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B4 ☎ VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ Friday, February 24, 2012
CHURCH DIRECTORY
EASTFORD
Congregational Church of Eastford
8 Church Road, P.O. Box 177
(860) 974-01294
Pastor Mike Moran
office@cceastford.com
Sunday Morning Services: 8:30 a.m., 11:00 am (child
care for 5 and under)
Sunday School: 9:30 A.M.
Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:00 AM
Wednesday Evening Service: 6:30 PM
Thursday Women's Bible Studies:
Friday Children's Pioneer Clubs 6:30 PM
Saturday Men's Fraternity: 7-8:30 AM
Eastford Baptist Church
133 Union Road
974-1414
Pastor Tim Vamosi
Sunday School: 9 a.m. All ages.
Service: 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday: Mid-week prayer services, 7 p.m., prayer
meeting for adults, Kindred Spirits — ladies only,
Olympians, Grades one to six, Word of Life Teen
Club, junior and senior high school, child care provided.
POMFRET
Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
568 Pomfret St. • 928-5830
Mass schedule Mon. through Thurs. 7 a.m.,
Saturday rosary 8 a.m., vigil 4 p.m., and
Sunday, 8 a.m., and 10 a.m.
Rev. David Choquette.
Christ Church of Pomfret
527 Pomfret St. • 928-7026
Services: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. (Rectory
School Chapel)
Mid-week service: 7 a.m. Wednesday
Rector David M. Carter
Abington Congregational Church
Route 97 • 974-1476
Service: 10 a.m. Sunday
Rev. Dr. Bruce Hedman
First Congregational Church of Pomfret
13 Church Road, Pomfret Center
(860) 928-7381
fccpomfret@sbcglobal.net
Rev. Thomas Crumb.
Adult Sunday School class begins at 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Children's Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Potluck, Praise & Worship 1st Sunday of
month at 6 p.m.
PUTNAM
every
The Congregational Church of Putnam
175 Main Street, Putnam (860) 928-4405
Web site: www.putnamcong.com
Rev. Thomas H. Meyer, Pastor
Sunday worship: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. (starts Sept. 14, registration
at 10 a.m.)
The public is welcome to join the church every
Sunday as they celebrate God's presence through:
worship together, voice and handbell choirs, mission
outreach, Bible study and book discussion group.
East Putnam Community Church
250 East Putnam Road • 928-2193
Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Tri-State Christian Academy — K-8
First Congregational Church
71 Liberty Highway
928-7381
Pastor John Eckman
Services: 9:30 a.m. Sunday
Living Faith United Methodist Church
53 Grove St.
928-9705
Pastor: Barbara Kszystyniak.
Sunday school ages 3-adult 9:30 am
Church begins at 10:45 (10:00 in summer)
St. Mary, Church of the Visitation
218 Providence St.
928-6535
Rev. David P. Choquette
Masses: Saturday 4 p.m., Sunday 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
63 Grove St., Putnam; Holy Eucharist or Morning
Prayer at 9:30 a.m., with a supply Priest. Coffee
hour follows the service.
Putnam Baptist Church
170 Church St.
928-3678
Rev. Gil Bourquin
Services: 11 a.m. Sunday; Russian language service,
5 p.m. Sunday; Youth group, 6 p.m. Friday; Bible
study, 7 p.m. Thursday; Guitar lessons, 2 p.m.
Saturday; ESL, by appointment.
Hope Community Church
25 Kennedy Drive
928-2794
Pastor: Gregg McKechnie
Service: Sunday, 10 a.m.
Other: Wednesday Family Night, 7 p.m.; Friday
Youth Night: prayer 6 p.m., Youth Service 7 p.m.
Congregation B’nai Shalom
125 Church Street, Putnam
Services: Fridays at 7 p.m.; Saturdays: 9 a.m.
Hebrew school meets Sunday mornings
Hebrew School Director:
Sharon Colemman, 401-647-5323
President: Dr. Gail Dickinson-: (860) 963-7443
Jehovah Witnesses
81 Thurber Road
928-4442
THOMPSON
Creation Church
47 West Thompson Road,
Thompson, CT
860-923-0455
Training Depot, Children’s Ministry, nursery-6th
grade 10 a.m., Sundays
St. Joseph Church
18 Main St., North Grosvenordale
(860) 923-2361
www.stjoseph-sacredheart.net
Pastor: Very Rev. Charles R. LeBlanc
Weekday Masses: Monday, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, 7:15 a.m., Wednesday, 7:15 a.m.
