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Taking Care THE STEWARDSHIP BIWEEKLY of The First
Religious Society in Newburyport |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Facts about our OWL (Our Whole Lives) facilitators
Our OWL
facilitators provide a crucial ministry to our youth, empowering them with
knowledge and discernment skills. Please be sure to thank an OWL facilitator
today: David Chatfield, Donna Johnson, Peter Litwin,
Annie Madden, and Judy Shivik. Better
yet, thank them all. They are truly making a difference in the lives of our
youth. |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to Jay Iannini, Rebecca Brodish, Sarah Spalding, and Tim Fountain for
hosting a wonderful party at the Iannini-Brodish
home for Young Church parents on the night of the Variety Show. A splendid
time was had by all! |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sunday, May 10, we as a religious community will honor a
group of longtime stewards of our music program that brings so much beauty to
our worship: singers who have retired from the Sunday Choir.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Big ThankYou's to Jon Roberts and
family for their generosity - the soups and breads and desserts at the
Soup Sundays. |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The entire concept of stewardship depends on an underlying
concept of community, in our case "the beloved community" that we so often cite. A small church innately presents
this sense of community, but when a church gets to be a mid-size or even large, its members have to work harder to maintain a sense
of a unified community. Frequently, people in a church grown larger find
themselves asking themselves, "Who are all these people I don't
know?" The only useful response to this sense on non-community is more
and more communication, and we think we've found a badly needed form of that
communication - a new membership directory. For the first time in a decade, the FRS has engaged a
professional firm, Olan-Mills, to photograph us and
publish a membership directory. A copy of that directory will be available
for each person or family that is photographed to appear in it. The church
will also receive some extra copies to give to new members. This directory
service will come at no cost to the church, since Olan-Mills
benefits by selling copies of the photos to those who want them. Each person
or family sitting for a photo receives one 8"x10" color photo at no
charge. We have scheduled five photo days with Olan-Mills,
two this June and three next October. The two in June are on Friday, June 12,
from 3:00 to 9:30 p.m., and on Saturday, June 13, from 9:30 a.m. until deep
into the afternoon. All sittings will take place in the Lower Meetinghouse.
To sign up for the June sittings, please put your name on one of the
appointment lists at the sign-up tables in the church vestibule and in the
Parish Hall. We can know
each other and be stewards to this church, its community, and each other only
if we make ourselves known. So plan to do so through this version of the FRS
church directory. |
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