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CHURCH and HOME

SOUTH BRITAIN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

SOUTH BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT

C A L E 'N D A R of E V E N T S

March 1965

2 rancake Supper~ Parish House J ~sh Wednesday - Union Lenten Service - 80. Brita in - 7:30 p.m. 45

Ladies Aid - Parish House World Day of Prayer - Svc . No . Cong 1 1 Church Woodbury

7 Girl Sc out Sunday - Cormnunion Service~ Church School 10:30 a.m. Pilgrim Fellowship

10 .Lenten Servic e - Federated Church 12 InBe t weeners Potluck Supper 7 p.m~ 14· Church Services, Church School 10:30 a.m., Pilgrim Fellowship 15 1761 Club Potluck supper · 17 Lenten Services - Church of Epiphany

Deadline for Link news to Mrsn Howard Hornbecker RD 1 Sby. 21 PF Rally - Har t f ord, Church Services, Church School 10:30 a.m. 24, .. Lenten Service - So. Brita in Cong 1 1 Church 28"Church Services.? Church School 10:30 a.m. Pilgrim Fellowship 31 Lenten Service - Federated 'Church

*27 Spring Conference on Christian Rducation, Washi ng ton, Conn.

March 7

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Avenge ! Text : · M8rk 6:16-29 Rev. Charles Pendle ton, Wonder Bread Text! ·Ma rk 6:35- 49 Conquering Through the Text:. Mark 7:26- 32 ·

SERMONS Communion Service

' . guest pre3cher

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Union Le nten Services. will present as 1. theme this year, 11 Jesus Christ ~ The Man for Others r:. The services begin on Ash Wednesday, Marc'h 3 a t 7:30 p.m. with worship services a t 8:00 p.~. Seminars will deal with " 'rhe Ma n f or Others in- Literature, Music and Poe try" led by Rev·. David Ward 11 The Man for Others in Painting Tr hough the :\ges " led by Rev. George Smith "A Contemporary 1VIan.f9r Others - Dag Hammerskjold" led by Rev. Douglas Marr

' Schedule for Wednesday Evening Lent en 3ervic es:

March 3 10 17 24 31

April 7

South Britain Congregationa l Church Federa~ed Church Church of the Epiphany South Britain Congre.gational Church Federated Church Church of the Epiphany

On Shrove Tuesday, March 2nd, the men nf the Church will put on the f\.nnua.l ?ancake Supper. The cost of ~'. l. 25 p ;r person will brinf; good fellow­ship and food. "All the pancakes you can eat " is still the >notto of t h is supper . The menu.? as in past years : wi ll be sausa0e or hash, pancakes and syrup, appl esn uce and coffee . Save the dat - March 2nd!!!

Your Organizations Report . . ... .

L11 DIFS i i ID Mrs . Florence Nichols , Secy. The L8dies /\id met Fe brua ry 4th in the Parish house with Mrs . Perkins

nnd ·1frs. Smith a s hostesses. The secretary w 1 ~ ins t ructed to send a l etter of thanks to the

I nBetweeners for their ·en8rous gift of r 200 to the cushion fund of the Ladies 1id . The cushions hRve now been paid for and insta lled in the Church.

The next meet inf.; will be he l d March 4 t h at the Parish r-~ ouse with ~ 1rs . Gates as hostess . Mrs . Lawrence Clapp will preside in the absence of Mrs. Rober t l'tli tche ll who is in South .~mer ica .

1761 CLUB Mi ss Shirley Garr i~us, President A colorful selection of slides of scenes in Norway, Sweden and Denmark

ws re shown a t the February 15th mee ting by l1rs. Howard Cl erk of South Britain. The g roup met before c:i p l ea sant fireplac e fire in the Fel l ows hip Room of the Parish House . Bostess e .:; in char o:e of the evening 1 s refreshments were Wlrs. Sam 1e-l Ha. rt and I·1rs. Ge orr: e Smith .

Mrs . Ge orfje Nichols wus apnointed to represent our church "C t he 1 .. orl d Day of Prnyer service s in the Nor th Conp.: r er:a t i ona 1 Church , Woodbury, F1·iday , March 5th at 2 p . m. !\ ll worn.en are. we lc ome ~rnd ur ·-ed to attend .

