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Congregational ChronicleVolume 16 Issue 2 June 2012

Central Village CongregationalChurch, UCC

See Johnson, p. 2

See PIN, p. 5

by Marge HoskinGordon Johnson, Pastor Emeritus

of our church recently marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination. His years of service were recog-nized during last month’s UCC Association meeting held at the First Congregational Church in Plainfield. Central Village Council Chairman Robert McLevy and delegate Cookie Ormerod attended the meeting.

Both Gordon and his wife Joan (nee Haskell) are native Rhode Islanders. He was attending Rhode

Island School of Design when he contracted polio (also known as Infantile Paralysis because of its proclivity to do its damage to young children).

“But I was 19,” he said, remem-bering that he was hospitalized with a number of other adults. “The Salk vaccine became available the next year.” Unable to continue at RISD, he transferred to the University of Rhode Island for his Bachelor’s Degree.

Gordon enrolled at Colgate Roch-ester Divinity School, a Baptist seminary in New York, in 1958. He was ordained in his home church, Mashantuck Baptist Church in Cranston RI, in 1962 and became student pastor at the Congregational Church of Lavonia, NY.

In 1964 he returned to Rhode Island to search for a job. He be-came aware of the opportunity to serve yoked churches across the border in Connecticut and came to the Central Village and Plainfield

Area UCC honors half century of ministry

by Gordon SmithOn Monday, March 12, sixteen

members of local area churches met with Sherry Grant of the Con-necticut Food Bank to discuss the new requirements to receive food from the Food Bank for Project PIN. In short, she wanted us to give more time to servicing people more effectively. She requested we set specific days and hours of operation instead of opening only in response to phone calls. Several objections were voiced, but after talking out differences, we decided to try to set up schedules that would satisfy everyone.

Tim Kettle from All Hallows Church has taken on the huge task of assuming the title of Pantry Co-ordinator from Bill Hinckley, who is retiring. Tim has worked with others to acquire space for Project Pin in the All Hallows School in

Project PIN needs changes

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The Rev. Gordon Johnson, Pastor Emeritus of Central Village Congregational Church, is now retired and content to be “just another member” of the church.

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by Erma MacbethThe Search Committee has been

working hard discussing profiles to find candidates that we feel “fit” us. It’s been a long process, but the committee has worked together very well, and we are slowly com-ing closer. This process is difficult because we not only examine pro-spective candidates, but we also

The search continues

Jeannie CofskeJoyce Desautels

Ralph GarrettJudy HansenCheryl Hull

Charles HutchinsonEdward Johnson

Nancy MathewsonShirley Moorehead

Ron Morton, Jr.Ora

Stacy PriceMike RaubDale Smith

Ruby SimondsAlida Taverner

Please pray for —

Those serving in the MilitaryHazel Opperman, Village Manor

There are an unusual number of sor-rowful families this spring in our circle of concern. Central Village Church has lost a long time faithful member in Gussie (Augusta) Burns on March 30. The same weekend, Julia Credit and Amos Cornell lost their brother, Al Cor-nell, and Jay Lewis lost her mother, Ella

Wakefield. Earlier in the same week, two long time friends of our church, Ken Brumfield and Harriet Tillinghast Fuller, also died.

Just recently, in late May, two other families lost members — Jana Livernoche’s aunt, Carol Livernoche, and Len Oberdorf ’s sister, Shirley Weaver.

We will hold all these families close in our hearts and prayers as they mourn their loved ones.

The Rev. Johnsonchurches in1965. He served them for 32 years, retiring in 1997. Now he and Joan live here in the town where they raised their three chil-dren, Timothy, Karen and Jodie.

During the years of his pastorate, Gordon was active in the communi-ty. Many projects were ecumenical in nature like the establishment and

Cont’d from p. 1 operation of the food pantry, Project PIN (People In Need), which con-tinues to this day.

When I asked Joan about her duties during those years, she told me she preferred to be “one of the Indians and not the chief.” One can only imagine how many of those delectable chocolate cakes she made through the years.

