Church Blog (Page 24)

Church Blog (Page 24)

2017 Building & Grounds Ministry Report

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE 2017 Members of the committee were as follows: David Kingman (Chairman), Edmund Clavette (Secretary), Edward Collins, Peter Gaw, Peter Granville and James Koepfler. This committee meets each month on Sunday prior to the Church Committee meeting. At these meetings, smaller projects are chosen and responsibilities assigned…

2017 Deacons’ Report

REPORT OF THE DEACONS FOR 2017 Your deacons are happy to report that the spiritual life of our church is healthy and growing! In addition to the easily-quantifiable growth we can see in the increased number of names on our member list, and the increased attendance at worship every Sunday, we are broadening our biblical knowledge and deepening our spiritual wisdom. We are…

2017 Music Ministry Report

OLDTOWN MUSIC COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Music has always been an essential part of worship. From the days of the Old Testament, when “David and the people of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets, harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums, and cymbals” – 2 Samuel 6:5 (NIV) – through the explosion of hymns written…

2017 Historian’s Report

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN 2017 This year has continued to be on the quiet side. We used to get several requests every year from people looking up their relatives, but the genealogy sites now available online make it much easier for folks. Several of the gravestones that we had worked on with Ken Postle at Newell Burying Ground have since toppled again. Hopefully,…

2017 Food Forward Ministry Report

FOOD FORWARD MINISTRY 2017 Our Food Forward Project was established in 2016 with the goal of helping those in our community who are food-insecure. We raised the price of our Church suppers by $1, and it’s that extra dollar that funds the program. A great meal is enjoyed, and that little extra means someone else will eat as well, thus “paying it forward.” In 2016,…

2017 Missions Ministry Report

MISSIONS MINISTRY ANNUAL REPORT 2017 2017 saw our Missions focus both internally and externally at Oldtown. Through the ongoing passion and enthusiasm of the Missions Ministry, the following was accomplished: A Missions Statement was created. Thank you to Kris Collins for such a thoughtful statement. It was agreed by all that it captured perfectly the essence of the…