TCC Flash - Weekly News
Call to Elections Meeting
| Church Clerk.
To the Members of Tewksbury Congregational Church, Greetings:
You are hereby notified and called to attend the Elections Session of the 278th Annual Meeting of the Tewksbury Congregational Church, to be held on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM in the Vestry. The following business will be transacted:
Article I: Minutes
Article II: Annual Report (available outside office and in the narthex)
Article III: Admittance of New Members
Article IV: Nominations (slate previously posted, but floor nominations OK)
Article V: Professional Fees Allocation
Article VI: Choir Robe Allocation
Quorum for this meeting shall be 28 active members present.
Posted: May 13, 2012 (full warrant attached)
So Ordered:
Christopher Jenkins, Moderator
Attached File: 132012 Elections Meeting Packet.pdf
Calling all bakers!
| Joanne Kenney.
We are getting ready for our 5th Annual Memorial Day Breakfast and are looking for anyone who loves to bake. If you can provide mini muffins for our guests to nibble on while they wait for their made-to-order pancakes, we would greatly appreciate your offerings! Baked goodies can be brought to church on Sunday for Monday's breakfast, or dropped off on Monday morning when you join us for a wonderful meal! If you leave them in the church kitchen on Sunday, please be sure that they are clearly marked so that they don't go out for coffee hour!! Any questions, please email Jim Kenney. Thanks in advance!
Our Gifts and Talents
| Donna Spencer-Collins.
This Sunday we will be celebrating the different areas of our church life together: Worship and Education, Building and Grounds, Missions and Evangelism. Often, many wonder, what their spiritual gifts are or how their skills and talents can be used in the church. It really is simple. I have found that the areas that interest me most are the areas that have revealed my gifts and skills.
William Prusoff applied to Yale. The university thought so little of Prusoff's qualifications that he was not accepted to Yale. Prusoff then applied to and was accepted at Columbia. Shortly after graduation, Prusoff was hired as a pharmacologist at the Yale School of Medicine, where he developed the first treatment for AIDS. Today, the university brings in more money than all other developed prescription medicine combined. His treatment is the least expensive drug for AIDS and is readily available to Third World countries. Prominently displayed in Prusoff’s office is the original rejection letter from Yale. Paul wrote, "Now, there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit." We should recognize each other’s gifts and encourage each other to use them, to connect to God, grow with others and serve the world.
5TH ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST!
| JOJO.
Please come join us on Monday, May 28, anytime between 8:00 and 10:30 for our Fifth Annual Memorial Day Breakfast, which has now become a townwide tradition! Tthe dynamic duo of Jim Kenney and Mike Wildeman will be on the grill cooking up sausages and pancakes in lots of varieties - plain, blueberry and chocolate chip. While you wait for your special order of flapjacks, sip your coffee, nibble on homemade muffins and fresh fruit, and enjoy the slide show of TCC's last Mexico mission trip. You will see some of the wonderful things that your free-will donation helps to make happen. Proceeds will support TCC's next mission trip.
Please invite your friends to come along. The food is fabulous, the service, sensational, and your dollars will help do some amazing things. What other breakfast experience will leave you feeling that satisfied?!
We look forward to starting our holiday morning with you!!
Choir Robe Fundraiser a Huge Success
| Music Committee.
The music committee would like to offer a great big THANK YOU to all who supported the Choir Robe project either by attending the dinner last Saturday, by monetary contributions or by offering to purchase an entire robe. Those who have promised the latter may bring their checks to the church, made out to TCC with choir robes in the memo and leave them in the Music mail box in the hall. It is our pleasure to announce that through this recent fundraiser and various other funding sources, we are now able to fulfill the vital and essential need for new robes for our Chancel Choir. Again, thank you so much.
Crib Sheets
In order to access the Sunday School curriculum information, important dates to remember or about particular programs designed for youth, please visit our Crib Sheet page.
Sunday School Lesson: Dorcas and Peter
VBS Camp Registration: Sign up Now
Summer Nursery Staff Needed
Teacher Appreciation Breakfast Volunteers Needed
Summer Sunday School Volunteers Needed
One Day Sale at the MIT Store!
Dates to Remember
Nursery Volunteers
Sunday School Teacher Directory
Information Regarding the RE Program
MIT Store Open on June 3rd!
| Joanne Kenney.
Gather up those Bible Bucks! On June 3rd, please visit the Missionaries in Training store in the vestry either before worship, or after Sunday school. We've got lots of new things to purchase this time around, as well as some old favorites from organizations who are always in need and missions that are dear to our hearts.
If your child has not yet earned this year's $10 bible bucks, please see their classroom teacher to get their age-appropriate piece for memorization. There is still time! These requirements can also be found in Crib Notes, or you can ask our Director of Religious education. If you are a shopper who likes to know what's available ahead of time, please see the attached document. Happy Shopping!
Attached File: 18For sale.pdf
Scholarship Deadline 5/15
| Sue Panilaitis.
In one week, the RE scholarship application deadline will be here! If you are pursuing a higher education, please take a moment to fill out a scholarship form so that TCC can help you achieve your goals.
Please find attached a fillable scholarship form. Once completed, click the "submit" button in the upper right corner of page. While there should not be any issues, please follow up with Sue Panilaitis should you not receive an e-mail confirming the receipt of the application within one week of sending it.
Hard copies of Scholarship Applications are also available in the office. Applications must be submitted on or before May 15th in order to receive a scholarship on Youth Sunday, June 9th.
Donations to the Scholarship Fund are always welcomed and again will be accepted until Tuesday, May 15th. Make the checks payable to TCC with a note in the memo that it is to go to Scholarship Funds.
Attached File: 28Scholarship Application.pdf