October 26, 2017Newsletter of BarringtonCongregational ChurchUnited Church of Christ

Some changes to the eBridge

Groups that meet regularly at the church are listed in the Calendar section of theeBridge only, with a link to a document that has more information about all thegroups, including who to contact for more information. Any additional informationneeded about a group's next meeting is included in the main body of the eBridge.Christine will be out of the office from Oct 30 - Nov 10, so this eBridge will coverthree weeks of church happenings. The next eBridge will be published onNovember 15th.

Calendar

Church Office Hours are Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm and 1:30 - 4:30 pmunless otherwise noted.

Thurs, Oct 263 - 5 pm Brendan’s Community Office Hours, The Coffee Depot4:30 – 7:30 pm Loaves and Fishes RI Truck – prep and run to Providence7 pm Embracing an Adult Faith, Library

Sat, Oct 286 pm Junior Youth Group Halloween Overnight, Fellowship Hall and Library7 pm Talk by Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent, David Wood, Sanctuary ofBCCUCC

Sun, Oct 29 Deacons' Sunday10 am Worship Service, Church SchoolAfter Church School Sing and Celebrate Choir rehearsal, Room 611:10 am Trunk or Treat in Parking Lot11:30 am – 1 pm Conversations about our Church, LibraryNoon – 2 pm Confirmation Class, Room 9

Oct 30 - Nov 9 Office open 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, except on Tuesdays when it will beopen 9:30 am - 3 pm. Office closed Fri, Nov 10. (Veteran's Weekend)

Mon, Oct 3011 am Bereavement Group, Library

Tue, Oct 3111 am Staff Meeting, Dale's office

Wed, Nov 19:30 am Endowment Team meeting, Room 67 pm Deacons Meeting, Library

Thurs, Nov 21:30 - 3 pm Women's Faith Group, Library3 - 5 pm Brendan's Community Office Hours, The Coffee Depot6 - 7 pm NAMI Family Support Group, Room 67 pm Embracing an Adult Faith, Library

Fri, Nov 36;30 pm Deacons' Retreat, Ashley's home

Sat, Nov 48 am - 2 pm RICUCC Autumnal Meeting, Central Congregational Church8:30 am - 2 pm Mission and Service Day for Confirmands and SYGBedtime Turn your clocks back 1 hour

Sun, Nov 5 Martyrs and All Saints Sunday8:30 am CEYM meeting, Library10 am Children's Communion in the Library, then Church School10 am Worship Service with CommunionAfter Church School Sing and Celebrate Choir rehearsal, Room 611:15 am - 1:15 pm Confirmation Class, Room 95 - 7 pm Community Vegetarian Dinner (Mission Trip Fundraiser), Fellowship Hall

Tues, Nov 711 am Staff Meeting, Dale's office7 pm Book Group, Library7 - 9 pm Knitting for Other's Group, Liz Rosenholm's house

Wed, Nov 87:30 - 9 pm Choir rehearsal, Vestry

Thurs, Nov 93 pm Lay Visitation meeting, Library3 - 5 pm Brendan's Community Office Hours, The Coffee Depot in Warren6:30 - 8 pm Historical Group Meeting, Tom Wegner's home7 pm Barrington Interfaith Partners Speaker event, Sts Matthew and Mark church

Fri, Nov 10Office Closed

Sun, Nov 12 Church's 300th Anniversary and New Member Sunday10 am Special Worship Service for All Ages, Nursery Care onlyAfter Worship Sing and Celebrate Choir rehearsal, Room 6Noon - 3 pm Gala Jazz Brunch, Barrington Yacht Club

Return to regular Church Office Hours of Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm and1:30 - 4:30 pm

Mon, Nov 1311 am Bereavement Group, Library7 pm Buildings and Grounds meeting, Room 6

Tues, Nov 1411 am Staff meeting, Dale's office1 - 2:30 pm Memory Impairment Support Group, Library7 pm Church Council meeting, Room 6

Wed, Nov 15Noon Deadline for eBridge7:30 - 9 pm Choir rehearsal, Vestry

Thurs, Nov 161:30 - 3 pm Women's Faith Group, Library3 - 5 pm Brendan's Community Office Hours, The Coffee Depot in Warren

Sun, Nov 19 Thanksgiving Sunday10 am Worship Service with Sing and Celebrate Choir, Advent Arts during ChurchSchool time10 am - 5 pm OWL Class, Library

For the complete church calendar visit http://bccucc.view-events.com

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From the church officeStaff away.....shorter office hours......next eBridge

Office Administrator, Christine Wallis, will be out of the office from October 30th –November 10th. During her absence, the church office will be open for shorter hours:Monday - Friday 9:30 am–12:30 pm except on Tuesday when it will be open from 9:30am–3 pm. The church office will be closed on Friday, November 10th (Veterans'Weekend).The next eBridge will be published Thursday, November 16th - deadline is noon onWednesday, November 15th, but earlier submission is appreciated. The Announcements will continue to be published weekly, with a Wednesday noondeadline.

