This Week February 20, 2019

Dear Folks,

Well, looks like another snow/ice event! Stay safe and warm!

Tomorrow, Thursday, February 21 is my prayer day.  If you have any joys or concerns you would like me to raise up, please let me know.

This Sunday, February 24, is the Seventh Sunday After Epiphany.  The scripture is Luke 6:27-38.  The sermon is "The Power of Love".

We will be taking an offering on Sunday for the 30^th Annual Bowl-2-Benefit for The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services.

Each Sunday in Lent will feature someone’s testimony of how HCCUCC and their personal faith has sustained their lives. If you would like to be one of these “someones”, please sign up in the Alcove.  For more info, contact Rev. Lucille.

For 2019, each member is asked to contribute $12 toward the membership dues of the Connecticut Conference and the Fairfield East Association. The Deadline is March 1^st.  You may place your dues contribution in the offering plate OR by On Line Giving available at HCCUCC at huntingtonucc.org or contact the church office for more information.

Lenten Quiet Hour begins Ash Wednesday, March 6^th, at10 a.m.  in the church library. We will be studying the book, “When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides your life” by Squire Rushnell. The discussion will be led by Rev. Lucille. Sign-up sheet is in the alcove or call the church office (203-929-1223).

The Huntington Center Nursery School will be holding its annual Butter Braid fundraiser beginning in March. Items will be Braided Pastry & Otis Spunkmeyer Cookies. Order forms will be available after Sunday worship in Fellowship Hall in March. Watch future bulletins for more information.

The following items are needed to complete the Church World Service Kits that Women’s Fellowship will be putting together in March. Any donation will greatly be appreciated. You may place your donation in the red box in Fellowship Hall on the display table or the large white box located in the corner of Fellowship Hall: School Kits ~ blunt scissors~ Box 24 crayons (only 24)~ Pencil sharpeners-hand held ~ 70 count bound notebooks~ 12 inch rulers~ Unsharpened Pencils~ Large erasers. Hygiene Kits ~ Combs (wide tooth only)~ Bath size soap in wrapper~ Nail clippers~ Band-aids~ Washcloths~ Hand towels (no fingertip, bath, dish or micro fiber towels)~ Toothbrushes in original package.

Women’s Fellowship will hold their Annual Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner on Sunday, March 17^th at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $13 for adults and $8 for children 10 and under. Hot dog dinners: 2 hotdogs w/vegetables-$8.00; 1 hot dog w/chips-$4.00. Tickets will be on sale after church or you can call the church office. Proceeds will benefit the church’s Operating Budget.

Women’s Fellowship will prepare and sell Manhattan and New England Clam Chowder and a variety of homemade breads. To place your order, see the sign up on the sheet in the alcove or call the church office (203 929-1223). Pick-up will be on Sunday, March 24^th and Sunday, April 14^th. Chowder is $10 per quart. The prices on the homemade breads vary. 

O Holy One, help us to accept each other as Christ accepted us.  Help us to embrace all humanity as family, working for the good of all, not just for some.  Amen.

in Christ's love,

Rev. Lucille