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WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP,
UNITED
IN
All women of the Church are members of the Fellowship. The purpose of the Women’s Fellowship shall be twofold: to promote Christian Fellowship, and to unite the women of the Church in effective work for the Church, the Community, and the World. We invite all women to join us in monthly meetings and fund raisers. Please watch the bulletin board near the elevator at the UCC, the Sunday Bulletin, the Church Newsletter, and this space. Contact Person: Gwen Smith – smithgwen@mindspring.com
President Gwen Smith Vice-President Doris LeClair Recording Secretary Bev Haines Corresponding Secretary Mary Gline Treasurer Sharon Ricks Assistant Treasurer Marilyn Holmquist Program Jean Nelson Hospitality Debbie Craig Lucy Bradley Joyce Barry Receptions Jane Harris Peg Fegley Rummage Sales Marlene Baldwin Peg Fegley Christmas Fair Diantha Dorman Debbie Craig Doris LeClair Flowers Jean Mansfield Marge Richards Historian Ex-Officio Marlene Baldwin Member-at-Large Harriet Norris
Meetings are held in the Church Parlor
unless otherwise stated
Rain Location:
Program:
Making Country Baskets
Speaker: Meg
Kupiec, Innkeeper and Crafter
Light
Refreshments will be served.
Devotions:
Marlene Baldwin
Program:
What Not to Wear for Every Occasion
Presenters:
Women of the Church Devotions: Gwen
Smith
Program:
Literature for Children,
ages 1-15 Speaker: Dr. David
White, Keene State College Founder and Director of KSC Children’s
Literature Festival Light refreshments
will be served.
Devotions: Vicki Moore
December – No Meeting Program:
W.S. Badger Company: The Journey from
Speaker: Jay Smeltz,
Human Resources Coordinator, W.S. Badger Company Dessert and beverage
will be served. Devotions: Doris
LeClair
Valentine Luncheon—catered
by Marsha Dubois Program:
Love Songs of the Heart
and the Funnybone Presenter:
Joanne Mead and Company Devotions: Jane
Harris (Snow Date: Feb.
17th) Program:
Self Defense for Women Speaker: Lt. Susan
Corey, Deputy Sheriff, Franklin County, MA, Sheriff’s Office
Light
refreshments will be served.
Devotions: Gwen
Smith SALAD LUNCHEON Program:
Hydration
and You Speaker: Betty
Lowell, RN, Assisted Living Nurse
Manager, Devotions: Jean
Nelson Program:
Sarah’s Rte. 32, Speaker: Sarah
Bradeen and Lutie Bradeen, Master Gardeners Dessert and beverage
will be served. Devotions: Diantha
Dorman
FUND RAISERS Rummage Sales:
Christmas Fair:
Recent Programs “Meeting a Challenge, One
Couple’s Story” “Faith of Our Fathers, A
Visit to Plimoth Plantation” Guided Tour of Art Exhibit at Thorne-Sagendorf Gallery,
KSC “Abenaki Oral Traditions and Connections to Place” “Who is Mary Magdalene?” “Memorable Music of the 1930’s” “Writing Your Own Ethical Will” “Vignettes from my Travel Diary” Tour of the “History of Tea with Tea Tasting” “Fourteen Super Foods” “Pysanky, the Art of Ukrainian Egg Decorating” “Turquoise, the Color of Sky” “Life is for the Living” Guided Tour of the Wyman Tavern “Women of the
New Testament” Children’s Handbells Program “CASA – Child Advocacy in the Monadnock Region” “Now That You’ve Grown It, What Do You Do With It?” “Divorces and Marriages in “Fun With Sign Language” “Name That Belief” “Mary Rowlandson’s Story of Captivity among Native
Americans” “All About Good Chocolate” REPORT OF THE WOMEN’S
FELLOWSHIP 2008-2009
In its 84th year, the Women’s Fellowship continues as an
active, vital organization within the community of the United Church of
Christ of We have contributed to many community service projects, including the Samaritans, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Home Healthcare Services, Project Share, Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence, the Community Kitchen, Cedarcrest, Monadnock Family Services, RISE, New England Women’s Appalachian Mountain Project, North Country Helping Hands, the Keene State Campus Ministry, and Church Women United. Within our own church community, we have donated to our church’s Radio Ministry, the Youth Group’s mission trips, church youth camp scholarships, the Stevens Ministry, the Bell Choir, discretionary funds for the Senior Minister and his wife and the two Assistant Ministers, as well as for the Christian Education Superintendent and the Church Administrator, and several church property projects, including $5,000 toward the purchase of new audio/visual media equipment in the church and $1,200 for kitchen cleaning services.
Wider missions that we have supported this year include
These financial donations are supported by our two successful Rummage
Sales and our Christmas Fair to which many members of the church have
contributed. Karen Dill and a
core of Women’s Fellowship members sorted and displayed the many items
donated by the generous congregation.
The remainders of the The Women’s Fellowship continues to provide funeral receptions to bereaved families at a nominal cost. Jane Harris and Peg Fegley organize this very important service for us. This past year there were ten funeral receptions as well as a light luncheon for the mini-Church Retreat in January, 2009. Another service overseen by the Women’s Fellowship is providing flowers for the altar and the open door of our church. Jean Mansfield, Marge Richards, Diantha Dorman, and others have faithfully managed memorial flowers throughout the year and helped create large displays at Christmas and Easter, soliciting donations from the congregation or using Women’s Fellowship memorial funds. Program Chairperson, Peg Fegley, has found many interesting programs for our monthly meetings and should be congratulated for deftly managing several difficult scheduling situations. We have learned about the Wyman Tavern, local herbs, divorces and marriages in Cheshire County’s old records, sign language and songs, the spiritual development of children and youth, and Mary Rowlandson’s story of captivity among Native Americans in the 17th century. Debbie Craig, Betsy Zimmerli, and Joyce Barry organized delicious refreshments, luncheons or snacks, for our meetings, and also arranged for the annual Valentine Luncheon catered by Marsha Dubois. A new facet of Women’s Fellowship is the extension of meetings to include two Saturday morning meeting times to accommodate working women. We believe that this has been successful and we are happy that working women can also attend some meetings. The fellowship board members have met faithfully, working hard to provide programs, leadership, and projects. They have taken the lead in many projects, and it is a great pleasure to have worked with them and with the Women’s Fellowship these last two years. Respectfully submitted, Marlene Baldwin, President 2007-2009, Women’s Fellowship
Local, National, and World Community
Giving
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Cedarcrest , Keene Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence, Charles Hall Youth Services Church Women United Church World Services Layette Kits Community Kitchen in Haitian Women Clothing Project Havenwood/Heritage Heights Heifer Project International Home Healthcare, Hospice-Community Services, Keene State College Campus Ministry Monadnock Family Services, Monadnock Humane Society New England Women’s Appalachian Mountain Project NH Project Share/Operation Santa, Keene RISE Samaritans of St. James’ Thrift Shop, Keene State Women’s Fellowship UCC UCC UCC UCC Keene Radio Ministry UCC | ||
