Tuesday, February 2, 2016

This Week February 2

Dear Folks,

Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early Spring!  FYI:  Phil has only be correct 39% of the time.  :-)

This coming Sunday, February 6, is Transfiguration Sunday.  We will be celebrating Holy Communion.  The scripture reading is Luke 9:28-36.  The sermon is "Way Up There".

Following worship, the Women's Fellowship will be having their Annual Meeting.  All women are invited.

All women of the church are invited, at no cost, to attend our annual six week Lenten Quiet Hour sessions, beginning Ash Wednesday, February 10th at 10 a.m. in the church library. The book is “Learning to Walk in the Dark” by Barbara Brown Taylor. Please sign up in the alcove. Books are available in the church office.

Ash Wednesday Service will be held Wednesday, February 10th at 7p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Shelton, 188 Rocky Rest Road.

HCCUCC will be hosting a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Training on Sunday, February 21 following our 9:30 a.m. worship service. The cost will be $10. Please sign up in the Alcove or contact the church office at 203-929-1223 if you are interested in attending.

The bin from My Sister’s Place is back in Fellowship Hall for you to make your tax deductible donations. It will be there until the end of April. Please fill out the donation form, take your copy and attach or enclose their copy in with your items.

The 28th Annual Bowl-2-Benefit The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services will be held on Saturday, March 12th at AMF Milford Lanes. If you wish to join our Team or would like to make a donation, please see Judy Tucker, Gordon Harris or me.  You can also make a donation at

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/LucilleFritz/bowl2benefit2016

Let us pray.  O Holy One, help us always to have open hearts, open eyes, open minds, and open arms.  Amen.

In Christ's love,
Rev. Lucille

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