Sunday Bulletin

Calendar of Events

Monday, 4/6            Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Tuesday, 4/7             7:30 AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Wednesday, 4/8     Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
                                  5:30 Choir Rehearsal in Organ Loft
Thursday, 4/9 3:15 Cherub Choir
                                    4:00 Youth Choir

Happy Birthday this week to:
Addison Kasmarek and Sarah Salvas today, 4/5
Katie Clark, Zoey Irwin, and Andrew Jennings on 4/6
Grace Marvin on 4/7
Laura Nichols on 4/9
Chess Brownell and Tucker Williams on 4/10
Lana Burkhardt on 4/11

Happy Anniversary this week to:
Joshua and Emily Whitlock today, 4/5

Announcements

March 15 - April 12, the Stowe Community Church will be holding a Diaper Drive to help with the immediate needs of two organizations in Lamoille County. Please drop off new, disposable diapers at Stowe Community Church, 137 Main Street, Stowe. Most needed are the very small and largest diaper sizes: newborn, 1, 2, 5 and 6+. However, diapers of any size will be gratefully accepted. The diapers will be distributed to the Lamoille Family Center and the Lamoille Community Food Share. To learn more, visit, lamoillefamilycenter.org and lcfoodshare.org. Thank you.

Stewardship Update
As of April 2, 2026 we have received 88 pledges for a total of $290,514.  Our goal is $325,000, and we are now at 89% of our goal.  Sincere thanks to all of you who have already pledged. There are pledge cards on the table in the Narthex. Sincere thanks, Nancy Money, Stewardship Chair

Stewardship Pledge Tokens
Many members and friends of Stowe Community Church faithfully support our ministry through pledged gifts that are given online, by check, or in other ways during the week. When the offering plate is passed during worship, some have shared that they feel uncomfortable having nothing to place in the plate. Thanks to a thoughtful idea from Roger Keller, we are now offering SCC Pledge Tokens, available on the Welcome Table in the Narthex. If you give through a pledge, you are invited to take a token at the beginning of the service and place it in the offering plate as a symbol of your ongoing support and participation in our shared ministry.

New Member Orientation on April 19, 2026 following the morning worship service in Fellowship Hall in person or Zoom meeting on Monday April 20, 2026 at 6pm. These are for anyone interested in learning more about our church or signing up to become members. We will welcome new members on Sunday, May 10, 2026 at our 9:30 worship service.

Movie Screening at Stowe Cinema- Just Mercy
Join our interfaith partners and us on April 30th at 7:00 PM at Stowe Cinema for a special screening of Just Mercy, based on the powerful book by Bryan Stevenson. This inspiring film explores themes of justice, mercy, and the dignity of every human life, inviting thoughtful reflection and conversation. Admission is free, but registration is required on our website.

Save the Dates:

Earth Day Sunday Celebration – April 19

Vermont Green Up Day – May 2

Bible Camp will be August 17 – 21, 2026 9am to noon

2026 Easter Flowers today are Given By:
In memory of Alan and Becky
Ben Brayton in memory of Rev. Doug and Elinor Brayton
The Choir in memory of Natalie Mitchell
Liz Couto in honor of Mary Ann Purnell
Gary and Marylou Durett in memory of our parents and in honor of our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren
Evie Dworetzky, Luke & Katelyn O’Toole in memory of Katherine & George Dworetzky
Lois Hayworth in memory of Steven Hall Hayworth and Galen E. Mudgett Jr.
Carollynne and Bob Kirch in memory of John & Janet Kirch, Bob & Betty Wells and Peter Monsen
Roger Keller and Nancy Small in memory of Christine Houghtaling
Amy and Bob Marshall in memory of our families
Greg Morrill in memory of George and Ruth Morrill
Greg Morrill and Meg Scotti in memory of Adrienne Chamberlin
Dave & Nan Myers in memory of The Myers Family and The Byers Family
Laura Nichols in memory of Alice Kruidenier
David and Ruth Roy in memory of our parents, brother and brother-in-law and in honor of our children and grandchildren
Meg Scotti in memory of Frank and Joan Scotti
Barry and Penny Shonio in memory of Haven Shonio
Dian Williams in honor of Henry and Clara King
Jessie and Jacob Winters in memory of Alice Kruidenier
Bernadette & Lorilie Wyman in memory of Bill Wyman and Dick & Marcia Johannesen
Please take your flowers home today.  Thank you!

If you, or someone you know, would like prayers for comfort or healing, the members of the Prayer Team are ready to support you. Please fill out the prayer request form in the pew and put it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher to deliver to the office. 

Please do not forget our neighbors in need by donating food for the Lamoille Community Food Share. Non-perishable items can be put in our two bins, one in the Narthex and one in the hall downstairs. Thank you.

Musical Notes by Karen Miller

‍ Prelude:  "Truro" is the name of the tune heard today with organ, chimes, and trumpet.  Its first anonymous printing was in the Psalmodia Evangelica: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns in Three Parts for Public Worship, published by Thomas Williams in 1789.  So, the composer of the music is unknown.  The tune has been paired with various texts in hymnals since then.  In the Chalice Hymnal it is the music for Hymn No. 129 (Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates).  It has more recently been paired with a Brian Wren Easter text "Christ Is Alive! Let Christians Sing".  "Truro" is the name of an ancient town in the southwestern part of Cornwall, England.

‍ Anthem:  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote a large quantity of music: symphonies, concertos, chamber music, orchestral pieces, piano works, some organ pieces, part-songs, song cycles, and songs.  One of his early collections of part songs was his Opus 22, 7 Marienlieder, for mixed chorus.  "Mary Magdalene" is No. 6 of this collection and recounts the story of Mary Magdalene at Christ's tomb on Easter morning.

‍ Offertory: The words and music of "Rejoice and Sing, the Heavens Ring" were written by Marian Wood Chaplin.  Dick Bolks then made an arrangement of it for organ, trumpet(s), and choir.  It is a bold, majestic celebration of Easter and reads:
Rejoice and sing, the heavens ring with gladness and with praise. 
For hope is born this Easter morn and songs of joy we raise.  Alleluia!
Christ the Lord is risen today.
Rejoice, rejoice with heart and voice, a new day has begun.
The dawning light dispels the night proclaiming victory won.
Alleluia!  Christ the Lord is risen today.
Rejoice and sing eternal spring is promised from above.
The gift of heaven to each is given through Christ's immortal love.
‍ Alleluia!  Christ the Lord is risen today.

‍ Postlude:  Daniel Edward Gawthrop (b. 1949) studied at Michigan State University and Brigham Young University.  A choral conductor, composer, and organist, he has also taught in Fairfax, Virginia and broadcasted on radio WETA in Washington, D.C.  He has written and published a number of organ works including his "Exultate" of 1986.  This has a repeating sixteenth note figure throughout the piece.  It was commissioned by the American Institute of Organ Builders and premiered October, 1984 in the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle by Clay Christiansen.

We thank Sam Reed (trumpet) and Susanna Burnham (chimes) for sharing their considerable musical talents with us this morning.