Activities and Events

Calendar

SEPTEMBER 2010

Shawl Ministry meets the first Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the Fireside Room.  This ministry is a knitting circle where participants create shawls that are sent out as a mantle of caring for the persons who receive them.  Shawls are symbolic of a loving God as they wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace, mother, hug, shelter and beautify.  [Back^]

Bell Choir practices on Tuesdays at 6:00/7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. [Back^]

Bible Study meetings are on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in the Connector.  (Tuesdays during the summer.) This study is intended to deepen our understanding of Scripture and be a discussion of how to apply what is written in the Holy Bible to our lives. [Back^]

Bible Explorers meets on Mondays at 3:30 p.m.  Children in third grade are invited to participate in a special Bible class designed just for them.  Our goal is to bring each child to an understanding of how the Bible is organized and how to use the Bible as a resource in their lives using games, crafts, worship, and computers. [Back^]

Wednesday's Pals meet on alternating Wednesdays at 2:50 p.m.  Children in 4th grade are invited to participate.  [Back^]

Mid-Week Peak meets on alternating Wednesdays at 2:50 p.m.  Children in 5th and 6th grades are invited to participate.  Games, crafts, Bible study, and service projects keep the group active and growing in their relationships with one another and with the church community.  [Back^]
 

Junior Choirs meet each Sunday in the Conference Room at 11:15. Under the direction of our Christian Education Music Directors, three different choir opportunities are available for children.  Junior Choir is available for children in Kindergarten through third grade.  Practice is directly after church school for a half-hour.  Children will have their own coffee hour snacks in their practice areas.  Middle Choir is for children in 4th through 6th grades and will utilize various performance arts techniques including sign language, skits, instruments and more.  Teen Choir is for students in 7th through 8th grades.  This choir will sing gospel and contemporary Christian music.  The choirs will participate in morning worship and in the children's worship on selected Sundays throughout the year. [Back^]

Senior Choir meets Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. The choir sings at all 10:00 a.m. Sunday worship services from September through early June, plus Christmas Eve.  (Soloists and instrumentalists provide music during the 9:00 a.m. summer worship services.) [Back^]

Junior and Senior High Youth Groups meet alternating Sundays at 5:30 p.m.   Junior High Fellowship is a youth group for young people in 7th and 8th grades.  This group begins to focus more on community service, but remains full of fun with games, field trips, and food.  Senior High Fellowship, for high-school-aged youth, has a three-fold focus of fellowship, outreach, and personal growth.  Games, fellowship, videos, discussions, mission projects and a mission trip in the summer keep the group active and committed. [Back^]

Confirmation is open to all students presently in the 9th grade.  Students register with the Associate Minister and attend classes after worship from January through May.  Classes, reflective journaling, work/service projects, and developing relationships with others in the church are important parts of confirmation.  [Back^]

Monthly Committee Meetings:  Christian Education, Church Council, Crafters, Diaconate, Missionary, Music, Nominating, Prayer Chain, Social Concerns, Trustees.  All are invited to attend.

The First Church of Christ in Saybrook (Congregational)

366 Main Street Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475 
Phone: (860) 388-3008 Fax: (860) 395-0031 
email us at:  info@firstchurchsaybrook.org