foreign to their way of living and thinking

Before the Flood –a National Geographic environmental documentary

Black or White --Kevin Costner plays a man raising his biracial granddaughter

The Blind Side --true story of Michael Oher, NFL star; as a homeless black teen was taken in by a wealthy white family

The Butler --true story of a White House butler who had served seven presidents

Chasing Ice --videographers documenting the melting of the glaciers due to climate change

Chocolate --award-winning movie of Lent and forgiveness; set in a small French town

Dead Poet’s Society --Robin Williams movie set in a rigid all-boys prep school

Defending Your Life --fun movie from the afterlife, where one must defend one’s actions on Earth

Fed Up! --exposes the food industry’s purposeful adding of sugar to make food hyper-palatable—and the resulting health epidemic

He Named Me Malala --true story of a Pakistani girl who became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts to support girls’ education

Check out our growing collection of DVDs in our church library! BY RAMONA KIME


Hidden Figures --true story of three brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch-ing of astronaut John Glenn into orbit

Mary Poppins --50th anniversary edition of the classic movie

McFarland USA --heartwarming true story of a track coach at a poor, Latino school

Milk (rated R)--true story of Harvey Milk, first openly gay senator and gay rights activist

Minimalism --living a simpler life, with less stuff

My Left Foot (rated R)--man with cerebral palsy becomes artist using his left foot

Normal --story of a married man who comes out as a transgender woman

Paper Clips --documentary of youth in TN learning about the Holocaust and connecting with Holocaust survivors

A Place at the Table --documentary about poverty and “food insecurity”—not knowing where one’s next meal will come from

The Sound of Music --50th anniversary edition of the classic movie

The Ultimate Gift/The Ultimate Life –inspirational stories about learning value of work, family

Commons 2018 Wrap Up

Wow, what a year it's been. We closed 2017 by making our space green, but 2018 was spent making it a destination. The benches and picnic tables were just the beginning, as this August we completed the labyrinth. After the ribbon cutting ceremony during Frontier Days, we enjoyed barbecue and hosted Brandon McCoy and the Michigan Mafia String Band to end the year on a high note. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped this project suc-ceed: the businesses and vendors who con-tributed their services and expertise, the generous members of the congregation and community who sponsored the work, and the volunteers who donated their time and talents to make it all a reality. This space demonstrates who we are as a church – a giving and welcoming congrega-tion that invites visitors to explore, relax, and reflect. We are taking a leadership role in our com-munity, and living up to our mission to reach out to anyone looking for fellowship and spiritual renewal. I can't wait for 2019! Matt Slot


Community Dinner: October 24th: Please Help!

Festival of Trees will be here before we know it. Please consider donating a tree. Several families could go in together to sponsor one. Maybe your place of work could do

one. All the money goes to Eaton Furniture and Clothing to pay for boots for their clients. It’s a wor-thy cause & so much fun!

Our Giving Tree For October we are col-lecting towels and washcloths. Gently used are just fine. Harvest Feast Harvest Feast is Oct 21. Please save this date for a delicious meal. I will have my frosted sugar cookies available for a $5 donation toward the pur-chase of the turkeys. sheets for workers and desserts. Please help if you can. Todd Rockhill of Housing Services came and talked with Outreach about Housing Services of Michigan here in Charlotte. There is such a need for housing for many of the residents in Eaton County. There is so much that this agency does to help with homelessness and to help prevent it. After he left we voted to give them a $1000 from our non-budgeted monies.

Last month we voted to give $200

worth of towels and washcloths to EFCC. We were able to purchase 32 sets. We also voted to give SIREN/Eaton $200 worth of diapers and feminine hy-giene products and $100 to Church World Service to help them with post-age.

We have set up dates for brown bags and white bags. Brown bags are for non-perishable food items. These bags will be passed out Nov.11 and are to be returned Nov 18. White bags are for personal care products. They will be passed out Dec. 9 and are to be re-turned Dec. 16.

