Calendar of Events

Please check this week's newsletter for a list of events happening this week at the church.

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Special Calendar Announcements

• The following groups meet here regularly:
  
  Al-Anon – weekdays at 12 noon, Sunday at 1 & 7 PM – Rm. 8.
  Blue of a Kind – Mondays at 7:00 PM in the Music Room
  Boy Scouts – Tuesdays at 7:00 PM in the basement
  Cub Scouts – Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Rm. 7/8
  A.A. – Wednesdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays at 8:00 PM and Saturdays at 3:00 PM – Rm. 8

• S.A.R.P. – Tuesdays at 6:30 PM, Lounge
  A.W.O.L. – Tuesdays at 7:30 PM, Rm. 7/8, Lounge, Rm. 1
  Girl Scouts – Thursdays 2:45 PM, Fridays 2:30, Rm. 7/8
  Vital Cycles - Thursdays at 7:00 PM, Lounge
  O.A. – Fridays at 7 PM, Lounge

February 2012

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

• Bell Choir Rehearsal - 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm
     Sanctuary

Thursday, February 09, 2012

• Choir Rehearsal - 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
     Music Room

Sunday, February 12, 2012

• Sunday Family Worship Service and Church School K-12 - 10:00 am
     NEW MEMBER SUNDAY!
  9:00 AM-9:30 AM - Choir Rehearsal
  10 AM Worship Service and Church School Pre-K thru Grade 12
  11:15 AM – Coffee Hour, Narthex
  11:30 AM – Praise Band Rehearsal, Chapel

• SECOND ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF! - 11:30 am
     February 12th - SAVE THE DATE!!
  Our Second Annual Chili Cook-Off!
  This is a friendly competition (well, maybe), with the best chili from each category winning a prize, and the best overall chili winning a gift basket!
  As part of the meal there will also be homemade corn bread and rolls, chicken soup for those who don’t eat chili, and dessert.
  

Monday, February 13, 2012

• Common Threads (Yarn and Textile Arts Group) - 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
     This group includes Knitting and Crocheting and Quilting and Crafts! We're making Baptism Blankets, items for the fair and our own projects. If you'd like to join us, please do!
  Do you want to finish more projects? Learn a new skill? Teach someone to knit or crochet? Plan joint projects? Bring your ideas and project(s) to our next meeting! We meet on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at someone's home. Call the church office for more information or directions.

• Common Threads (Yarn and Textile Arts Group) - 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
     This group includes the Knitting and Crocheting and Quilting and Crafts! We're making Baptism Blankets, items for the fair and our own projects. If you'd like to join us, please do!
  Do you want to finish more projects? Learn a new skill? Teach someone to knit or crochet? Plan joint projects? Bring your ideas and project(s) to our next meeting! We meet on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at someone's home. Call the church office for more information or directions.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

• Bread of Life - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
     Join us at our monthly Bread of Life night at St Paul's in Malden where we prepare, and serve a meal on the second Tuesday of every month throughout the year. This is a wonderful opportunity for families with teenagers and young adults to participate in an ongoing community service event. The evening begins at 4pm with preparation and ends by 7:30 with final cleanup. You can come anytime. We really need people beginning at 6pm for serving. It is fun and not difficult.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

• Sunday Family Worship Service and Church School K-12 - 10:00 am
     9:00 AM-9:30 AM - Choir Rehearsal
  10 AM Worship Service with Church School (Pre-K thru Grade 12)
  11:15 AM – Coffee Hour, Narthex
  11:30 AM – Praise Band Rehearsal, Chapel

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

• Deacons and Trustees Meeting - 7:30 pm
     ...at the Oosterman's

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

• Ash Wednesday Pancake Supper - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
     There will be toppings of fruit and chocolate and even whipped cream!
  Why a Pancake Supper? In the old days there were many foods that observant Christians would not eat during Lent: foods such as meat and fish, fats, eggs, and milky foods. So that no food was wasted, families would eat up all the foods that wouldn't last the forty days of Lent without going bad, often in the form of pancakes. The need to eat up the fats gave rise to the French name Mardi Gras; meaning Fat Tuesday.

• Ash Wednesday Service - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
     Ash Wednesday invites us into the season of Lent–a time within the church year to acknowledge our mortality, our limits and our vulnerability so that we might be transformed and become the new life God calls us to be. Lent awakens us to hope in God whose "steadfast love endures forever" and to struggle against everything that leads us away from the love of God and neighbor. Suitable for all ages and we are hoping that families will attend following the Pancake Supper. Childcare will be available

Sunday, February 26, 2012

• Sunday Family Worship Service and Church School K-12 - 10:00 am
     9:00 AM-9:30 AM - Choir Rehearsal
  10 AM Worship Service with Church School Pre-K thru Grade 12
  11:15 AM – Coffee Hour, Narthex
  11:30 AM – Praise Band Rehearsal, Chapel

March 2012

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

• Bread of Life - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
     Join us at our monthly Bread of Life night at St Paul's in Malden where we prepare, and serve a meal on the second Tuesday of every month throughout the year. This is a wonderful opportunity for families with teenagers and young adults to participate in an ongoing community service event. The evening begins at 4pm with preparation and ends by 7:30 with final cleanup. You can come anytime. We really need people beginning at 6pm for serving. It is fun and not difficult.

April 2012

Sunday, April 01, 2012

• City-Wide Palm Sunday Breakfast and Ecumenical Procession - 8:30 am, First Baptist Church - 561 Main Street, Melrose, MA
     The churches of Melrose will be gathering for a city-wide Breakfast at 8:30am at the First Baptist Church. At 9:00am, participants will process down Main Street to the Ell Pond Gazebo for a Blessing of the Palms. Our own worship service that morning will begin at 10:00am, as usual!

• Palm Sunday Family Worship Service and Church School - 10:00 am
     Palm Sunday!
  9:00 AM-9:30 AM - Choir Rehearsal
  10 AM Palm Sunday Family Worship Service with Church School Pre-K – Grade 12
  11:15 AM – Coffee Hour, Narthex

Friday, April 06, 2012

• Good Friday Devotions - 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
     On Good Friday, April 6, The Hillcrest Chapel will be open from Noon to 3:00 PM for any who would like to come in for private devotions.

Sunday, April 08, 2012

• Easter Sunrise Service - 6:00am, Mount Hood Golf Club - Slayton Road, Melrose, MA
     at Mount Hood Tower
  Sunrise is at 6:14am! Coffee and Donuts to follow in the Clubhouse.

• Easter Sunday Family Worship Service - 10:00 am
     

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