The Lake Country Congregational Church in Hartland, Wisconsin, has called Patrick Shelley as their minister.

The Union Congregational Christian Church in Marbury, Alabama, has called Jerry L. Mercer as their minister.

John Filmore-Patrick has been called to be the minister of the Denmark Congregational Church, Denmark, Maine.

Larry Wentzel has been called as the minister of the First Union Congregational Church in Quincy, Illinois.

Jesse James has been called as the minister of the First Congregational Church of Eaton Rapids, Michigan.

The First Congregational Church of Otsego, Michigan, has called Donald G. Ray as their minister.

Carrie Kreps has been called as the Associate Minister for Youth and Family at the First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Jon Cavanagh has been called as the Associate Pastor of the Plain Congregational Church in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Pastor

Gahanna Community Congregational Church is seeking a full-time Pastor to teach and guide our congregation to a spiritual Christ centered life.

Our church/congregation:

• Is located in a suburb of N.E. Columbus, Ohio.
• Has 130 members.
• Provides a warm and friendly atmosphere.
• Est. in 1936 (as a Community Church)
• Strong music and drama program.
• Active groups for all ages.

Church profile is available at the NACCC office.

Reply to:

senior minister position available The Thomas A. Edison Congregational Church of Fort Myers, Florida, with a membership of 140, is seeking a full-time senior minister. We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic individual who is an ordained seminary graduate with a masters of divinity from an accredited ATS school with at least ten years of leadership in the Congregational Way. Our financial package is flexible and will be available for salary, housing, automobile allowance, health insurance and retirement funding as desired. Moving expenses, continuing education and association expenses are budgeted separately. Our church profile form is available from the NACCC. Visit our website: www.edisonchurch.org, and contact our corresponding secretary at 239/481-4691, or E-mail the search chairman at Pocketwatchdpw@aol.com.

From the Editor 15 Years of Comment in The Congregationalist by Joe Polhemus Order the book By Mail— NACCC 8741 S. Howell Ave. Oak Creek, WI 53154 By Phone— 1-800-262-1620 Or visit our Bookstore at www.naccc.org. $5 plus $1.75 S&H. Available June 26 at NACCC Annual Meeting and thereafter.

Christmas in June Each day at the 2004 NACCC Annual Meeting a winner of three America the Beautiful Christmas ornaments will be drawn from new and current contributors to The Congregationalist. The ornaments replace the America the Beautiful tankards, which have become a collector’s item. The ornaments capture the spirit of Katharine Lee Bates’ famed patriotic hymn with scenes of soaring eagles and majestic mountains. They have platinum accents and decorative borders on a dramatic, hand-applied ebony glaze.

‘Fifty Who Made a Difference’

As a part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the NACCC in 2005, the Church Services Commission is sponsoring an opportunity to recognize and appreciate the contributions of 50 outstanding supporters of the Congregational Way of Life. We are quick to acknowledge that there are many, many more than 50 people who have made a difference in our Association during its long and interesting history. We are looking for those extraordinary 50, those who spark a memory, those who have truly “made a difference.”

This project will take the form of a booklet. This endeavor is not to be considered a contest, rather an outlet for friends and colleagues to affirm the efforts of these individuals. There are no real guidelines. The only requisite is that the person being nominated has contributed to the success of the NACCC in some way. The nominee may be a layperson or clergy, living or dead. The nomination description will be used as the text for the booklet, and may be edited. It will be released at the 2005 Annual Meeting.

The nomination form should be completed and returned by December 1, 2004, to:

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