Vacation Bible School at FUMC

 Vacation bible school is coming to First United Methodist Church of Marlborough this summer; we will need your help.

 Please look for more details in next month’s edition of The Link.

CHURCH FAMILY POTLUCK
DINNER:

 The great cooks of the First United Methodist Church of Marlborough did it again!! The food was delicious and the fellowship was wonderful.

I would like to thank everyone who attended and especially the following people for the wonderful jobs they did in helping to make the dinner a big success:

†       Elizabeth and Edith Ashley for the delicious spaghetti and meatballs

†       Rev. Dorothy Asare for dessert and for providing transportation for our guest from the Homeless Shelter

†       Doris Bertram-Morin for the delicious vegetables and dessert and for helping to clean up after dinner

†       Marion Burgess for her lovely fruit platter

†       Edith Capestany for dessert and chocolate milk for the children

†       Edythe Capestany-Murkland for her outstanding side dishes and for helping in the kitchen

†       Bess Cowan for food prep and dessert

†       Alyson Cox for a pot of delicious hot soup for our first course (what a wonderful idea!)

†       Zelda Garrison-Desany, my Girl Friday, for setting up the dining room, food prep assistance, side dish, and helping with cleanup

†       Evie Golan for dessert

†       Ándrea Mason for helping with set up and for dessert

†       Sharon Mayers for the wonderful corn soufflé and for helping in the kitchen

†       Shawn Mayers for helping with cleanup

†       Donna Mehaffey for being my right hand and for the delicious ham, food prep assistance and clean up

†       Weedon Parris for helping with clean up

†       Robin Zaia for helping with set up, making the coffee, and for dessert

†       Michael Zaia for helping set up the dining room

†       Nicholas and Amanda Hyden for helping in the dining room

†       Dana Sawyer for helping with clean up

†       Jane Riegel for her side dish, helping clean the kitchen and providing transportation

†       Arthur Morin provided transportation for our guest and helped with clean up

†       Ethan Bertram-Morin helped with clean up

†       Tami White for helping with food prep and bringing dessert

May the Lord Bless and Keep all of you, always.

 Joan Parris
Homeless Meal Coordinator

We welcome your comments and suggestions for future editions of The Link. Please email any related articles or correspondence to our address at andreahm@comcast.net or leave them in the container behind the church office door by the 20^th of each month. The Link is also posted on our church website at www.marlboroumc.com. Visit the site to check out all the latest happenings at FUMC of Marlborough.

Board of Trustees Corner

Parking Lot Project: Can you help the sub-committee investigate our financial options for the project? Please contact the chairperson, Mr. Tom Racca at tracca@racca.com or (508) 393-6777. We hope to begin this project as soon as possible.  Donations are very welcome!

Room Behind The Stage: The room needs to be cleaned out and we need volunteers to help. The Board of Trustees is organizing a rummage sale to clean out the room and use the proceeds to support the parking lot project. Please sign up to help.

Lenten Season
Schedule...

Worship Services & Sunday School at ten o’clock every Sunday – we need you. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. 

It is awesome to have a large mass of renewed strength.

Palm Sunday – April 4^th
Celebrate Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem, waving palm branches in worship.

Maundy Thursday – April 8^th, 7:15pm
A service of communion and seven words of Jesus on the cross.

Good Friday – April 9^th
A day of fasting and prayer: Please skip a meal or two, as you are able. Sacrificing helps us to focus on the Lord. The sanctuary will be opened from 10am- 3pm; stop by for a personal prayer time. The pastor will be in the sanctuary from 11am-1pm.

Easter Sunday – April 11^th Celebration of the ‘Risen Christ’ & Family worship service at 10:00am. Sunday school students will minister to us during the service. The choir will minister in music, accompanied by the band.

FIGHT CANCER – RELAY
FOR LIFE IN MARLBORO

 Relay for Life is 18 hours of fun for a great cause – fighting cancer.

 From May 21^st through May 22^nd, the Bastian Family will be part of teams walking at Ward Park in Marlborough.   Ann and Art are members of a team made up of co-workers and Dan is leading a team of teenagers from Marlborough High School.  Teams pledge to keep one member of their team on the track for the entire 18 hours of the relay.  The whole community will come together through this relay to step up the fight against cancer.  Our goal is to fight cancer by raising as much money as possible while having good, competitive teams at Ward Park.

 We are writing this letter in The Link in hopes that our extended family, the Congregation at the First United Methodist Church, would like to make a donation to this cause.  There is no set amount per mile or per lap.  Any donation amount gets us all closer to eliminating this dreaded disease.

 Donations may be sent via mail to:

 First United Methodist Church
C/O The Bastian Family (Fight for Cancer)
52 Church Street
Marlborough, MA 01752

Check should be made out to:
The American Cancer Society

 Thank you all for your kindness and support as together, we fight to find a cure and eliminate cancer in our lifetime.

 Sincerely,

The Bastian Family
 

Choir Practice

 We are singing some awesome songs for Easter; please come and have fun.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Anniversary!