Confirmation Sunday May 5 Please join us in worship on Sunday, May 5, for a special day of worship and fellowship. We will be celebrating with Michael Trammell and John Schockley as they confirm their faith and join our congregation as members in their own right. Confirmation is one of the three rites of the United Church of Christ that mark turning points in the lives of our members. (The two other rites are marriage and ordination.) Also on May 5th, Jay Sanderson will deliver the message. Jay recently was recognized as a lay minister at Boise First Congregational UCC and has preached at Wright several times over the last few years. A Cinco de Mayo brunch will be served to honor our confirmands and provide a time for members to reconnect with Jay and Nina.
Search Committee Update We are excited. We are pleased with the results of the potluck and data gathering event held on April 7 following worship. The conversation was great as we discussed our dream and hopes for Wright Congregational United Church of Christ. To date we have received input from over 60 of you representing over 40 family units. If you have not had the opportunity to give your input, please do so soon. Committee members will be contacting those who have not received forms. Survey forms are also available in the church office for your use. We need to have them returned by May 1, 2013, so we can get our Church Profile completed and submitted by June 1, 2013. We will share the results with you at that time. We ask that you keep the Search Committee in your thoughts and prayers.
The Search Committee P.S. the committee will meet Monday, May 6 , May 13, and May 20 at 7 pm in the Upper Room.
W'rocking Wright – 1950’s Bash It is time to start thinking about W'rocking Wright and going back to the 50's for food, fun, old cars, silent auction, dessert auction, and games for kids of all ages. Mark your calendars now, Saturday, June 22, 2013 is the big event and annual fund raiser. The Committee will meet Monday, May 6 at 1:00 in the social hall. A flier is available in the office if you would like to take a couple and get business donations for our Silent Auction. Calling all artists – please think about donating to our W’rocking Wright Fund Raiser silent auction. All items are welcome Also, plan on donating a baked goodie (cookies, brownies, cakes, cupcakes, etc.) to our dessert auction. Yummy!
Reports and Meetings Notes from the Board God knows our hearts. God knows we have limits, and does not want us to be overwhelmed. We allow ourselves to live with joy when we realize and accept our limits. What we chose to do, we should do with our whole heart, as if we are doing this for our Lord. We are asked to carry our own load, we are not asked to carry the whole load. God will give us strength to be ourselves; we simply must listen to God and follow our own heart. We all have different gifts and talents. It takes all of our individual gifts and talents to complete the body of Christ. For example, some of us have the talent to prepare and serve our community supper. Others have the talent of caring for our Church grounds and maintaining our Church property. Others have the talent of music. Others contribute by joining our worship service. We all combine to become our Church. We need each of us to contribute in our own way, following our own hearts, cheerfully carrying our own load. Spring is upon us. We can all feel renewed and re invigorated. We are looking for volunteers to assist with our lawn care. Are you able to mow the lawn a few times over the summer? Are you able to service our lawn equipment? If so, please sign up. Also, please mark your calendar for W'rocking Wright Saturday, June 22, 2013. We have a wonderful Church, with wonderful people. Let us be gentle with each other and ourselves. Respectfully submitted, Will Patterson, Board Chair NEXT BOARD MEETING: Wednesday, May 15 at 7:00 pm in the social hall. It is important that all committee chairpersons be present – we need your input. If you are unable to make the meetings please send a committee member with any reports you may have. Each committee should have at least one member besides the chair. Please let the office know who your committee people are in case we are unable to reach the chairperson.
Church Missions Bench Supper Update As the Wright Ups is going to press, we are getting ready to host the April Bench Supper. We have a great crew of volunteers signed up and ready to assist our own Top Chef, Amy Linkert. Please contact Julie Patterson if you are interested in volunteering or contributing to the work of the Bench Supper ministry team. Of related interest, see the following article on the Boise showing of A Place at the Table. Thanks are extended to the following businesses for their financial support. We encourage you to look to them for your business needs.
Rose Hill Coin & Jewelry
Anytime Lock and Key
NEXT SUPPER MAY 23 You are invited to the Boise screening of A Place at the Table on Friday, May 10, 7 pm at the Egyptian Theater. Tickets are: $7 for seniors and students; $10 for all others. What would our nation be like if we invested in healthy food for all? Find out by attending this event which will include a panel of local experts discussing how we can take action now in Idaho.
Watch the trailer at: www.idahohunger.org For further information call: (208) 447-8218
Help Needed Our food pantry needs to be restocked. Please donate non-perishable items and paper goods for those in need. Don’t forget that Wright Church collects: eye glasses, hearing aids, pull tabs, Campbell soup labels and Box Tops for Schools Work Weekend at Pilgrim Cove – Saturday, May 18. Contact Janice Aagaard if you are interested in attending.
