Open House at Heritage Christian School, February 5th

Christian Heritage School in Trumbull is hosting an Open House on Friday, February 5th at 9:00 a.m.  Prospective parents of students grades K-12 are invited to attend.  The program will include a presentation from the administration and a tour of the facilities.  Reservations are not required.

For more information, please contact Martha Olson, Director of Admissions, at 203.261.6230, ext. 555, or visit www.kingsmen.org.

Night of Worship with Dayna Varga in Westport, January 30th

Dayna Varga will appear at a special Night of Worship at St. Paul Westport on Saturday, January 30th at 7:30 PM.  St. Paul is located at 41 Easton Road, Westport, CT 06880.

Dayna Varga currently leads worship and teaches at churches, retreats, and women’s conferences throughout the United States and internationally. She longs to impart on the importance of becoming a friend of God and being led by the Holy Spirit. Her passion is to worship Jesus, breaking open heaven over individuals, regions and nations releasing the freedom and intimacy of the Lord. She also has a heart to see women come into the full revelation of who they are in the Lord, and be released into the fullness of their destinies. She currently has three CDs: Into the Realm (2003); Take me to the Place (2005); and, Opening Doors: Live from New England (2007).

For more information, visit http://www.stpaulwestport.org/.

Valentine’s Day Coffeehouse in Wolcott, February 6th

There will be a special Valentine’s Day Coffee House at Christ Church in Wolcott on February 6th, featuring contemporary Christian Band “Insight.” Free admission, free baked goods, and door prizes. Christ Church is located at 16 Town Line Road in Wolcott.

This event is open to everyone and will especially be welcoming Christian single groups from various churches around the state. The evening includes an open microphone segment to share a song, poem, etc. Come early to sign up. Doors open at 6:45pm. For more info contact Peter O’Neill at (203) 574-3075.

Charlie Hall in Danbury, January 30th

Christian worship artist Charlie Hall will be appearing at the Community Coffeehouse in Danbury on Saturday, January 30th at 7:30 PM. There is a suggested donation of $5 – $10.

Charlie is known for writing such well-known songs as “Give Us Clean Hands.”

For directions and more info, visit the Community Coffeehouse site here.

March for Life today in Hartford

From Family Institute of Connecticut:

Please be on the South Lawn of the state Capitol at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 22nd for a pro-life prayer march (participants will be from a wide variety of Christian denominations and each are invited to pray as they see fit). Afterwards, at 12:30 p.m., we will meet in Room 310 in the Capitol to hear local pro-life speakers including FIC executive director Peter Wolfgang, Rachel’s Vineyard leader Freddy Martinez, Theresa Kranowski of St. Gerard’s Center, Deborah Quinn of Silent No More, Mary Timmis of the CT Coalition for Life and Bob Judd of the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants.

State unemployment hits highest level yet

The highest unemployment rate of the recession has been reached: 8.9%.

The good news in November’s numbers — when unemployment fell to 8.2 percent from 8.8 percent the previous month — apparently was a mirage.

Economic forecaster Nick Perna said, “I honestly thought the December rate would look better. And I was wrong.”

Story and scary graphics available here.

Boughton may be running for Governor

Danbury blog The Hat City Blog reports that Mayor Mark Boughton will indeed run for Governor. This is based on their review of Internet records revealing that Boughton or someone representing him registered the domain name BoughtonForCT.com on Wednesday, January 20th. It’s claimed that Boughton has little name recognition outside of the Danbury area but people in his neck of the woods know him as a social media maven who is actively blogging, tweeting, and Facebooking on topics such as whether the Beatles or the Stones are better. With his geniality and record of fiscal success in Danbury, we think “Mayor Mark” would prove to be a formidable candidate.