Vacation Bible School
August 18-22nd, 9-11:30 a.m.
Pre-school - Grade 6, with adult Bible Study 10-11:30

Vespers:
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Pizza and Film: Holding Our Own
(Visit the website: Holding Our Own)
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Men’s Breakfast
8:00 a.m., In OSLC Cana Hall.
Menu: Corned Beef Hash, Poached and Scrambled Eggs, Fruit, Coffee, Juice, English Muffins, Butter & Jam. For more information, contact Richard Scheuer.

Fri., Aug. 15, 5 p.m. – Sat., Aug. 16, 4 p.m.
Women’s Retreat: “Praying Unceasingly”
at Ruth Mayer’s Home in Thetford

Monday, August 11
UVIP Transportation committee meeting:
6:30 - 9:00

Mon., Aug. 11th, 3:30 p.m.
Worship Committee Meeting

9:30 - Worship
10:45 - 11:30 - Summer Sunday School for kids; “Door Opening” discussion for adults

W-ELCA Yard and Bake Sale:
The date has been set for August 16 (rain date, Aug. 23). Although this is sponsored by our Women of the ELCA, it is for ALL of the church. Mark your calendars, and begin planning to take part as a vendor, helper, and/or baker! Needs will soon be […]

An article has been posted on the Dartmouth website about a research collaboration between Kipkorir ‘Weldon’ Kirui and Tom Morrison: “Maasai undergrad provides unusual skill to help wildebeest research.”
Excerpt: “It seems like destiny when needs are met through coincidence. When Tom Morrison, a PhD student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program at Dartmouth, needed […]

Tues, Aug. 5th, 6:30 p.m.
Social Ministry Meeting

To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent and being silent and waiting until God is heard. -Soren Kierkegaard
Prayer is not sending in an order and expecting it to be fulfilled. Prayer is attuning yourself to the life of the world, to love, the force that moves the sun […]

Quilters for Lutheran World Relief will be bringing partially completed quilts to Norwich Congregational Church (on the Norwich Green) on Monday, August 4 from 10-3. All materials and instructions will be provided. Bring a sandwich for lunch. Join us as we tie quilts and enjoy an ecumenical gathering! See LaVonne Batalden or Susan Bloomfield for […]

10:30 - Council Listening Session on same-sex blessings

OSLC Women’s Simple Gifts Overnight Retreat, Enfield Shaker Museum, Friday 7 p.m. - Saturday, 4 p.m., August 1-2.
Led by Pastor Susan and friends.  A wonderful chance to get away and spend quality time with one another.  Cost: Approximately $100 per person.