Join us on Friday, May 18th as we head to Nelson Hall @ Elim park to enjoy The Andrews Sisters’ “Music and Memories – An uplifting tribute in song and story”. This show will take you back in time with superb vocals, commentary and live band! Reminisce with your favorite Andrews Sisters memories as they come to life on stage and warm your heart. Starring: Kathryn Mueller, Lisa Pallen, and Aimee Fischer. Music Director: Raymond Berg. Tickets are only $20, see Joe Whitehead ASAP to order.

Our Annual Spring Fair will take place on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 10am to 4pm on our church grounds, 69 Wolfe Ave, Beacon Falls. Please join us as we eat, drink, and be merry in so many ways!

Shop our high quality vendors, score a bargain at our Granny’s Attic Thrift Shop, enjoy the wonderful music of The RaggaMuffins Band LIVE, indulge your cravings with our Fair Food Tent and Bake Sale, celebrate the spring season at our Plant Sale, feed your reading passion at our Book Sale, take your chances with our Big Raffle or Pick-A-Prize Raffle and relish watching your kids play the day away at our Kiddie Games Midway, Bouncy House and Just for Toddlers Play Area.

New this year: The Masonic Child Identification Programs (CHIP) will be offered at our fair. Learn all about it here. Please take the time to have your child(ren) identified! It’s an easy and fun way to gain peace of mind.

Beacon Falls Congregational’s Sr. Pilgrim Fellowship Group (our Youth Group for grades 9-12) is pleased to be participating again in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine on Friday, June 15th and Saturday, June 16th.

This is not your average group activity.

We join other groups of students all over the world in learning the truth about hunger, poverty, and injustice — then overcome it all with love. Worldwide, 925 million people are hungry. Every day, as many as 11,000 children under age 5 die due to hunger-related causes. That’s one kid every 8 seconds. The Famine gives us a chance to do something about it — to rise up and serve the hungry. Going hungry — so others don’t have to.

Along the way, we learn about hunger and make a difference in the lives of children living in poverty. And to top it all off, we are drawn closer to God and one another as we experience hunger firsthand.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of students do the Famine. We go without food for 30 hours. We learn what it takes to overcome hunger. And we raise funds to help feed hungry children and families around they world. We refuse to be told we can’t make a difference.

Every $30 raised by our group can help feed and care for a child for a month. And because the Famine is powered by World Vision, we’re not just feeding kids for today — we’re helping them and their families overcome poverty for a lifetime.

Kindly consider supporting this effort by securely donating at Team BFCC’s Donation Page . Thank You!

What’s the best way to enjoy a magnificent sunset? What’s a sure-fire way to melt the stress of the work week away? We’ve got the answer: On the beautiful water, with Your Family of Faith, enjoying food, drink and fellowship, aboard The Quinnipiac Schooner! Please join us as we’ve chartered the 91 foot Schooner boat for a Sunset Cruise on Friday, June 22nd from 7 to 9pm. Ages 21 and over only, please. BYOB plus a finger food to share. Tickets are only $15 each; see Joe Whitehead to order. Strictly limited to the first 40 passengers and we expect to fill up early so please act quickly! The Quinnipiack is owned and operated by Schooner Inc., which has provided educational programs and maritime experiences in New Haven Harbor and Long Island Sound for children and adults for 36 years.

Calling all kids entering Kindergarten through 6th grade … Join our 2012 Vacation Bible School Adventure. It’s 5 mornings of fun-faith-festivities! Monday – Friday, August 13th – 17th, 9AM to 12NOON. Beacon Falls Congregational Church, 69 Wolfe Ave, Beacon Falls, CT 06403. Cost is just $10 per child for the whole week. Study materials, crafts and snacks are provided.

It’s called Operation Overboard – Dare to Go Deep with God!
This year we’ll be diving in and discovering God’s underwater universe! Kids journey miles below the water’s surface into God’s Word to find what true faith is all about. In this action-packed adventure, your kids will swim with humpback whales and seahorses, scuba through a vibrant coral reef, and take a personal submarine to the ocean floor, where eels and octopi play. Through interactive lessons that are easy for kids to apply to their lives today, they will “go deep” into God’s Word, exploring Bible stories of people who revealed deep faith by knowing how to:
*Depend on God
*Dare to care
*Claim Jesus
*Choose to follow
*Change the world

We ask both members, non-members, new students and returning students to please register here to reserve your space onboard. After registering your child, spend some time checking out the Operation Overboard Sneak Peek page; we think you (and your kids) will love the music!