First Congregational Church Camden, Maine

July/August 2017 Vol. 33, No. 7&8

2 Great Concerts in August

Be sure to mark your calendars for our next

Friends of Music concert Sunday, August 6th

4:00pm when we'll be presenting an organ recital by Matt’s good friend and multiple award-winning colleague, Dr. HyeHyun Sung. You won't want to miss her unique and colorful approach to this mighty instrument! Free-will donation.

Members include Peter Stuart, Trumpet; Bruce Cole, Trumpet; Carolyn Kanicki, Horn; Megan Kennedy, Trombone; Doug Kennedy, Tuba. Their repertoire ranges from Classical brass quintet to Modern Classical, Pop, Jazz, and a little Rock. Their mission is to perform for their fans quality brass quintet music while enjoying the music making process.

Midcoast Brass Quintet Concert to benefit our Shields Mission Project

Sunday, August 20 7:00pm

One of the interesting challenges of being a pastor and head of staff in a congregation is the need to be thinking ahead while at the same time being “in the moment.” The hard thing is to be fully present, giving a need or person or situation my full attention, and not be distracted by other things, thinking about what I need to do next, etc. Now I know this challenge isn’t just a pastor’s dilemma. Everyone at different times and in different circumstances gets caught in the same thing. One of the blessings of summer is the time to engage in a slightly different rhythm that often feels as if there is space to both “be in the moment” and look ahead. As summer begins here at First Congregational we are, I think, balanced on the growing edge of the present moment and what’s coming next. The most obvious is the prospect of the church calling a new pastor sometime in the future. But there are other “edges”: The prospect of physical changes in the sanctuary come fall, and the raising of money to fund the changes; how our ministry and mission will change and grow with the coming of Sam and Aaron Sharff as Directors of Congregational Life and the changes in that position; the evolution and growth of the congrega-tion’s caring ministry though the care team and membership committee and other groups; the deacons’ work at deepening our understanding and reflection on how we experience communion; conversations how to enhance our ministry and relationships with children & youth; increasing engagement with our faith and public issues. All of this and more are part of our growing edges as Christ’s Church, and it is all very exciting! God’s Holy Spirit is moving among us and through us, and it’s energizing to contemplate where God is present and leading us.

From the Pastor’s Desk Rev. Deb Jenks

We do need the spiritual balance of being in the present moment. How can we do that? I find that that what calls me to and grounds me in the present moment is care and enjoyment—all the ways in which our encounters with one another, our conversations, our worship, our prayer, catch us up in moment. In this exciting and challenging time I invite us all to embrace the excitement, the challenge, the joy of these moments. Even if it’s nothing more that a pause to give thanks to God for all the life around us. Blessings for each and every moment, Pastor Deb

An Interesting Opportunity In anticipation of our Christian Education program for fall we are looking for volunteers who would be willing to be present as helpers in our classrooms on a rotating basis. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know our children. It is an opportunity for all, not only for parents with young children! If you are interested please contact Elizabeth Lally elizabeth@camdenucc.org or Pastor Deb Jenks djenks@camdenucc.org. ________________________________________________________ Save the date: 2017 Women’s Retreat November 3 – 5. A planning meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 11, 5:30 – 7 p.m. at Donna Crane’s home. Light refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. (donna@tillmancrane.com) if you are interested in helping to plan the 2017 Women’s Retreat. The Care Team is looking for volunteers to provide rides or meals as needed for folks. Please consider offering the gift of spending time with others. If you would volunteer or want to find out more please contact Ann Cole or Beryl Charlton or sign up on the Opportunities Table.

TAKE NOTE that the Church Office will be closed on Fridays through September 8. Church Office hours Monday through Thursday remain the same—8:30-3:30.

