Summer is almost over...
10 AM Summer Worship wraps up on
September 5th!
Beginning September 12th -
WORSHIP at 9 AM & 11 AM
Sunday School Begins on September 12th
at 9 AM
RALLY DAY is September 19th.
A special reception will be held between services at 10 AM in lieu of regular Coffee Hour. Rally Day is also Bible Sunday - New Bibles will be given to all 3 year olds, 3rd Graders and Confirmation Students!
Join us for Worship at 9 or 11 AM.
All adults are asked to complete the Online Spiritual Gifts Survey before September 19th
and send your results to Pastor Carie. Thank you!
Click Here: Online Spiritual Gifts Survey
All youth are asked to complete the Online Youth Spiritual Gifts Survey before September 19th
and send your results to Pastor Carie. Thank you!
Click Here: Youth Spiritual Gifts Survey
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Come to FAMILY FUN DAY on Sat., October 16 from 10 AM to 2 PMPetting Zoo, Live Music, Food, Fun & More for the Whole Family - All Ages - Everyone is welcome to enjoy the day!
There's still time to enroll your child in Joyful Noise!
Joyful Noise Preschool and Daycare is a ministry of our church to the community. There are still openings for children ages 2 1/2 - 5 in a variety of NAEYC-accredited programs with flexible hours. Call the Joyful Noise office for information and registration: 973-539-9514.
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Reason to Celebrate!
Our own Jessica Fisher has begun the process of becoming an ordained minister!
In April, Jessica became an Inquirer for Ministry with the Presbytery and our Session took her under care. This means that the Session will support Jess however they can during this 3 to 4 year process. Ruth Otey, Elder, will be her liaison and mentor from our congregation - someone to stay connected with her each step of the way.
In April, Jessica became an Inquirer for Ministry with the Presbytery and our Session took her under care. This means that the Session will support Jess however they can during this 3 to 4 year process. Ruth Otey, Elder, will be her liaison and mentor from our congregation - someone to stay connected with her each step of the way.
Jess is now attending Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Wesley offers a Master of Divinity program with an emphasis on Art and Faith - one of Jess's passions. Keep Jess in your prayers as she follows her call to ministry.
Teen Mission Trip to Lapwai, Idaho
All 27 mission team members would like to thank the congregation for their prayers and support. Many are saying this is the best mission trip we've ever experienced. God-sightings were everywhere! This trip was truly blessed by God from the moment the teens chose Idaho as their 2010 destination, through the year of fundraising and especially during the trip. The Nez Perce Tribe were wonderful hosts and we truly enjoyed painting their homes, building wheelchair ramps and replacing rotting porches.
Lapwai, Idaho has a population of 1138. The land is owned by the tribe and the residents own or rent their homes and farms. It was a small, low income town full of wonderful people. We lived all week in the Lapwai Elementary School, sleeping in classrooms, eating in the cafeteria and showering in the locker rooms. Our morning and evening programs were held in the gym.
After working hard all week and enjoying the evening programs and worship, our group took a tour of the Snake River through Hells Canyon National Park. We hiked through two historic homestead ranches, toured the dam, saw a baby eagle and 5 mountain rams, cheered for fisherman, waved at rafters, and traversed Class 4 1/2 rapids as well as stopping for a picnic lunch and a swim on the Oregon side of the river. We even survived an intense dime-sized hail storm as we traveled up over a mountain top in our chartered school bus as we left the river! Thankfully we had the best bus driver, Joshua Rivera, who kept us safe all week.
Congregational Presbyterian Church in Lewiston, Idaho lent us many tools for our trip. Our group truly enjoyed worship and the sermon by Pastor Josh on August 1st. After worship we headed west back across the state of Washington and stayed overnight in the Cascade Mountains near Lake Cle Elum before catching our flight back from Seattle to Newark.
Words are not adequate to express our experience. Please take time to ask a mission team member about their trip!
The 2011 Teen Mission Trip will be to Auburn, New York with Group Workcamps from July 23 to July 31, 2011. Students entering 7th grade in the Fall of 2011 and older are encouraged to register. Space is limited. Contact Kim Smith for information.