Weekend schedule, Saturday, 4 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m.,
11 a.m.
St. Stephen Church
Junction of Routes 131 and 197
130 Old Turnpike Road, P.O. Box 222
Quinebaug, CT 06262, 860-935-5205
Masses: Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.; Thursday
and Friday, 8 a.m. Holy Day as announced.
Pastor: Very Rev. Charles R. Leblanc; Religious
Education Coordinator: Mrs. Louise LeFort.
Religious Education, grades 1 through 7, Sunday, 10
to 11:30 a.m.; grade 9 (confirmation), 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Tri-State Baptist Church
P.O. Box 404
Thompson, CT 06277 (Meeting at the VFW Hall on
Route 131, south of intersection with Route 197)
933-8947
rberard@tristatebaptist.org
www.tristatebaptist.org
Pastor R. Berard
Sunday School for all ages: 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Service: 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service: 6 p.m.
Wednesday Evening Service: 7 p.m.
Bible Fellowship Church
400 Quinebaug Rd
P.O. Box 619
Quinebaug, CT 06262
923-9512 or (800) 621-6807
thompsonbfc@aol.com
www.bfc.org
Pastor Dennis Spinney
Sunday services: 9 a.m., Bible School for all ages; 10
a.m., Worship Service
Tuesdays: 4:30 p.m., Teen Bible Study; 6:30 p.m.,
Children’s Bible Club/Adult Bible Study and Prayer
Fridays: 6:30 p.m., Teen Youth Group
Acts II Ministries
P.O. Box 224
1366 Riverside Drive
Thompson, CT 06277
935-5107 (toll free, 888-433-9901)
www.actsII.org
Service: 10 a.m. Sunday
HighPointe Church
1028 Thompson Road
Thompson, CT 06277
935-0357 www.gotohpc.org
www.goto24seven.com
Sunday Services, 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 6 p.m. Celebrate
Recovery, every Wednesday at 7 p.m., café opens at
6:30 p.m.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
83 Main St.
North Grosvenordale
PO Box 221
(860) 928-7038
Pastor Charles F. Seivard
Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m.
Quinebaug 7th Day Adventist Church
768 Quinebaug Road
Route 131
953-5412
Services: Saturday worship, 9:30 a.m.; Saturday
Sabbath School, 11 a.m.; weekly prayer meetings,
Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
North Grosvenordale United Methodist Church
954 Riverside Drive
860-923-2738 or 860-923-9133
Pastor: Barbara Kszystyniak.
Services: Sunday services at Putnam United
Methodist Church;
Thompson Congregational Church
347 Thompson Road
860-923-2431
Rev. Dr. Jennifer Cook
Services: 10 a.m., Sunday; Children’s Sunday School,
10 a.m., Sunday
WOODSTOCK
Church of the Good Shepherd
12 Bradford Corner Road
974-2047
Service: 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Pastor: Brian C. Baeder
East Woodstock Congregational
220 Woodstock Road
928-7449
Service: 10 a.m. Sunday (Children’s Sunday school,
same time)
Pastor: Rev. Susan Foster
Evangelical Covenant Church
24 Child Hill Rd. Woodstock
860-928-0486
www.woodstockcovenant.org
Our Team:
Dr. Leon Engman, Teaching
Rev. Dave Magee, Youth
Rick Lamarre, Music
Rev. Phil Cannistraci, Care Ministry
Our Weekly Events:
Small Groups (see our website for locations and
times)
AWANA (K-6 th grade) Wed 6:30pm
Breakaway (Jr. High) Wed 6:30pm
Sunday Night Live (Sr. High) Sun 6:00pm
Sunday Classes - all ages 9:00am
Sunday Worship Service 10:30am
Faith Bible Evangelical Free
587 Route 171
974-2528
Will resume its regular scheduling beginning
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Sunday school for both adults and children will
begin at 9:15 a.m. Worship service will follow at 10:30
a.m. Visitors are always welcome.
Pastor Mitch Santell
First Congregational Church, United Church of
Christ, an Open & Affirming Church, 543 Route
169, 860-928-7405, www.hillchurch.org. Sunday
Service: 10 a.m. Children attend first 15 minutes then
go to Rotational Workshop classes. Pastor: The Rev.
Michael Ader.
North Woodstock Congregational
Third Ecclesiastical Society.
