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News for the Week of January 27, 2011

Sunday Worship Service - January 29 @ 10:00am
FPCN warmly invites you to this week's Worship service beginning with our Children's Message at 10am. Sunday School children will proceed to their weekly Sunday School indoor/outdoor program.

Annual Meeting - January 29 FPCN's annual meeting will be held on Sunday, January 29 following the Worship service.

FPCN's Eco Book Group - February 12 @ 11:45am

Join us Sunday, 2/8 as we discuss the book Goat Song by Brad Kessler. We are also reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau on an ongoing basis. For more information, please contact Edwina Goodhue.


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Sacred Harp

Sacred Harp Singing happens every 3rd Sunday of each month at FPCN. Singing is from 3:00pm - 5:30pm.

Sacred Harp is a participatory a cappella singing tradition with roots in 18th Century New England and the Deep South. The music is a potent mixture of unfettered raw-boned harmonies and driving rhythms, coupled to unvarnished Calvinist poetry. Sacred Harp singing was featured in the 2003 film Cold Mountain, as well as the recent PBS documentary, Awake My Soul. Visit the Newbury Sacred Harp site for more information on Sacred Harp singing.

Sunday School School Offerings

All children have a special need to know God’s love, to grow in spirit, and learn how to live by the Golden Rule in a fun, safe, accepting environment. For this reason FPCN is offering two new Sunday School programs for typically developing children and children with special needs. The programs will be held on Sundays at 9:15 AM and at 10:00 AM from September through the middle of May.

Rev. Nancy's Sunday School

Rev. Nancy will lead a preparatory Sunday School class for children with special needs (9:15AM-10AM) so that they can have individualized attention. When a child is ready to integrate, parents will have the choice to stay or move to the 11:00 class. Parents are free to drop their children off until 10:00:AM and share a quiet and snack time with their children. All children and families are invited to the sanctuary at 11:00 for an integrated children's time. All of our special children's programs will be integrated: Christmas pageant, Easter program, Children's Sunday, fellowship hour, and social events.

Parents of children with special needs are warmly invited to call Rev. Nancy at (978)465-5597 or send Nancy an email.

All year long, we will offer opportunities to learn and raise awareness about differences, increase sensitivity in ourselves, parents, and children so that we can bring kindness and understanding into our community and world.

Sunday School

Who said Sunday School had to be boring? Not us! Come on in to check out our program, visit our Sunday School page, or contact Liz Cantrell, our Sunday School director, and find out what's going on.

Children at Sunday School