Pictured above is part of the set-up for last Saturday’s Bookcase Project Presentation. You can see how beautiful the bookcases are. Each of the children received over 30 books for their starter libraries. It was a glorious afternoon at Faranda’s as children and their families gathered. Mayfield was well represented by Martha and the Scott family.

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this year’s Mother’s Day Mission, the A Jean Brugger Foundation. This foundation’s mission is “to create and promote educational and community development programs in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua and surrounding areas.” The collection currently totals $375. The names of women remembered and honored this year will be listed in Sunday’s bulletin. If you haven’t yet made a donation and would like to, there is still time. We will send our check to the foundation at the end of the month; please mark any further gifts “Mother’s Day.”

Don’t Forget

Under the direction of Becky and Theresa, our children will be preparing delicious refreshments for the congregation on Mother’s Day, May 12. Don’t miss their yummy treats for all of us. Children will meet in the kitchen at 9 am this Sunday.

Council Meeting – Wednesday, May 15, 6:30 pm.

Graduation Sunday will be held on June 2. Jaelyn is graduating today. Mitch graduates on Saturday. And Emma will graduate later in the month. We look forward to celebrating with all of them on June 2.

Confirmation Sunday for Lars will be held on June 9. Martha, Lars, John, and Dawn had a wonderful visit at the Muslim Association of Greater Rockford last Monday, as part of Lars confirmation study.

Mayfield Fellowship Meeting, June 13, noon, DeKalb County History Center. The sign-up sheet and further information will be in Gathering Area early in June.

The Annual Car Wash to benefit the Monarch Waystation, staffed by our children and some adult helpers, will take place on a new date, Sunday, June 23.  Thanks to Dawn and John for coordinating this event.

Remember, we are saving plastic caps for the Granville UCC.  Bring them to church in coming weeks. Becky will deliver them on our behalf to the Granville church.

From Our Friends at Federated UCC, Sycamore

The 8^th Annual Pork Chop Dinner will be held on Friday, May 17, 2019, from 4:30-6:30 pm. The will be tables for eating in and carry-outs available.

The Sue Lyon Book sale is scheduled for June 13-15. Books may be dropped off at Blackhawk Moving, 340 South Ave in Sycamore, until June 3.

Earth Partners

The Illinois Tollway celebrated Earth Day by sharing 10,000 pollinator seed packets with customers who travel across the 294-mile Tollway system. This action is a part of the Tollway’s “ongoing program to restore and create habitat for monarch butterflies and other important pollinators.” Further actions undertaken include wetland mitigation landscape projects and the planting of 58,000 trees, shrubs, and native plants on Tollway property.

Attached with this memo you will up-to-date information on recycling – what can and cannot go into recycling bins. This information is from Heifer Project’s Summer 2019 magazine, worldark.

A Few Additional Thanks

The heavy rains on Monday night into Tuesday overtaxed the sump pump and its backup system in the parsonage. Throughout the parsonage basement, there were considerable inches of water Tuesday morning. A combination of JT, Billy, John, Dawn, Lars, Peggy, and Martha worked over 7 hours on Tuesday to replace the sump pump, clean up the water, pitch damaged items, and rearrange what wasn’t water soaked.  Billy and Teresa checked on the progress of the drying out Wednesday. Through our United Church property insurance, Servpro’s professional services were in place on Thursday to undertake the next layer of work. Thank you to all who are helping get the parsonage basement back into order.