Shields Mission Project Committee A Ministry of

The First Congregational Church of Camden

Shelley Mills

I recently met with the case managers at the Knox County Homeless Coalition (aka home help hope). It was great to put faces to names and to be able to learn more about their organization and to explain to them the Shields Mission Project and the support we are able to provide. The big take-away for me was how hard their jobs are and how appreciative they are of our support. The case managers offer what they call wraparound support, “offering a comprehensive approach to helping people get back to productive and self-sustaining lives.” They are working to put the pieces of the puzzle together. We rely on the case managers to give us all the facts we need to make informed decisions and to be good stewards of the fund. And hopefully, we’ve helped place one of the puzzle pieces. Homelessness continues to be a major concern in our community. With no emergency shelters in the area, (Hospitality House is the region’s only family shelter. It houses 23 people and is always full with a waiting list.) Shields has been helping by providing short-term motel stays but that option disappears when the summer tourists arrive. Recently, the Knox County Homeless Coalition has teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build a tiny home prototype located on the back acreage of the Hospitality House. The hope is to build at least 14 individual units to create a village concept. The idea is to provide more shelter to more people and to provide that “wraparound support” the residents need. This model was inspired by an organization called the Dream Center. I encourage you to visit their website: www.dreamcenterpc.org to get a better idea of what KCHC and Habitat for Humanity are trying to achieve. I think it’s an exciting and worthwhile project and I look forward to learning more about it in the coming months.

Shields Committee: Deb Endl (Chair), Betty Bates, Julianne Edmondson, Bob Garcia, Rich Stuart, Roberta Walker, Shelley Mills (Interim Administrator) Our mission as an outreach ministry of the church: “To help provide less fortunate citizens of Knox County warmth, shelter, food, clothing, transportation, education, childcare, health care etc. and to enable them to become more able to live a productive and self-sustaining life.

Blood Drive Monday, July 10 12:30-5:30pm Pilgrim Room

Women’s Potluck July 24 6-8pm

Roberta Walker’s Camp On beautiful Quantabacook Lake Searsmont Directions to follow.

Please sign up on the Opportunities Table.

Our May 21st and June 4th Friends of Music concerts were a great success, and I hope everyone enjoyed the clarinet, piano, choral, and

vocal offerings! I know I did! Be sure to mark your calendars for our next Friends of Music concert on August 6th when we'll be presenting an organ recital by my good friend and mul-tiple award-winning colleague, Dr. HyeHyun Sung. You won't want to miss her unique and colorful approach to this mighty instrument! Sunday, June 4th marked our last official choir Sunday, and I would like to thank both the Sanctuary Choir and Choral Bells for all their hard work this spring season! I look forward to our Wednesdays and Sundays together again in the fall. In the meantime, we have started our "Summer Pick-Up Choir." Many of our regular choir members will be staying on with us, but we welcome anyone and everyone who would like to sing! So if you'd like to hang out with some great people, and sing some great music, now's your chance. No commitment, no obligation, just show up any Sunday morning from until July 30th, and we'll have a short rehearsal starting at 8:30 a.m. to prepare us for the service. Again, all are welcome! It's bound to be a summer full of wonderful music here in mid-coast Maine. Be sure to check out all the great concerts going on in the community. And don't forget that many fine local musicians will be enhancing our worship experience here at First UCC throughout the month of August. Have a beautiful Maine summer! Matt

From Matt Mainster Director of Music

JULY BIRTHDAYS

7/1 Jane Babbitt 7/6 Becky Brace 7/7 Betty Killoran Kristel Brown 7/9 Skip Bates 7/11 Linda Strout 7/15 Gayle Palmer 7/17 Gail Palmer 7/18 Stephen Hanscom 7/20 Brian Robinson 7/23 Flora Shorey 7/24 Matt Doudera Kate Bates

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 8/2 Cathy Eagleson 8/4 Jean Nolan 8/8 Ralph Knowlton 8/9 Mimi Edmunds 8/10 Steve Marin 8/11 Zella Walker 8/16 John Davidson Mary Lou Eugley 8/17 Kim Palermo 8/18 Bob Lannamann 8/21 Betty Bates Jane Bennett 8/23 Debbie Brady Hayley Orne

Request for birthdays Is your birthday missing from The Beacon? Is it incorrect? Please let us know so we can keep an accurate record! Call the church and ask for Sam, or e-mail sam@camdenucc.org.

