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The Memorials Committee is currently chaired by Randy
Puska. Our mission is to acknowledge, in writing, to friends
and family of our deceased brothers and sisters, any monetary
gifts made in memory of them
Sometimes, the family will make known their desire to spend memorial funds for a specific use (i.e., replace hymnals, purchase rocking chair, build a handicapped ramp, purchase large print bibles, etc.) More often than not, no specific request is made for the spending of these funds, so monies are put into a Memorials bank account to be used as needed for the betterment of our church and church family. Any requests for purchases are made to the head of the Memorials Committee, who then discusses these with other members of the Committee. After that process, a proposal is taken before the Church Council, at one of their regularly scheduled meetings, to receive approval to spend monies as needed. These gifts have been, and will continue to be, lasting memorials to our loved ones and all who benefit from them. |
| Missions and Outreach It is our tradition at the Congregational Church in Killingworth to allocate 10% of the church's operating budget each year to do the Lord's work; to promote justice and peace in our community and our world by supporting various mission and outreach projects locally, nationally, and abroad. The Missions Committee has the task of dividing this money each year between domestic and international projects. The Missions budget provides financial support to three children sponsored through World Vision, and donates to a number of charitable organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International, Connecticut Hospice, the Children's Home in Cromwell, Connecticut Special Olympics, the Community Soup Kitchen in New Haven, Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantry, the Missionary Society of Connecticut, and Haddam Killingworth Youth and Family Services. Additionally, the Missions Committee hosts an annual spring Wellness Retreat and picnic for HIV+ persons and caregivers, sponsors participation in the local Church World Service CROP Walk every fall to help fight hunger and poverty in third world countries, sponsors food drives for Killingworth Helping Hands, and participates each Christmas season in A Sacred Place's "Christmas Toy Project" to collect toys for the children of women incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic. In recent years Missions and Outreach has hosted a visiting UCC missionary serving in Turkey, sponsored and assisted in the relocation of a refugee family from Afghanistan, and much more.
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Inspirational music, both instrumental selections and hymns sung by the choir and the congregation, is an essential component of our worship here at the Congregational Church in Killingworth. Our hymns are selected from the Pilgrim Hymnal and the New Century Hymnal, as well as the CFO Hymnal (Camps Farthest Out.)
Organist/Choir Director Soloists and Instrumentalists The church does not have an active youth choir at the present time, but the younger children do sing special musical pieces, from time to time, in worship as well as in Sunday School. There are hopes to get an active Youth Choir going in the near future. Anyone who is interested in participating in a youth or children's choir, as a singer or as an accompanist or an adult volunteer, is asked to speak with the Choir Director or the Minister. Pipe Organ:
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