Or how many church services, baptisms, marriages, funerals and memorial services, and counseling sessions Gordon performed. Sitting at the ticket table at our last church turkey supper, he was warmly greeted by person after person, a telling sign that his good works went far beyond the congregations he served for so many years.

must be very introspective as we try to decide what will be best for our church. We all will come away understanding ourselves and our wishes for our church. Hopefully we will have grown in the process.

Thank you for your patience. We hope we can have a candidate that will serve us all well, as we need to be served and guided.


June 2012

Message from the Pulpit

So here we are in the middle of the season of Spring. Many fruits and veggies are ahead of schedule, the days are lengthening nicely and summer is just a bit less than a month away. In New England we follow the seasons and when fellow New Englanders move to places like Hawaii and Florida, we often hear them say, “we miss the changing of the seasons.”

The church has seasons too! Christmas, Easter and then empty pew season. It is true, there are many tugs on our time and Sunday is often the only “free” time we have to get things done or to do things (beach!) while the weather is nice. But this time going forward is actually the Season after Pentecost.

The Season After Pentecost is es-sentially the part of the year that is left over after everything has been accounted for. The name of this season varies widely from church to church — it can be called Kingdom-tide, Dominiontide, or Ordinary Time. In most churches, the general theme of the Bible readings and sermons concerns the church’s mis-sion in the world. In other words, how are we going to react now that the Spirit has come at Pentecost to inspire us into action.

The Season After Pentecost be-gins on the day after Pentecost. It ends in our tradition on the Saturday

before the First Sunday of Advent. The main holy days during this season are as follows:

• Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, is the celebration of the Holy Trinity.

• The Transfiguration In many churches, 6 August is the com-memoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ on Mount Tabor. In the Revised Common Lectionary, it has been moved to the Last Sunday After the Epiphany.

• Holy Cross Day, 14 Septem-ber, originally commemorates the alleged dis-covery of the t rue cross in Palestine in the fourth century. I n L u t h e r a n churches, it is the occasion for preaching on the theology of the cross.

• All Saints’ Day, 1 Novem-ber, the Christian Memorial Day on which all who died for their testimony of Jesus are remembered. Many American churches use All Saints’ Day as an educational, Christian alternative to the secular Halloween, by hav-ing a party and a special service for children, who dress in costumes to represent heroes of the Christian faith. The practice of having a har-vest festival to avoid the secular

Halloween is ironic, since that puts us right back into the pagan things we were trying to avoid. The word Halloween itself is a contraction of All hallows’ evening, which is the original English-language Christian term for All Saints’ Eve. (‘Hallow’ is an old word for ‘saint.’)

Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day on 31 October. Martin Luther posted his debate topics on the day before All Saints’ Day to take ad-vantage of the crowds who would

pass by on their way to services.

So we will live in a tension of life events, of all that tugs on our lives and the call to be faithful dis-ciples, learners, growers, active participants in the mission and ministry of the church of Jesus Christ.

DO have a great summer. Wear your sun-

screen, bug spray and eat and drink sensibly. Be safe, have fun! And if you feel so moved, inspired, di-rected, in need for power, strength, hope, prayer, song … drop on by at 9:30 a.m. some Sunday. We’ll get the fans out and keep the light on for ya.

Blessings, Ken The Rev. Dr. Ken Ferguson

in SummerThe Church


June 2012

by Cookie OrmerodThe Windham Association

Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ held their 150th annual meeting on May 23, 2012 at the First Con-gregational Church of Plainfield. Bob McLevy, Moderator, Cookie Ormerod, Delegate, and our Pas-tor Emeritus, the Rev. Gordon and Joan Johnson, attended from Central Village Congregational.

We enjoyed an evening meal then adjourned to the Sanctuary for the meeting. The Mustard Seed Grant was then presented. This grant enables a church to use this seed money to start up a program or enhance their minis-try. Grant guidelines are sent to all Windham Association churches

inviting them to prepare a proposal for consideration.

The highlight of the evening for us was the Recognition of Ordina-tion milestones for three of our ministers. Our Rev. Gordon John-son had the most years. He received congratulations, a certificate and a standing ovation for fifty years of ministry. We were fortunate to have him as our minister for thirty-two of those years.