Saturday, October 28thMoral Injury - Now What? A talk by David Wood

O n Saturday October 28th at 7 pm in the Sanctuary of our church, Pulitzer prizewinning journalist and war correspondent, David Wood will speak on the topic of hislatest book “What Have We Done? The Moral Injury of our Longest Wars”. Theprogram is free and open to the public and is sponsored by our Mission & JusticeMinistry Team, East Bay Citizens for Peace, and the RI Anti-War Committee. David Wood,a veteran war reporter, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting on woundedwarriors. A birthright Quaker and raised as a pacifist, Wood has spent more than 30years covering conflicts around the world, most recently in extended deploymentsembedded with U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. His new book, What Have WeDone? explores moral injury, the signature wound of America’s 21st century wars. Itwas awarded the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction. All are welcome. Flier

JYG Sleepover

The Junior Youth Group will be having their annual sleepoverSaturday night October 28th in the Library and FellowshipHall beginning at 6 pm. They will also be decorating the hall forthe Trunk-or-Treat Halloween event on Sunday morning. Therewill be pizza, a movie, games, and a breakfast on Sundaymorning. Youth are invited to bring Halloween costumes to wearto church on Sunday morning. All youth in grades 6 - 8 are welcome.

Questions? Contact Brendan (401-318-2447) brendan@bccucc.org

Sunday, October 292nd Annual Trunk or Treat - and come to church in costume!

On Sunday morning October 29th, during coffee hourwe will trick or treat each other ’s car trunks in the churchparking lot in the spaces along the tree line. All areinvited to wear a costume to church! You are alsoinvited to decorate the trunk of your car for Halloweenand fill it with candy for the trunk-or-treaters! Last year wehad a lot of fun with this event! Don’t know what Trunk or Treat is? Google ‘Trunk orTreat Ideas’ for information and some great decoratingideas.

Want to learn more about our church - and maybe become a member?

Rev. Dale Azevedo invites you to join him for ‘Conversations about our Church’ from11:30 am – 1 pm in the library on Sunday, October 29th (after Trunk or Treat). Childcare will be provided for young children and older children have the option to sit in if theywish. Whether you are new to our church community or have been coming for sometime, you are very welcome to attend. The session will give you an opportunity to learnmore about who we are and what we believe, and will give you the information needed todecide if you would like to join our church at this time. Our next New Member Sunday willbe November 12th.

Confirmation class

The first confirmation class of the year will be on Sunday, October 29th in Room 9from 12-2 pm following Trunk-or-Treat. Open to all in 9th grade or above, contact Rev.Brendan Curran if you haven’t yet signed up or have questions (401-318-2447)brendan@bccucc.org

Sing and Celebrate Choir rehearsals

On Sunday, October 29th the rehearsal will be a shortone in Room 6 and will take place after Trunk or Treat(see above). Boys and girls in Grades 1 and older wholike to sing are invited to join the choir. They are learninga fun and easy song to be sung in worship on November 19th, and then another songto be sung before Christmas. Rehearsals will continue on Sunday mornings and takeplace after worship/church school in Room 6. Questions? Contact Kate Colbykcolby@fullchannel.net

3 Centuries and Beyond 1717 - 2017300th Anniversary Clothing and Totes for sale

We are offering another chance for people to order clothing or totes with the 300th

Anniversary logo on them. Orders with payment will be taken at coffee hour or you canstop by the church office to place your order. Order deadline is Sunday, October29th. This time we are also offering a long sleeve t-shirt. Order forms with all the detailswill be in Fellowship Hall on Sunday or at this link.

Cards for sale

As part of the 300th Anniversary, Marion Fodor of the HistoricalGroup will be selling cards - in greeting card (3 for $5) and note card(5 for $5) sizes - at coffee hour. The cards are blank inside andhave a color picture of the church on the front that is of a watercolorpainting by long time church member Mary Kutcher.

Deadline for Gala Jazz Brunch is Oct 29th. Have you reserved a seat?

Gala Jazz Brunchto celebrate our church’s 300th anniversary

Sunday November 12th12 pm – 3 pm

Barrington Yacht Club25 Barton Ave, Barrington RI 02806

Jazz Music provided by The Greg Silva Trio

The congregation is invited to join with current and former BCCUCC ministersfor an ‘all you can eat’ buffet to celebrate the finale of our

‘3 Centuries & Beyond 1717 – 2017’ celebration

Cost: Adults -$25.00 Children (12 & under) $15.00Seating is limited and no reservation is final until payment is received.Reservation deadline is Oct 29th......or sooner if all seats are sold!

