First Congregational Church and Society

On April 10^th, a small delegation made their way to Gilsum, New Hampshire for the Cheshire Association 2003 Spring meeting. Those attending were Art Fitzwater, Jeanne Norwood, Susan Casey, Jim Melhorn and Steve Henrikson.

The Cheshire Association is made up of 18 churches.

First Congregational Church, Alstead
Second Congregational Church, East Alstead
Third Congregational Church, Alstead
Community Church, Fitzwilliam
Gilsum Congregational Church
Community Church of Harrisville/ Chesham
First Church in Jaffrey
United Church of Jaffrey
United Church of Christ in Keene
Federated Church, Marlborough
Congregational Church, Nelson
Union Congregational Church, Peterborough
First Congregational Church and Society, UCC, Rindge
Congregational Church, Sullivan
First Congregational Church of Swanzey, UCC
First Congregational Church, UCC, Walpole
Westmoreland United Church
The United Church of Winchester

Cheshire Association

Typically, the spring meeting is a program meeting. This year, our church provided two programs:

Active Membership - Building a Relationship - Susan Casey, Jim Melhorn

Technology & Theology - Steve Henrikson

Susan and Jim lead a discussion on attacting new members. Examples include

Role of membership committee
Roll of pastor
Roll of congregation

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Steve presented ways in which technology could be used in the church setting. Some of the topics covered included;

E-mail
Chat rooms
Instant messaging
Web sites

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