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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="staff.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Staff and Leadership"><U><IMG SRC="1270b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="sm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stephen Ministries"><U><IMG SRC="1280b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11"></div> <div> Links</div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="aboutus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Our Church"><U>About Our Church</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="staff.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Staff and Leadership"><U>Our Staff and Leadership</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Events Calendar </B></div> <div> <A HREF="sm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stephen Ministries"><U>Stephen Ministries</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="youth.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Youth Ministries"><U>Youth Ministries</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="adults.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adult Ministries"><U>Adult Ministries</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="steepleshoppe.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Steeple Shoppe"><U>Steeple Shoppe</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="weddings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weddings"><U>Weddings</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div>      |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U>home</U></A></div> <bR> <div> For more information on these events, please go to our Adult Ministries page, Youth Ministries page and The Life of Our Church page.</div> <div> For information about the Society for Learning Unlimited -S.L.U.-events, please go to www.sluinc.org or call the SLU office 608-363-2254.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=801+bushnell+st&csz=53511&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=8"><U>Here is a link to a map showing the location of the chu</U></A><A HREF="http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=801+bushnell+st&csz=53511&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=8"><U>rch</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Our Upcoming Events</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday, May 8</B></div> <div> 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. SLU - Bill Korst - Frank Sinatra</div> <div> 6:00 p.m. Trustees</div> <div> 6:30 p.m. Church Life</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday, May 10</B></div> <div> 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Steeple Shoppe</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sunday, May 11 - Mother's Day with Festival of Pentecos</B><U>t</U></div> <div> 10:30 a.m. - Service of Worship with special recognition of all women.  Celebration of Mother's Day in context with the birthday of the Church with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.</div> <div> <B>NURSERY CARE WILL BE PROVIDED</B> <B>for children through age 5 to encourage young mothers and grandparents to share this Mother's Day service with fellowship.</B></div> <bR> <div>  <B>  </B><B>      Mon. May 12 </B></div> <div> <B>       </B>  8:30 a.m. - Church Staff meeting</div> <bR> <div> <B>        Wed. May 14</B></div> <div> <B>       </B>10:00 a.m. Al-Anon</div> <div>        10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Steeple Shoppe open</div> <div>            Weekly mid-week First Congregational E-messenger</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN BELOIT ANNOUNCES A SPRING CONCERT SERIES SUNDAYS AT 4 PM IN MAY AND JUNE 2008.</B></div> <bR> <div> To cheer in the spring season, and to derive full enjoyment from the magnificent grand piano and the large organ in the church, First Congregational Church, 801 Bushnell, Beloit, will be the venue for two more concerts on two Sunday afternoons in May and June 2008.  All are invited; admission is free, but a freewill offering will be taken to help the artists with expenses and to guarantee future music events.</div> <bR> <div> On <B>Sunday, May 18, at 4 pm</B>, Max H. Yount, the Director of Music and Organist at the church will present a program of baroque music on the large Rieger-Kloss organ in the church and on the harpsichord. He will play two organ canticles by Buxtehude, three harpsichord pieces by Frescobaldi and Froberger, and two favorite organ fugues of J. S. Bach.</div> <bR> <div> The Spring Series will conclude on <B>Sunday, June 08, at 4 pm</B>, with a piano recital by David Newman, an outstanding pianist newly settled in Beloit, who is listed <I>in Who's Who Among American Keyboard Artists,</I> and who has pursued professional musical life in Chicago, New York and London.  Receiving a scholarship for study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England, he studied with Edith Vogel and Joan Havill and earned the highest performing honor, the Concert Recital Diploma.  He has served as studio accompanist for a number of famous musicians, including Bernard Greenhouse, cellist with the Beaux Arts Trio.  For his program on June 8<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>, Mr. Newman will offer an unusual piece by contemporary composer, Philip Glass, but also music from the beloved tradition of piano music, including Beethoven's late sonata, Opus 109.</div> <bR> <div> Kenneth Blaine and Travis Barrett have both been prominent performers in Beloit.  Kenny was the student soloist with the Beloit Janesville Symphony last March in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, first movement; he has performed over Wisconsin Public Radio on <I>Sunday Afternoon Live,</I> and he has been a regular pianist in the music program at Second Congregational Church, Beloit.  Kenny's senior piano recital is Saturday, April 26, at 6 pm, in Eaton Chapel, Beloit College. He is a student of Professor Renato Premezzi.</div> <bR> <div> Travis Barrett has appeared in musical theater productions and concerts at the college.  The community knows Travis from his tenor solo in <I>Messiah</I> in Eaton Chapel last December, and in his star role in <I>The Mikado</I> with the Beloit Janesville Symphony last February. He is a student of Professor Eudora Shepherd at Beloit College, and a regular member of the First Congregational Church Choir. Both Travis and Kenny spent a semester studying in Vienna, Austria<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>.               For information call Max Yount 363-2387.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>