Author: Katrina Manzi

Dear friends in Christ, I hope you’re all doing well and getting opportunity to enjoy this beautiful day. I have a few things to highlight for this week:

Indoor Worship Updates

Council met last night, and we’ve decided to end preregistration for indoor worship. We’re still going to have people sign in when you arrive for worship. So, you can just come and sign in when you get here. Additionally, next Sunday, 6/27, we’re going to reintroduce everyone singing a closing hymn. This week we’re lucky to have our bell quartet playing!

Other COVID Updates

Outdoor worship, outdoor church activities, etc. now are mask optional. We’re also no longer having sign ins/registration for outdoor worship.

Memorial Service for John Somero Sat. 6/19@11am on the Green

The memorial service for John is this Saturday. Please bring a chair. I’m going to try to record the service, and if it comes out alright, I will post it on our YouTube channel in the days after for those of you who are unable to make it. If you are available Saturday morning, we could use volunteers to help set up chairs on the green for guests who won’t know to bring one. People will start setting things up around 9am. We will also need help cleaning things up after the service.

Summer Worship Plans

St. George’s has decided with things being so unsettled with the pandemic that it would be best to hold off on having joint summer worship this year. So, both July and August we’re going to be having worship at MCC at 10am.

General Comments

Thank you to everyone who helped out with our Strawberry Shortcake on the Go! And thank you to everyone who bought shortcake! We sold out of shortcake! I also want to thank Dinova’s for generously donating the strawberries this year. I’ve attached a few photos from the Strawberry Shortcake on the Go! I hope you all have a good week!

Peace,

Pastor Katrina

Dear friends in Christ,

I hope you’re all doing well and staying cool with all this hot weather. I have a few things to highlight for this week:

Indoor Worship 6/13 @10am

We are back indoors for worship every week with masks and social distancing. We’re asking people attending in person to sign up ahead of time or at the door. You can sign up online or by contacting the church office. This week is our last week of Sunday School, but nursery care will continue through the whole summer. We will of course continue to live-stream.

Strawberry Shortcake on the Go! 6/13 from 5-7:30pm

This Sunday from 5-7:30, we’re going to have strawberry shortcake! Each serving is $7, and you’re welcome to take it home or bring a chair and enjoy it on the green. I’ve attached a poster, and the link to the Facebook event to help get the word out is here.

I’m looking forward to seeing many of you and enjoying some strawberries! Thank you to Janine SW and Ellen A for heading things up!

IShare the Care Helpers Wanted

One of the ministries of our church is providing meals to members and friends going through a difficult time or a transition (e.g. new baby, etc.) If you would be interested in being on the volunteer list of people who cook or bake, please contact the Church Office. We can always use more hands to help share the care in our community.

General Comments

It was lovely to see many of you this past Sunday for worship or for the picnic. I forgot to take pictures at the picnic, but Valerie got some pictures of outdoor Sunday school and Ben E. receiving the Charles P. Luckey Scholarship. Congrats to Ben! I’ve attached those along with a picture of a lovely sunset from last week.

I know it’s still technically spring, but the weather these past days and looking out at the green has me thinking of the hymn “The Summer Days Are Come Again.” Part of the first verse goes like this:

The summer days are come again;
Once more the glad earth yields
Her golden wealth of ripening grain,
And breath of clover fields,
And deepening shade of summer woods
And glow of summer air.

Happy almost summer!

Katrina

The Rev. Katrina R. Manzi

Minister, Middlebury Congregational Church