The evening closed with a pro-gram of gospel music by two gentlemen of the group “Sound Judgment.” They were “rockers” in their youth and it showed in their upbeat music.

It was a very enjoyable evening. Mixing business with pleasure is not a bad thing!

Congregational Churches of: Abington

Canterbury Central Village

Thompson E. Woodstock

HamptonKillingly

Mansfield Plainfield Putnam Scotland

S. Windham Storrs

Westfield (Danielson) WillimanticWoodstock

Also: Church of the Good

Shepherd,S. Woodstock Federated Church of Christ,

Brooklyn Storrs Korean Church

The Windham Association Member ChurchesAnnual UCC meeting held

by Ginny WinslowThis year the Plainfield Area

Churches Ecumenical Ministry (PACEM) Breakfast and Service was held at the Moosup United Methodist Church on Thursday, May 3, at 8:30 a.m. Pastor Joe DiL-eo gave us a warm welcome plus the opening prayer and blessing.

The theme for this 2012 National Day of Prayer was “One Nation Under God.” Pastor DiLeo led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Mrs. Jillian Barry led the singing of “God Bless America.”

A very tasty breakfast was made and served by the Youth Chal-lenge Choir from the Rev. Tyrone Glaspie’s church.

After breakfast, Plainfield’s First Selectman Paul Sweet, read a Proc-lamation about the National Day of Prayer. Then we were treated to songs of Praise and Worship sung

by the Youth Challenge Choir, di-rected by Mrs. Glaspie.

As Moderator, the Rev. DiLeo in-troduced the worship service. Cler-gy members present offered prayers for the military, the churches, families, government, education, youth, and seniors. The Rev. Bill Hinckley gave the closing prayer

and dismissal.The tone of this service

brought feelings of harmony and devotion to God. It was good to see old friends again, and I am very glad I was able to attend.

Faith community joins to eat and pray


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Kathy McKnightEditor

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Erma MacbethMarge Hoskin

Assistant Editors

Laura MooreheadScott MooreheadCookie OrmerodGordon SmithGinny Winslow

Special Correspondents

Bob McLevyDirector

The CongregaTional

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Central Village Congregational ChurchUnited Church of Christ

From ctfoodbank.orgThe Connecticut Food Bank is

a private, non-profit organization trying to alleviate hunger in CT since 1982. They solicit dona-tions of food from many sources and distribute it to soup kitchens, shelters, child and adult day pro-grams and local food pantries in most of the state.

by Scott MooreheadHow does the Plainfield food

donation program, Project PIN (People in Need), operate and why is it changing?

The primary reason for the change is to comply with the Connecticut Food Bank (CFB) food pantry operation practices. While a large amount of food comes from dona-tions by member churches and indi-viduals, the bulk food is purchased from CFB at a deep discount. PIN pays to be a member program with CFB and without their assistance, we would not be able to feed as many as we do. PIN was informed by CFB that if we did not make the requested changes we would no longer be able to participate in their program. If you want to know more about CFB, check out their website www.ctfoodbank.org

I’ll start with an outline of the past operation practices that were a con-cern to CFB. First, the food pantry did not have regular open hours. Registered patrons would need to contact the volunteer on call for that week and make an appointment to pick up food. CFB requires specific days and hours of operation.

Second, PIN only allowed reg-

istered clients to obtain food once every two months. CFB requires clients to be serviced every month. Third, the amount of food allowed to each client can be limited, but they need to have freedom of choice on what items they choose. As I understand past practice, this was not a real problem.

While the discussions with CFB were occurring, the arrangements to move operations to All Hallows School were being made.

The new operation hours are ten-tatively set to be Mondays from 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. At present, volunteers from CVCC will be needed only as back-ups when others are not available. We already have a few members signed up. There will be a learning curve and adjustments, but we think this will be a much better system for everyone.

If you would like to sign up to help, contact Gordon Smith or me. More volunteers may be needed as time goes by, so please stay tuned. Of course we will continue to col-lect donations of non-perishable foods at church on the first Sunday of each month.