Reserve your seat by stopping by the church office, or call 401-246-0111 then mail inyour check. Reservations will also be taken during coffee hour on Oct 29th. .

Checks should be made payable to ‘BCCUCC’ and mark the memo line ‘Gala Brunch’

More information including menu and list of former ministers attending

Did You Know.....

We began these little historical tid-bits in September 2016 withHarvest Sunday (see photo), imitating the custom of sharing oursurplus garden produce, as was done 300 years ago. We wenton with information about the original building where it all startedand progressed to the present location - how it got here is stillconjecture. We do know that all salvageable materials were usedin the rebuilding.We then went on to firsts, such as hymn singing by thecongregation and Sunday School for the young people. Someministers were mentioned as well. Details of the new weathervane or wind vane will come in the future, as this is our SwanSong.Please try to attend the Gala Jazz Brunch to be held on November 12th and meet someformer ministers of this great house of God. May it always remain so. Amen.

Sunday, November 5thRemembering those who died this past year

We invite you to submit names of loved ones who died since last All Saints Sunday(10/30/16) to the church office (246-0111 or office@bccucc.org) by Monday, October30th. Their names will be read aloud with the tolling of a bell in the worship service onSunday, November 5th . You will also be given an opportunity during Announcementstime at the November 5th worship service to write any names on a card which theushers will collect and give to the minister to be read aloud later during the service.

Children's Communion

On Sunday, November 5th, the children will start worship in the library fora separate Children’s Communion, followed by church school in theirclassroom. Parents are asked to please drop their children off in the library at10 a.m.

Sunday, November 12thCelebrating our church's 300th Anniversary

We hope you can join us for a very special worship service on Sunday, November12th at 10 a.m. as we celebrate our church's 300th Anniversary. For 300 years (that'sover 15,600 Sundays!) the people of Barrington Congregational Church have faithfullygathered each week to worship God together. Now that's a cause for celebration!The worship service will be for all ages, we expect to have some new members joining,and a number of former ministers at the church will be with us. So come join us as wecelebrate our history and look forward to our future - you won't want to miss it!

The celebrations will continue with a Gala Jazz Brunch at the Yacht Club a Noon. Seeearlier article for details including how to make a reservation.

Church GroupsInformation about all of the church groups that meet regularly - including who tocontact - is available at this link. Meeting dates are in the calendar above. All

groups invite and welcome your participation.

Women's Faith Group

Women’s Faith Group is reading Waking Up White by Debby Irving….”a brutally honest,unflinching exploration of race and personal identity told with heart by a truly giftedstoryteller”. Copies of the book are available from the church office at the discountedprice of $16. Meetings are scheduled for Thursday, November 2nd & 16th from 1:30– 3 pm in the church library. What is the Women's Faith Group?

Book Group

The group will meet Tuesday, November 7th at 7 pm in the church library to discussMy Life with Bob by Pamela Paul. “Titles about reading and books abound, but thismemoir stands in a class by itself. Bibliophiles will treasure it, but the addictivestorytelling and high-quality writing will vastly increase its audience”. (LibraryJournal). What is the Book Group?

Knitting for Others Group

The group will meet Tuesday, November 7th from 7 - 9 pm at the home of LizRosenholm, 15 Freemont Ave, Barrington. RSVP to Liz at lizozzier@cox.net or 245-9098. What is Knitting for Others?

Upcoming EventsCommunity Vegetarian Dinner

There will be a community dinner to support the church’s missiontrip on Sunday, November 5th from 5 - 7 pm in FellowshipHall. This will be a vegetarian meal. The vegetarian soups andentrées are being donated by our friends at Powered by PlantsRI. Dinner will be buffet style. Come enjoy a healthy vegetarian mealand support our church’s mission trip program. A meal costs $6.00for children under 12, and $10.00 for youth and adults. Tickets are on sale at coffee houreach Sunday and also at the door. Advance purchase is appreciated. Flier with more info

Speaker on Slavery in Rhode Island

O n Thursday, November 9th , Barrington Interfaith Partners is sponsoring apresentation, Forgotten History: Slavery in Rhode Island, by Joanne Pope Melish,Professor Emerita at the University of Kentucky. The program begins at 7 pm at StsMatthew & Mark Episcopal Church, 5 Chapel Rd, Barrington. Joanne has written manyessays on race and slavery in the early republic, and is the author of DisowningSlavery: Gradual Emancipation and Race in New England 1780 - 1860. She is anationally-recognized authority on gradual emancipation in New England. All are invited toattend. Questions? Contact Helen Schall at 245-4724 or helenschall@hotmail.com

OpportunitiesTAPIN Thanksgiving Food Collection

Once again we are joining with other churches in town to helpprovide the food that is given away to those in need in the TAPINThanksgiving Food bags. Our congregation is asked to provideInstant Mashed Potatoes, Brownie Mix, and Stuffing Mix. TAPINhelps about 450 families in the East Bay area each Thanksgiving so lots is needed! Fooddonations may be placed in the bins in the narthex (on your way into church) or in thebin at the back of Fellowship Hall. Thank you. Deadline for donations is Sunday,November 5th.

