September and October 2024 Specific Calendar Events:


* Monday, September 2 (9:00 a.m.): Women’s breakfast at Brady J’s

* Monday, September 2: Labor Day 

* Sunday, September 8: National Grandparents Day

* Sunday, September 8: The church council meets after the normal worship service

* Wednesday, September 11: Patriot Day

* Thursday, September 19 (9:30 a.m.): The church book club meets in Pastor Sue’s office; they will discuss the novel The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry.

Amazon synopsis: 
In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a charming stone cottage along the River Thames, Hazel fills their days with walks and games to distract her young sister, including one that she creates for her sister and her sister alone—a fairy tale about a magical land, a secret place they can escape to that is all their own.

But the unthinkable happens when young Flora suddenly vanishes while playing near the banks of the river. Shattered, Hazel blames herself for her sister’s disappearance, and she carries that guilt into adulthood as a private burden she feels she deserves.

Twenty years later, Hazel is in London, ready to move on from her job at a cozy rare bookstore to a career at Sotheby’s. With a charming boyfriend and her elegantly timeworn Bloomsbury flat, Hazel’s future seems determined. But her tidy life is turned upside down when she unwraps a package containing an illustrated book called Whisperwood and the River of Stars. Hazel never told a soul about the imaginary world she created just for Flora. Could this book hold the secrets to Flora’s disappearance? Could it be a sign that her beloved sister is still alive after all these years?

As Hazel embarks on a feverish quest, revisiting long-dormant relationships and bravely opening wounds from her past, her career and future hang in the balance. An astonishing twist ultimately reveals the truth in this transporting and refreshingly original novel about the bond between sisters, the complications of conflicted love, and the enduring magic of storytelling.

* Sunday, September 22: Rally Day celebration with potluck luncheon after our normal worship service

* Sunday, September 29 (7:45 a.m.): Men’s breakfast at Brady J’s

* Sunday, October 6: The church council meets after the normal worship service

* Monday, October 7 (9:00 a.m.): Women’s breakfast at Brady J’s

* Monday, October 14: Columbus Day

* Thursday, October 17 (9:30 a.m.): The church book club meets in Pastor Sue’s office; they will discuss the novel The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey.

Amazon synopsis:
I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married.

It took me so long to hate him.

Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she’d never be.

And she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband.

Now, the cheating bastard is dead, and both Caldwell wives have a mess to clean up.

Good thing Evelyn Caldwell is used to getting her hands dirty.

* Sunday, October 27 (7:45 a.m.): Men’s breakfast at Brady J’s

* Thursday, October 31: All Hallows Eve

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