Tomorrow night, Friday, December 17th we'll show "Polar Express" and provide popcorn at the church for movie night at 6:30pm. It also happens to be the date slated for Game Night so we've pushed the time back to 4:30 for anyone who would like to come early for some fun and games, including Wii bowling, Banagrams, checkers and more!
This Sunday, December 19th is a wealth of opportunity for worship, service and fun. Worship at 10am will include a children's pageant and a wonderful choral anthem. We'll go Christmas caroling to homebound members and our neighbors at Adair Heights right after church just after 11am. All are welcome at 1pm to return to the church for Talented Hands: a knitting and needlework circle of friendly conversation. At that same time a group in the kitchen will
prepare a meal for the Overflow Shelter and proceed there at 5pm to serve the meal.
The Annual Vigil in recognition of Homeless Memorial Day will be held on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 4:00 PM in Pliny Park in downtown Brattleboro. The Vigil is held on the longest and coldest night of the year in recognition of the challenges our homeless neighbors face in the winter on the streets of our nation. This is a time when homelessness is recognized as a community challenge and our homeless neighbors are reached out to by the community. The vigil will include a brief presentation, lighting of candles, singing of songs, and a walk to the Brattleboro Winter Overflow Shelter at First Baptist Church where a blessing will be said and more music provided. Join us and members of other faith communities gathering at Centre Church to practice at 3:30 before we proceed to Pliny Park.
On Friday, December 24th we will offer two Christmas Eve worship services with joyful brass at 7:00pm and quiet candlelight at 11:00pm. Invitational Christmas cards are being sent to members, visitors and constituents that we don't see on a regular basis and you are encouraged to invite your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers! You can order poinsettias to decorate the sanctuary in honor or memory of loved ones by 12/19 through the church office. $6 for 4 1/2 inch red; $10 for 6 inch white or red.
The church seeks a Sexton to work about four hours a week for about $10 an hour vacuuming, cleaning the bathrooms and similar tasks. For more information, please contact Doug Reed at 365-7732 or dhr268@yahoo.com.
Bring your leftover Christmas treats and dried out wreaths and Christmas trees to the parsonage on Epiphany, Thursday, January 6th from 4-7pm for a variety of Epiphany traditions including burning of the greens, a King Cake and Blessing of the Homes. We'll share mulled cider, hot cocoa, the last of our Christmas cookies and hopefully a few snowballs and sledding for the kids. If you've never participated in this type of celebration, ask Pastor Cheryl for details and plan to come and help make a new memory and start a fun tradition.
