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Connections
Friday, April 30, 2021
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Worship Sneak Peek
May 2nd, 2021 at 10:00am
Join us on Sunday, May 2nd as we continue our Easter season sermon series Daring to Dance Again. We'll be reflecting this week on those who have guided our steps in this dance of faith, and look for ways we're called to help guide the steps of others. We look forward to connecting with you online this Sunday!
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Pre-Register For Next Sunday's In-Person Worship
Sunday, May 9th at 4:00 PM
In order to reserve your seat at next Sunday's 4 PM in person worship service, be sure to pre-register on our website. Registration opens Tuesday morning at 9:00 am and will remain open through Friday at 9:00 AM. Please click HERE to register.
What happens if you forget to register but want to come to worship? You are more than welcome to show up just before 4 PM on the 9th for worship, and you will be invited in, as long as there is still space available. Feel free to call Pastor Jess on Saturday or Sunday prior to the service to check availability. 908-400-2343
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Sunday School/Bagels & Faith
Sunday School students (K-8) – Please join us online this Sunday, May 2nd, for a special class honoring God’s pollinators! Guest teacher and reader, Janie Schildge, will be helping us discover what makes bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds so important to creation and why we, as God’s stewards, need to help keep them pollinating planet earth. (Rumor has it, she’ll also be giving us the buzz on why bees sting!) It’s a joint class that you won’t want to miss as we prepare to break ground for our Church pollinator garden on May 8th. ALL grades will be using the K-2 class link on the church calendar. Buzz on in at 9 AM. Bagels & Faith will keep moving upwards and onwards in our study of Jesus’ parables and what they mean in a 21st century world. The God talk starts at 11:30-ish AM. For questions or information, please contact Tammy + at young@umcredbank.com or 732-299-6203.
Youth Groups
All three of our Youth Groups virtually gather this Wednesday, May 5th for their weekly session of fellowship and fun! It all begins at 7:00 PM. Please contact our Youth Group leaders to access the links. For questions or information, please contact Tammy + at young@umcredbank.com or 732-299-6203.
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Vacation Bible School - Knights of North Castle
Hear ye, hear ye the good news! The Knights of North Castle (AKA our VBS volunteers) are gearing-up to shine their shields and dust the rust off their armor as we prepare for a summer quest your little squires won’t want to miss! Pray ye armor up with faith and join us July 12 – 16, 2021 from 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM as our Vacation Bible School seeks to uncover the Great Armor of God! All Knights in training preparing to enter Kindergarten in the fall of 2021 through those who will have completed 6th grade in June of this year are encouraged to join the round table of daily fun and adventure. The program’s fare is $10/child (with donations most heartily welcomed).
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s VBS program will be an indoor/outdoor program, modified to ninety minutes per day, and will be held in strict compliance with all CDC, state of New Jersey, and BUS Committee guidelines and recommendations. Check your email for the COVID-19 safety measures and regulations that will be implemented and enforced during this program.
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Calling All Pollinators and Family and Youth Gardeners!
Please join us Saturday, May 8th at 10:00 AM as we break ground for a Church garden sure to please every pollinator this side of Monmouth County! To keep our pollinators happy and coming back, we’re going to need hearts and hands to both plant and maintain the garden with weekly maintenance and weeding. We also need some children and youth to share their artistic gifts by making garden signs (so the pollinators know where to go!). If this sounds like the stewardship project your family, children, and youth have been looking for, then come and help us maintain God’s ongoing creation together. The project will be done in strict compliance with all CDC, state and Building Usage Safety guidelines. All participants are asked to bring their own garden equipment. For questions or to SIGN UP, please contact Tammy at young@redbank.org or via phone/text at 732-299-6203 (butterflies and bees need not pre-register). Thank you to the Men’s Group for digging up our garden strip and adding some enriching soil!
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Work on Hudson Street - Church Rear Parking Entrance to Be Closed Soon
There are scheduled road closures on Bergen and Hudson streets over the next several weeks/months. The borough is replacing sidewalks, curbs and some driveway aprons. Please note: the Hudson Street Entrance will be closed for some period of time next week. The exact closure dates are dependent on when the work crew makes their way to us. Please use caution and watch for signs when approaching the church.
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Youth Sunday - May 9th
Youth Leading Worship - Don't miss it!
Join us for worship on Sunday May 9th at 10 AM online as our youth lead the service for Youth Sunday. Our graduating seniors will be sharing their reflections on how the church has helped to nurture their growth. You won’t want to miss this wonderful service!
