We need HELP!
Come NOW to help clean, sort, price, and display

the MOUNTAINS of great stuff that has been donated.

Come on the 6th to help sell, sell, SELL!

Or come at the end of the sale to help clean up.

WE APPRECIATE ANY TIME YOU CAN GIVE!

Call Jody Green 413-458-2201 to volunteer

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Sunday, Aug. 31

9:30 am Service of Worship, Welcome Back Students, The Rev. Rick Spalding preaching

This is our LAST 9:30 am worship for 2008! On Sunday, September 7 we return to our regular 10:30 am worship time.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Labor Day, Church Office Closed

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Kononia Meeting in the Library at 10 am

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Sudan Relief Task Force Meeting in the Church Office at 9 am.

Call Elizabeth Williams at 413-458-0121 for more information on this ecumenical group which has been supporting an elementary school for Internally Displaced Persons in Khartoum for the past seven years.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

The Senior Choir, under the direction of Minister of Music Ed Lawrence, will hold their first 7:30 pm rehearsal of the season, preceded by dessert at 7 pm, at Ed & Diego’s new home in Bennington. Please call or e-mail for directions. Please note that rehearsal will be in the Sanctuary because Fellowship Hall is being set-up for our annual Tag Sale

Saturday, September 6, 2008

TAG SALE!! 9 am- 2pm in Fellowship Hall

Sunday, September 7, 2008

10:30 am Service of Communion. Pastor Carrie Bail preaching.

There will be a children’s activity during the service.

After the service there will be Sunday School Registration and an Ice Cream Social to Welcome our new Director of Christian Education, Kathy Noble

From Noon-1:30 pm the Stewardship Cluster will meet in the Library.

LOOKING AHEAD

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Bridge to Sudan Fundraiser from 1-4 pm at the Williams Inn www.williamsinn.com.

This afternoon of “rubber” bridge with refreshments is a fundraiser for the Sudan Relief Task Force, an ecumenical group which has been supporting an elementary school for Internally Displaced Persons in Khartoum for the past seven years. Cost $15 per person ($10 of which is tax deductible.) Space is limited; individual or table reservations are recommended. Call 413-458-3343 or e-mail BridgeToSudan@gmail.org for information and reservations.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Java Jive Teen Coffeehouse in Fellowship Hall from 6-10 pm

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Meals-on-Wheels Food Preparation in the Kitchen and Fellowship Hall. Meal preparation is scheduled on Thursday this month because the ABC Clothing Sale will be held in Fellowship Hall on Saturday. Call Arletta Currie 413-458-3061 to get involved with this ecumenical program that prepares a weekend meal for Williamstown residents in need.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

ABC www.greylockabc.org Clothing Sale from 9 am-2 pm in Fellowship Hall

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Tag Sale (Saturday, September 6 from 9 am- 2 pm)

ABC Clothing Sale (Saturday, September 27 from 9 am- 2 pm)

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August 30: Last 9:30 service

Starting September 7: Fall regular services start at 10:30am

Readings for August 24:
Psalm 42
Matthew 11:11-19
Luke 2:48

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Come to Jeffrey Stevens Ordination January 27! You are ALL urged to take part in the worship service celebrating Jeffrey Louis Stevens’ ordination into the Christian Ministry on Sunday, January 27, at 3 pm. As we have done our best to support Jeff during his years of study and training, so shall we come together at the culmination of his journey with joy and thanksgiving. It is very rare that a Congregation has the honor and privilege of ordaining one of its “children.” Please help us to make this a memorable day for all of us. There will be a reception after the service.

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Our Youth Group’s Habitat for Humanity crew leaves for their mission to St. John’s Island, South Carolina on February 16th.  They depend upon our generous support to help them pay for travel, meals and other expenses while they labor to build affordable housing.  Last year on St. John’s Island they framed two houses and helped students from McMasters University with a third house frame. Two of those frames were erected on St. John’s. The third frame was de-assembled, placed in a container and shipped to New Orleans to help with the continuing critical housing shortage in post-Katrina Louisianna. This Spaghetti Dinner is their final fund-raiser before boarding the train for a week worth of challenging work and well-earned experience. Come join us and send them off with a smile!

The Habitat Crew Spaghetti Dinner
Saturday, February 9, 5 to 9 pm
Relax and enjoy our full service dinner with live music

$10 adults, $5 children
$8 seniors/students, $25 family of four

Tickets are on sale in the church office during weekday office hours. Reservations by phone at 413-458-4273 or E-mail fcc.willi@verizon.net

Menu
Salad, Garlic Bread,
Spaghetti with Meatballs or Vegetarian Sauce
Choice of Beverages
Dessert
Sweet Potato Pie
to celebrate the cuisine of our destination,
John’s Island, South Carolina

The Habitat Crew is the high school service group sponsored by the First Congregational Church. Participants work on Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity projects and complete many other local service projects. Dinner proceeds will benefit a week-long trip to South Carolina to volunteer at Sea Island Habitat for Humanity. For more information call Beth Parker at 458-4273 x105, 662-2660, or elizabeth_dorothy@hotmail.com

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Sunday, January 20 is Ecumenical Sunday when we celebrate what God is doing through the many ecumenical agencies — local, regional, national and international — that make up the modern ecumenical movement. As we continue our special prayers “that all may be one… that the world may believe” (John 17:21), we take time to familiarize ourselves with the work that The Williamstown Ecumenical Association does to promote understanding and cooperation among Christians and others in our community.

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began on the Friday, January 18, with the first lighting of the ecumenical candle at 8:45 a.m. at St. Patrick Church, continues with a progression of candle lightings in the various churches, and a prayer service at noon on Wednesday, January 23rd, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, and concludes Friday, January 25, with the final extinguishing of the ecumenical candle.

All are welcome to join us at the Wednesday prayer service. Today we welcome Clare Morrison, our Ecumenical Visitor from Second Congregational Church.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008 9 am-2 pm

The First Congregational Church Williamstown will hold its world-famous (well, at least here in Williamstown) annual tag sale on Saturday, September 6, 2008. We welcome donations of household items, such as refrigerators and dishes, furniture, including sofas, desks, lamps, chairs, and couches, laundry items, toys, videos, and more from January 1 through August 31.

We do NOT accept mattresses, computers, or televisions. Donations of used books my be made to the David & Joyce Milne Public Library for their annual book sale. Donations of used clothing and bedding may be made to the ABC Clothing Sale by calling 413-458-5777.

From the middle of August on we need volunteers to help sort, clean, move and price items. Call the church office at 413-458-4246 if you are interested in donating or volunteering.

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