How Project PIN is changing

Moosup, which is no longer in use. It will provide more storage room for the food and will include an of-fice and bathroom facilities for the workers.

The space is presently being painted, shelves installed, etc., and it is hoped to be in use sometime in June.

PINCont’d from p. 1

About HungerIt is estimated that in Connecti-

cut, one in seven households is struggling to put food on the table. There are more than 400,000 people in Connecticut at risk of hunger every year. These are people from all walks of life – chil-dren, working parents, seniors, people with disabilities, etc.


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13 Brittany Burton13 Ken Ferguson21 Leonard Oberdorf25 Marie Exley27 Jennifer Ormerod

8 Danielle Exley-Blocker19 Melanie Exley20 Mary (Morton) Tatro22 Stacy Grab

2 Jane Wuorio 4 Mariena Eaton 5 yrs.12 Norman St Jean14 Jill Shamback20 Nathan Burton22 Angela Howell-Hopkins24 Alton Exley26 Bob McLevy27 Jill (Exley) Durand29 Amos Cornell

by Jill ShambackAs we wrap up our Sunday

School year for the summer, we reflect on all the fun and learning we have done this year. We are grateful for the friendships that we have made. We look forward to our Sunday mornings together sharing laughs, supporting each other as we discuss our

week, and learning about the important role God plays in our lives.

Our last Sunday School ses-sion for the school year was June 3rd. We wish everyone a restful and relaxing summer, but we will look forward to another productive year begin-ning in September.

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Have fun!


June 2012

by Laura MooreheadA couple of months ago, Bob

McLevy and I went to the planning meeting for the 2012 Plainfield Pride Days. We were lucky enough to be the first people to sign up for a table in the non-profit area of the event on Saturday, Au-gust 4. We got a great loca-tion — right on the corner edge of the non-profits, next to the food area, so we should get great traffic.

If any of you went to l as t year ’s even t , you know how successful it was. Over 3,000 people attended in 2011, and they expect even more this year. Activities will include live music, a grill cook-off, a car cruise, a pie eating contest, plenty of activities for children, and much more.

So now all we need is ideas and volunteers. What should our booth offer? How do we attract as many people as possible and what do we want them to leave with? Lots of questions and lots of possibilities — the more ideas we have the better.

So if you have some thoughts, please let me know. L i s a h a s already of-fered us a fun craf t project.

W e ’ l l also need volunteers to help man the booth. The event

runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., so any time you can offer would help.

We’ve got a great opportunity to get our outreach word out into the community at this event, so let’s put some of our New Beginnings ideas to good use!

We need ideas, volunteers!

The Deary Road Race is com-ing on August 11, the Saturday after Plainfield Pride Days. Thanks to the money raised through Angela C. Howell’s Christmas Concert, Central Vil-lage Church will again be among the sponsors of this worthy event. We have managed to be sponsors for four of the last five years, which means we have contributed at least $250 each time. In addition, we have had people participate in the five mile “Run Walk” all five years.

The event raises money for the Day Kimball Hospital’s Deary Memorial Cancer Fund. According to the Day Kim-ball website under News and Events, the fund “…provide(s) preventive care and cancer-related services to individuals in our community who may not otherwise have the necessary financial resources.

“…Monies raised at this event subsidize mammograms, ultra-sounds, medications, travel and surgical procedures for people in the local community needing financial assistance. Additional-ly, the fundraiser supports The Tom C. Deary Jr. Scholarship awarded to students pursuing a career in radiology. All monies raised remain local.”

It goes on to say,

For more information, go to http://www.daykimball.org/news-and-events/ and click on DKH Deary Memorial Race, Walk & Ride.

How You Can ParticipateBe A Sponsor. Be A Participant.

Be A Pledge Donor.