Warmly, Sam & Aaron Sharff

From Elizabeth Lally Director of Church School

The Summer season does mean a slow down in regards to the number of kids that attend Sunday school, but it doesn’t mean that we do less! We

started off our Summer of Service working around the church grounds. Because of the wonderful job that the Boys Scouts did a number of weeks ago, there wasn’t as much to do as we would have liked! I am always heartened at the willingness of the kids to work for the good of others. At home, it seems like a monu-mental task to get them to pick up their socks! We are going to make our way to Quarry Hill to visit and play games with the residents and the kids really liked handing out bouquets in Camden last year—so look out for our request for a few blooms from your garden. Do you have someone in your life that might not get out much or whose spirits would be lifted by a hand-made card or drawing? Send me the details and we would love to work on that for you. The second focus this Summer is on the curriculum for our youngest

class (we are always going around the mountain about curriculum).

Ursula Crosslin and I are teaching Sunday school this Summer. We

have talked time and again about how we feel the lessons sometimes

fall flat or don’t engage the children in a way that will stick with them.

So we have switched it up. This Summer we are taking a theme and then building the lesson and activities around it, working to meet the different learning styles and ages of the children attending and not always having a craft. For example, last week the lesson was taken from the lectionary. It talked about the disciples and serving others. The things that we wanted to focus on were learning the basics about the disciples, helping, serving, and cooperation. Ursula led a worship time with songs, one contemporary and one traditional. We prayed and then we moved down to the rug where we all tried to come up with the ten disciples. When they couldn’t, we had the kids look them up in the bible. We told of how Jesus tasked the disciples (and us!) with spreading the gospel and helping others. We made a poster about our circles of service…starting with God and then family and then church family and then community and then the world. We looked up

Psalm 100:2 and had the kids role play being the “Sunny servant” and the “Grumpy Griper.” They loved this! It gave them a chance to be silly, but allowed us to have a conversation about how your attitude makes a big difference. We looked up Romans 12:4-6 and then stood in a circle and tossed a yarn ball to each person while we said something about ourselves. This highlighted that we each have different strengths and gifts that we bring and it made a big web showing how we are all connected. We moved into the big room and did an activity using balloons to learn about coopera-tion. Then we had the kids act out ways that they could serve. This was another activity that they were really taken with. And then we closed in prayer. For me, this type of lesson engages the kids and we are able to weave in lots of little conversations that are at their level. We will see what the rest of the Summer brings, but I would love to work on trying some of these types of lessons this Fall with the youngest class. If you have any ideas about activities or crafts that you think we could use, please let me know.

DATE USHERS FELLOWSHIP

July 2 Chase & Nan Lasbury, Ann Bex, Ann Rafferty

Betty McFarland, Don & Judy Flock, Gayle Palmer, Essie Sexton, Doug & Rebecca Laliberte

July 9 Rita Elliott, Deb Endl, Mimi Benedict, Skip Hoblin

Eric & Beryl Charlton, Mary Buck, Jared & Kristi Todd, Meg & Owen Thomas, Becky Brace

July 16 Marty & Andi Hamalainen, Ken & Caroline McCollister

Nancy Laite, Wendy Wickenden, Barbara Lannamann, Gail Palmer, Greg & Vicki Worden

July 23 John & Ellen Claussen, Roger Hurley, Loel Kline

Deb Endl, Carol & Gary Spinney, Ann Bex, Jeni Mason, Harold & Barbara Lamb, Charlene & Peter Orne

July 30 Bette McFarland, Amy Rollins, Jean Nolan, Susie Luce

Bob & Judy Laurence, Chris & Shelley Mills, Tony & Betty Bates

Our Priceless Volunteers For every month, in every Beacon, we will be printing the names of our very wonderful volunteers who have signed up for the tasks below. Check your calendars. If Ushers & Fellowship Team Members are unable to assume the duties on that day, please find a substitute and alert Nan so she can make the correction for the Sunday Bulletin.

