Announcements

• Broadway at First!

  
• Judea Journal - REVISED

  This revision contains correction to the Memorials page (9), where I inadvertently omitted the steeple lighting for July 14 in the original publication.

  Click here for the NEW VERSION contains the missing dedication:

  Given by Ed and Beth Collum Kosco in loving memory of her father, Rex E. Collum
• In Memory of...

  Click here for this week's memorial intentions for flowers and steeple lighting.
• Have You Completed Your SURVEY?

  The past couple of weeks, we have been asking members and attenders to complete a relatively short survey that includes feedback about all aspects of our church life.  If you have not gotten one yet, you can CLICK HERE for your copy.

  Please complete and return to the church office or Pastor Robyn by 6-30-19, if possible.  Late submissions will be accepted but please... as soon as you can.
• Summer Hosts Needed - Sunday Morning Refreshments

  We are currently in need of a host or co-hosts for coffee hour on July 27, August 11, 18 and 25.  Summer hosting is very simple!  A couple of pitchers of water, iced tea, lemonade and some very light snacks.  Set up a table with napkins, drink cups, waste basket, etc on the church porch and pack it up afterward.

  Our deacons are encouraging a simple approach to coffee hour - and even simpler in summer.  Ask one of our deacons, or Karen in the office, for a copy of the guidelines for your reference.

  Please sign up on the list in the church hall on the bulletin board, or by emailing the church office. If you’ve never done it, but want to, ask a Deacon of the Month for some help.
• WFM Summer Concert Series - Fridays, July 26 - Aug 16

  Washington Friends of Music presents the 7th Summer Concert Festival Fridays at 5:30pm on July 26th, August the 2nd, the 9th, and the 16th in Washington, Connecticut. Lead by Douglas Myers, the New Baroque Soloists, a chamber orchestra performing with musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offer an engaging and uplifting program with strings, keyboard, brass, and other wind instruments. The performances include some of the Brandenburg concertos by Bach, Tafelmusik by Telemann, and compositions by Vivaldi, Handel, Albinoni, and Quantz. The concerts are followed by a reception with the musicians and refreshments.

  Program and ticket information at WashingtonCT4Music.blogspot.com or call 860-868-9174

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• “HEALTHCARE in CT: WHERE WE ARE…WHERE WE MAY GO”

  Thursday, August 8th at 6 PM in the Wykeham Room, at the Gunn Memorial Library in Washington, CT.
  Free and open to the public.

  Eva Bermudez Zimmerman, who was awarded Latina Person by the CT Legislature for enrolling over 7,000 people into the Affordable Care Act in its first two years. Ms. Zimmerman will speak about current CT Healthcare, where we go from here and Medicare For All.

  This event is sponsored by the Washington Democratic Town Committee and part of the John Millington Lecture Series.
• Remember the WATER! (Sunday, Sept 8)

  Don’t Forget the Water!

  Over the summer, in whatever place you go to recharge (experience Sabbath), remember to save some water in a bottle.  From a lake, a stream, an ocean, or your kitchen tap!  Be sure to label it and save it in a safe spot to bring along on Recovenanting Sunday, September 8, for our annual “Mixing of the Waters” as we begin another year of exploring and celebrating Sabbath together.

  Mark the date on your calendar so you don’t miss the service and also the annual “Last Gasp of Summer” picnic afterward.  ENJOY!
• RecycleCT - What's In? What's Out?

  Do YOU know what should go into your recycle bin?

  Are you you putting in things that don't belong?

  Don't know for sure?

  Check out RecycleCT.com for more details.  There is even a tool on the page where you can type in any item of question and the site will tell you what do do with it.

  And download this handy reference sheet to hang by your bin.

  Remember, though, each collection site sometimes offers additional special recycling programs so be sure to check with your town's site or your hauler for their special programs. 

  And don't forget!  First Church has recycling collections for Oral Care (toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, empty floss containers) and Pur and Brita water filters.

  And check WEC.org for additional special collections around town.