The United Presbyterian Women are having a continental breakfast and guest speaker on Tuesday, November 4th. Tim Schuler, the state apiarist with the NJ Department of Agriculture had planned to come speak to us on October 7th, but had to cancel due to a family emergency. He has rescheduled his presentation for November 4th. Tim will be sharing his experiences in Malawi, Africa where he participated in a project to teach beekeeping as a way for the people there to earn money.  The UPW has supported the mission group, Villages in Partnership, which also works with people in Malawi to help them become self supporting.   Tim has lots of slides and first hand stories from his two trips about the people and the conditions in which they live.  We are sure Tim's presentation will be very interesting and informative.  

On November 4th, the continental breakfast will start at 9:30 am followed by Tim's presentation from 10:00-11:00 am and then the UPW business meeting from 11:00 am - 12:00 noon. All women are invited to this special event. The breakfast will be free and those women who do not want to stay for the UPW business meeting may leave after Tim's program. You do not need to register for this event - just come if you can!

The United Presbyterian Men's Group will have a breakfast meeting on November 15th at 9:00 am at the Town and Country Diner, Route 206, Bordentown . This is a Dutch Treat event. A sign up sheet is in Fellowship Hall and must be completed by Sunday, November 9th. Questions? Contact Jim Dixon at 609-298-3398 or email: [email protected].  

Come join the Facilities Ministry Team and the Boy Scouts on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 9 a.m. to noon for our annual Fall Clean Up. Bring your rakes, gloves and other gardening equipment so our grounds can be beautiful for the winter.

The Women's Book Club will meet on Tues., Nov. 25th (last Tues. of the month) at 7:00 pm in the Bertolet Lounge.  We will be discussing BRAIN ON FIRE by Suzanne Cahalan.  This is a memoir telling of the author's own baffling medical mystery.  It is about love and how resilient the human body and spirit can be.  All women of the church and their friends are encouraged to join us for our book discussion and fellowship. Jan. selection:  (no meeting in Dec.)  I AM MALALA by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai.

• Approved a request by Robert and Julia Castor Plummer to have their son, Jackson Robert Plummer baptized at the 11 a.m. service on 11/23/14.
• Approved a Fall Clean Up Day on Saturday, 11/15/14 from 9 a.m. to noon and learned that the Boy Scouts will be participating in the clean up.
• Learned that the Facilities Committee is getting bids for repointing the front entrances and carpeting the sanctuary to bring to a future meeting.
• Approved the request by the Worship Ministry Team to hold a Thanksgiving service on Wednesday, 11/26/14 at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary and invite all of the churches of Hamilton to participate.
• Learned that the date for the Hanging of the Greens will be Saturday, 11/29/14 from 9 a.m. to noon.
• Learned that the church's lack of cash flow has prevented the the treasurer to pay all of the bills for September and encourages everyone to keep current on their pledges.

We pray for:  

Healing of 6 yr old Hayden McBride (St Christopher's Hospital with difficulty swallowing); David Geijer's friend's mother, JoAnne (for recovery and strength after heart surgery); Denise Reil (strength and rest); Patty (possible lung surgery); Pat and Chuck Dunhum; Pat Howell; George Edwards; Jean Shapiro (hospice care); Doris Worob; Tim Schiefelbein (stage 4 melanoma); Lew Thorn (Masonic Home after a fall); Baby Jonathan (CHOP with birth issues); John, Maria; Melissa; Larry, Pam and Dan Rose; Mariann; Dottie; Donna (back surgery); Anita (successful treatment for lymphoma); Michelle (allergies); John Edwards; MaryAnn (double mastectomy); Peggy Ayres (gall bladder cancer); Jodi Adelmann (breast cancer); Jessica (ovarian cancer); Val Pagodin's sister, Ellen Jinks (ovarian cancer); Lew Thorn (bleeding on the brain which has been stabilized); Rose Wales' cousin, Bonnie Veals (starting chemo); Bob Clendening's neighbor, Colleen (breast cancer); Fred Bittner; Betty Braun; Ginny Demeter and Pat Anthony (both home following knee replacement); Leigh Miller's father, Arthur Hashagen (back surgery); Ruth Sletvold (broken hip, and surgery to correct an aortic aneurysm);  Amber Best; Getty Braun; Jean Principato (chemo); and Tracy (college student hospitalized for 2nd time with pneumonia). 

Concern: For people in recovery; for Colleen and brother, Larry; for peace for all young families; Christine Stewart (knee replacement) ; David Geijer (that he will get more hours at work and more volunteer work at the Visitation Day Program); and Claire Maselli (who is failing). 

Comfort and Peace: for Kathy Thewes' son-in-law whose mother passed away; for Scott and family on the death of his mother; for the bereaved families of John Varga and Joe Russo; for the Festa family on the passing of grandfather, Rafe; for Geri LaMonica on the passing of her husband, Eugene, and Dorothy Williams on the passing of her husband, Elmer; for the family of Shirley Nysaka; and for Chris Tews upon the death of his grandmother.