DATE USHERS FELLOWSHIP

August 6 Marty Martens, Mimi Edmunds, Peter& Ruth Lowry

Ann & Bruce Cole, Sarah Shepherd, Gloria Guiduli, Debbi & Roy Hitchings, Marcia Dietrich

August 13 Kathrin Ander-son, Lucy Goulet, Rich Stuart, Bruce Cole

Phil & Judy Cucinotta, Andi & Marty Hamalainen, Julianne Edmondson, Rita Elliott, Ralph & Audrey Preuster

August 20 Bob Garcia & Kim Young, June Fryer, Betsy Perry

Karin Rector, Marge Wester, Debbie Brady, Ann Rafferty, Mike & Vicki Fletcher, Ruth & Peter Lowry

August 27 Charlie & Dorothea Graham, Jean Nolan, Susie Luce

Becky Ford, Sally & Allen Fernald, Mimi Edmunds, Zella & David Walker, George McKiernan

Summary of Chancel Area Changes Greg Worden

I want to thank everyone who attended the vote on the proposed chancel changes as well as all of you who participated in the many conversations leading up to the vote. To summarize, this was a recommendation that originated in the Music Subcommittee of Deacons following a particularly congested service. As you know the chancel stage and the main floor can become very tight when set up for communion, baptisms, handbells, special music and more. Following this an informal group began exploring the potential. This group consisted of members of the Music Subcommittee, Matt Mainster, members of the choir, the past Co-moderators Rich Anderson and Tony Bates, myself, Pastor Deb and members of the Deacons Committee. Plans were then drawn up and the Deacons voted to ask Cabinet to place the matter on the agenda. Cabinet did so and the result was a formal request for Bruce Cole and myself to present to the Congregation. Following that very positive reception I requested Trustees take up the matter as a buildings and grounds discussion as well as to discuss the funding source. Trustees voted in favor of moving ahead with the vote and decided that the Capital Campaign would consist of a 2 for 1 matching grant beginning with the wonderful bequest from Audrey Post of $38,000. If the congregation raises $19,000 the bequest will add $38,000 for a total of $57,000. We have received two estimates so far, one for $45,000 and the other for $46,000. In accordance with our policies we are actively seeking a third estimate. One key to this is that we don’t know what we may find when we begin to make modifications. So the extra money is needed as contingency. If there is money left over after all of the changes perhaps it could be put toward improving lighting for the choir but that will be a discussion for a future Trustees meeting. Pastor Deb also kindly spoke with the Post family and they agreed that Audrey would have been in favor of these changes. Using her bequest in this way is a proper honor to her memory and a good example of stewardship. The capital campaign will commence immediately but the contrac-tors are not likely to begin their work until the fall after the summer building boom is completed. We’ll let you know more as we progress. In conclusion, this is an example of the energy and the vitality of this

congregation. We all should be proud.

First, we would like to thank the entire congregation for the warm welcome we have received. Because of prior family commitments, we have only been able to attend one service so far, on June 11th, but we look forward to meeting many more of you as we attend more services in July and August. Second, we would like to share an interesting anecdote that gets to the heart of how we hope to serve you. On Tuesday, as Sam was going through some of the cabinets in our office, she came across a wonderful handout on how to listen well to a grieving loved one. This felt like the initial pull on a thread that has unraveled all week to reveal a broader theme: listening as a ministry. Listening costs us nothing, but challenges us to shut the door on our egos, and open the door to our hearts; it challenges us to have faith in another person; it creates space for new knowledge and can pave the way to true rela-tionship, and yet it is so hard, isn’t it? Dietrich Bonhoeffer does not sugar coat it for us: “Anyone who thinks that his time is too valuable to spend keeping quiet will eventually have no time for God and his brother, but only for himself and for his own follies.” Well, okay then! Our goal in these first few months is to really listen. We want get to know the church, its members, and how everything works. We’re hoping to read and sit in on meetings and talk to whomever wants to talk. We want to provide support for the needs of the congregation but we want to get to know each of you individually and the church as a community first so we can really be in tune to the needs of this congregation and opportunities to serve. Of course we are excited to spend some time talking to Debbi Hitchings about her experience as Director of Congregational Care so we can pick up from where she left off as seamlessly as possible, and perhaps absorb some of her wisdom by osmosis. We know how inval-uable she was to the church in this role, so we know we will never be able to replace her. Something we have said about our own family in reaction to the arrival of our daughter, Evelyn, 10 months ago, is that we are our own little transition team. We know the pain of feeling the cracking and breaking of what’s familiar, and the anticipation and excitement of the unformed and unknown. Hopefully this is a place where we will all find common ground, and hopefully, in time, we will be able to offer our own unique service in this position.

Directors of Congregational Life Sam & Aaron Sharff

Report on Access to Health Care Forum held June 15

by Ann Cole

How is our faith a source of our engagement in the area of health care?

