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Bristol Federated Church

A Community of Faith Where You Matter

April 10, 2024

“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey,
you are welcome here.”

“We embrace God’s infinite love and grace in affirmation that each one of God’s children is made in God’s image and has equal worth, accepting all and including ALL of every race, gender, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation/or expression, marital status, ethnicity, religious background, national origin and physical or mental status.”

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“The Lord is my shepherd.”

Psalm 23:1a

This is, perhaps, the most familiar of all phrases of all scripture in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Written 3000 years ago, one only need hear these first few words to bring the entire psalm into our hearts. It is a Psalm of comfort, of courage and strength, and promise.

This Sunday, we will spend our worship time immersed in the words of Psalm 23; hearing them read and sung and prayed so that we will dwell deep within them, and the words will dwell deep within us.

 

Jesse Hanson will be 100 years old on Saturday! Help him celebrate with a card:

Jesse Hanson
10 Mountain St
Bristol, VT 05443

 

WHAT IS THE CHURCH?

Hi faithful friends. A simple question you say, well it is really, we learned as youngsters and are still teaching our youngsters the well known hymn I am the church. Here are the first two verses:

The church is not a building;
the church is not a steeple;
the church is not a resting place;
the church is a people.

I am the church! You are the church!
We are the church together!
All who follow Jesus,
all around the world!
Yes, we’re the church together!

We’re many kinds of people,
with many kinds of faces,
all colors and all ages, too
from all times and places.

Over the last few weeks and months we have taken a look at what happens after church service on Sunday until the next church service the following Sunday. Were you surprised? It is obvious that it requires all of us using the gifts we received from God, also obvious that we all didn’t receive the same gifts, what one person does well someone else may not, but have their own gifts to share. Some tasks are complicated, some are simple, but all important to the whole. The leadership team and all the volunteers working together form our church. Everyone doing what they can. What gifts did God give you? How could those gifts be shared?

Leadership meetings are held once a month (usually on the 1st Tuesday) and are open to all. New ideas and new members are always welcome.

May God keep blessing our church family. Amen!

 

Lenten Bible Study

Please join Mary Van Tol for a Lenten study will resume on Thursday, April 11th. 7:00 PM-8:00 PM via Zoom.

This will be the final session for this study.

"Finding Jesus in the Psalms, A Lenten Journey" by Barb Roose guides the reader through a meaningful encounter with the Psalms through the season of Lent. Combining an interpretation of the psalms with real life stories, the study moves through the familiar words of Psalm 23 toward the painful cries of Psalm 22 uttered by Jesus on the cross. The study includes reflections on the life of King David and the original context of the writings, along with connections between the psalms and the life and death of Jesus the Messiah. Click PREVIEW for a short video preview.

The book is available from Cokesbury in both paperback and digital format. Click HERE to purchase.

I hope to see you Thursday evenings!

Mary

 
 

Wanted: Used Eclipse Glasses!
We will be collecting used Eclipse Glasses to send to kids in Latin America so that they can see the eclipse there in August. Look for the box in the League Room.

 

Lectionary Readings for this Week

April 14th:
Psalm 4; Acts 3:12-19; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48

 

Calendar

Lenten Bible Study - Thursdays, 7:00-8:00pm by Zoom. Resuming Apr. 11th.

Children’s Sunday: April 21st; 8:30 - Breakfast, 9:00 -Worship

Congregational Conversation # 3: April 28th; 10:15am during worship.

Leadership Team: May 7th, 6:00pm.

Search Committee: May 14th, 6:00pm.
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ONGOING EVENTS:

Sundays, 4:00PM- AA Meeting here at BFC

Click HERE for full calendar.

 

Weekly Giving

The Leadership Team would like you to know our Giving each week;

Offering $1,263.00
Online 249.47
Total $1,512.47
Thank you for your generosity!

 

Sunday Worship

You can find the recordings of recent sermons on our website at www.bristolfederated.com and click on “The Sermon Archives” in the top right hand corner of your screen.

You can visit the Donate page on our website at any time to give electronically using a credit/debit card or bank account.

The Zoom link for our Sunday Worship Service can be found by going to our website. If you will be accessing worship using a phone:
Dial: 1(929)205-6099
Meeting ID: 940 7036 0317
Passcode: 559314

Click here to go to our website at Bristolfederated.com

 

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Bristol Federated Church, 37 North St, Bristol. VT 05443, USA

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