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Headlines Below:
Family Bowling on Sunday, April 28, 2013
Kids bring in $87 in change for One Great Hour of Sharing
Communion in Tuthill House
Thank You for Helping
Operation Christmas Child: 72 boxes filled
Thank You for Making a Difference
Keep Faoziatou Rouamba in Your Prayers
Kids' Worship
Church Cancellations
(last updated April 8, 2013)
FAMILY BOWLING ON SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
Join us for family bowling after church on Sunday, April 28, 2013. We'll be going to Pilgrim Lanes, in Haverhill, and our Christian Education program will split the cost with any participants. Contact Karen McLain at CEDirector@atkinsoncc.org by April 22 if you are interested in attending.
THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH HOLY WEEK
Thank you to all the children and adults who helped with our Walk Through Holy Week this year. Once again, you were an inspiration us all, focusing our attention on the real Easter story. Anyone who wants to recycle eggs from our Palm Sunday egg hunt can drop them off at Tuthill House, and we'll use them next year.
KIDS BRING IN $87 FOR ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING
Children brought in $87 in change this past Sunday, March 10, 2013, for the Missions Committee's collection drive for One Great Hour of Sharing. Money collected will help families that have been displaced by natural disasters and political unrest, children who are malnourished due to drought and famine, and families who need clean water, homes, schools, and healthcare. Joy-filled giving shows that our hearts are open to helping spread God’s love to others, changing lives for the better. Thank you to all who joined us in the wonderful effort to bring joy to our world!
SAVE THE DATE: JULY 15-19, 2013 IS VBC
Save the dates July 15-19 to Lift Off! with Vacation Bible Camp. Ages 4-12 will be soaring to new heights with God as they attend exciting assemblies, participate in interactive stories, make crafts, play games, sing songs, experiment in science, and eat delicious snacks. The price is $20 per child with a maximum of $30 per family to help cover the cost of snacks, crafts and give-aways. You can register by e-mailing CEDirector@atkinsoncc.org. Need-based scholarships are available.
COMMUNION IN TUTHILL HOUSE
We now celebrate Communion in the Tuthill House library immediately after church the first Sunday of every month. Communion in Tuthill House is led by Karen Landry and is for children who have celebrated their 1st Communion, and for any teachers, other volunteers, or parents who want to join them. Our next First Communion Class with Pastor Paul is Saturday, May 18 at 10 a.m., and 1st Communion (with the church congregation) will be on June 2, which is also Children's Sunday.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING
Thank you to all our youth who helped with the spaghetti supper on Saturday, Feb. 16, and to everyone who helped with the Valentine's Day treat bags we made for the Meals on Wheels program, which services 150 area shut-ins. The bags had a decorated pencil and card along with either cider packets and popcorn, or hot cocoa packets, marshsmallows, peppermint sticks and Hershey kisses.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: 72 Boxes shipped to South Africa, Ukraine and Madagascar
Thank you to everyone who helped us fill 72 shoeboxes with small gifts for Operation Christmas Child. Run by Samaritan’s Purse, this program has changed many lives over the years, sending nearly 100 million destitute children small heart-warming presents along with the greatest gift of all (news about Jesus Christ and about the opportunity to join God’s family). Check out stories from South Africa , Ukraine , and Madagascar , where our boxes went this year. You can also check 2011 stories from Zimbabwe, the Ukraine , and Albania-- the three locations to receive our 70 shoeboxes filled with Christmas gifts for children in 2011. Another shoebox drive hosted by Atkinson Congregational Church for the victims of Hurricane Sandy also did well. Thank you!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Thank you to all of those who made a difference in the lives of your children and in your community last month, especially to those who so generously contributed over 50 bags of groceries to our youth groups' drive for the ecumenical food pantry housed at St. Anne's Church in Hampstead, and to the largest ever Kids Care collection drive at the Kimball Library, as Atkinson Academy students collected items for Ruth's House, the MSPCA animal shelter, and the Anna Jaques Hospital pediatric ward. Thanks also to those of you who helped with or ate at the Harvest Dinner, which benefited the NH Food Bank, or who found another way to Make a Difference in someone's life, as so many of you do!
KEEP FAOZIATOU ROUAMBA IN YOUR PRAYERS
Please pray for Faoziatou Rouamba, an 11-year-old Compassion International child who lives in Africa and who our church supports. The children in our church school recently wrote her a letter. Faoziatou writes that she and her family are doing “fine” and that she looks forward to our letters.
KIDS' WORSHIP
On Kids Worship days there is still nursery and a greeter, but the church school classes all meet together so we don't need teachers to cover each class. The children and youth still come over to Tuthill House after the Children's Message, but instead of going to their usual classrooms they go to the 1st/2nd grade room on the first floor. Karen McLain teaches a theme that is applicable to all grades.We generally have Kids Worship Sundays on long weekends when many families are away, and when we might have smaller than usual attendance in each of the classes.
CHURCH CANCELLATIONS
If church school and/or church are cancelled, parents and teachers will
be notified through a phone message on their cell phones. A few parents requested notification on a home phone
instead will be called on their home phone. If there is power,
cancellations will also be posted in parent/teacher e-mails and on the
Christian Education Main Page on the church website at
www.atkinsoncc.org.
