Announcement bulletin 05.26

May 26, 2013
Upcoming Activities and Opportunities at Federated
TO OUR GUESTS.…
Please know you are welcomed in the
Spirit of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who
always meets people where they are, not
where they should be.
We are grateful for your presence here
this morning and hope to meet you later, to
enjoy a cup of coffee or tea after worship in
Fellowship Hall. CDs of this morning’s
service are available there for $4.00
each. You can also listen online for
free at fedchurch.org or subscribe to
our iTunes podcasts.
If you’re worshiping here for the
first time, please take a green bag
from our Visitors Welcome Center in
the Narthex or Lobby. It contains
useful information about who we are.
God accepts me just as I am, and loves
me too much to leave me that way.
Federated accepts all people as they
are and supports them in the spiritual
journey. With Christ we offer hope
and healing to change our world.
Our Mission Statement
Ahead At The Fed
Sunday, June 2nd - Communion
Rev. Hamilton Throckmorton preaches
9 am Family Worship & KidzChurch
Music by The Ensemble and the duo of
Marcia Snavely and Randy Fusco
11 am Family Worship & KidzChurch
Music by Chancel Choir and the duo of
Marcia Snavely and Randy Fusco
June 2nd - Lectionary Readings
I Kings 18:20-21, 30-39
1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43
Galatians 1:1-12
Luke 7:1-10
Sunday, June 9th
Rev. Hamilton Throckmorton preaches
9 am Family Worship
Music by The Ensemble and
surprise guests
11 am Family Worship
Music by Chancel Choir and
surprise guests
We welcome you to The Federated Church, a place to belong and a place to become.
We are people just like you, who hope and love and hurt, and we have found that
Jesus Christ makes a transforming difference in our daily lives. Your presence
matters to us. We open our hearts to you.
Our Staff is Here to Support YOU
We at Federated believe in service. We
think of our congregation as Ministers to
the World and our church staff as Ministers
to the Congregation. Should you have
questions or need information, please
contact us at 440.247.6490. We look forward to serving you.
Clergy
*denotes part-time staff
Hamilton Throckmorton, Senior Pastor
Mark Simone, Associate Pastor,
Children & Youth Ministries
* Susi Kawolics, Interim Associate Pastor
Administration and Staff
* Helen Pointer, Coordinator of Administration
Wayne Gacnik, Bookkeeper
Wendy Pierce, Dir. of Family Life Center
& Marketing
* Bev Krofta, Dir. Children’s Ministries,
Infant-Preschool
* Carol Fishell, Dir. Children’s Ministries, Gr. K-6
* Marty Culbertson, Dir. Jr. High Youth
Program
Amanda Powell, Music Director, Ensemble,
Alive360 Music Team & FORTE
* Marcia Snavely, Organist
* Bill Foley, Dir. Chancel Choir & Men
of Chagrin
* Pat Haynish, Coordinator Children’s Choir
* Thaddeus Quintin, Dir. The Olson Bell Choir
Melinda Smith, Congregational Life
Administrator
* Brenda Driscoll, Communications Specialist
* Dolly Herschel, Elderlife Coordinator
* Darlene Nichols, Pastoral Care Assistant
Tim Driscoll, Properties Manager
Larry McGurer, Daniel Pecchio, * Jim
Stefancin, Gordon Vojtech, Custodians
* Tosh Whaley, “God’s House” Keeper
* Bill Cale, Groundskeeper
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Summer Worship Schedule
Begins June 16th
Beginning June 16th, the Federated
Church will offer one family worship
service at 10 am at Bell St. This schedule
will continue through the Labor Day
holiday. We hope to see you there!
Church Council Continues
Monthly Conversations
Church Council continues to share and
respond to questions at its monthly gathering in the Chapel the 2nd Sunday of each
month. The next gathering is Sunday,
June 9th after the 11 am worship service
and will focus on the Sanctuary upgrades
which are to be completed by Rally Day.
The council will also hold an hour-long
Open House after each service at its 102
Bell St property. This was the home of
Larry Trace until his retirement. Now the
Properties Committee is analyzing its future.
Questions/comments may be sent to
Church Council by emailing them to
[email protected]. Thanks to
all for your time and energy as we help our
church grow and thrive.
Turn off your computer completely
at night.
Tip from the Green Committee
Register NOW for
Vacation Bible School
Don’t Miss the Fun!
Tributaries...Feeding the River of Spiritual Life
Summer classes beginning in June!
