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SAVE THE DATE

SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2015

The 2015 Broadway on Van Ness, on March 15, will be here before we know it.  The committee, chaired by Ben Ewell, has already been at work making preparations.

 

Event tickets can be purchased from the church or from the Fresno Grand Opera online at  Fresno Grand Opera

or telephone number 442-5699.

 

Tickets this year are $45 each.  Early ticket sales have been healthy, so First Congregational Church members and friends should get tickets before they sell out. A limited number of tickets are available through the church office, but they must be paid for prior to being released.  The office will not issue “Will Call” tickets this year.

As this is a major fundraiser for our church each year, the bulk of our income is through Sponsorships and the Silent Auction, please notify the office if your business would like to contribute as a sponsor this year.

The fall edition of Sacred Pursuits begins on September 17, (6:00 pm, in the church parlor) with an introduction to “Christianity: the First Three Thousand Years.”  This NY Times best-seller expands on much of the material introduced in last year’s study of “Zealot.”

 

While purchase of the book is encouraged, Pastor Norman will provide transcriptions of relevant portions of chapters covered.  Author Diarmaid MacCullogh is a world-renowned scholar currently teaching at Oxford.  The first chapters will cover the context and impact of world history and cultures into which Jesus was born, ministered, and the church evolved.

 

Grief is something that touches us all.  It may come from the death of a loved one, from the loss of a relationship or of a job.  Grief can come in the loss of a beloved pet, or from the emotional aftermath of a significant move.

 

Beginning Wednesday, September 17, and meeting at 4:00 pm in the Fireside Room, Rev. Kathleen Denman (one of our newer members) will facilitate a grief recovery group.  Rev. Denman has years of experience over-seeing similar groups, and offers this ministry to those seeking a safe place in which to recover from the grief of whatever loss you are experiencing.

 

 
A new offering to our church and community will be a series of physical exercise opportunities. 

 

YOGA

Wednesday, September 24, at 5:00 pm in Room 2

ZUMBA

every Monday night at 5:30 pm in Fellowship Hall

LATIN DANCE

 Tuesday, September 30 at 5:30 pm in Fellowship Hall

 

Open to all ages. Come and bring a friend (s).

 

Sunday afternoon, October 5, at 3:00 pm, organist Scott Horton will present his annual Bachtober Concert.

 

This year’s performance will highlight incorporation of the 156 newly integrated pipes which were installed this summer.

 

Open to the public, free of admission, a free will offering will go towards maintaining upkeep of this valuable asset.

 

 

This Sunday, September 7, we will observe our annual Homecoming Sunday.  This is when the Chancel Choir returns to lead us in the music of worship, and we officially kick off the return to our program year.  This year’s observance features an after-worship pot luck picnic luncheon:

 

Persons whose last name begin with A-H bring a main dish to share with 5-6 others. I-P bring a salad and Q – Z bring a dessert.

 

Saturday, September 13

 6:00 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

Tickets on sale $10 per person

$12 at the door

 

 

Proceeds from this fund-raiser will be divided between the church’s General Fund, and the Church Women United’s Scholarship Fund.

 

Sunday, September 14 at 3:00 p.m.

 

 

Dual piano performances of music by Rachmoninoff,  Stravinsky, Copland, and Poulenc.

 

Performing artists-all related to our church- will be Scott Horton, Matt  Horton, Jane Maldonado, Robert Maldonado, Kendra Morrison, Gina Fazio, with

special guests Rebekah Zhou and Peggy Donabed