Mrs . Frank !to swell, reporting for the Sunshine Co1runi ttee, advised that refreshments and favors with a V8lentine Day "tlotif were m,?de by Mrs . rli ci. ard Platt Dnd Mrs . John .est and delivered to ?leas ant View Manor b y Mrs . Geor r.:: e Smith eariier thi s •nonth. The Sunshine Commi t t e e is pl a nninc· to have some ac ti vi ty each mon th in connection wi t h this s e r vi ce. project and c l ub members wil l be called upon t6 assi st in 6arrjin3 out these pl ~ns .

The Luther2.n Home in Southbury is .req uest ing vol1nteers who wi ll donate some of their t ime ::e lpin1~ with small tasks at t li e ~iom.e, s uch os me nding clothing , etc . or visiting the r ~ s ~dents to help make life a li tt le "tlore cheerful . \ nyone who is willing. and a ble to donate t i me should c ont act rlr s . J icha rd Pl att a t 264- 8845 . . ··

Membe rs and f riends are r e 1inded to mark their calenders for the next meeting which will b e ;Aonday, jerch 15th. Since this is the club ' s anniversary , we hope to h ave a d ood turnout ·ror the po tluck supper a t 6:JO p . m. and the p rogram i .nmedia tely following. •\· e believe that our speaker , Mr . Gregory Cassidy of So u. th Bri tain, who.i s quit~ wel l-known to most of us, will prove to be

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!!1ost interesting . His s ub ject wil l be "Historic l1·~ementos i---- of' '· o.uth .Br i tain e nd ~outhbt,;try". Gr eg knows more a b out the his 5ory of' our

t own and r.o;nm:1ni ty , tha n almo st a nyo n e else in the. :;_ n ' edi a te ;:i rea, and he ha s many fascinaiing old books, ne~s paper i te~s and pictures to illustrate his col orful and interesti~~ t a l e s of the old days in town. Plea se do plan to att end and bring your husb .q nds, wi ve s, friends and :=i nyone else t ha t mi~ht be intere s t ed in our proe r am .

Don ' t for ;~et t h e date 1fonda y, M8 rch 15th a t 6~30 p . m.

PILGRIM li'ELLOl;SlIIP ·Us s El s ine Ha i rrh t The first Sunday of every month, we l ook forward to visitln~ a ~roup

of women in Fairfield Hill s , December 27, 28 9 29 ou.l' P.F . and Oxf or d P.F . spent c11e t J.ine at a

sk i lod~ e iQ PawliQ~ , New·Yor k . ·1e were disappointed ~ eca ise of no snow, but , we sti ll .manage d to ha ve a lo~ of fun"

No fu~ure p l ans .,ha ve been m~de a s of yet, excep t the Bus l':nel l Rally in Hartford, ~arch 21st .

This group · ha~ a rr reed to contribute with other P. F. ers of Litchfield South ~ ssocia tion .to he l p suDoort a membe r of one of the Association ' s Fe l l owship to 8 ttend the ·. ind j amer Conference .

CHURCH SC J1C OL & BQ,\ ,m OF R •. LIGIOUS EDDC TION Mrs . Cha rles Rurdick The Spr i ng Conf e r e nce on Chr i s tian Educa t i on will be held ~IIarch 27th

a t the Congr etp tiorn:i l Church in Washing ton, Conn . The theme of this conference wil l be ;\ncient F2 i th in · 1odern i''ian . i\ ll Church .'.:>chool teachers , a dministrators and members of the Boord of Beli3ious Education are invited to at tend. If you are ab~e to participate in this conference, please c a ll Mrs. Frank Bl ersch 264-8864

'I':! ';:) !.'~ llowing letter has been received from Roy Pearson, Dean of , .. ndov s r i!v. ·con 'r:he olog ical School, Newt on Centre , i•fas s.

·: Th) r,ift of ~. 50 from the South Britain Congregati ona l Church has just be ~ brought to my attent ion and I am enclosing our Sustaining Donor C erti ~ __ c a to, both es a token of our ~retitude and a s an encourapement of your ~s~g~ egation • s interest i n the work oi Andover Newton. ~e hope that it ma ~~ b~ posted in a prominent p l a c e in your church building.

-ind - _. any circumstanc e.., t he he lp of your church would be received wi th c:h c~:'.r.~;, Andover Newton exist s for no other purpose than to s e rve the chu.1. c :h.::- ,; we have few sources but the churches from w}'-> ic h t o derive our sup~ 0rt; and we are steadily enpreciative of the assistance which the c ln.:.r ch e s r: ive us.

