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MARCH 2021
FRYEBURG NEW CHURCH
12 Oxford St. Fryeburg, Maine 04037
In this issue:
Message from Rev. Alison - 1 & 2
Church info - 3 & 4
Calendar - 5
FNC News - 6
Sunday School - 7
SAAR program info - 8
FNCA news - 9
Greetings dear March greetings, dear friends! Here we are
again, ready for a new month! Thank you for your
Readers! heaps of patience over these last many months - I
feel we have had so many successes with our
Zoom church services, and I know it is not what
by Rev. Alison Lane-Olsen was, and has lasted nearly a year now. Can you
believe it? If you were to walk through the
church, you would find little reminders that one
day in March of 2020, we just seemingly stopped
in our tracks....like a few dried palm branches, a
red Christmas tablecloth on the coffee hour table
yet to be changed after the 2019 Christmas...
The times look different, and yet we remain
tasked with that ancient call to love our neighbor;
we are invited to look beyond the masks and see
the humanity on the other side.
I found myself absolutely uplifted just
hearing stories of people helping
people lately. Did you hear the news
story about the Houston furniture store
owner, “Mattress Mack” who opened up
his stores to hundreds without power?
Or did you, too, read about the New
Jersey plumber who drove to Texas to
fix burst pipes? Andrew Mitchell
brought his family and a truck full of as
many plumbing supplies as he could
afford because he knew they were
currently hard to find in Texas. Seeing
and honoring our common humanity is
beautiful to witness and helps all of our
hearts.
I thought this same lesson was
captured in another amazing news
story: Pope Francis had just recently
paid a surprise visit to a Jewish poet
and Holocaust survivor, Edith Bruck,
living in Rome; during the visit, she
shared with him her experiences in the
concentration camps where she lost
both parents. She had written
previously,
ZOOM Attendance
“ Without hope, we cannot live. In the
January & February
concentration camps, all it took was a
Church Zoom Attendance
German looking at you with a human
gaze. All it took was a gesture. All it
took was a human gaze. They gave me January 31 - 36
a glove with a hole in it; they left me February 7 - 27
some jam in the bottom of a plate. February 14 - 33
That was life inside. That is hope.” February 21 - 34
May we all continue to find hope and
be able to see the humanity in one
another; may we share our love - with a
glance or with our helping hands.
With Lenten Blessings,
~ Rev. Alison
MARCH 2021
VIRTUAL CHURCH CHURCH OFFICE
Pleases join us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom
12 Oxford Street
for a worship service.
Fryeburg, Maine 04037
Join Zoom Church Service 207-935-3413
If using computer or smartphone (video)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/853309828? Secretary hours:
pwd=MUxnSkd5ZERzSUoxUHR1QzNUWmFYdz09 Tuesday, Thursday &
Meeting ID: 853 309 828
Friday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Password: FNC2020
Dial +1 929 436 2866 Pastor: By appointment
Meeting ID: 853 309 828
Password: 4867915
Contact People
See you there!
Chair of Trustees: Lee Dyer
Vice -Chair of Trustees: Jim Gibson
Secretary of Trustees: Susan Logan
Treasurer: Jim Dutton
Trustee: Lynn Kennard
Trustee: Dean Harnden
Trustee: open
Music Director: Ellen Schwindt
Office Secretary: Dawn Crowe
Child care coordinator: Dede Frost
Pastor: Rev. Alison Lane -Olsen
For contact information visit
www.fryeburgnewchurch.org
MARCH 2021
By Edward Hicks, American, 1780 - 1849 (1780 - 1849) Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21886421
TRUSTEES
The Trustees will meet on Zoom Tuesday,
March 9 @ 6:30 p.m.. Please use the same
link as our worship services. By the way ~
there is still an opening for one more board
member if you are interested. If you have
anything you would like added to the
agenda please let one of the Trustees know.
Thank you!
