Notices for October 22, 2023

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY (OCTOBER 29th) we will have a Pastor Appreciation Special Coffee Hour for both Pastor Mandile and Pastor Mongeau!  This special time of Fellowship and Appreciation will take place following our worship service during the time that the Adult Sunday School usually takes place.  This is also Cheryl Lowman’s last Sunday and it will be a chance to say “Bye for now”.  Cheryl will be moving by two of her daughters and 11 grandchildren in the Saugerties, New York area.

SONS OF THUNDER will be collecting empty cans and plastic bottles next Sunday after service.

DAUGHTERS OF FAITH will be meeting on Sunday, October 29th from 1:00 – 2::30pm at the home of Judy Byrne. We will be starting our new book, JESUS SAID WHAT? Please take a look at the Daughters of Faith Bulletin board downstairs next to the children’s Sunday school room. Friends and family are always welcome. Please RSVP Judy.  

WOMEN OF THE WORD will be meeting at the church on Tuesday, November 14th from 1:00 – 2:30pm. We will be discussing our Unlikely Hero, Jonah. Friends and family are always welcome. Please RSVP Judy. if you are unable to come.

From the Missions Board:

Operation Christmas Child

• Please return completed Gospel Opportunity shoeboxes by October 22.
• Additional partially completed boxes are still available.  Please ask a Mission Board member to obtain one.
• Monetary donations to Operation Christmas Child are appreciated!  All donations made after 10/22 will be used for the shipping cost.  Please make donations payable to St Paul’s and designate to OCC.
• Gospel Opportunity boxes can be made until November 20th.  National Shoebox Collection week is Nov 13-20.  We will be hosting the local drop off collection center at Hands of Grace.  Please see Denise Yoreo if you’d like to help.

Capstone Ministry: 

November 5th, Pastor Dan and Patty Schmelzer will visit.  Pastor Schmelzer will be preaching during our worship service and Patty will do a presentation at 10:30 during our education hour.  We will have a Potluck Brunch. Please bring a dish to share!

Mission Board Members, Denise Yoreo, Judy and Ken Byrne, Cynde Courthouts

ANNUAL LADIES AID CHRISTMAS FAIR is Saturday, December 2^nd.  Please think of what you can do to support the Fair!  We are asking for ARTS AND CRAFTS, decorations, baked goods, ESPECIALLY QUICK BREADS and COOKIES, COOKIES, & COOKIES!  Have a question?  Contact Janice at 860-379-3172 or

slutheranchurch@snet.net. Thank you.

HANDS OF GRACE is making plans for our Thanksgiving food collection.  We will be giving 24 Turkey dinners. The turkeys are being provided by Foodshare. The following items are needed to complete the meal:

Cranberry sauce, 15 oz cans

French style green beans 15 oz cans

Cream of mushroom soup, @10 oz cans

French fried onions

Stuffing

Thank you.

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THRIVENT FINANCIAL?  If so, check out the Thrivent Choice program, where you can make personal donations to causes your care about with no processing fees.  St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, New Hartford, CT is enrolled in the program.  Eligible clients with membership can have a say in how Thrivent distributes some of its charitable funding by directing Choice Dollars.  For more information, go to thrivent.com/thriventchoice.

FESTIVAL CHOIR has begun practicing for Thanksgiving Eve and Christmas Eve services. We meet directly following the service for 10-15 minutes.  Open to singers of all ages and abilities.  Please join us!  See Ruth Yeadon for more information.

WINDOWS OF JOY INVITES all women of St. Paul’s to join them for their November meeting, which will be Saturday, November 4^th.  We will be attending the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League New England District Retreat on Saturday, from 9am to 3pm.  Details are on the insert in this bulletin.  Registration forms are in the narthex.  We are hoping to meet at St. Paul’s early on Saturday and carpool together. Please contact Ruth Yeadon if you are interested. 

FOUND in the sanctuary: silver earring with black stone.  If it’s yours, see Janice.

PLEASE check your church mailbox.