Carillon Newsletter

Food Pantry Needs – January 2019

Our Food Pantry is quite empty right now following both the Holiday Ingatherings. In addition to the non-perishable food items, we are also happy to accept household, pet and personal hygiene items. Here are some suggested food items that are always needed: Cereal (hot or cold) Peanut Butter Jelly & Jam Tuna Fish (or any…

Around The Board Table

At its December 11th meeting the Governing Board: Approved updates to the fee schedules for funerals and weddings, effective on January 1st. Allocated an additional $898.84 from Major Projects for the refrigerator repair project to address an issue with the thermostat, suspected to be the cause behind the compressor failure repaired earlier this year. Approved…

Have A Minute? Thoughts from Pastor Matt…

As we cross the threshold into a new year, I offer here to us all a blessing “as you journey into the new year,” in the words of the Iona Community’s Lynda Wright: May your eyes be opened to the wonder of the daily miracles around you and your sense of mystery be deepened. May…

From The Library…

Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas, Sermons on Job, Sermons on the Women of the Bible, Adult Discussion Group, Book Discussion – wow! and yes! – Your library is meeting the needs of all these groups that enrich your understandings of living and leading a Christian Life.  Don’t miss out on the opportunities that the library has for…

Special Meeting of the Women’s Fellowship – January 13, 2019

WHAT: A CALL TO A SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING of the Women’s Fellowship WHO:  ALL Women of the Church Community WHEN: Sunday, January 13, 2019 WHERE: In Meeting House Immediately following worship All women of the church are eligible to vote at this specially called meeting of the Women’s Fellowship (WF) of the Storrs Congregational Church(SCC):…

In Case You Missed It…

This op-ed by Pastor Matt, contributed on behalf of the Windham Interfaith Working Group, was published in the November 14th issue of The Chronicle.  Because the need is the greatest, because the last star of hope appears to have faded, because the weather of final destruction threatens to descend, in the final hour we are…

Around the Board Table

On October 23 the Governing Board’s Finance-and-Administration Committee met with representatives of the Women’s Fellowship to discuss integration of the Women’s Fellowship programs, teams, and assets into the Storrs Congregational Church’s governance and ministries.  Following the departure of the Women’s Fellowship representatives, the Committee finalized a draft 2019 budget for presentation to the Congregation at…

Have A Minute? Thoughts From Pastor Matt

“O sing to the Lord a new song…”  So begin two of the psalms in our bibles, Psalm 96 and Psalm 98, two psalms that have indeed been sung to the Lord through countless generations (if you’ve ever heard or sung something titled “Cantate Domino,” it was probably a setting of one of these two…

Results of our Autumn Properties Workday

The semi-annual properties workdays are vital to maintaining our beautiful facilities.  A team of 21 reliable volunteers completed a huge number of projects throughout October.  As you read the list of their accomplishments, you may realize that many of them could easily go unnoticed.  That’s OK because these things could be easily noticed if the…