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Scholastic Assistance
Editable online applications for the 2021—22 school year were emailed April 1st to last year’s college junior, sophomore, and freshman recipients (if your email has changed, click here) and to high school seniors in the youth group. If you wish to apply and do not receive an application by email, you may request one by emailing Barbara Guenther or calling (732-203-1970).
The Scholastic Assistance Committee continues to prepare for awarding
scholarships to next year’s recipients. Donations to the work of the Scholastic Assistance Committee are always very much appreciated. - “No eligible and deserving scholar left unsupported!”
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Pastor Jess's Bible Study
**NOTE** TIME CHANGE!
Bible Study meets each Thursday at 11:00 am. The Zoom connection information for each session is located on the calendar on our website. Click here to access the zoom link or call-in information.
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Hymnals Available for Loan
Sing along with us! Please contact us if you are interested in borrowing a church hymnal so you can sing along with worship songs at home. Click here to email the office if you are interested.
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Red Bank COVID-19 Vaccine Update |
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Join the Sanctuary Choir
The choir meets for virtual rehearsals on Thursday at 7:00pm. Please contact Evan Courtney at ecourtney@umcredbank.org for more info. Zoom information for choir rehearsal is available on our website.
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Adult Education Class
Sundays at 9:00 am & Wednesdays at 7:00 pm
Join us as we explore the book Unbelievable by John Shelby Spong. Its premise is that many “traditional Christian beliefs” are no longer believable in light of modern science, scholarship, and understanding of the world. Bishop Spong seeks to challenge beliefs that we may have grown up with or felt we “were supposed to believe” but which do not fit with the way the world is understood in the twenty-first century. If you are one who never could quite say you believed some of those things the church taught, this class is especially for you. You may find that in light of Bishop Spong’s insight you can find and hold to the kernel of truth and avoid the unbelievable stuff that makes that “leap of faith” distasteful. We meet Sunday mornings at 9:00 and Wednesday evenings at 7:00. Zoom links are on the calendar on the church web site. If you have questions or concerns about how to access the Zoom connection (or anything else), please contact Mark Hackler at 732-918-0344 or hackler@optonline.net.
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Balance and Strength Training - ONLINE Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:00 pm
Join us for online Balance and Strength Training with Janet Tartaglia. Beginners welcome! Items needed: chair (with no arms) and weights (can be 2 16 oz. water bottles), or you can choose to follow along without the weights. Exercises done with chair or standing, no floor work. The Zoom connection information for each session is located on the calendar on our website
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Online Yoga - Wednesdays at 9:30 am
Join us for online yoga with Tiffany McCann on Wednesdays. The Zoom connection information for each session is located on the calendar on our website
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Backpack Crew -
Current Need is Pasta!
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 through Friday from 9am to 3pm. The current need is PASTA! Thank you for your continued support. Email us at backpackcrewnj@gmail.com with any questions.
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UPDATED: UMC Red Bank Reopening Plan Information
As the ministry of UMCRB continues strong in the time of COVID, with the goal that zero infections are spread through our church activity, our work continues on a multi-phased plan for reopening our church building. Our church office is open on Tuesday-Thursday from 9-2 and Fridays from 9-1:30 pm. Join us for online worship, Sundays at 10am, through our church website – www.umcredbank.org. The calendar of events there has up-to-date information about ongoing ministries and how to join in. If you’d like to reserve an indoor or outdoor gathering space for your church small group, contact Sheila Leavitt at sleavitt@umcredbank.org.
We are currently scheduling limited capacity Special Event Services, like baptisms, weddings, and funerals in our Sanctuary. Anyone interested in scheduling a special event service should reach out to Pastor Jess to work out the details. 908-400-2343
We’re excited that we’ve started worshipping in person every other Sunday at 4:00 PM. Our next scheduled services are May 9th and May 23rd at 4 PM. These services are not meant to replace the Sunday morning worship at 10am, which will still be offered remotely each week, but when the Sanctuary project is complete, we plan to meet both in person and online on Sundays at 10:00 throughout the summer, hopefully starting June 6th. There is a pre-registration process available on our website to reserve your seat, as space is limited. Pre-registration will open 9:00 am the Tuesday before the service in question and will be confirmed on Friday afternoon of that same week. You are invited to read more about our reopening plans and the safety protocols we are utilizing on our website at https://www.umcredbank.org/our-reopening-plan/.
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Pastoral Care
If someone is hospitalized or in need of pastoral care
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