Telephone: 508-358-7397 chswayland@chswayland.org |
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Holy Eucharist with Choir, Sunday mornings at
10 a.m. |
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Coffee Hour each Sunday following Service |
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Sunday School during Service from September
through May |
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Children's sermons on weeks when Sunday
School does not meet |
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| For information about donations for relief in Haiti and other current outreach efforts, visit our Current Outreach Opportunities page | |
| Sunday, February 7 - Annual Parish Meeting | |
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The Annual Parish Meeting this year will take
place on Sunday Feb. 7, beginning at the 10:00 service. In addition to
voting for vestry members and discussing our budget, this year's annual
meeting will include updates from four committees that have been working
on implementing all the great ideas from last year's meetings about
renewal and growth. Read the 2009 Annual Report for updates on all areas of church life. |
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| Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper - February 16 | |
| Our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper hosted by the Stoddards will be on Tuesday, February 16th. Pancakes, sausages, and fresh fruit cups will be served from 6-7:15pm, followed by festivities with a piñata and a King & Queen's cake! Look for sign-up sheets at church in the upcoming weeks. Suggested Door Donations: $6/adults, $3/children under 10, $20 maximum/family. | |
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February 17 - Ash Wednesday – services at 12 noon and 7 p.m. |
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| Lenten Study | |
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Marcus Borgs's Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Mark, is the February book of the month and will be the focus of this years Lenten study. the first meeting will be Wednesday, February 24th in the evening (exact time TBA). Soup and bread will be served. The group will meet every Wednesday evening through the month of
March. For more information, contact Barbie Hart. Use the link to the left to buy this book on Amazon and they'll give a certain percentage of whatever you end up buying back to CHS! |
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| Movie Night! | |
| Save the Date! On February 26th, the youth will be having a movie, pizza and popcorn night at the church. Contact Tammy Retalic for more information. | |
| Interfaith Book and Dialogue Group | |
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A local interfaith book and dialogue group is looking for
participants from our church. They meet once a month at Temple Shir
Tikva or Islamic Center on Sundays after services. This
month they are reading the book "The Faith Club - A Muslim, A
Christian, A Jew - Three Women Search for Understanding." The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 7th (the same time as our Annual Meeting). So, please pencil in the following meeting, which will be March 7th, most likely beginning at 1:15pm at the Islamic Center. Reading the book is not a requirement for new members. |
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| Men's Prayer Group | |
| The Men's Prayer Group usually meets once each month on a weekday evening from September through June. Each meeting begins with a sometimes wide-ranging discussion of personal concerns, community issues, or concerns of the parish and ends with a reading of the service of Compline from the Book of Common Prayer. Contact Jim Metcalf for more information. Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 23rd at 8pm. | |
| Women's Prayer Group | |
| The Women's Prayer Group is a fledgling group that currently meets weekly on Wednesday mornings at 8:00am. New members needed! Join Gina Poole, Barbie Hart and others for this alternative morning prayer group. | |
| Crafters Group | |
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A group of sewers, cross stitchers,
and knitters has been meeting at CHS between 10 am and noon on
weekdays convenient to those in attendance. Their hope is to carry on the fellowship begun
in previous years when new hangings were made for the sanctuary and
a patchwork quilt was assembled as a raffle item for the Spring
Fair. The gathering is open to anyone with some sort
of needle craft project. Contact
Marcy Kudirka for more
information.
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| Spring Learning Event: Claiming Discipleship | |
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Join the diocesan community for the annual Spring Learning Event,
“Claiming Discipleship,” on Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., at the
George Sherman Union at Boston University. The day’s program will
include a morning presentation by the Rev. Chip Stokes, Rector of St.
Paul’s Church in Delray Beach, Fla., on understanding the evolving
stages of faith life and how our congregations can meet the needs of
longtime churchgoers and newcomers alike. After lunch, participants
will have their choice of workshops, with the entire community then
meeting together for a closing time with Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE.
Click here for more information! |
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