Mondays and Wednesdays from 9– 10:15 am
throughout the summer
Peaceful Yoga for Mind, Body and Spirit with Ann
Thompson
Family Life Center, Chapel
Tuesdays, June 4th - July 2nd, 8:30-9:30 am
You are invited to BEAUTIFUL
Yoga on the Labyrinth with Polly Manke
AFRICA: A NEW GENERATION
Family Life Center, Youth Room if rain
May 30th at 7 pm at Euclid Avenue Congre- Wednesdays from 10 - 11:15 am throughout the
gational Church, 3000 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. summer
With vibrant, new original music, dance Tender Loving Yoga with Krysti Lyn
routines, life transforming stories presented Bell St, Lounge
through exciting testimonials of the dySaturdays from 10:30 - 11:15 am throughout the
namic generation of leaders coming out of
summer
the Watoto programme.
Praise Yoga with Krysti Lyn
With a message of hope and inspiratin,
Bell St, Lounge
experience the Watoto Children’s Choir ambassadors of the millions of orphans and For current classes and more information please
vulnerable children in Africa.
see our current flyer located in the
The event is free and open to the public. literature racks around the church or online at
Doors open at 5:30 pm.
www.fedchurch.org/tributaries
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The King's Brass Concert
Saturday, June 8th, 7:30 pm
Mark your calendars now and plan to bring the
family; children under 12 are free. The King's
Brass is an exceptional group of professional
musicians that entertain and play from every
corner of our Sanctuary. Their energy is electrifying - they never sit down! The proceeds from
this concert will go toward the refurbishing and
updating of our fabulous Schantz organ. Truly,
this is music benefiting music!
General admission is $15 now but will be
$20 at the door. Tickets are available after services on Sunday, at the church office or online
at Federated's web site at www.fedchurch.org.
Patrons receive two reserved seats for the concert and a CD or ad in the evening's program for
a $60 contribution.
Also, we are in need of housing Saturday
night for a couple of the King's Brass musicians.
All you need to do is provide a bed and light
breakfast Sunday morning the 9th. If this is
something you can do, please let Marcia Snavely at 440.338.6606 or Harriett Rogers at
440.247.5845 or Norma Bobbitt at
440.893.9195 . Thank you.
Seeking Volunteers for
Clean-Up Day at Chagrin Falls Park
Saturday, June 8th from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
7060 Woodland Avenue, Chagrin Falls
We’re well into spring and it’s time for SPRING
CLEANING! Union Bethel AME Church, Federated Church and Chagrin Falls Park (CFP)
Community Center are sponsoring a community
CLEAN UP DAY. We’ll energize ourselves with
coffee and donuts at 9:30 am and begin staffing
dumpsters at 10 am.
For those residents of the Park who cannot
bring their yard trash and other discards, roving
trucks will pick up and drop off these items at
the dumpsters. We’ll be helping out by loading
and unloading – BRING YOUR WORK GLOVES.
Help as long as you wish. But regardless of
“time served,” you’re all invited to come back to
the community center for a Valley Lutheran
Church provided “grill out” at 4 pm. This event
will benefit many and brighten our neighborhood. We seek your help. Questions: contact
Marty Culbertson at 440.247.6490 x403.
Sponsored by Mission & Service Commission
Patron
are
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(440.247.5845)
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MID-HOUR PROGRAMMING
FOR JUNE
OPEN & FREE to the public
Please share this information
with others!
Mid-hour programming is offered
Sundays. Check out June’s offerings...the
diverse subjects and speakers
will get you thinking, get you talking and
encourage you to look at the issues and
topics presented as they relate to your
journey of faith.
June 2nd - Parenting - 10 am
Tired of parenting hassles? Join us at Midhour to learn how to put some fun back into
the most important job you will ever have.
Nancy Glick, Love and Logic facilitator, will
share a parenting technique with you that you
can start to use right away!
Childcare provided
June 9th - Ring in the Summer with the
Olson Bell Choir - 10 am
Get up close and personal with your handbell
choir! The “Bells” will set up in the middle of
Fellowship Hall so you can experience the
sights and sounds of our handbells from
every angle. There will be a variety of songs:
spiritual and secular, old and new, traditional
and contemporary. Learn how a handbell
choir plays together and just how many
different ways there are to ring a bell.
Thaddeus Quintin, director
Great Gift Idea!
2012 Elderlife Cookbook
Looking for a graduation gift
or a wedding or shower gift?