FACEBOOK LIVE
Rev. Alison is live on our church
FaceBook page, Monday mornings at
11am with a card reading for the week.
If you miss it you can watch later any
time by visiting our FB page. The
The Orangutans have joined us on the Ark!
Wednesday evening Meditation group Our Lenten theme is offering us the invitation
will also be meeting on Zoom @ 7:00 to care more deeply for our Ark mates. Here is
p.m. See you there! something we can do here and now to help.
Thank you for caring.
CALENDAR
Family Worship ~ Every Sunday on
Zoom @ 10:00 a.m.
Trustees meeting ~ Tuesday 3/9 on
Zoom @ 6:30 p.m.
Card readings with Rev. Alison ~ Every Monday
on FaceBook live @ 11:00 a.m.
Meditation group ~ Every Wednesday on
Zoom @ 7:00 p.m..
Swedenborgians in Action Against Racism
Present a March Youth Program: Youth
Changing the World ~ begins March 13 on Zoom
Below are a few unique days to celebrate in March.
Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss Day) ~ 3/2
I Want You to Be Happy Day ~ 3/3
International Women’s Day ~ 3/8
Plant a Flower Day~ 3/12
National Pi Day ~ 3/14
Daylight Saving Time ~ 3/14
St. Patrick’s Day ~ 3/17
Spring Begins ~ 3/20
Palm Sunday ~ 3/28
Manatee Appreciation Day ~ 3/31
“May you have warm words on a cold
evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a
smooth road all the way to your door.”
― Irish BlessingMARCH 2021
FNC NEWS
He, also, really looks forward to his Sunday
by Martha Richardson and Claire Kiesman
School packets arriving. He still talks about
Rev Alison and his church in Fryeburg. You
So last month, we left with Shane and Hristina Hatch might remember when his sister Aubery was
waiting anxiously for their baby. They are proud to born, that she was quite ill, well now she is
announce the arrival of Nicholas Ivanov Hatch, born thriving and quite the little princess. Debbie
on January 29, 2021. He weighed over 9 lbs and was and John Urgese spend three days a week at
22 ins long, a big boy indeed. Grandmother Vicky their daughter Katelin’s home. They are
Hatch Stevens and great grandmother Judy Hatch helping with their four grandchildren's online
are very excited. Congratulations to all. Judy’s schooling. They range from 1st grade to 7th
“grandmother tour of duty” is almost over and she grade. What fun is that and right in their
will be back home the 1st of March. She will certainly element. Debbie says the best part of being
need some R & R before her next tour starts. Renie there is sharing the evening meal together
Chaplin says “Thank God for Sisters.” She is very happy and hearing about each others day. We all
that she has Priscilla to share this Covid time. They do remember little Ava Dolley bouncing around
everything together. Feeling really well, Renie has the church, well she has become a young
decided that she needs to share her life and home. lady. Her 18th birthday was February 22nd.
She is very pleased to announce that she is on the list She is a senior at Gorham High School and
to get a kitten from Harvest Hills. We hear that Julian eagerly waiting to hear back from her college
Sevens has started school and loves it. This is quite an applications, Good luck, Ava. Zsa Zsa, also,
accomplishment from a boy who has said, since he celebrates her birthday this month on
was two, that he was never going to school. Saturday the 27th. She is a teenager in all its
glory. She still excels in her music abilities.
