When Warwick UCC celebrated its annual picnic on Sept. 11, 2011, there were sunny skies and warm breezes, three dozen friendly faces, and plenty of delicious foods, all enhanced by musical favorites from The Beatles' "Twist and Shout" to Pavarotti's "Nessun Dorma."  After a morning worship service that included time for remembering loss and sacrifice, the afternoon provided a time for remembering that laughter and fellowship help us to go on living in a world of love and community.

Many thanks go to the deacons who organized and hosted the event, to the Holmes family for picking up the barbecue and chicken, to Sue Howell and Shirley Holmes for making the delicious homemade ice cream, to our music man Rudy Wilson for providing songs that had our feet tapping and our hips moving, to Barbara Harvey for calling the BINGO games, and to all the great cooks who brought dishes to complete the feast!  These gifts of time and talent added up to a wonderful time of fellowship, reflection, and renewal.

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Tommy's playground was complemented by the hanging of the Octopus Garden Mural, designed by Amy Smith and painted by numerous loving hands, on Saturday, June 25, 2011.  The project involved months of work planning the design, painting the marine fantasy scene, prepping the shed, and hanging the final mural.  With Tommy's family on hand to assist in the last tasks, the mural became part of the celebration of life and childhood that the playground has been all along. Now there is another visual reminder of some of the things Tommy treasured in life and of the loving memories that continue to touch us.

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Neither 90+ temperatures nor dazzling thunder boomers  diminished the spirits of the Fish Fry Crew on June 10, 2011.  More than $300 was raised and much fish was enjoyed!  Thanks to all who helped!

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Holy Week 2011 Schedule

Please join us at these gatherings that are so important to our faith tradition.

April 17th - Palm Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

April 21st – Maundy Thursday Service at 7:00 p.m.

April 22nd – Good Friday Fish Fry at 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
.................Tenebrae Service at 8:00 p.m.

April 23rd – Children’s Easter Activities at 10:00 a.m.

April 24th – Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m.
................Easter Cantata at 11:00 a.m.

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On Saturday night, Dec. 4th, more than two dozen members and friends of Warwick UCC participated in the first of our PORT duty nights. Thanks to all who helped with shopping, preparing the meals, registering the guests, supervising the over night, and setting up or cleaning up the site. We were able to help provide hot meals and safe shelter for about 70 of our homeless neighbors.

Participating in some capacity were Sue Howell, Bill Howell, Cindy Greeley, Alayne Jaffe, Jan Orr, Joe Emerson, Robert Emerson, Nancy Emerson, Melissa LeRoy, Kevin LeRoy, Mrs. LeRoy, Cheryl Wayman, Brett Cook, Ame Morris, Jean Pikul, Don Wayman, Mark Snell, Barbara Harvey, Bucky Holmes, Shirley Holmes, Betty Smith (and Anne Marie), Denise Creech, Roxanne Burnette, Rev. Chris Addotta, Gail Christensen, Sue Gosser, and Brenda Tagge.

It's always a bonus to have Betty Smith participating in a church project even though illness has kept her close to home for a while.  Here she, Anne Marie, and Jan Orr remove lasagnas Betty had cooked to help us provide a hot dinner for PORT guests at the shelter site in her neighborhood.

Thank you to everyone who helped out with PORT!

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Warwick UCC celebrated Laity Sunday on Oct. 10, 2010.

The event was beautifully organized and moderated by Shirley
Fitzgerald. Sue Howell offered the meditation, Barbara Harvey
delivered the children's message, and Mark Snell provided a solo
rendition of "How Beautiful." Other participants included Caitlan
Howell, Leslie Danneberger, Tim Holmes, Brenda Tagge, and Jean Pikul.

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Thanks to Brenda we have photos from our recent indoor picnic! Looks like a good time was had by all!

Bill Howell - Deacon Chair

Dr. Joe - The Bingo Champ!

The kids had fun!

The birthday girl and her guy

Food, Glorious Food

The Feast

Table Talk

Ice Cream!

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Gail and I got to Minneapolis OK with layover in Memphis, so pulled pork barbeque for lunch and walleye last night.  Enjoying the grandkids and taking them fishing -- caught and cooked a 24 inch pike from the local lake.  Great to catch up with our northern family!  See you in church on the 29th!

Pastor Michael

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This past Sunday Alayne Jaffe and I had the honor of receiving a very special gift. This gift was not one of material treasure nor was it one of the “fruits of the Spirit” that the Reverend Christensen spoke of in his sermon on January 17. Rather, this gift was unique and memorable because it came from the heart from a Unity parishioner. This congregant expressed to the two of us more than just a profound sense of joy and gratitude that our church opened our doors to another. In the course of our conversation, she shared a part of her life history. For the past several years she had the opportunity to visit other congregations, attend their worship services, and to join in fellowship with other believers. What made our church special for her was that our little congregation, with a big heart, was the only congregation in which every member greeted her with an affection smile and a sincere “Welcome.”

Watching the heartfelt emotion of our Unity guest, I was proud of our congregation. As the Still Speaking commercials indicated, “Jesus never turned anybody away, neither do we.” I’m proud to be part of a congregation where “bouncers” guarding the entrances with red velvet ropes are non-existent and instead is replaced with the extravagant love of our Lord which seeks to continuously live by the words “here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see ALL the people.” 

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Many folks are sending comments to CBS and CBS Sports over the very anti-abortion commercial featuring a famous football player during the Super Bowl's highly touted commercial zone.  Seems they forgot that when they turned down us old-timer Christians in the UCC over our "Bouncer" ad, they said they didn't want to take sides on controversial issues.  I never have seen what was objectionable about the ad, so I'm asking you to go to our national church website, ucc.org, and then type in "bouncer"  to see for yourself.

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