1227 Route 169
(860) 963-2170
Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., Communion, first Sunday
of the month
Tuesday Bible Study, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Come and learn about the word of God.
South Woodstock Baptist Church
23 Roseland Park Road
www.southwoodstockbaptist.org
(860) 928-9341
Sunday School, for all ages, 9 a.m.,
Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.
Pastor: Bob Beckwith
Northeast House Church
Location: From house to house
Time: 1 p.m.
Contact: Matthew Durning, 928-7658
The church has the Lord’s Supper as a full meal
every Sunday, followed by an open interactive participatory
meeting (closely following Acts 20:7 and
1Cor.14 26-39)
For more information, check out www.housechurch.info
and www.ntrf.org
REGION
St Columba Anglican Church
Nichols College Chapel
Center Rd.
Dudley, MA
860 243-3606
Canon John Wesley Westcott III
10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship
OBITUARIES
WOODSTOCK —
Stanley Smith Wirsig, 95,
of Woodstock, passed
away on Feb. 11, 2012.
He was born on August
4, 1916, in Syracuse, N.Y.,
the son of Carl F. and
Charlotte (Smith) Wirsig.
He is survived by Arlene
B. (nee Wilkenson) Wirsig,
his beloved wife of 71 years and their four
children, Diana Rowan Rockefeller of
Cambridge, Mass., JoAnne Wasilko and her
husband Charles, of Lexington, Mass.,
Victoria Embree and her husband Craig, of
Woodstock and Stanley Wirsig, Jr. and his
wife Wendy, of Medfield, Mass.
Grandchildren include Ariana (Rockefeller)
Bucklin, Camilla Rockefeller, Earl Smith,
Jennifer (Wasilko)Wiley, David, Christopher
and Ryan Embree, and Kira and Colin Wirsig;
great-grandchildren include Jennie, Rana,
and Tristan Wiley, and Stella Isabel Smith.
Stanley was predeceased by two brothers,
Henry and Paul.
Stanley graduated from Syracuse
University with a BS degree in chemical engineering,
and later earned his MBA from
Harvard University.
He served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force in
World War II, and flew many reconnaissance
missions.
HOT SPOT
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Tavern, Dayville, Conn.
• 5 on Friday, 9 p.m., Celtic Tavern,
Northborough, Mass.
• On The Rocks, 9:30 p.m. Route 56 Roadside
Bar & Grill
• Karaoke with Nancy, 9 p.m., The Pump
House, Southbridge, Mass.
• Bill McCarthy, Dunny’s Tavern, East
Brookfield, Mass.
• Rob Adams, 6:30 p.m., Rovezzi’s, Route 20,
Sturbridge, Mass.
• RiggaGoo, 9 p.m., Admiral T.J. O’Brien’s,
407 Main St., Sturbridge, Mass.
SUNDAY, FEB. 26
• Brothers & Others — featuring Mike &
Dave Burdett, Will & Larry Parquette , Kurt
Meyer and Wayne Gaziorek. 4-8 p.m., The
Village Lounge, Route 171, Thompson, Conn.
• Blues Jam with the Rick Harrington Band,
3 p.m., Cady’s Tavern, Route 44 Chepachet, R.I.
• Jim Perry, Dunny’s Tavern, East
Brookfield, Mass.
MONDAY, FEB. 27
• Open Mic host Lori Lacaille, Bentley’s
Tavern, 92 Hartford Pike, N. Scituate, R.I., 7
p.m.
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
• Open Mic with host Brett Brumby, Point
Breeze, Route 193, Webster, Mass., 6:30 p.m.
Claire J. St. Jean, 79
Stanley S. Wirsig, 95
PUTNAM – Claire
(Bessette) St. Jean, 79, of
Perry Street, died Friday,
Feb. 17, 2012 in her home
with her loving family
surrounding her.
She was the loving wife
of Gerald G. St. Jean.
In addition to her husband,
Claire is survived by her sons, Kevin St.
Jean and his wife Nancy of Brooklyn,
Timothy St. Jean and his wife Vicki of
Putnam, and James St. Jean and his wife
Debra of East Killingly; her daughter, Laurie
Sevigny and her husband Michael of
Riverside, R.I.; her brother, Richard Bessette
of Florida; her sisters, Alice Coderre of
Putnam and Rita Johnsen of Florida; her
grandchildren, Sadie, Andrew, Seth,
Nicholas, Jillian and Krista; her step-granddaughter,
Sarah; and her step-great granddaughter
Ella.
