Learning Center This Week

ACOLYTES are coming in! A training session will take place in early October. If all goes well, we will have FIVE new acolytes! If your child(ren) would like to join in this very important ministry, we still have room. We usually ask for children in 3^rd grade and older, but there is also a matter of height (keep that in mind).

FALL CANNED FOOD DRIVE: The children’s annual Fall Food Drive will begin on Sunday, October 7^th and will continue through Thanksgiving Sunday, November 18^th. Please drop your non-perishable food items in the clearly marked baskets in Farnum Hall and the Learning Center.

THE RI CONFERENCE UCC provides ongoing events for children and youth throughout the year. Coming up is their “Youth Music and More” event at Seekonk Church on October 12^th. This particular event is for 6^th-12^th graders and our youth fund will sponsor any youth who wants to attend.

BIBLE HYMNAL SUNDAY will take place on October 28^th. All third graders and all eighth graders will be gifted with Bibles and Hymnals, respectively. If you child did NOT receive a Bible or Hymnal during their special year, please contact Miss Megan and he/she will get one.

CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES will celebrate the Rite of Confirmation on November 4^th. For the past several months they have been working diligently on required topics/exercises such as: God/Jesus; The Bible; Worship; Gifts; Spiritual Life/Prayer; Life in the Church; Death and Resurrection and Ministry. They have read and journaled the entire book of Luke, have studied Pastor Joe’s sermons, and have served on the “Serving You” calendar. Still in process for both are their 6 “extreme challenges”; 35 hours of community service; and introduction to those who serve in leadership for our church. A day-long “retreat” in which they will write their covenant and their statement of faith will help them round out the process. These two young women should be commended for their hard work and dedication, particularly in that they didn’t have a “team” in the process. It was a “group” of two, and I’m very proud of them.

ON THANKSGIVING SUNDAY, the children will present a special song to the congregation immediately following the “Pilgrims’ Procession”. The children will begin working on it with “Mr. Pete” this Sunday.

OBERAMMERGAU 2020: Help celebrate our 325^th Anniversary year!  Join Pastor Joe and Megan for an unforgettable experience in Austria/Germany, 2020! The best part^???? – witnessing the oldest and most powerful telling of The Passion of Christ. The date is set at June 8, 2020. More information will follow.