The Goffstown Edge

Annual Super Roll A Thon for Outreach

Saturday, February 11 at 1pm, King Lanes, Goffstown.  All ages welcome.  Cost of $11 includes three strings and shoes.  Money raised by getting sponsors will go to the Goffstown Clergy Association Fuel Assistance Fund.  For more info contact Barbara Carbonneau at 497-3295 or glenlake.nh@comcast.net. 

Brown Bag Sunday October 16

BROWN BAG SUNDAY
 
Once again this year The Goffstown Clergy Association, is participating in “Brown Bag Sunday”, started several years ago to help the Goffstown Network food pantry restock their shelves after the quiet summer months. Using the list below as a shopping guide, please bring items to be donated to our worship service on Sunday, October 16th (a box will be in the back of the sanctuary) or drop by The Goffstown Network Food Pantry at 9 N. Mast by Noon the same day.  Thank you!!!
     
Baking Mixes    Juices    Rice    Canned Soup    Canned Green Vegetables    Pasta    Canned Fruit    Canned Meals    Tuna Fish    Cereal    Baked Beans    Ramen Noodles    Personal Care Items    Paper Products

Goffstown Clergy Association Hosts "Super Roll" Fundraiser

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Outreach Committee in Goffstown will sponsor its "Super Roll" to raise money for the Goffstown Clergy Association's Fuel Assistance Fund, on Saturday, February 19, at 1 p.m., at King's Bowling Lanes in Pinardville.  The event consists of three strings of bowling with participants securing sponsors for the fuel fund.  Sponsor forms may be obtained from your church office.  The cost per person is $11.  The Goffstown Clergy Association is composed of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Community, Goffstown Christian Fellowship, Hillside United Methodist Church, Congregational Church of Goffstown, Shiloh Church and Goffstown Harvest Church.  All Goffstown area parishes are invited to join this event.  For details, call Barbara Carbonneau at 497-3295.

Goffstown Congregational Church Community Thanksgiving

A COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE will be held at Congregational Church of Goffstown on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 7:00pm. ALL ARE WELCOME! Sponsored by The Goffstown Clergy Association the service will feature Seasonal Anthems and Hymns.
Please remember the Goffstown Network Food Pantry with a financial gift and/or bring non-perishable food items with you to this special worship service.
Church Members: if you would like to participate in this event or help out please call the church office or speak with Dr. Olsen.
Doug Cullen will be organizing the music portion of this special service.  If you would like to participate please contact him.

Goffstown Congregational Church
8 Main St Goffstown NH 03045
E-Mail: office_goffcong@myfairpoint.net   497-2365

Community Food Pantries Head Into Holiday

  Community food pantries are now actively asking for donations to provide holiday meals  for the hundreds of needy families in Hopkinton, Weare, Goffstown, Dunbarton and New Boston.

Weare Food Pantry is located at the Weare Middle School on Route 114.  The pantry is open on Wednesday nights from 5-7 pm, and is staffed by a group of volunteers including Cindy Hoekstra, Sandra Breault, Lynne Carrara and Phyllis Townsend.  Director Peggy Bailey explains that, “Everything is donated from the community and the entire program is run by volunteers.  All the money raised at the Weare Community Thrift Shop goes to support the Food Pantry.”  The Weare pantry serves 45 families including nearly 50 children.  Supported completely by the community, Bailey says, “The community is awesome.  They go above and beyond!”  Weare residents can call 529-2572 for more information or to donate to their Hat-Coat-Mitten Drive.

The Hopkinton Food Pantry is also open on Wednesday nights, from 6:30-7:30 pm in the lower level of the Slusser Senior Center at 41 Houson Drive in Contoocook.  Resident’s are asked to call Marilyn at 746-5729.  “We are always looking for cereal, and any kind of substantial food such as peanut butter, hearty soups, and tuna fish,” she says.  “We’re getting ready for the holidays right now.”  The Hopkinton pantry typically feeds 60 families, with more expected for Thanksgiving.

New Boston Community Church has established a Food Pantry for New Boston residents.  Residents can call 487-2160 and speak with Reverend Woodland for an appointment, or to drop off donations.  Currently the NB pantry is requesting macaroni and cheese, spaghetti sauce, canned fruits, meats and pasta, peanut butter, jelly, soups, and personal care items.  If you would like to send a cash donation, checks can be sent to Kathy Conk-Ryder, Tacy Corbett, or Reverend Woodland in care of the church, Central Square, New Boston NH 03070.