That is the question Pastor Deb Jenks set out to answer as the first speaker at the Access to Health Care forum on June 15. The forum was the third in a series sponsored by the church’s Faith and Public Issues Task Force. Pastor Deb pointed to several connections between faith and health care: • Up until the Middle Ages, churches were the only source of health care. Many hospitals today carry names associated with the church. • Healing and teaching are central features of the Christian gospels. In Judaism, there is an obligation to care for others. Descriptions of early Christians by non-Christians pointed to “how they care for others.” Pastor Deb posed other questions: If we— as people of faith— believe that all are created in the image of God and entitled to respect and dignity, how are we to act in support of that belief? Who deserves care? Who merits our attention? The parable of the Good Samaritan provides some answers, said Pastor Deb. Jesus told the parable in response to the ques-tion from a lawyer, who asked, “And who is my neighbor?” The conclusion reached in the parable is that the Samaritan who stopped to show mercy to the injured man proved to be the neighbor of the one in need, while others passed by. Roy Hitchings, former CEO of Pen Bay Medical Center, began his presentation by sharing the premise of his approach to the issue of access to health care in America. That premise is that “All citizens and other residents should have equal access to basic and essential quality health care.” “We are not necessarily talking about single-payer health care,” he said, “or about a program that is owned and run by the government.”

He pointed to the healthcare system in Germany, which includes 200 private, not-for-profit insurance companies. While most wealthy countries (and Cuba) provide universal coverage, Roy said, in our country access and care are provided to certain groups—seniors and the disabled, most children, the armed forces, and veterans. “It is largely the working poor who go without health insurance and access,” he said. Roy told his listeners that he sees access to health care as fundamentally a moral question that should be seen as a basic hu-man right, supported in the U.S. constitution in Article 1, Section 8, which says that “Congress shall provide for the general welfare . . . And have the power to lay and collect taxes for [this] . . .” Turning to our employment-based insurance system, Roy expressed the view that the system is not as relevant today as it was at one time, given that the modern workforce changes jobs more often than workers of earlier times, works from home or part-time, is between jobs more often, and has a harder time finding employment that offers good, affordable health insurance. The barriers to moving forward, said Roy, include cost, partisan politics, a cultural dislike for government mandates, and our lack of understanding of the impact that absence of healthcare access has on peoples’ lives and the economy. He urged us to think of healthcare access as a right, not a privilege, and to advocate against legislation that doesn’t support universal access to health care (including the American Health Care Act, now being considered in the U.S. Senate). He offered these sources of information: Kaiser Family Foundation, Maine Health Access Foundation, Maine Equal Justice Partners, and Mainers for Affordable Healthcare. Roy strongly recommended a book by Tom Reid, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care.

The forum’s next speaker, Wendy Wolf, M.D., recently retired founding president and CEO of the Maine Health Access Foundation, began by saying that she is a pediatric cardiologist who grew frustrat-ed with the unfairness in American health care.

“We have,” she said, “the craziest healthcare system in the world.” The U.S. system, said Dr. Wolf became employer-based because, during World War II, companies saw a competitive advantage in offering a healthcare benefit to attract employees. Dr. Wolf focused her presentation on a comparison of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the pending federal legislation intended to replace the ACA. She said that 80,000 people in Maine had signed up for the Affordable Care Act. Under the pending legislation, she continued, 117,000 Mainers would lose health care coverage. Under the AHCA, she said, states would be allowed to apply for a waiver on some services, including maternity care, prescription drugs, and mental health services. Also, the pending AHCA would repeal the “qualified health plan” standards of the Affordable Care Act, allowing catastrophic health plans to qualify as plans meeting the require-ments of the act. A major effect of the AHCA, according to Dr. Wolf, would be that the uninsured in the United States would rise to nearly 51 million people by 2026. Those who would feel the most severe financial im-pact under the AHCA, she said, would be those older Americans not yet eligible for Medicare. People in that category would see the sub-sidy available under ACA disappear in favor of a much lower tax cred-it, while the cost of their insurance would rise dramatically. As for Medicaid, said Dr. Wolf, it would become “skinny” under the AHCA. Medicaid is a federal and state program that is jointly funded and provides health insurance for people with low incomes and those with disabilities. Dr. Wolf pointed out that the federal gov-ernment “sets the floor” of essential benefits, to which the states can add other benefits. Medicaid is the leading payer of the cost of long-term care in nursing homes.