Fellowship Activities Book Club
Women's Fellowship
The Book Club will meet on Thursday, May 2 at 1:00 pm in the church library. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt - The Home Front in World War II, by Doris K. Goodwin, will be discussed.
The next Women’s Fellowship meeting is st Wednesday, May 1 . We have invited the ladies from First Church and a committee is preparing a wonderful luncheon for all of us. We just need you to come, enjoy, and visit. We will have a program presented by Diane Racine from the Idaho Athletic Club with tips on exercises to improve our balance. Please RSVP to Ginny Trapp at 297-2187 so we know for how many to plan.
Upcoming: June 6: Escape into Danger, by Sophia Orlovshy Williams. All are welcome to come and enjoy a cup of tea and interesting discussion Lunch Bunch The Lunch Bunch is going to Lucky Palace for a Chinese lunch on Thursday, May 9 at 1:00 pm. Please contact Pat Robb to RSVP. Lucky Palace is located at 8630 W. Overland in the little strip mall just past Wal-Mart and before Maple Grove on the North side of Overland.
Wright Ones – Singles Friday, May 10 at noon we are attending the organ recital at the Egyptian Theater by Sean Rogers on the Robert Morton Theatre Organ as he accompanies two silent movies. This is a free Boise Music Week event. We are planning a lunch following this event somewhere downtown.
Sunday, May 19 at 3:00 we are going to the Triangle Inn in Sweet, Idaho (just west of Horseshoe Bend and a beautiful drive) for a Basque Dinner. We will leave from Carol Rivers' house. Please call Carol with questions or to RSVP.
THANK YOU To everyone who brought their treasures for the Rummage Sale and to everyone who helped to set up, sort, sell, tear down, and clean up. The rummage sale brought in a total of $487.63 for the Women’s Fellowship. AND THANK YOU Thanks also to Flowerama for allowing us to place our sign on their property and donating balloons to draw attention to the sign and to the Idaho Youth Ranch for picking up our leftovers. The cinnamon rolls and coffee that we sold during the rummage sale were a big hit and cleared $88.00. Thank you Ethel Farnsworth for donating the rolls and thank you to Julie Patterson and family for preparing and baking the rolls. For $1.00 you got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll. This event was a lot of fun as it allowed us to sit and chat over coffee with the people who came by. AND THANK YOU, TOO! Finally we made the cook books available for sale during the rummage sale. Thank you to everyone who submitted recipes and a big thanks to Mary Ellen Parsons for typing all the recipes, the graphics, organizing it and to Dale Parsons – I understand he tested all the recipes and especially recommends Jane Eubanks' “Best Ever Rum Cake”. You really need to read through the book, besides recipes from congregational members there are also a lot of helpful hints – like how to clean your corset. The first printing of 50 has sold out with orders for more. There will be a second printing before the Wright Ups goes to press so if you did not get one there should be some more available. The proceeds from the sale of the Recipe Books will go directly to the General Fund. They are on sale for $10.00. Again my thanks to everyone who has made these events successful and worked so hard to help Wright Church and its ministries. Janice Aagaard President, Women’s Fellowship
Personal Touches Congrats to Sally VanderVeen – (daughter of Will and Julie Patterson) for being chosen Teacher of the Year at West Canyon Elementary.
Congrats to Shannon Mobberley (granddaughter of Audrey Beckstead) She was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at the College of Western Idaho on April 12.
Our CHOIR meets on Wednesday nights at 7:00 pm. All voices are welcome. We will finish our spring season on May 19. REMINDER: The deadline for Articles for the May edition of Wright Ups is May 25.
May Sunday Worship Team Ushers: Frank Capshaw, Bob Smith, John and Clay Schockley Lay Worship Leader: Joan Wenske and Carl Van Slyke Deacon Care Giver: Laura Shockley
Good luck to Tyler Canning (son of Robin Canning) who is waiting for the results of the Mensa test taken on Saturday, April 20 at First Congregational Church.
We are sorry to report that on Friday, April 19, our sister in Christ Shirley Neilson passed away. Best wishes and speedy recovery to Patti Bliss on her cataract surgery to be done the end of April. Memorials have been giving in loving memory of: Letha Gribble by Fredna Greene; Jerry Lawson; Janice Aagaard; Ann Durand; Wm & Joyce Jackson; Kevin & Daylene Love.
