What is Alpha? The Alpha course is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith. It’s relaxed, non-threatening, low key, friendly and fun. There is a meal together at the beginning of each session which gives you an opportunity to get to know each other. Listen, learn , discuss and discover. And ask anything. [...]
To Fellow Members of St. Paul’s, As many of you may know, I under went back surgery on May 7th. With the urging of a few of my dear friends at St Paul’s, I was talked into accepting help from church members in the way of having dinners brought to us during my recovery. Initially [...]
A picture update from the Community Garden: Please take a moment to take your own “tour” of the garden next time you are at church. Help us as we help our community.
In the Book of Acts, a pastor once told me, our churchly habits, the way we “do church” was established. One of the things “deacons” did was to assure that widows and orphans, aka the poor were attended to. In our congregation, we don’t have deacons, we have council members. But we do have those [...]
Below is a message from Sharon Maziarz. Please note there will be a meeting on Sunday, 5/30 between services near the office to discuss the garden more with all interested members. A reminder that the Garden’s purpose is to grow fresh produce for those in need. It will be distributed to the Food Banks, Soup [...]
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Lindsay Stone and Ellie Lambert are currently starring in a play at Torrington High School. They are doing a great job and thought church members would be interested. The remaining shows are today at 2pm, Thursday at 7pm and Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm. Tickets are $12 for adults. People have asked me how is it [...]
GROUNDS CLEANUP – All church members are invited to bring gloves/gardening tools to help with grounds cleanup on Saturday, April 17th (raindate April 24th). This qualifies as a confirmation churchmanship project. FOOD WAR – Please remember that the Food War in Sunday School continues through mid-May. COIN BOXES – In order to help toward the [...]
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(If you are interested in participating, the two documents below will help you sign up) project-homeless-volunteer-letter-20101 project-homeless-service-provider-invitation Litchfield County, Connecticut Volunteers May 14, 2010 The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Homeless Outreach Team in conjunction with the Litchfield County Continuum of Care and the City of Torrington invites you to participate in Litchfield County’s 3rd annual event: [...]
ALERT – ALERT – ALERT – ALERT – ALERT — ALERT Lutheran Disaster Response-New England Seeks Volunteers, Donations for Flood Relief MARCH STORMS have caused wide-spread flooding in New England, affecting thousands of our neighbors. The rain may be abating, but rivers and streams will continue to rise for several days, causing even more flooding [...]
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Tonight we had a wonderful Cantata presented by “Unity in Harmony Ecumenical Chorus”. A chorus made up of several local churches directed and accompanied by Mary Floyd and narrated by David Barone. Adrienne Weik acted as host director and played keyboards. (Really enjoyed the opening Offertory) Our Junior Choir did an encore performance of their [...]
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