NEWSLETTER
The Brookline Community Church Newsletter
4th Quarter 2009 November 29, 2009
Soup and Chili Supper

December 6, 2009 at 6 pm
Right after the town tree lighting
Light supper including soups, chili
and desserts.

Cost:
Adults 12 to 60 years: $5.00
Seniors and children 3-11 years:
$4.00
Under 3 years: free
Heaven’s Grocery Store
I was walking down life's highway
a long, long time ago.  
One day I saw a sign that read,
"HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE."  
As I got a little closer, the door opened wide,
and I found myself standing inside.

I saw a host of ANGELS.
They were standing everywhere.  
One handed me a basket and said,
"My Child, shop with care."

Everything a human needed
was in that grocery store.  
And if you couldn't carry it all,
you could come back the next day for more.  

First, I got some PATIENCE.  
LOVE was in the same row.
Further down was UNDERSTANDING,
you need that everywhere you go.

I got a box or two of WISDOM,
a bag or two of FAITH.  
I just couldn't miss the HOLY GHOST,
for it was all over the place.

I stopped to get some STRENGTH and COURAGE
TO HELP ME RUN THIS RACE.
By then my basket was getting full,
but I remembered I needed some GRACE.

I didn't forget SALVATION,
for SALVATION was free.  
So I tried to get enough of that
to save both you and me.  

Then I started up to the counter
to pay my grocery bill.
For I thought I had everything
to do the MASTER'S will.

As I went up the aisle, I saw PRAYER;
and I just had to put that in,
for I knew when I stepped outside,
I would run into sin.

PEACE and JOY were plentiful;
they were last on the shelf.
SONG and PRAISE were hanging near,
so I just helped myself.   

Then I said to the angel,
"Now, how much do I owe?"

He smiled again and said,  "MY CHILD,
JESUS PAID YOUR BILL A LONG, LONG TIME
AGO."
The Church Choir
We are growing but very slowly.
Several folks have asked if they
have to read music and the
answer is no. Please come and
share the talent God has given you
to make a joyful noise unto him.



MISSION
To eliminate domestic and sexual violence and stalking and provide a safe,
empowering environment for the victims and survivors.
DESCRIPTION OF GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED
Bridges:  Domestic & Sexual Violence Support Services offers crisis
intervention and support services to victims/survivors of Sexual Assault,
Domestic Violence and Stalking in the Greater Nashua area, which
includes: Nashua, Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield,
Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Pelham, Salem Wilton, Windham, and
Lyndeborough.

DESCRIPTION OF POPULATION SERVED

The majority of people served by Bridges:  Domestic & Sexual Violence
Support Services are female, ranging in age from 3 to 72 years.  Over one
half of our clients are children under the age of sixteen.  The clients
served by Bridges:  Domestic & Sexual Violence Support Services occupy
all economical, political, religious, and social categories.  All of our services
are free and confidential and we have offices in both Nashua and Milford.  
Our 24-hour support line is 883-3044 and during business hours, our
Nashua office can be reached at 889-0858 and the Milford office at 672-
9833. If you need further information contact Jennifer Wylie from church.
Be sure to sign up for the coffee hour, to be a lay reader or to be
greeters/ushers.

The Outreach Committee has received several thank you letters
for the services they have provided:

Share: donation of $250.00
Marguerite’s Place: donation of $250.00
Nashua Soup Kitchen: donation of $100.00
Wounded Warrior Project: donation of $250.00
Bridges: donation of $100.00
Harbor Homes: donation of $250.00
Canine Companions for Independence: donation

For more information contact an outreach member.
BRIDGES
Letter from the editor:

As the days grow shorter and the nights turn colder, let us all be thankful
for the creature comforts we have been blessed with. There are those in
our community who won’t have a blanket to keep them warm, a winter
coat to help survive the elements and possibly nothing to put in their
bellies.  There will be those who don’t have jobs this year and those who
have been faced with serious illness. Take a few moments everyday and
lift these individuals up in prayer and donate what you can to help them
make it through the long winter ahead.

I wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and may your New Year be
filled with hope and the Holy Spirit.

God Bless,

Deb Baron

P.S. The next newsletter will go to print in mid March. Please send
anything you have electronically to: debrabaron@charter.net
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