Altar Care: Ann Durand May 5 - Confirmation Sunday Communion Servers: Wes and Cathy Andrews, Carl Van Slyke, and Anne Schnebly Greeters: Howard & Nettie Adkins Flowers: Kim, Mike and Katie for Michael's birthday Coffee: Cinco de Mayo Tacos May 12 Greeters: Pat & Suzanne Robb May 19 - Pentecost Greeters: Al and Susan Busche Flowers: The Busche family May 26 Greeters: Willard and Bethene Dykes
Marie Casey by Marilyn Williams; Janice Aagaard Norma Taylor by Janice Aagaard Jack & Lozene Lawson by Janice Aagaard; Carlyle & Maxine Briggs; Jerry Lawson Tom Robb by Carlyle & Maxine Briggs; Suzanne Robb Ilene McArthur by Carlyle & Maxine Briggs
Celebrations in May Birthdays: May 3-Mary Lu Harder; 4-Michael Trammell; 9-Loyd Bliss & Ann Burkholder; 15- Mary Pond; 16-Jerry Lawson; 18-Rick Watson; 23-Gil Haskins; 28-Debbie Turner; 30-Jack Wenske. Anniversaries: May 6-Margaret and George Johnston; 8-Dale and Cindy Shoemaker.
Bill Francis by Jerry Lawson Agnes Schwarzhoff by Janice Aagaard; Willard & Bethene Dykes; Carol Rivers; Bob & Kathy Smith; Viola Cegnar; Barton & Leane Chaffee; Charlotte Day; Gil & Dorothy Haskins; Russell & Naomi Hopkins; Tempa Simmonsen; Agnes Thayer; Anne Schnebly.
BIBLE STUDY gathers in the Upper Room each Thursday morning at 10:30 am. Upcoming: May 2: John 5.1-9 May 9: Acts 16.16-40 May 16: Philippians 1.1-14 May 23: Romans 5.1-5
May 2013 SUNDAY
5 9:00 Confirmation Class
9:30 Choir warm-up 10:00 Worship/Comm./Jay Sanderson 11:00 Coffee hour/fellowship 11:15 Cinco DeMayo Taco’s
12 Mother’s Day 9:00 Confirmation Class 9:30 Choir Warm-Up 10:00 Worship 11:00 Coffee Hour 11:15 Sunday School
19 Pentecost Sunday 9:30 Choir Warm-Up 10:00 Worship, Final Choir, Confirmation 11:00 Coffee Hour 11:15 Final Sunday School 3:00 Wright Ones Singles, dinner at the Triangle Inn, Sweet, ID
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1:00 Women’s Fellowship Spring Luncheon 7:00 Choir-Sanctuary
1:00 Book Club-Library
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9:30 BUGS-outside 10:30 Bible Study
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7:00 Search Comm.-Upper Room
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9:30 BUGS-outside 10:30 Bible Study
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23 Wright Up Articles
9:30 BUGS-outside
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9:30 BUGS-outside 10:30 Bible Study
6 1:00 W’Rocking Meeting
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7:00 Alanon-social hall
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Wright Community Congregational Church United Church of Christ 4821 Franklin Road, Boise ID 83705 wrightucc.com
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March 2013 Vol. 2013 Issue 03 Published Monthly
Contact us: (208) 343-0292 E-Mail: church@wrightucc.com Web: wrightucc.com
Ministers: All of Us Interim Pastor: Rev. Cynthia Brandt Office Administrator: Robin Canning Organist: Ginny Trapp Board Chairman: Will Patterson Moderator: Carl Van Slyke
Sunday Schedule: 10:00 Worship Cry Room available for restless little ones.
Communion 1st Sunday of each month
11:00 Coffee Time 11:15 Children's Sunday School
Whole Orange Cake. Cooking-oil spray 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 3 large eggs 2 oranges (about 1 lb. total), ends trimmed, then cut into chunks and seeded 2 1/2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons plus 1 tsp. orange juice 1. Preheat oven to 325°. Coat a 10-cup Bundt pan with cooking-oil spray. In a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed, beat butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs. 2. Whirl orange chunks in a food processor until mostly smooth but not purÊed. Add 1 1/2 cups orange mixture to batter and beat until blended. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder to bowl and beat until smooth. Spread batter in prepared pan. 3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with only a few crumbs clinging to it, about 55 minutes. Cool pan on a rack 10 minutes, then invert cake onto rack and let cool completely. 4. Whisk together powdered sugar and orange juice in a small bowl. Drizzle over cooled cake. Let glaze set, then slice cake and serve.