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SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY CHORUS

The Springfield Community Chorus, directed by Candace Montesi, will present its Spring Concert
“Celestial Songs” on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 4PM at the Green Mountain Union High School Auditorium in Chester, VT.

This year’s concert will be a very special event. Featured will be works performed by the Springfield Community Chorus and selection presented by the visiting guest choral ensemble, the Keene Pops Choir, directed by Jean Nelson.

The afternoon’s program will conclude with the combined choirs of 125 voices performing five selections, including “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”.

Be sure to mark your calendars and save the date: Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at 4PM, Green Mountain Union High School Auditorium for this extraordinary afternoon of music.

                READING GROUP                 

The reading and discussion group is on a late fall early winter recess, but we are ready to resume meeting on Thursdays, January 14 through March 11. Discussions will be held from 7 PM to 8:30 PM in the Fellowship Room. By the time we meet, we will have experienced Advent and Christmas and Epiphany. We will be into a part of the Christian calendar that might well remind us of a modern hymn line, “ When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the shepherds have found their way home, The work of Christmas is begun.”  

The book for this session is about the work of Christmas, the good news. In The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What’s So Good About the Good News? Peter Gomes, minister and professor at Harvard University, asks his readers to consider the good news that the adult Jesus preached. He raises questions about how people of Jesus time related to the good news and how people in our time relate to the good news. The writing is at once scholarly, entertaining, and seriously thought provoking.

If this activity is of interest to you, speak to me at church or call the church office.  I have a few copies of the book now, and I can order more if needed. All who wish to participate are welcome.

--Lyle

FOOD FOR FOOD PROGRAM

Shaw's Foodmarket in Springfield is donating 1% of the cost of your total purchases made on any Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursdays to our church. We have already received $420 toward our community meals program.

You need to register your Shaw's Reward Card with Shaw's Community Rewards Program on line by going to

www.shaws.com/communityrewards  and click on "Shoppers Login or Register Your Card First." You may also call 1-800-696-6419.

Follow the prompts. You will need your Shaw's Rewards Card number (found on the back of your card) and your home phone number.

Enter the church's Community Rewards ID when prompted. It is 49001019961

If you are unable to register on line, you can send or call in your Rewards card number to the church office with your name and phone number.

Thank you for helping our church reach out to the community with community meals.
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