The Goffstown Network Food Pantry is located at 7 North Mast Street next to St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church.  The pantry is open on Wednesday evenings from 6-8 pm, and Saturday mornings from 10 am until noon.  Network President David Grenier said, “ As we go into this holiday season, the Goffstown Network has faced unprecedented, unrelenting requests for help the the last two and a half years.  The past several months the situation seems to have worsened, though we are not sure why.  The Goffstown Network serves the communities of Goffstown, Dunbarton and New Boston.  The people, churches, businesses and civic organizations of these communities have always supported us well.  If the current trend keeps up, which I imagine it will with the heating season approaching, we are going to continue to need lots of help.”  Proof of residence is required to shop at the pantry, in the form of a utility or phone bill.  If you would like to make a donation, you may leave food in the donation box at Hannaford or Shaws in Pinardville and at St. Matthew’s, or call 497-3433.  Checks made out to the Goffstown Network can be mailed to the 7 N. Main St. location.  Donations can easily be made via Paypal on the Network web site, www.goffstownnetwork.org.

Goffstown Harvest Christian Church opens their Food Pantry on Saturdays from 9-11 am.  Located at 711 Mast Road in the old Jutras Sign building, the pantry is available to church members attending for a minimum of 6 months.  Serving over 200 families, the pantry receives donations from local markets and from the community.  Dramatically discounted produce and necessities are available, as well as free items.  15 families volunteer throughout the month, including Naomi, Sarah, and Abby Cox.  “It’s how we volunteer for our church,” they explained, as they kept busy stocking boxes of grapes and pears.  Donations can be made by calling Jerry St. Jean at 391-5741.

Join the Goffstown Network Food Pantry Hunger Walk

This year the Goffstown Network Food Pantry serves three times the number of local households helped five years ago.  At the same time one-sixth (or over one billion) of the people of the earth do not have access to safe water.  Please consider taking part in the Goffstown Community Hunger Walk to help both causes on Sunday October 10, starting at 11:45am from Stark Hall on Church Street, Goffstown.
 
Individuals, families, clubs, classes, churches and teams are encouraged to bring a cash or check donation to the Registration Table at Stark Hall at 11:45am.  Everyone will then walk the 3 mile route arriving back at Stark Hall between 1 & 1:30pm.  The event is sponsored by the Goffstown Clergy Association.  Proceeds benefit the Goffstown Network Food Pantry and CROP whose aid is focused on helping Haiti this year.
 
Walker forms are available at the Public Library, local churches and Apotheca.  Check it out online www.cropwalk.org.

Goffstown Community Hunger Walk

This year the Goffstown Network Food Pantry serves three times the number of local households helped five years ago.  At the same time one-sixth (or over one billion) of the people of the earth do not have access to safe water.  Please consider taking part in the Goffstown Community Hunger Walk to help both causes on Sunday October 10, starting at 11:45am from Stark Hall on Church Street, Goffstown.
 
Individuals, families, clubs, classes, churches and teams are encouraged to bring a cash or check donation to the Registration Table at Stark Hall at 11:45am.  Everyone will then walk the 3 mile route arriving back at Stark Hall between 1 & 1:30pm.  The event is sponsored by the Goffstown Clergy Association.  Proceeds benefit the Goffstown Network Food Pantry and CROP whose aid is focused on helping Haiti this year.
 
Walker forms are available at the Public Library, local churches and Apotheca.  Check it out online www.cropwalk.org.

Brown Bag Sunday

NETWORK FOOD PANTRY
“Blessed is he who is generous to the poor”
Proverbs 14:21

BROWN BAG SUNDAY

Once again this year The Goffstown Clergy Association is participating in “Brown Bag Sunday”, started several years ago to help the Goffstown Network food pantry restock their shelves after the quiet summer months. Using the list below as a shopping guide, please bring items to be donated to worship on Sunday, September 26th, or drop by The Goffstown Network Food Pantry at 9 N. Mast by Noon the same day.  Contributions of cash or check (Goffstown Network) would be particularly helpful.  Thank you!!!

Peanut Butter
Jelly
Baking Mixes
Juices
Rice
Pasta
Canned Soup
Canned Red Vegetables  (like carrots or beets)
Canned Fruit
Tuna Fish
Canned Meals
Cereal
Personal Care Items and Paper Products

Items can also be left at the back of the Church Sanctury in the bins provided.

GHS Class of '10 Baccalaureate

June 13th - Baccalaureate

Sunday, June 13th 7:00 p.m.  Goffstown Congregational Church

Friends and Family are invited to join the class of 2010 for a non-denominational celebration of transition that is put on by the Goffstown Clergy Association. The service will include a number of readings, a special message from the class officers and representatives, messages from the clergy association, a senior slide show, several musical offerings by the GHS Select Vocal Ensemble and a scholarship opportunity. Refreshments will be served and appropriate dress is appreciated as the service takes place in a church. Come celebrate the journey of the class over the past four years at Goffstown High School and into the future.

Donations Needed

NETWORK COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY & COMMUNITY CLOTHING CENTER

Wednesday  6pm to 8pm
Saturday 10am to Noon

LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
Ways to help the cause and feel fulfilled …

The Network Community Food Pantry needs: paper products, personal care items, canned soups, etc.  Please drop off at Church door.  They are open Wednesday 6pm-8pm and Saturday 10am-Noon at 9 North Mast St.

“It is more blessed to give than to receive”….Jesus Christ