Moderator’s Moment

Here it is midway through autumn and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

Autumn has been a very good two months so far for the church. The trustee appeal was an un-believable success. To date, we have raised $12,799.00. This helped the church through the tight times until the Fryeburg Fair proceeds began coming in. On behalf of the Trustees, I want to thank everyone for their generous support, particularly in light of all the rising prices for everything from gasoline, to groceries and electricity. This was a much-needed shot in the arm for the church.

Then along came the Fryeburg Fair. Once again, the church rallied and put forth the necessary effort to pull off making 500 pans of apple crisp and selling over 400 of them at the fair booth.  The crisp was very consistent and was enjoyed by many loyal customers. We did well even with another $2.00 increase and with a lot of competition. There were 5 other booths selling apple crisp this year. Last year we only had one other booth selling crisp. The lower pan count was due to the competition as well as the econ- omy.  Again, on behalf of the Trustees, I would like to thank all the volunteers that came

to peel and prepare apples for baking, to those who put all the ingredients together, and those that spent hours baking them. I also want to thank those that came out to the booth and hustled crisp. Thanks also to those that came out to help set up the booth and tear it down. We also sold pans of crisp after the fair, and gave Dinner bell 10 pans to give out as dessert at their dinner. We also have enough to save for dessert for our November dinner at the church.

Save this date! November 18th, which is a Friday. We are putting on a dinner primarily for eat-in. We want to encourage you to come out for a great French Onion Stuffed Roast Pork, and a creamy vegetable soup. ( I already tried the recipes out on a few guinea pigs from the church to get their approval ). It will be a wonderful evening to have a great meal, enjoy each other’s company, and get ready to count our blessings as Stewardship Sunday will be the 20th. The month will be topped off with Thanksgiving on the 24th. Then, because Christmas is on a Sunday this year, we are blessed with Advent starting the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Thank you once again for all the support that you show this church. May God ’s blessing be upon each and every one of you.

Sincerely yours,

Carl F. Vitters, Moderator