The winter coat project will once again be championed by Bill and Carol Yerkes. They expect to start this Sept. 30. Watch the bulletin for information on this project.

Neighbors in Need is Oct. 7, as is CROP

walk. We will be adopting a Christmas fami-

ly/families again this year. Please watch for more information on this as we get closer to Christmas.

Remember: “ Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” John Wesley Mary Normand, Chair


Fall Multi-Cultural Series

presented by

The “Church as Educator” group

Do you like gadgets? Would you like to learn a new skill (it keeps the mind sharp)? The Sound Board team is looking for new teammates. They promise it is simple to learn and they will give all the training needed for success. THERE ARE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AND TRAINING! If you can help out, even if only once and awhile, please see Terry Davis, Eric Cran-dall, or Matt Slot. Your help would be greatly appreciated by the whole congregation. The CD’s are giv-en to those who cannot come to service and to those who like to revisit the mes-sage.

Join us as three individuals talk with us about their native country: how people live and work, what living conditions are like, about their social connections with family and the community, about religious practices, etc. We will have a potluck supper at 6:00, fea-turing an entrée from the highlighted coun-try. Please bring a dish to pass. If you like a culinary challenge, find a recipe for a dish from the highlighted country! Then the presentation will begin at 7:00 in the sanctuary, with plenty of time to ask questions. Sunday, October 14—Nataliya Malaydakh, from Ukraine (student at Olivet College) Sunday, October 28—Thuc Nguyen, from Vietnam (one of our own!) Sunday, November 11—Maxwell Nkansah, from Ghana (new pastor at the Olivet Congre-gational Church)

Please join us and bring your friends. This is sure to be a very

interesting series!

INTERESTED IN SOUND?

GADGETS?

YOU MAY LOVE THIS!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED


WOMEN OF THE CHURCH

Prayer Shawl Ministry meets

The 1st & 3rd Saturdays at 9:00 am. Love to knit or crochet? Don’t know how? We’ll teach you! Come & join us – we would love to have you!

October 8th, Monday at 6:30 pm.

Contact Chris Reist @ 719-8889 for more information.

Women of the Church are wel-come the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at 10:30 am in the

Annex Library

Unearth those Hidden

Treasures There has not been a strong response to this request, so as time

nears I am in hopes that you will take some time to go through old jewelry or unused items that others may really appreciate.

Time is running short to donate so please look in that drawer in the bedroom and see what you might like to donate.

Diamonds, ruby’s and pearls are also gratefully accepted!

Please remember the used jewelry sale at the church bazaar in November. Quality costume jewelry has been a very success-ful part of the bazaar and we need your help to continue this tradition. To donate jewelry that you no longer use or want, you may contact me at 543-0049 or you may give pieces to me at the church. Thank you, Lola Wilson


THE CHANTICLEER

First Congregational Church – 517.543.1310

106 South Bostwick - Charlotte, MI 48813

[email protected] http://www.ucccharlotte.org

Staff: Interim Pastor Rev C. DeMars-Johnson Bridge Pastor Dawn Christenson Office Manager Sher Brown Custodian Rex Todd Office Hours Tuesday—Friday 9 AM to 3 PM Worship Service 10am Sunday

Mission Statement of First Congregational Church, Charlotte MI

Our church will provide a place and direction for joining with God, healing the broken, and educating youth and adults. We are challenged by our faith to reach out to our con-gregants, our community and world family, and to offer opportunities for spiritual growth and re-newal. We welcome others into our Christian Family.