They both celebrated last week with their
Dolley grandparents who brought pastries
from Mainly Grain Bakery in So. Portland. They
enjoyed a socially safe distance party with
candles in the pastries. Aren't Grandparents
the best. For those of you that remember
Kurt’s mother, Joyce Fekete, she celebrated
her 91st birthday on February 22nd, also. She
lives in an assisted living facility in Florida with
many health issues. However, like her name,
she is very joyous, happy and uplifting. A fun
person to be around. A trivia fact, she made
the children’s activity bags at the back of our
church. Happy Birthday to all. Everyone I talk
with misses the in person church, however
they all say that Zoom is better for now,
especially the Dolley/Fekete clan who don’t
enjoy the long winter trek to Fryeburg.MARCH 2021 SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS The Sunday School has been busy learning and crafting through themed packets created, assembled, and delivered by the Sunday School Teachers. February the children experienced the story of Moses with age-appropriate bible readings, crafts, and puzzles. If you know a child age 3-12 who would like to receive self- guided Sunday School lessons, please contact Martha 207-935-1217 or Lee 207-935-4477. Currently, we have 14 children enrolled, including two children who receive packets in the mail. Yes! We will mail the packets. Our upcoming packet themes are: February 7 – Moses (6 lessons) March 21 – Easter (4 lessons) April 18 – Miracles (7 lessons) If this is a cause you would like to contribute, please donate to the FNC, indicating “Sunday School Fund”. IN OUR PRAYERS Needing Prayers: Martha Richardson has been sick all month and she also lost a cousin ~ our prayers go out to the Steven's Julian Stevens enjoying his family. Debbie Urgese's aunt passed away Sunday School activities. recently, we are sending condolences to the Osgood family. Stanley Dolley had minor surgery, we wish him a speedy recovery. Patty Swett is always compromised with COPD. She and Doug, as caregiver, need our prayers. Holding Emma and her family in our prayers as they welcome their newest member ~ Esme Sol Trabulsie, born 2/13/2021. We are so happy for you!
SWEDENBORGIANS IN ACTION AGAINST RACISM
PRESENT A MARCH YOUTH PROGRAM:
YOUTH CHANGING THE WORLD
Please try to
Swedenborgians in Action Against Racism register for
(SAAR) are offering a program for the youth of
the Swedenborgian churches. SAAR welcomes this program
all youth, grades K-10, to a three-session
learning and discussion series. The sessions will
by Monday,
start on Saturday, March 13, at 2 pm ET and
March 8 by
continue weekly at the same time on March 20
and March 27. The three age-appropriate clicking this
sessions are: “Speak Up: Being Anti-racist With
Our Words” “Look Back: Being Anti-racist With link:
Our Knowledge ”“Step Out: Being Anti-racist
With Our Actions” They will focus on topics of https://us02we
the language of anti-racism, Black history, and
the path to being an active ally and/or
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participant in the anti-racist movement.
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session (approximately 30 mins) for grades K-5
with two adult leaders. At least one parent will
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be required to be present with this younger
group. The other room will have a somewhat
lengthier session (approximately 60 mins) for
grades 6-10 and will also be led by two adult
leaders. It will include more advanced video(s)
and an expanded discussion. If you have any
questions about the program content you can
contact Kurt Fekete at kfekete@hotmail.com.
Again, in order to register in advance for this
program please click this link. It will take you to
a registration page where you will answer a few
questions and then receive the meeting
information. If possible, please register by
Monday, March 8. After registering, you will
receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the Zoom meeting. If
you have any questions about registering, you
can email Central Office at
manager@swedenborg.org
or call (617) 969-4240 M-F 12pm ET to 4pm ET.FNCA 2021
FNCA 2021 Lecture Themes
The Assembly board of directors held
their mid-winter (zoom) meeting on
Saturday, January 23rd. The lecture
themes suggested by FNCA Religious
Program Coordinator, Rev. Susannah
Currie, were unanimously accepted.
First week lectures will be our
Biblical theme: "The Sayings of Jesus"
framed for use in everyday life.
Second week lectures will be our
doctrinal theme: "On Love to the
Neighbor" in which we ask how we
might be transformed to love more
deeply those close at hand and those
far away in our society and in our
world.
More detailed description of both
themes are on the camp website:
https://fryeburg.org/lecturethemes
“May brooks and trees and singing hills
Join in the chorus, too.
And every gentle wind that blows
Send happiness to you.”
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