And don’t forget Father’s
Day! We’ve got the perfect
solution! An Elderlife Cookbook! What a wonderful gift
for someone we love or to
someone just starting out in life! They’re
only $15 each! To purchase one, stop by
the church office during the week, or after
Sunday services or contact Kathie Biggin at
[email protected] or at
440.543.9817 or at to pick up one or more
of these fabulous cookbooks.
Facilitator Needed
Employment Connections is looking for another
facilitator or two as volunteers to help with this
adult ministry. Our sessions are always after the
first Sunday service ends and last anywhere from
15 minutes if there are no attendees to 1 ½ hours.
All facilitators need not be present each week
making it a flexible ministry.
Employment Connection helps with every
aspect of employment. You need not be versed in
what to do as we will teach you how to be of service in this ministry. Women are especially asked
to consider this opportunity as a female’s point of
view is very helpful. Contact Greg Polyak at
[email protected] or at 866.444.1004.
With the one 10 am worship service Memorial
Day weekend (May, 26th) at the Family Life Center (FLC), Employment Connections will also be
held at the FLC immediately after the service.
“OUT” Book Study Ministry - A new “OUT” Book Study Ministry is forming that will travel
to other facilities to hold book studies. Teams of three or four will be put together to do a book
study for four to six weeks, once or twice a year. We will travel to rehabilitation facilities, assisted
living groups, jails, other places of worship, mental health institutions and others who contact
us. We will begin with Hungers of the Heart and also offer other books as we do them. If you are
interested in this new ministry, please contact Kate Parr at 440. 829.9613 or Patty Gates at
440.785.5296.
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Oklahoma Disaster Hits Home - The media has been focused on the devastating
tornado disaster in Oklahoma. Our own Edith Guffey is now the United Church of Christ Conference minister in the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference. Below is part of a message from her this
week...We have now spoken to pastors in all of our churches in the Oklahoma City area. We remain
fairly certain that no members of our churches lost lives or were seriously injured. And even though
that is true for us, we grieve with so many others who have lost loved ones and who are facing incredible losses that they are only beginning to comprehend. We are grateful for the prayers, calls,
and notes from churches, pastors, national staff and Conference Ministers from across the country.
We have been told that the most helpful response at this point is financial aid. You can donate
online by going to the website www.UCC.org/disaster. Under the column headed “Emergency USA”
choose “Oklahoma tornado disaster.” Thanks for your prayers and assistance.
Who has a GREEN Thumb?
Sponsored by
The Colorado Kids
Proceeds to benefit
Their Faith Journey to Colorado
Please join us for an
Evening of Entertainment and Auction Fun!
Saturday, June 1st
Chagrin Valley Country Club
4700 S.O.M. Center Road
Chagrin Falls
Preview: 6 pm
Auction: 7 pm
Admission: $40.00 per person
$75.00 per couple
Music ~ Door Prize ~ Raffle
Includes: Heavy Hors D’oeuvres, Dessert,
Beer & Wine
(Cocktails available at a Cash Bar)
To register visit
www.fedchurch.org/artauction
For Other Information call:
440.247.6490 x403
Major Credit Cards Accepted
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Spring has sprung and to celebrate the Green
Committee is offering an exciting opportunity.
They created a partnership with a local community garden group and Hamlet. The garden is
located at Hamlet and there are a limited number
of beds still available. There is a $15 annual
fee. Please contact Kathy Kolcaba at
[email protected] with questions
or to secure a spot. Happy Gardening!
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Led by Rev. Mark Simone
June 2nd
Begin in the Sanctuary with your
families and then follow
Rev. Simone into the Chapel for
KidzChurch! We’ll return to the
Sanctuary in time to celebrate
Communion.
Weekly Calendar
Activities in bold italics take place at the Family Life Center. Rentals, Scout and non-Church related community events are not listed.
SUNDAY May 26th
FRIDAY May 31
8:00 am
8:00 am
9:15 am
12:00 pm
8:00 pm
Telling Our Story Blossom Water Bottle
distribution
9:00 am Loaves & Fishes
10:00 am Family Worship
11:00 am Employment Connections
8:15 pm Open Hearth AA Mtg
MONDAY May 27 - Memorial Day
All Church facilities closed in observance
of the Memorial Day Holiday.