June 2012

Above, far left, is Adele Tarkowski. Her company includes: Lloyd Salisbury, above left, who plays guitar, keyboard, and horns, with his brother Wally Salisbury, who plays bass guitar; brother Bob Salisbury, above right, playing guitar with his son Joel Salisbury, playing bass in a special guest appearance. Another guest, Deb Hopkins, far left, sings next to another brother, Paul Salisbury, playing drums. All four Salisbury brothers are part of the company and contribute to the vocal leads and harmonies the group is known for. They can be seen in many venues throughout the area, and they return to Central Village Church every spring.

by Kathy McKnightArea favorites, Adele & Co., pro-

vided another entertaining evening at Central Village Church on Saturday, March 10. They were joined by some other very talented folk to perform a variety of musical styles and songs, including many originals and cov-ers of some well-known tunes from rock, folk, country, swing and more.

Central Village crowds love this group, and their enthusiasm rewards the tremendous time and effort the group invests in these occasions. The program is always well planned, and this night was no exception. Beginning with the driving beat o f “ S i x t e e n Tons,” played and sung by Bob Salisbury and his son, Joel, on guitar and bass guitar, they went on to feature the rich voice of Adele Tarkowski on the poignant,

“Good Morning, Heartache.” Lloyd Salisbury got the audience

revved up and involved in the echo chorus of a rousing “Day-O.”

Lloyd and Adele had fun with the amazing take-off on “Hush Little Baby,” called “Mockingbird.” They managed beautifully the difficult Carly Simon-James Taylor arrange-ment, where they each sang the same lyrics to different tunes with different rhythms at virtually the same time. It was a delight to hear, but it makes my head spin to think how they did it!

Later in the evening, Adele and Wally Salisbury donned hats to per-form a duet, “One More Time.” And not to be outdone, the fourth brother, drummer Paul Salisbury, sang, “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “Wagon Train,” for which Wally abandoned

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his bass and played harmonica.Special guest Deb Hopkins gave

us a preview of her upcoming April concert by singing the torchy “At Last.” She also joined the company in its stirring finale.

Lloyd took up his trumpet in tribute to fellow trumpeter, Kyle Collins, sidelined after back surgery. He played Leroy Anderson’s “Trum-peter’s Lullaby,” with virtuosity and feeling — quite a treat.

One of my personal favorites of the evening was Adele’s tender, full tones singing the Irish folk song, “The Water Is Wide,” with haunting strains from Lloyd’s guitar. I like the quieter songs best, but there was plenty of spirited music too. Adele & Co. likes to play something to please all ages and tastes.


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A d e l e ’ s c o n c e r t raised $200 for Village Manor Recreation Fund and $673 for CVCC.

Deb’s concert raised

$200 for the Plain-field Senior Recreation Fund and $505 for CVCC.

Our deepest thanks to those talented, hard-working artists willing to help these causes and us, and to all the many patrons who shared in the ef-fort and hopefully in the joy!

by Louise TuckerThe Deb Hopkins concert on the

evening of Saturday, April 21, was terrific!!!!!! Deb and her partner Jim Poland, a talented pianist, are a unique combination. They provided an evening of wonderful entertain-ment with a mixture of songs and moods of their special repertoire of Blues and Jazz.

Deb’s featured guests in the pro-gram included Adele Tarkowski, Sandy Collins, and Jim Murray, who is Deb’s cousin. Their per-formances were so pleasing to the audience.

In addition, Lloyd Salisbury, gui-tarist, Rich Derocco on the electric guitar, John Souza on the drums (with one very special drum), and Deb’s brother, Scott Hopkins, with his bass guitar, rounded out the mu-sical talent! They provided all the wonderful instrumental music for the diverse evening entertainment.

Deb sang several solos, filling the

church with her powerful voice. She has a very wide vocal range. In addition to the unusual Jazz and Blues selections, Deb sang a ver-sion of Paul Simon’s song, “Still Crazy after All These Years,” and it was wonderful. She also pleased the audience with the popular country song, “The Tennessee Waltz.”

Deb and Adele were joined by Angela Howell-Hopkins to perform a medley in a cappella, which de-lighted the audience. A very touch-ing moment came when Deb sang, “Morning Has Broken,” accompa-nied by Sandy Collins interpreting the words and music, using sign language. This was a special tribute to Jill Brumfield, who passed away recently. Jill was a longtime church member, who served as church trea-surer for many years.