She was predeceased by her brothers, the
late Adrian Bessette and George Bessette; and
her lifelong friend, the late Harriette Drinan.
Born in Fall River, Mass., she was the
daughter of the late Joseph and Blanche
(Cote) Bessette.
Mrs. St. Jean worked as an administrative
assistant with Family Services for the State of
Connecticut. She also worked for the Clerk of
Courts, and Loos & Co.
Mrs. St. Jean loved playing bingo, especially
enjoying the many friends she met at the
local bingo games.
She was a huge supporter of her children
and grandchildren’s athletic and musical
endeavors. She was a “Den Mother” for many
years to hundreds of football players for the
St. Mary’s Crusaders’ that she and her husband
Gerald founded. They were co-founders
of and publishers of the “Sportlight
Magazine.”
Claire and her family were very talented
musically. She enjoyed playing the piano and
was a choir member for many years in St.
Mary’s Church of the Visitation.
She was an avid bowler throughout her life.
She bowled with the “Bowlerettes,” and continued
in various leagues until quite recently.
She appeared on Candlepins for Cash in the
early 1970’s.
She also enjoyed taking pictures, leaving
her family with a lifetime of memories.
Claire will always be remembered for her
kind, friendly, caring manner and her beautiful
contagious smile; always being the “eternal
optimist.”
Claire was a communicant of Saint Mary
Church of the Visitation.
She was a past president of the C.S.E.A.
She was an Ambassador for the Deary
Memorial Road Race and participated in the
annual Relay for Life.
A gathering will begin at 9:30 am on
Thursday, February 23, 2012 in the funeral
home, followed by
A Mass of Christian Burial was held
Thursday, Feb. 23 in St. Mary Church of the
Visitation, 218 Providence St., Putnam. Burial
was in St. Mary Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made in
Claire’s name to the DKH Deary Memorial
Road Race or to Hospice of NECT, both at P.O.
Box 632, Putnam, CT 06260.
The Gilman Funeral Home, 104 Church St.,
Putnam, directed the arrangements.
For memorial guestbook visit
www.GilmanAndValade.com.
He resumed his engineering
career in the carbon industry
following the war.
An outdoorsman from an
early age, he passed on his love
of hiking, camping, canoeing,
and gardening to his children,
as well as to many Boy Scouts and other
young people. He had a lifelong interest in the
restoration of the American Chestnut Tree.
He was a co-founder of the New York State
chapter of the American Chestnut
Foundation, and devoted much time in his
later years to the promotion of research into
chestnut blight resistance.
He was an elder in the Presbyterian
Church, and served in many capacities as a
member of the Youngstown, NY congregation
for 38 years, before moving to Woodstock
in 2006.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30
a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Evangelical
Covenant Church, 24 Child Hill Road,
Woodstock.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be
made in memory of Stanley to the American
Chestnut Foundation, 160 Zillicoa St., Suite
D, Asheville, NC, 28801.
Arrangements are by Smith and Walker
Funeral Home of Putnam.
Open Mic: Live, local
and authentic
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29
• Open Mic with host Bill Reid, Bella’s
Martini Bar, 83 Main Street, Putnam, Conn., 7
p.m.
• Open Mic with host Brett Brumby featuring
Matt & Jess, Route 56 Roadside Bar & Grill,
North Oxford, Mass., 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2
• Rob Adams, 7 p.m., The Ugly Duckling,
Route 20, Sturbridge, Mass.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
• Eric Love & John Lyman, Dunny’s Tavern,
East Brookfield, Mas.
• Mark Renburke, The Gold Eagle, Dayville,
Conn., 9:30 p.m.
• Moose & The High Tops, Wales Irish Pub,
16 Holland Road Wales, Mass.
• Rob Adams, 6:30 p.m., Rovezzi’s, Route 20,
Sturbridge, Mass.
If you’re a live act that would like to be featured,
know of someone else who is, or simply
want to let us know about an upcoming gig,
email me at the address below. Events must be
within 10 miles of the readership area and submitted
to me by 7 p.m. Thursday of each week to
be printed the following week’s papers. Also,
please provide the information as it appears in
the above club listings. The name of the act, the
time performance starts, the venue and venue
address. Keep the music live and not so quiet
here in Northeastern CT & Central MA! E-mail
Mark: gettingintune@markrenburke.com.