~t ~nc moment , however, our burdens are suc h t ~ at ~ e ~enerous c ont:c·:.::. ·o,_,_·,i on s oT the churches are es-pecially i .'11por t a nt . L: the •1ids t of a foLr million dol l ar campaign 1· o r capj_tal fun ds, we must still main­tain ou:.: d:Jy - by- da;r operations. Meanwb.i l e, many wh o assist us in our capita: : f fo r t feel unab l e to make their customary g ifts fo r curren t expensnu ; a nd at the moment when we need it raos t we are deprived of the s t r ength by wh ich we live.

Fo:~ t ll e se reasons we have r e c eived y our church 1 s [! ift wi th extra­ordin '•::.";;- jc,7 , and we t::'.'ust that you will h a ve no uncertainty about the s peed ·.n t :1 which it h a s '-i een put to work in the training of t he churches' l e a der s h :'.. o , 11

Tha R'"lv erend Charles L-. Pendleton will be our guest preacher on March 14~~- · Rev . Pendleton is Director of The Connecticut Race and Relig i on Ac t ion Co ·~ission with offices in Hartford, Connecticut. The purpo 1s of t his orBanization is to t eG ch us a g8in how to s e r ve the Lord, how to W':'.L? the Church to itself, and how price less is the love of brothers. The f ol 1-o:·ring l e tte:""' was sent to o"ur pastor by Re v. Pendl e ton •

• :VJ'3 :1ave a special kind of fai th to believe thR.t with God's help we c a11 l l)e~dte ma n , including ourselves, from -t he prison of fea r, 2nd from the s m2_i ~. dark cel ls which S<?papn,..te u s from our fellow prisoners. The t a sk :L.~ :.rnme-nse , and we ha ve made only a few gains in cer.:turies, but the se a~.s 2.Hce the firs t stirrinc;s of wakefu lness. The Church is c ·1rrent l y descr~be~ 2~ in de n th=s gra ve waiting the final victory of res trrection. There ~·~ deE p a ir all a round us. ~ut , we do have th is faith, for although we kno·.r -~1 a·'_; we c annot step into the W8 rm, brir:-ht li r:h t of rotl, erhood today or t ~ : :orrow s and that wa sted live s, rni s ery , poverty and s hame wil l cont ~ro -~ t o he rRci a l pena l ties because of f ear, each of us c a n say with David,

':I :):i lieve t }·at I shall s ee the it oodness of the Lord in the l and o.· ~he livingi n Ps 27:13 3 511 ::.0 \'i e are rno t ivated by be l ief we ha ve but t wo choices , i.e.,

despaJ.::' o:: fo i t h , hence it matters what we be l ieve . '. \·e can l)elieve in the i11fe-:.." io::. ... ity of our brother as a man , a c itizen, 8nd a n eighbor , or we can bel:... E've the 11ord of God Even more i mportantly , we communicate our belief t 0 c a nQreg ations of men , women and children. So does faith grow , or hope l o.~ ~-'',1::.·s spreadD

Feb~uary is an appropria te time to tell the more than 1000 Connect ­ic u t pa s t 0rs of t he mission of t he Connecti cut Hace and heli~ion ction

mrn:b _·0:1 . n d o ing so we act out of humL'..ity ·)ecause 8 lthou8h f d i t h i s t here, -;10 k:iow tha t the final victory will b e God 1 s , and tha t we c a n on'ly indiaat e ou::' wi ll i':lgne ~· s to serve . .;e are neither more or less than a ny person who t e lie ves tha t _God g ives love and req.iires justice. 0 ut we a re an arm of the Chur 1:: h and nn a ;:i. ency through \ hich we may unite our strength .

Tl'.e:-·0 1:il l be times wh en we hove to ca l 1 i.ipon each ot~'e r f or help. CHR·' C •. i 7.J.. continue to try to develop the r e sollrces to serve v ou, b ut s ince O' C r,; s c rvoi r .3;. like yours, a re both d i vin e a nd human, we n eed to have ye~ t ~ ~ i us that you, o~ someone in ouur con"re ~a tion, is re dy to be r> ·J ~<:.d,: 1

Fu:r~c::h;. :.~ information on CRR /\ C is available f rom Hev. Smith.

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