Headlines Below:
Family Bowling on Sunday, April 28, 2013
Kids bring in $87 in change for One Great Hour of Sharing
Communion in Tuthill House
Thank You for Helping
Operation Christmas Child: 72 boxes filled
Thank You for Making a Difference
Keep Faoziatou Rouamba in Your Prayers
Kids' Worship
Church Cancellations
(last updated April 8, 2013)
FAMILY BOWLING ON SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
Join us for family bowling after church on Sunday, April 28, 2013. We'll be going to Pilgrim Lanes, in Haverhill, and our Christian Education program will split the cost with any participants. Contact Karen McLain at CEDirector@atkinsoncc.org by April 22 if you are interested in attending.
THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH HOLY WEEK
Thank you to all the children and adults who helped with our Walk Through Holy Week this year. Once again, you were an inspiration us all, focusing our attention on the real Easter story. Anyone who wants to recycle eggs from our Palm Sunday egg hunt can drop them off at Tuthill House, and we'll use them next year.
KIDS BRING IN $87 FOR ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING
Children brought in $87 in change this past Sunday, March 10, 2013, for the Missions Committee's collection drive for One Great Hour of Sharing. Money collected will help families that have been displaced by natural disasters and political unrest, children who are malnourished due to drought and famine, and families who need clean water, homes, schools, and healthcare. Joy-filled giving shows that our hearts are open to helping spread God’s love to others, changing lives for the better. Thank you to all who joined us in the wonderful effort to bring joy to our world!
SAVE THE DATE: JULY 15-19, 2013 IS VBC
Save the dates July 15-19 to Lift Off! with Vacation Bible Camp. Ages 4-12 will be soaring to new heights with God as they attend exciting assemblies, participate in interactive stories, make crafts, play games, sing songs, experiment in science, and eat delicious snacks. The price is $20 per child with a maximum of $30 per family to help cover the cost of snacks, crafts and give-aways. You can register by e-mailing CEDirector@atkinsoncc.org. Need-based scholarships are available.
COMMUNION IN TUTHILL HOUSE
We now celebrate Communion in the Tuthill House library immediately after church the first Sunday of every month. Communion in Tuthill House is led by Karen Landry and is for children who have celebrated their 1st Communion, and for any teachers, other volunteers, or parents who want to join them. Our next First Communion Class with Pastor Paul is Saturday, May 18 at 10 a.m., and 1st Communion (with the church congregation) will be on June 2, which is also Children's Sunday.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING
Thank you to all our youth who helped with the spaghetti supper on Saturday, Feb. 16, and to everyone who helped with the Valentine's Day treat bags we made for the Meals on Wheels program, which services 150 area shut-ins. The bags had a decorated pencil and card along with either cider packets and popcorn, or hot cocoa packets, marshsmallows, peppermint sticks and Hershey kisses.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: 72 Boxes shipped to South Africa, Ukraine and Madagascar
Thank you to everyone who helped us fill 72 shoeboxes with small gifts for Operation Christmas Child. Run by Samaritan’s Purse, this program has changed many lives over the years, sending nearly 100 million destitute children small heart-warming presents along with the greatest gift of all (news about Jesus Christ and about the opportunity to join God’s family). Check out stories from South Africa , Ukraine , and Madagascar , where our boxes went this year. You can also check 2011 stories from Zimbabwe, the Ukraine , and Albania-- the three locations to receive our 70 shoeboxes filled with Christmas gifts for children in 2011. Another shoebox drive hosted by Atkinson Congregational Church for the victims of Hurricane Sandy also did well. Thank you!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Thank you to all of those who made a difference in the lives of your children and in your community last month, especially to those who so generously contributed over 50 bags of groceries to our youth groups' drive for the ecumenical food pantry housed at St. Anne's Church in Hampstead, and to the largest ever Kids Care collection drive at the Kimball Library, as Atkinson Academy students collected items for Ruth's House, the MSPCA animal shelter, and the Anna Jaques Hospital pediatric ward. Thanks also to those of you who helped with or ate at the Harvest Dinner, which benefited the NH Food Bank, or who found another way to Make a Difference in someone's life, as so many of you do!
KEEP FAOZIATOU ROUAMBA IN YOUR PRAYERS
Please pray for Faoziatou Rouamba, an 11-year-old Compassion International child who lives in Africa and who our church supports. The children in our church school recently wrote her a letter. Faoziatou writes that she and her family are doing “fine” and that she looks forward to our letters.
KIDS' WORSHIP
On Kids Worship days there is still nursery and a greeter, but the church school classes all meet together so we don't need teachers to cover each class. The children and youth still come over to Tuthill House after the Children's Message, but instead of going to their usual classrooms they go to the 1st/2nd grade room on the first floor. Karen McLain teaches a theme that is applicable to all grades.We generally have Kids Worship Sundays on long weekends when many families are away, and when we might have smaller than usual attendance in each of the classes.
CHURCH CANCELLATIONS
