News and Announcements
Congratulations
Special Thanks
• To Joy Bloemer for handwriting each of the Confirmation certificates.
• To Brenda Shupe for volunteering to take care of our Little Free Library here at church.
• To Julie Schlehlein for serving as a Parent Helper and Driver for our Confirmation mission experience at The Food Pantry and class on Sunday evening, May 16.
• To Elijah Perez, Brady Fleischman, and their friends, for cleaning out the church flower beds and laying mulch around the perimeter of church and Creekside Commons, just in time for our first in-person Sunday morning worship service!
• To the Church Grounds Maintenance Team: Miriam Mitchell, Jana Zimmerman, Jeanne Weir, Kurt and Kelly Blum, Joe and Bev Mueller, John and Christa Karrels, and Mike Dimmer. This is the second year these folks have adopted a flower bed and maintained it from summer to fall.
• To Holly Ternes for serving as a Parent Helper for Confirmation Class on Sunday evening, April 25.
• To Jeanne Mantsch, Terry McManus, Terry Sdun, and Jane Spalding for cooking and assembling meals for our Family Promise guests who stayed at the Chalet Motel on Monday, April 19.
• To Mike Dimmer for trimming all the shrubs along the perimeter of the church, cleaning out flower beds, and power washing the church sign and entryway.
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IN-PERSON WORSHIP - SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 9:00
We are limiting our attendance to 60 persons, and require members and friends to sign up prior to coming to church. You may click here to sign up to attend worship this coming Sunday, May 30. An e-blast will also be sent every Wednesday with a sign-up link for the upcoming Sunday.
RECORDINGS OF WORSHIP SERVICES
The Sunday worship service will be recorded each week; if you would like to view the service as soon as it is uploaded, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel ("First Congregational Church of Port Washington"). This allows you to receive immediate notification.
VISITING WITH PASTOR SCOTT
Pastor Scott wants to remind everyone that he would enjoy a chance to get acquainted. He can visit with you at your home or here at church. Please email him at pastorscott@portucc.org.
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CAMPS
The United Church of Christ has wonderful summer camps. Pilgrim Center is located on Green Lake near Ripon, and Moon Beach is located way up north near St. Germain. You can visit ucci.org to check out the camp offerings.There are camp scholarships available through our church and through a combined scholarship program between United Church Camps and the Southeast Association of the Wisconsin Conference.
Please contact Amy Gilhooly, our Communications Director, at amyg@portucc.org if you have any questions.
CHURCH FLOWER AND SHRUB BEDS - VOLUNTEER NEEDED
The church grounds are looking more beautiful than ever thanks to our church volunteers who each maintain a small section throughout the growing season. The primary task is pulling a few weeds that sneak through the mulch every few weeks. We are in need of an additional volunteer to help maintain a flower bed located in Creekside Commons. If you can lend a hand, please contact Beckie in the church office.
AA TO RESUME MEETINGS AT CHURCH
Starting June 6, an AA Group will resume meeting at our church every Sunday afternoon at 3:00. For more information, please contact the church office.
MAY E-NEWSLETTER
Click here to view the entire May "Congregational Connections" monthly e-newsletter. Or, you can click on specific pages:
Pages 1 & 2: Pastor Scott's Lead Article
Page 3: Reopening!
Page 4 : Men's Breakfast and Lay Readers
Page 5: Confirmation Sunday on May 23
Page 6: Financials and June 27 Meeting and Brat Fry
Page 7: Cookie Delivery Update
Page 8: Little Free Library and Justice Team Updates
Page 9: May Scripture Passages
Pages 10 & 11: Spotlight on Lighthouse Youth Ministry
Pages 12-14: April 2021 Church Council Minutes
Page 15: Church Grounds and Lighthouse Info
Pages 16 & 17: May Calenday and B-days & Anniversaries
Page 18: Church Contact Information
THURSDAY MEN'S BREAKFAST GROUP
Every Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. a committed group of gentlemen from the church gather at The Beacon restaurant, which is located downtown on the first floor of The Harborview hotel. Ken Matthews has been their faithful facilitator, sending out email reminders to the men who have joined them previously. The group stopped meeting when the pandemic forced closure of area restaurants and has been meeting again as restrictions have eased over the last couple of months. Pastor Scott joins the group every other week or so.
The group is open to all the men of the church. Everyone places their own order and pays their own bill. The conversation is filled with laughter, stories, tall tales, anecdotes as well as the latest updates on what folks are doing and how things are going. It is a great way to spend an hour (or two) and begin your day.
If you are interested in attending, you are welcome to just come on down and join the group. Or, you can send Ken an email if you have questions and to make sure you are on his email reminder list (k0matthews76@gmail.com).
WEDNESDAY NOON GROUP
Our Wednesday Noon Group has decided to take a break for the summer. They will decide to start back up either in August or September. If you are interested in learning more, please email Pastor Scott (pastorscott@portucc.org).
PAYPAL ONLINE GIVING
If you are interested in giving to the church through PayPal, please look for the PayPal button on the home page. Please contact us if you have any questions or any problems using this giving feature.
PASTOR SCOTT'S FIRST MONTHS AS OUR PASTOR
Our pastor, Rev. Dr. Scott McLeod, has enjoyed a great start here at our church. Scott invites you to call or email anytime, his new email address is pastorscott@portucc.org.
If you have a chance, check out the two newspaper articles on Pastor Scott's transition:
Ozaukee Press - FCC welcomes new pastor on Jan. 1
Elkhorn Independent -
Pastor takes a leap of faith
