Calendar of Events

If you have any questions about events posted, please direct your questions to: firstchurch @ nii.net, or call the church office at (978) 744-1551.

April 2008

Sunday, April 6

• Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.
• Salem Alliance for the Environment - S.A.F.E
  ~ 4:00 p.m.

  Alliance for the Environment (SAFE) is a group dedicated to addressing environmental issues through education, advocacy, and community organizing. SAFE is actively supporting energy efficiency and support for clean energy choices, and their goal is to assure that Salem is a healthy and prosperous place in which to live. Visit www.salemsafe.org for more info on S.A.F.E.

• The Low Carbon Diet Discussion Group
  ~ 5:00 p.m.

Join us for a monthly meeting for people wanting to find ways to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions in their homes and lives. Based on the book The Low Carbon Diet, “a thirty day program to lose 5000 pounds,” we will gather to learn and share ideas about reducing our carbon emissions. This is a fun, accessible and easy to use program that will show you, step by step, how to significantly reduce your CO2 output in just a few months. Copies of the book are available for purchase. Please speak with Jeff if you are interested.

 

Sunday, April 13

• Youth Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.
• New Member Orientation, after Fellowship
• Organ Recital: ~ 4:00 p.m.
  with Jeffrey Brody, performing
  
  There will be an organ recital featuring Jeffrey Brody, Music Director at Park Avenue Congregational Church, Arlington, Mass.

He will be performing music of Messiaen, Franck, Korngold, Bach and Brody.

The Organ Recital is provided by the William Dennis Fund, in memory of Caroline Martin. Concert is free and open to the public.

 

Sunday, April 20

• Pancake Breakfast ~ 9 - 10: 15 a.m.

We will have our annual spring pancake breakfast on Sunday, April 20th! Come one, come all! This sumptuous morning feat will be prepared by chef Joe Perron, and include a delicious assortment of pancake, eggs, bacon, and a vegetarian option as well. Be sure not to miss it! Fee for food: $3.00 per person, maximum of $7.00 per family.

• Sunday Earth Day Service with Choir, 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, April 27

• Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.
• New Member Orientation, after Fellowship

Tuesday, April 29

• For the Bible Tells Me So: film & discussion
  ~ 7:00 p.m.

Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?

Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.
Admission is free.

Discussion to follow movie, facilitated by Reverend Jim Maynard and his husband Jim Singletary.

 

Tuesday, April 29

• Operation Sewing Bee
  ~ 6:00 p.m.

Religious Education's senior class and the Alliance are coordinating a church-wide effort to make warm hats and mittens to be sent to children in Afghanistan and Iraq starting in October, 2008. We are most fortunate to have four rolls of technologically advanced material donated by Polartec Inc., Lawrence MA. Our first Operation Sewing Bee will take place Wednesday April 30 @ 6:00PM. A light supper will be served. Let's see if we can make enough hats and mittens to finish all one hundred yards of fabric!

We would like to have up to 10 sewing machines and an equal amount of cutters. Please contact Deb DiGiulio at re@firstchurchinsalem.org or 978-210-2060. Sewers, cutters & friends needed!!!!