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Connections
Thursday, January 27, 2022
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Worship Sneak Peek
January 30, 2022 at 10:00 am
Join us for worship this Sunday in person or online at 10:00 am as we continue our series on the story of Moses. This week, we’ll hear about how God made a way through the Red Sea as the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness. We’ll reflect together on the way God opens pathways before us in times of struggle. Hope to see you either in person or online!
Reminder: We have resumed in-person worship and continue to live-stream the service on our website and YouTube channel.
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Code Blue Warming Center-Flash Collection Ends This Sunday!
Help us give the gift of warmth through a quick collection to help our local homeless community through the Pilgrim Baptist Warming Center. Men’s nylon gloves, white socks, and scarves can be dropped off at the church (or shipped here through our Amazon Wishlist) until January 30th.
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Children's Sunday School & Youth Groups- Return to In Person in February
Children and Youth Sunday school classes and Youth Group will remain online through the end of January. Thankfully, the COVID numbers have greatly improved, so we are excited to return to in person gatherings, starting in February.
Contact Bonnie Deroski for more information - bderoski@umcredbank.org.
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Green Team Meeting- Sunday, 1/30 at 11:15 am
Our green team will meet this Sunday in the lounge at 11:15 to make plans for projects for the coming months. Adults or youth who may be interested are welcome to join us. Please bring your ideas. We need your input! Some of the options are: recycling new items, & reducing plastics (plus possible field trip to Reclamation Center), invasive plant project in Monmouth County, working with Environmental groups on environmental justice issues such as air and water pollution causes, learning about wind energy, solar energy, and much more. Please come and help us decide how to act to be more sustainable in our daily lives! For more information, please call Janie Schildge.
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Solar Panel Carbon Reduction
Did you know we have solar panels on the roof of the church building? Installed in November of 2010, the panels greatly lower the carbon footprint of such a large and active facility. Would you join us in celebrating that since the system start up, we have helped be good stewards of God’s good earth by avoiding 991,508 lbs or about 450 Metric Tonnes of CO2 emissions, 2982 pounds in December of 2021 alone.
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No More Racism Virtual Storytime-
Saturday, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19 & 2/26 at 10:00 am
All children ages 5-11 are invited to join us as we hear the following stories being read and have some discussion about the themes as they pertain to their lives. Register to get emailed the zoom link for the sessions. Kids can attend any or all sessions. Parents are welcome, as well.
Led by Bonnie Deroski, director of Children and Youth Ministries at the UMC of Red Bank and member of the NJ Social Justice Remembrance Coalition, and various, diverse guest co-facilitators.
Children’s literature is just one part of fostering a child’s positive sense of self and others and raising an anti-racist and anti-bias child. Children are not colorblind. When we talk about color, we honor who children are as learners. A conversation with a caring adult allows children to feel safe and ask questions instead of drawing conclusions about color and racism based on implicit and explicit messaging from the world around them and their own limited knowledge.
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Masking Policy Update
In light of the high transmission rate of COVID right now, and highly contagious nature of the Omicron variant, we are rolling back our masking policy - requiring masks for EVERYONE in shared spaces throughout the building, regardless of vaccination status.
When you are heading to the church for any reason, please don't forget to bring your mask.
Let's keep one another safe and minimize the spread of COVID-19.
Thank you!
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Feeding the Hungry with Family Promise-
Thank you to all volunteers!
The UMCRB Mission and Service Committee, together with the United Methodist Women and Backpack Crew are excited to, in collaboration with Family Promise, help feed needy families. Volunteers have prepared and will be delivering 25 meals each Monday throughout the month of January. A big thank you to all who have volunteered their time and culinary skills!
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Free COVID Tests Now Available for Order
Order your free COVID tests through the USPS by clicking here. Every household is eligible to receive 4 tests at no cost.
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Backpack Crew Pantry
Donations Welcome
The Backpack Crew has continued to serve the increasing number of people who are impacted by food insecurity in the midst of this health crisis. Food donations are greatly appreciated on the back porch of the church, Monday though Friday from 9 am to 3 pm.
The current donation request is CEREAL OF ANY KIND.
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Adult Education In person or Online-Class Cancelled This Sunday, 1/30
Beginning in January, we will be starting a new book, "The Power of Parable - How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction About Jesus” by John Dominic Crossan. This is a brief look at parables and discussion of why Jesus chose to teach primarily this way. It starts with some parables from the Old Testament and moves to the Gospels, eventually looking at each gospel as a parable of its own. Crossan says at one point that a parable is designed to make you think. If one left one of Jesus’s parables and said, “Great parable today Rabbi, what an inspiring message…”, Jesus would have been disappointed. A parable should spark discussion, questioning, differing opinions and perspectives, and challenge our thinking. I hope our class will do that for you.
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We are no longer collecting bottle caps and plastic bags at church
Read on to find out why and discover easy ways to continue your recycling efforts for a greener earth!
At a recent visit to Mazza’s recycling center, we learned Bottle Caps are now accepted in our single stream recycling! However, unless they’ve been twisted back onto a bottle, they can fall through spaces in sorting equipment. So before tossing into the blue bin, make sure caps are screwed on.
Because it is now so easy to recycle caps from home, we will no longer be collecting caps at church.
Single Use Plastic Grocery Bags and other stretchy plastics do not belong in your single stream recycling as they can damage sorting equipment. However, they can easily be recycled at any number of locations in the area. Recycling sites include a variety of local grocery and department stores such as Target, Whole Foods and Kohl’s.
We ended our plastic collection efforts in February of 2020 when we completed our TREX Challenge and received a free bench. If you haven’t seen the bench stop by the playground and check it out!
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Pastoral Care
If someone is hospitalized or in need of pastoral care,
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