Weekly Announcements

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: Since going though Covid, our life has been under a lot of stress and anxiety. We needed to stay calm, stay put, be creative, and keep our faith. Mondays 10:00 am

Bible study on the life of
David; his ups and downs and his faith in God.
The book we going to use is ” Saying Yes in the
Darkness” by Teresa Swanstrom Anderson
(7 weeks in the Book of Psalms ).
Please check your email on Monday 8:00a.m for the Zoom Invite & Link

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BIBLE OVERVIEW 
Our next four-week bible overview will cover the book of Hebrews . The class is best enjoyed if you read the chapters, we will be covering before the class. The puzzle page at the back of the Anchor will be the Bible Overview topic the following month.
                                Study session 1: chapter 1-4 May 13th
Thursday Evenings, 7:00-8:00 p.m. via ZoomPlease check your email on Thursday 10:00a.m for the Zoom Invite & Link

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Your Pastor Nominating Committee continues to be working diligently toward finding a new pastor for SAPC.  To date, we have had 35 meetings, reviewed 151 resumes and listened to and discussed many, many sermons.  We meet at least once weekly, sometimes twice.  Every member of the PNC is prayerfully considering each and every candidate in order to discern the best possible pastor to guide us and walk alongside our congregation as we go forward.  As always, we thank the congregation for your prayers for us as we are doing this work.

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Sunday, May 23, is Pentecost SundayPLEASE WEAR RED!
Pentecost is a big festival in the Christian church that observes the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ. Pentecost is also called Whitsunday and is celebrated on the Sunday that falls on the 50th  day of Easter. Our worship service will be dedicated to celebrating the spirit of God which
flows through us and all around us.

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Saturday, May 15 from 8:30-10:30 a.m.        
Property Committee –Spring Clean-Up – Round 2

 Round 2 of the SAPC Spring Clean Up is around the corner. For this event, I would like to concentrate effort on a mixture of repairs and beautification around the church. 

Some of the tasks include:
Repairs to the parking lot/drive way from damage that occurred over the winter
Repairs to the fencing around the trash area
Sweeping the upper Parking lot of stones and cinders
Cleaning Gutters
Raking Leaves/clearing leaves from flower beds

You need only bring yourself.  However, please feel free to bring a rake and gloves if you have them.  You are also encouraged to bring a friend. Finally, bring a mask just in case you end up working in close proximity to others.  Hope to see you there – many hands make light work!

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Lawn Mowing Volunteers  still needed !

The sign up sheet is located in the narthax or you can contact,
Joe Jackson.@    ji.jackson941@gmail.com 
 Thank you in advance for your time and efforts . 

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A little more than a year ago the New London Soup Kitchen changed from in-person dining to takeout meals. This lightened the load and we only needed 4 people to make the salad, butter the bread and put the meals in clamshells for to-go. Fortunately, things are getting better and starting this month we are again serving cafeteria style to a limited number of socially distanced people. However, this requires 6 volunteers instead of 4. We have a good core of people who volunteer but we need to recruit more. Right now, we have 2 volunteers and we need 4 more. If you are a core volunteer or want to be  a volunteer let Joe Jackson know soon. Without the volunteers I will have to call the soup kitchen and let them know that our efforts will need to be supplemented.
I can be reached at 860-772-7653 or ji.jackson941@gmail.com.

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Deacon for the Month:    Linda Evers

                             The Deacons are the “hands of the church.” 
                            Please call if you know of a church member in need.

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 Elder for the Month:  Joe Jackson  
 Elders are here to assist in your pastoral and spiritual needs.

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Church Calendar May  9 – May 15
Sun        Mon	10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.	Worship Service  In sanctuary and by Zoom    Fellowship Coffee Hour  In sanctuary and by Zoom  Honoring Women of the Church Women’s Bible Study  by Zoom
Wed	7:00 p.m.	Alanon & Alateen
Thur Sat	7:00 p.m.   8:30 a.m..	Bible Overview  via Zoom  Spring Clean -up
Next Sun	10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.	Worship Service  In sanctuary and by Zoom      Fellowship Coffee Hour  by Zoom

Regular Weekly Schedule
Unless otherwise noted in above calendar

Sundays

Worship Service In Sanctuary & by Zoom 10:00 am
Fellowship Coffee Hour by Zoom 11:00 am

Mondays
Women’s Bible Study by Zoom

Wednesdays

Alanon/Alateen 7:00 pm

Thursdays

Bible Overview  7:00pm

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Zoom Weekly  Invites 

Be on the look out every Monday  8:00 a.m.    There will be a Reminder  email  with an   Invitation  to the   Women’s Bible Study  of the Plasm  for that  morning at 10:00 am . There will be a link to the zoom meeting and phone number for those  who do not have access to a computer or smart phone.

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 Be on the look out every Thursday  10:00 am. There will be a Reminder  email  with an   Invitation  to the  Study Gathering  on The Book of Mathew with Debby Green   for that evening at 7:00 pm . There will be a link to the zoom meeting and phone number for those  who do not have access to a computer or smart phone.