REMINDER: WEAR RED THIS SUNDAY.
KETTLE FEST. We are looking for a team of people to plan Kettle Fest on Sunday, September 17. Kettle Fest is our annual fall celebration. We are looking for a team to plan activities to make this the funniest Kettle Fest ever. Please contact Sam Troxal, Jack Skiles, or Shelli Yoder.?
KITCHEN WORK MORNING, Saturday, June 10, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Join us for all or some of the chatting and scrubbing, organizing and mulling.Refreshments provided. ?Questions: ?laura_b_kao@hotmail.com?
USHERS NEEDED. More ushers are needed throughout June. It is an easy way to get acquainted with folks here at First United. You will be given instructions. If you are available any Sunday in June please let the church office or Pat Martin who is the Usher Captain for June know. info@firstuc.org or pat0304martin@comcast.net Thank you!
BELL CHOIR.? The Bell choir will be on hiatus through June and July. Rehearsals will resume in August.?
SAVE THE DATES: The Board of Christian Education has been working on some intergenerational activity afternoons as an alternative to a traditional VBS experience. More information will be coming, but please save the following Sunday afternoons for fun and fellowship: June 11 we will have a potluck lunch followed by activities, July 9 we will have afternoon activities followed by a communal dinner meal, and August 6th will be a fun end of summer game day. More specific times and activity details will follow in the next couple of weeks. If anyone is interested in leading a specific activity or has other ideas, please talk to someone on the Board of Christian Education or email Hopi Stosberg at hopi@stosberg.com.?
CHURCH YARD WORK. ?Laura Kao?of the Board of?Building and Grounds will be putting in?an hour of?yard work on Thursday mornings at 8:30 whenever she is in town this growing season. ?She invites you to join her any?Thursday. ?If you let her know by e-mail that?you are interested, she’d know to tell?you when she won’t be there. ?laura_b_kao@hotmail.com
MOWER SUBS NEEDED: ?Are you willing to use the church’s riding mower at least once this growing season? ?We need a stable of willing?substitute mowers to help when Chelsea Schoch is rained out on a Thursday. ?No one has signed up yet on the sheet by the kitchen. ?Could you? ?Also, we need people who would weed whack any time.? Questions: ?cnunley92@gmail.com?
FRIDAYS AT FIRST UNITED?
Play Friday:? Play Friday is coming up this week on June 9! Join us for a Welcome to Summer celebration as we move the games outside! Ladderball, frisbee, water balloon play and more! The usual pizza dinner and drinks will be served. Play Friday is a recurring event on the second Friday of each month from 6:00-8:00 p.m. This is a family friendly event open to all ages. Please extend this invitation to your friends and family. The more the merrier! It helps with food planning if you RSVP to Hopi Stosberg at hopi@stosberg.com or to the Facebook event:www.facebook.com/events/467470703645383/
Just Friday: Just Friday is a recurring adult justice related discussion group on 4th Fridays from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Roger Williams Hall. From May-August our justice discussions will be focused on climate change.
Each month will focus on different aspects of climate change and how the things we do contribute to the problem. Discussion will revolve around how we can change and create change in the world to positively impact this issue. Dates for these discussions are: May 26 (Climate Change and Transportation choices), June 23 (Climate Change and What We Eat), July 28 (Climate Change and Our Daily Habits), and August 25 (Climate Change and the Stuff We Own). Contact Hopi Stosberg at hopi@stosberg.com if you have any questions.
MINISTER OF CARE FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 4, IS PHYLLIS PERKINS.? A minister of care is a church volunteer who visits members in their home.
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