Scott, John and Jim sang several selections, and played along on their instruments. Then Jim Murray sang an amusing solo with antics, portraying “The Secret Service Man.” He captured the audience with his energetic stage presence. Jim also sang his version of “If I Were a Rich Man,” from Fiddler on the Roof. His resounding voice and his sense of humor created a parody, which he acted out. He had the audience clapping and laughing.

The concert was well attended. It was an evening of great local entertainment. We look forward to another concert featuring Deb!!

Coffee House Concerts are a won-derful part of sharing the richness of the Central Village Church with the community.

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June 2012

by Father David Rude Why is it so hard for some folks

to treasure the little things? How many times have I said, “Thank you” to someone, and they respond, “No problem”? The answer is, “You’re welcome.”

Or I might say, “What a pretty dress,” and the response is, “Oh, this old thing? Got it at Goodwill.” The answer is “Thank you!”

Not getting the proper response to these and similar comments is so hurtful. You have offered a bit of your heart, some of your love, and those answers reject your most precious gift.

You probably can’t do much

about other’s lack of caring and bad manners, but you can be more aware of the importance of your own responses. Remember that the great commandment is to “love your neighbor.” Implied in that dictum is the responsibility to af-ford your neighbor the same op-portunity.

Let them love you! Don’t throw cold water on their

kindness. Don’t step on their hearts. You might think that this is a

small matter but remember, as mov-ing as it is to sit on a mountain, it’s even more so to sit on a tack! Little things do matter.

Little things really do matter

Editor’s note: David Rude likes to keep in touch with his hometown al-though he lives far away. He writes, “How I love to read your newslet-ter, to be a fly on the wall of your spiritual journey. It simply gives me great joy …” Here are some thoughts he’s offered us in return.

A church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 ser-mons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one of them. So, I think I’m wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.”

This started a real contro-versy in the “Letters to the Editor” column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

“I’ve been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my

work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!”

When you are DOWN to nothing … God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

— Anonymous

Why Go To Church?


June 2012

from the kitchen of Jane EatonIn a large pan, dissolve: 1 reg. package Jello, any flavor 2 c. sugar 4 c. boiling water

Exley Family Punch

When ready to serve, add: 2 liters of clear soda (Sprite is good)Float on top: 1/2 gallon sherbert (Multi-colored is nice)

Jane usually divides the punch before adding the soda and sherbert. She freezes it in two 1-gallon Ziploc freezer bags. About 3 hours before serving, she removes one or both bags from the freezer and puts into large punch bowls.When thawed, she adds one liter of soda and 1/2 of the sherbert to each bag.

Add: 1 can frozen lemonade with 3 cans water 1 46 oz. can pineapple juice

So beloved, it’s a requirement for every Exley family gathering. Make ahead and store frozen.

1 c. all-purpose flour 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder 1/8 tsp. salt 5 tbs. unsalted butter, soft 1 1/3 cups sugar, divided 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 large egg 1/2 c. 1% low-fat milk 4 c. (1 in.thick) slices rhubarb (about 1 pound) Cooking spray 1 tsp. powdered sugar

Rhubarb Pudding Cakefrom the kitchen of Laura Moorehead

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, bak-ing powder, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Place butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add 2/3 cup granulated sugar; beat until well blended. Add vanilla, cinnamon, and egg, beating well. Beating at low speed, add flour mixture and milk alternately to sugar mix-

ture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat just until smooth. Combine rhubarb and remaining 2/3 cup granulated sugar in an 8-inch square bak-ing dish coated with cooking spray. Spoon batter over rhu-barb mixture. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in cen-ter comes out clean. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

A bonus for you — two great recipes!

The Rev. Dr. Ken FergusonWelcome to Sunday Worship

and Sunday School9:30-10:30 a.m.

Box 267, 33 Main St., Route 12 Central Village, CT 06332

(860) 564-3568

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June 2012

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is probably not for you.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day ...

Little Lessons for LifeAlways remember that you’re unique. Just like everyone else.

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