Good News on Heifer Project!

We recently turned on 1,400 deposit bottles and cans, collecting $70 for Heifer Project International. When we add to that figure, the $160 from the August Ice Cream Social and the $200.25 from the bake sale, we’ve raised over $430 towards the kids’ goal of $6,500. And that doesn’t include the “piggy banks” we’ve all been filling since Pentecost. Remember, we’ll be collecting those October 3rd on World Communion Sunday. Thanks to John Hunt, who took our bags of cans and bottles to a redemption center in Valois, where they paid us 5 ½ cents for each can or bottle. Please continue to save your deposit bottles and cans. Our young people are collecting them to raise money for their Heifer Project. You can drop off your empties anytime. Please leave them at the bottom of the outside stairwell to Fellowship Hall.

October Means Harvest Supper

It’s not too early to be thinking about how you can help with this year’s Harvest Supper. It’s on the calendar for Saturday, October 16th, with servings at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30pm. Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, escalloped oysters, squash, rolls, cranberry relish, dessert and beverage. Fran’s looking for volunteers. You’re also welcome to make a cash donation to help defray the cost of food. Tickets are $8.50 for adults, $4 for kids under 12. Kids under age 5 eat free. This is one of the church’s major annual fund-raisers. We’ll need everyone’s help to make sure it’s a big hit!

Cewmetery's Lookin' Good!

It’s been a busy two weeks in the Burdett Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Two weeks ago, Jud, Don and Jack Standish managed to set the large obelisk that laid on the ground near the front of the cemetery. The same day they also completed repairs or built new bases for several other stones. Last Thursday, the boys were able to reset the heavy granite stone that was toppled in 2008 when a large limb came down off the big oak tree at the north end of the cemetery. Again, the work bee included repairs or bases for an additional 9 or 10 stones. And speaking of large limbs, that very old oak tree shed another huge limb a few weeks ago. Thanks to whoever has been cutting up and hauling away what will surely amount to almost a full cord of firewood. Once that old oak seasons, it will keep somebody warm on cold winter days! Today, Ruth and Marty pitched in, planting perennials in an area near the south end of the cemetery. Not only will the plants give us color through the summer and fall, it will mean less mowing and trimming. If you get a chance, take a few minutes and wander through the cemetery, taking note of the great work done over the past two summers. If you take the time to look at the stones, you’ll discover a real art gallery, in terms of the etchings and designs on many of the stones.