Under the proposed AHCA, according to Dr. Wolf, Medicaid would be subject to a per capita cap, no longer taking into account changes in healthcare needs or healthcare costs, or new drugs and treatments. In closing, Dr. Wolf held up a document entitled “Ten Priorities for a faithful health care system,” excerpted from an interfaith letter sent to Congress in March. (The UCC was among those signing the letter.) Among the ten priorities on the document, said Dr. Wolf, only two would be met by the proposed AHCA. The presentations by Pastor Deb Jenks, Roy Hitchings, and Dr. Wendy Wolf were followed by questions and comments from the audience. An emergency room physician from Pen Bay Medical Center pressed the point that emergency services are a specialty within the health care system and cannot be considered an alternative to, or substitute for, regular health care. Her comments were seconded by a school nurse who said that as part of her work she encourages parents to connect with a family doctor and avoid relying on emergency-room services. In closing, Dr. Wendy Wolf urged those at the forum to contact the office of Senator Susan Collins to express their concerns regarding the pending legislation on health care. Senator Collins, she said, is one of three senators who may well decide whether the AHCA, or some version of it, passes into law.

From Heavenly Threads Melissa Chapman, Manager

Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop has now entered its 23rd year of existence. So many wonderful people have been involved & supported our amazing shop.

Here is our mission statement which is two-fold: To provide a means for the congregation and the community to

donate their gently used clothing and home goods to be sold to others at a very reasonable price

To return the income, after expenses, back to the community in the form of support for charities and non-profit agencies in Knox County.

Yes, this is a great mission statement but we are so much more than that! Heavenly Threads plays so many diverse roles in people's lives. Donators, customers & volunteers all not only give their time, money and things, they also gain friends and the feeling of being part of something pretty awesome!

As Heavenly Threads Thrift Shop has grown by leaps and bounds, so

has our need for volunteers. We are blessed with faithful volunteers but we need many more to join our team. And we are an awesome team!

There are many ways to volunteer with us. Some people are able to commit to a 3 hour shift weekly and that is great. But if you are unable to do that, there are lots of other options. You can sign up for various days a month to come in to help with particular tasks. We have jobs for volunteers to do at their own convenience during the week. We have a substitute list of volunteers for that last minute need. Whatever fits your life. We will make it work ! Everyone is welcome. And everyone is needed!

Defintion of "volunteer": To chose to act in recognition of a need, with an attitude of social responsibility & without concern for monetary profit, going beyond one's basic obligations.

Thank you all for your support of our mission! Enjoy your summer!

July Highlights

2SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship, Communion 3&4Monday & Tuesday, CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED 5Wednesday, 9:30am, Staff meeting 6Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet; 5:00pm, Deacons meet 9SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship 10 Monday, 12:30pm, Blood Drive 11 5:30pm, Women’s Retreat meeting at Donna Crane’s 12 Wednesday, 9:30am, Staff meeting 14 Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet; 16 SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship; 1:30pm, Anderson Inn Chapel Service 19Wednesday, 9:30am, Staff meeting 20Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet; 5:30pm,Trustees meet 23SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship 25 Tuesday, 5:30pm, Cabinet meets 27Wednesday,9:30am, Staff meeting 28Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet 31 SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship

August Highlights 2Wednesday, 9:30am, Staff meeting 3Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet; 6 SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship, Communion; 4:00pm, Friends of Music Concert 9Wednesday, 9:30am, Staff meeting 10Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; 10:30am, Membership Meets; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet; 13SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship 16 Wednesday, 9:30am, Staff meeting 17 Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet; 20SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship; 7:00pm, Midcoast Brass Concert for Shields 23Wednesday, 9:30am, Staff meeting 24Thursday, 9:00am, XiGong; Noon, Prayer Shawl knitters meet; 6:00pm, Women’s Potluck 28SUNDAY, 9:30am, Worship; 1:30pm, Anderson Inn Chapel Service 31Wednesday,9:30am, Staff meeting

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