This is our mission as a church of Jesus Christ.


http://www.ucccharlotte.org

CHANTICLEER October Calendar 2018

First Congregational Church Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

1 Church Office Closed 2:00 pm Craft Making for Bazaar - BFR 7:00 pm Troop 45 - BFR

2 8:00 am GFWC Choir 5:30 pm Girl Scout Mtg - A/LMR 6:30 pm Bible Study - A/SMR

3 10:00 am Care Community 5:30 pm Handbells6:30 pm Scout Comm Mtg 7:00 pm Senior Choir

7 Rev. Curtiss DeMars-Johnson 8:15 am Adult Bible Study - A/Lib 10:00 am Worship & SS 11:00am Fellowship BFR 11:00 am Comm of Christ Service 11:30 am C.E Board- A/Lib 6:30 PM Mission Blue Movie Night with discussion

8 Church Office Closed 2:00 pm Craft Making for Bazaar – BFR 5:30 pm Blanche Moyer - L 7:00 pm Troop 45 - BFR


10

5:30 pm Handbells6:30 pm Scout Comm Mtg 7:00 pm Senior Choir

14 Rev. Curtiss DeMars-Johnson 8:15 am Adult Bible Study - A/Lib 10:00 am Worship & SS 11:00am Fellowship BFR 11:00 am Comm of Christ Service 11:30 am Diaconate - A/Lib 6:00 pm Multi Cultural Series 1 BFR

15 Church Office Closed 9:00 GFWC-ASMR 2:00 pm Craft Making for Bazaar – BFR 6:30 pm Board of Trustees A/SMR 7:00 pm Troop 45 - BFR


17 5:30 pm Handbells 7:00 pm Senior Choir

21 Rev. Curtiss DeMars-Johnson 8:15 am Adult Bible Study - A/Lib 10:00 am Worship & SS 11:00 am Comm of Christ Service 11:30 am Outreach Mtg - A/Lib 12:00 pm Harvest Feast

22 Church Office Closed 9:00 am GFWC - A/SMR 2:00 pm Craft Making for Bazaar - BFR 6:30 pm Trustee Meeting - A/SMR 7:00 pm Troop 45 - BFR

23 8:00 am GFWC Choir 12:30 pm Sher - Sanctuary 5:30 pm Girl Scout Mtg - A/LMR 6:30 pm Bible Study - A/SMR

24 9:00 am GFWC Board Mtg 3:30 pm Community Dinner5:30 pm Handbells6:30 pm Scout Ldr Mtg 7:00 pm Senior Choir

28 Rev. Curtiss DeMars-Johnson 8:15 am Adult Bible Study - A/Lib 10:00 am Worship & SS 11:00 am Comm of Christ Service 11:30 am ONA - A/Lib 6:30 pm Multi-Cultural Series 2 BFR

29 Church Office Closed 2:00 pm Craft Making for Bazaar – BFR 6:00 pm Noodle Making - K/BFR 7:00 pm Troop 45 - BFR

30

8:00 am GFWC Choir 5:30 pm Girl Scout Mtg - A/LMR 6:30 pm Bible Study - A/SMR

31

5:30 pm Handbells7:00 pm Senior Choir

CHANTICLEER October Calendar 2018

October 2018 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Care Community - A/Lib Handbells Scout Comm Mtg - BFR Senior Choir

4 9:00 AM Squash cooking 10:30 am Women's Prayer Circle-A/Lib 6:30 pm Pack 45 - BFR 7:00 pm Quilters - A/LMR

5 6 8:00 am Men's Group 9:00 am Prayer Shawl Ministry-L

Handbells Scout Comm Mtg - BFR Senior Choir

11

All Church/Annex

UCC

Fall Conf

12

All Church/Annex UCC

Fall Conf

13

All Church/Annex

UCC Fall Conf

Handbells

Senior Choir

18 Chanticleer Deadline 10:30 am Women's Prayer Circle-A/Lib 6:30 pm Advisory - A/SMR 6:30 pm Pack 45 – BFR 6:30 pm ADVISORY 7:00 pm Quilters - A/LMR

19 20 8:00 am Men's Group 9:00 am Women's Prayer Shawl

Ministry - L

GFWC Board Mtg - A/SMR Community Dinner Handbells Scout Ldr Mtg - BFR Senior Choir - S

25 6:30 pm Pack 45 - BFR 7:00 pm Quilters - A/LMR

26

2:00 PM Card Party- A/LMR

27 8:00 am Men's Group

Handbells Senior Choir

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