News and Announcements

Hymn Sing and Soup Supper

Singing the oldies and the Goodies!! Hymn Sing and Soup Supper at St. John's, Warehouse Point on saturday, February 11 from 4-7 pm. Sign up in the narthex to carpool up to the event.

Stewardship Dinner

Stewardship Dinner on February 12, at 5 pm. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Laura J. Ahrens guest and speaker. A Chicken Dinner with be served with a vegetarian entree choice and special child friendly food and babysitting during Bishop Ahren's presentation. We hope you have this marked on your calendar!

Vestry Retreat

The Vestry will be on retreat in Saturday, February 25th from 9am till after supper at Wisdom house in Litchfiled. Our retreat will be with the vestries of our PMC Partners, St. Mary's, Manchester and St. Mark's, New Britain with Anne Watkins as facilatator.

East of the River Lenten Series

Last year's series was such a great success, that we are pleased to announce the expanded 2012 East of the River Lenten Series

Yay! I Choose This!

Based on the five questions/pledges of the Baptismal Covenant.

Six consecutive Wednesday nights. Soup and Bread Supper, followed by presentation and discussion and a simple celebartion of the Eucharist. 6:30-8:30 pm

• February 29, St. John's, Vernon, co-hosted by Virginia and The Rev. Sandra Cosman
• March 7, St. Mary's, Manchester, The rRv. Paul Briggs
• March 14, St. John's, East Windsor (Warehouse Point), The Rev. Bruce Torrey
• March 21, Grace Church, Broad brook, The Rev. John Miller
• March 28, Grace Church, Stafford Springs, The Rev. Dr. Ben Brockman
• April 4, St. James, Glastonbury, The Rev. Nancy Gossling (Solemn Service of the Tenebrae, described by one local priest as "lenten lessons and carols")

This series will culminate in Easter Vigil with the Rt. Rev. Jim Curry at St. Mary's, Manchester on April 7th at 7:30 pm.

We are hosting the first night, so if you can help by making soup or bringing bread, see Virginia. We will carpool together to the other sites. A sign up sheet will placed in the narthex mid-February. This will be a great chance to meet other Episcopalians in our journey of faith and Lenten seeking and to learn more about and prayerfully discuss our baptismal promises, the foundation of our experience and expression of the faith of our church.

Emergency Call Tree

It became clear during the recent storm that our communication methods rely entirely on electricity. Internet access and landline phones were unavailable to nearly all of us. We would like to collect as many cell phone numbers from all of you as possible, so that we can be in closer touch in the next emergency. With winter nearly upon us, the Vestry requested that we earnestly try to collect cell phone numbers from all of you over the next several weeks. Please email yours to us or write it on the sheet that is at the back of the church on the table.