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Quick Notes Update for March 18, 2019

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Crossroads Women's Retreat
MARCH 29-30, 2019!!!

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Rev. Jim Knol is retiring from the ministry at the end of March. We, at Christian Health Care Center, are deeply grateful for over 27 years of visionary leadership and pastoral care given by Jim. His leadership of the Pastoral Care Department will be missed, as will his enthusiastic, supportive presence at Clergy Days, pastoral colloquiums, and other events that have brought ministers such as yourself to our campus.

On Tuesday, March 26, at 2:15 PM, Jim will lead his final Tuesday worship service in the CHCC DeYoung Auditorium. The service will be followed by a reception at about 3:00 PM. You are invited to join us! If you cannot come to worship at 2:15, we hope you can stop by between 3:00 and 4:00 to extend your well wishes to Jim.

Erchomai is a New Testament Greek word with multiple meaning. In some contexts, it means to come from one place to another, in others it is to go out, to follow one. You are invited to celebrate Jim Knol's erchomai as he goes out from CHCC to come into a new way of living. We in the Pastoral Care Department sincerely hope you will be able to join us on the afternoon of March 26.

Diane Cioffi for Rev. Phyllis Palsma

Diane Cioffi
Administrative Assistant FT
Christian Health Care Center - Pastoral Care
Direct 201-848-5839| DCioffi@chccnj.org




 
 
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Whiting Community Reformed Church
seeking Pastor
also considering part-time, yoked, contracted



interested may contact the search chair by email

NEW BRUNSWICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
SPRING COMMENCEMENT
MAY 18, 2019 

Dear NBTS Family and Friends,
As January 2019 comes to a close, I am emailing you to communicate two exciting pieces of information surrounding our May 18, 2019 Spring Commencement. First, we are honored to have as our commencement speaker the Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Second, in an effort to accommodate our graduates and their families, our alumni, our supporters, our faculty and staff, and our friends we will hold our commencement at NBTS in the Rutgers Tent on Bishops Place behind their Honor's College.

Thus, on behalf of the NBTS Board of Trustees, faculty members, staff, and most importantly our graduating students, please accept this email as your invitation to attend our 2019 Spring commencement. See you on May 18, 2019!

In Joy and In Justice!
Rev. Micah L. McCreary, Ph.D.
President
John Henry Livingston Professor of Theology

"Think critically, act justly, and lead faithfully!"
New Brunswick Theological Seminary.
35 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732.247.5241, Ext. 1724
New Brunswick Theological Seminary @ St. John's University 8000 Utopia Parkway Queens, NY 11439; 718.990.6000; Fax: 718.990.5932
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Remember that the Synod Foundation has opportunities for loans and even some grants
...visit their  webpage on our website

Wise men and women in 1987 created an independent, not-for-profit corporation named the Synod Foundation:

To receive, hold, manage, invest, and re-invest the real estate and investment assets of PSMA [aka RSMAt], and to process and act upon loan requests and upon requests for grants from the churches and classes within the jurisdiction of PSMA from its commissions and subsidiary corporations, and from others within the scope of its concern and mission.

The Synod Foundation is governed by eight trustees appointed on an annual basis at RSMAt's annual meeting. The Trustees approve the loans and grants and manages the other investments. The Foundation currently has 20 active church and social responsibility loans totaling over $1.1 million. The balance of the funds, $1.8 million, are invested in a wide variety of short and long term securities.

Churches secure loans for new roofs, parsonage or church furnaces replacement or upgrades, repointing brick or stone, interior church and parsonage renovations, removing accessibility issues, purchasing a building, and hurricane cleanup and repairs. Recently, four churches have secured loans for solar systems as a witness to green stewardship and expecting to lower their future electrical energy costs even as the solar system loan is being paid. With the Federal and New Jersey government assistance, the expectation is for the loan to be paid in around 12 years with the life of the solar panel system good for another 15 or so years.

See the Foundation flyer for commonly asked questions or contact the Synod Office for more information.



FREE Online Learning Opportunities
Mediated Organizations: 
Technology for your church ministry

We are setting up online seminars for the Fall season. Please let us know which topics are of interest to you. Seminars are usually held online using Zoom or GoToMeeting on Thursday evenings. Other times are available on request.
Consider having a custom training for your own church team or board! On-sites are possible with enough notice.

Let us know what you are interested in or if you have questions!

  1. Using Facebook 
  2. Using Twitter 
  3. Using free and low cost websites
  4. Using higher end paid websites
  5. Using podcasts
  6. Using mind mapping for planning and meetings
  7. Using visual thinking for planning and meetings
  8. Using online collaborative platforms for teams and organizations: basecamp, slack and more
  9. Using projection in your church ministry
  10. Using email newsletters: constant contact and mailchimp
Courses are taught by The Rev. Dr. Philip Bakelaar, , rsmat communications coordinator, pastor at Ocean Community Church in Manahawkin and adjunct professor in the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University. 

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