TUESDAY May 28
7:00 am
8:00 am
9:30 am
10:00 am
6:30 pm
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Van takes donation to St Paul’s
Spirit Walk & Roll
Pastoral Care
Tai Chi
Organ Proposal Mtg
Councilor Mtg
Colorado Trip Mtg
Fireside Big Book Study
Ensemble Rehearsal
Men’s Fourth Tuesday
Spirit Walk & Roll
Friday AM Bible Study (now with childcare)
Friday Noon Big Book AA Mtg
Chagrin Falls Friday AA Mtg
SATURDAY June 1
7:45 am
9:00 am
Gathering of Men
Colorado Kids Car Wash Fundraiser at CFIS
parking lot
10:30 am Praise Yoga
6:00 pm Colorado Kids Art Auction at Chagrin Valley
Country Club
SUNDAY June 2
9:00 am
9:00 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
12:30 pm
8:15 pm
Men of Chagrin Rehearsal
Family Worship & KidzChurch
Employment Connections
Mid-hour - Parenting
Celebrating Graduates Ice Cream Social
Family Worship & KidzChurch
Sangha Meditation
Open Hearth AA Mtg
WEDNESDAY May 29
7:30 am
8:00 am
8:30 am
10:00 am
11:30 am
12:00 pm
12:00 pm
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:30 pm
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
Contemplative Prayer Group
Spirit Walk & Roll
Library Cleanup
Tender Loving Yoga
Worship Planning Mtg
Twelve to One AA Mtg
Elderlife Volunteer Luncheon
Staff Prayer time
Staff Mtg
Stewardship Committee Mtg
Same Boat Friends meet at Bell St and travel
to Blazin Bills
CoDa Mtg
North Carolina Work Camp Mtg
Open Coed Basketball
Augustine Fellowship
Al-Anon Beginners Mtg
Al-Anon Regular Mtg
Childcare Providers Needed
Do you love snuggling with
babies? Does the warmth of a
toddler in your lap bring you
joy? Then we need you! We
are seeking loving individuals to provide paid
childcare for upcoming family ministry
events. If you are interested, please contact
Bev Krofta at 440.247.6490 x212 for more
information.
THURSDAY May 30
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am
11:00 am
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Spirit Walk & Roll
Prayer Group
Sit n Stitch Community
Elderlife Trip to the Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland
Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Olson Bell Choir Rehearsal
76 BELL ST.
P.O. BOX 60
CHAGRIN FALLS
OHIO 44022
ph 440.247.6490
fax 440.247.2516
www.fedchurch.org
www.federatedfamilylifecenter.com
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FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER Please include in your prayers this week….
Family and friends of Charles Rogers who passed away May 22nd. Calling hours and a
brief time of reflection will be held at Stroud-Lawrence Funeral Home
Tuesday, May 28th from 10 am to 11 am.
Rita Coney, 7135 Bingham Lane, Chagrin Falls, 44023-1164, on the death of her brother.
Esther Frederick, 205 Hamlet Hills Dr., Apt. 75, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-2817, who celebrated
her 90th birthday May 24th.
Each week, we ask your prayers for two of our staff members. This week please pray for
Marty Culbertson and Amanda Powell.
Ushers
At the 9 am service: Dave Bradford, Becky Carter, Don Cassaniti, Joanne Dissauer, Claudia Gruen,
Tom Gruen, Heather Harris, Gail Magnuson, Hal Maskiell and Diane Tuuri.
The Fellowship of Prayer Note Writers for this week are:
Marge Cook 440.338.5375, Linda Creviston, KC Henry, Janet Peters, Vivian Platek, and
Bobbie Walker.
Altar Flowers
The altar flowers this morning are given in loving memory of Leslie Lance Jones and
Ginny Lance Piccione.
Fellowship Treats
Thanks to those in our Federated faith family who brought in some goodies for us this morning.
Please join us after the service in the Great Hall for fellowship and some tasty treats.
Thank you in advance for your participation
and generosity!
Volunteer Needed to Coordinate “Feed the Flock” Ministry
This year, tasty treats and beverages have filled Fellowship Hall after services to offer worshippers an opportunity for refreshments and fellowship. This new ministry, “Feed the Flock” is
sponsored by the Congregational Care Commission which has solicited, coordinated, plated and
cleaned up the provided items since Rally Day! A huge THANK YOU to all who have helped with
this effort!
For next year, the Commission is seeking a volunteer to coordinate this important activity
which brings our faith community together. This person will recruit and schedule volunteers to
either bring food items and/or plate, serve and cleanup. Many weeks are designated by specific
groups, and weeks which have specialty events such as Children’s Ministry Bake Sales aren’t
scheduled. If you are someone who values this activity and is able to help, please contact
Darlene Nichols at 440.247.6490 or [email protected]. We so appreciate your prayerful
consideration.
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