Help needed to create a meditation room

As a part of his ministry plan this year, Rev. Brendan Curran willbe leading mediation classes at the church and we need your helpto transform Room 8 into a meditation space. A list of what’sneeded is at this link on the church website. Learn more aboutmindfulness and meditation by reading Brendan's latest 'From theRiver's Edge' blog post Be Still and Know.

Purchase gifts from SERRV

SERRV catalogs will be available from Sunday, November

5th, and orders will be taken until the first week of December.SERRV is a nonprofit organization with a mission to eradicatepoverty wherever it resides by providing opportunity andsupport to artisans and farmers worldwide. SERRV sponsorssmall scale, on-the-ground programs to bring practical trainingand business support to their artisan partners - particularly women - to extend theirearning potential into the future. Helen Schall will have the catalogs available at the pianoin Fellowship Hall during coffee hour. Can't wait? Look at the many items available atwww.serrv.org and e-mail your order to helenschall@hotmail.com including item numberand description. Remember, ordering through the church will save you shipping chargesand provide financial support for the 2018 Service Trip.

Please consider joining the Lay Visitation Team

What do we do? We reach out to members of the church who need a call, a card, or avisit. We meet once a month. So if you are looking for an opportunity to be the hands andfeet of Jesus--this is for you! Our next meeting is Thursday, November 9th at 3 pm inthe library. Contact Dale at 401-246-0111 or dale@bccucc.org with your interest.

Drivers needed

We sometimes get requests from church members who want toattend either a worship service or some other church event, butthey are no longer able to drive themselves. We would like tocompile a list of volunteers we can call upon when we receive sucha request. If interested in volunteering, please contact the churchoffice at 246-0111 or office@bccucc.org. Thank you.

Ushers needed

Additional volunteers are needed to be ushers for the Sundaymorning service. Volunteers will receive training and are onlyscheduled to serve once every 4 weeks thru January. If interested,contact Bethia Rosner at 383-5538.

Ongoing Collections

We're still collecting diapers in sizes 4 & 5 for the little boys of the two refugee familiessupported by Sts Matthew and Mark Episcopal Church. There's a collection bin in theback of Fellowship Hall.

There are bins in the narthex on the way up to the sanctuary for the collection of cannedand dried goods for TAPIN. Check their website for a list of current needs.

Thank you for the Bibles: Riverside Congregational Church, UCC is very appreciativeof the Bibles that we've been able to give them so far. They have an outreach ministry tothose in need - holding a breakfast every week followed by a Bible Study - and give awaymany Bibles. We will continue to collect Bibles for this ministry - there's a collection boxon the table at the back of Fellowship Hall. Thank you.

MiscellaneousBrendan's Community Office Hours

Brendan will be at The Coffee Depot, 501 Main Street, Warren,from 3 - 5 pm on Thursday afternoons for anyone from thechurch or community who would like to stop by for a visit in thismore informal setting. All are invited.

Daylight Savings Time Ends

Don't forget to turn your clocks back 1 hour when you go to bedon Saturday, November 4th and enjoy an extra hour of sleep!

Christmas Eve service times - so you can plan ahead!

On Sunday, December 24th there will be a regular 10 a.m. worshipservice for the 4th Sunday of Advent. Christmas Eve services will beheld in the sanctuary at 5 pm and 10 pm. The 5 pm service will includea Christmas Pageant, and the 10 pm service will be Lessons andCarols.

Shop thru AmazonSmile and raise money for the church!

When you shop online at Amazon, if you log in throughAmazonSmile, every eligible purchase you make onAmazon will raise 0.5% of the purchase price for ourchurch. To learn more visit http://smile.amazon.com andchoose ‘Barrington Congregational Church’ as your charitable organization. Each quarterwe receive a donation from Amazon, and all you have to do is start your Amazonshopping at AmazonSmile. Thanks to all who already do this.

RI Conference UCCAutumnal Meeting of the RICUCC

Saturday, November 4th , 8 am – 2 pm (Breakfast and Lunch included) at CentralCongregational Church, UCC, Providence. Registration fee $15. The meeting is open toall interested persons as well as our delegates. Registration is required. More informationand registration at www.ricucc.org.

'From the River's Edge' - The Pastors' Blog

Be Still and Know

by Rev. Brendan Curran, Assoc. Minister - Oct 17, 2017 "Neither shall they say,Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." -Luke 17:21So what's all this talk about, "mindfulness?" I feel like we hear it everywhere. It ...

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