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Connections
Friday, June 25, 2021
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Worship Sneak Peek
June 27th, 2021 at 10:00am
Join us this Sunday for worship in person or online at 10:00 am. We'll be celebrating Sheila Leavitt's retirement after 25 years of service as our Church and Financial Secretary, and reflecting of what we are grateful for. Hope to see you at worship!
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Sunday School/Bagels & Faith
Join us for onsite summer Sunday School (K- 6th) this Sunday, June 27th at 10:00 AM in room 114! This year’s session is called “The Object of God’s Love” and will be all about discovering God’s unending love for us using scripture and everyday items. To kick things off, we’ll be learning how to appreciate God’s work in all things. Not sure what or how??? Then be sure to join us and DO bring an item from home or nature, you want to find God in!!!
Summer Sunday School
Get ready for the start of onsite summer Sunday School starting THIS Sunday, June 27th at 10:00am! This year’s session is called “The Object of God’s Love” and will be all about discovering God’s unending love for us using scripture and everyday items. So, be sure to join us!
Youth Groups
Abundant thanks and blessings to all of our Youth Group leaders and members who helped to keep the fellowship and fun flowing during a most difficult and challenging year! Here’s to a new year come September! 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).
This year’s VBS will be limited to the first 30 (thirty) registered Knights. So click here on this ye link or the button just below to register your Knight for the quest! Click here to check out our web page on the Church website for further information and FAQs. Completed 6th grade not exactly this June? NO PROBLEMS! There’s still room for ye to join in the merriment! Adult Knights are most heartily welcomed. To volunteer, contact Tammy + at young@umcredbank.org or at 732-299-6203. See ye soon at North Castle!
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Vacation Bible School - Donation Requests
You can help support our VBS ministry by dropping off donations of single serve snacks (nut free please). Make sure to mark it "VBS".
Leading up to and all throughout VBS, we will be collecting donations of cat and dog food for the Humane Society of Tinton Falls. The requested items are: Purina dry cat food, Friskies wet cat food, Pedigree dry and wet dog food. There is a donation box at the church.
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Congratulations to our High School & College Graduates of the Class of 2021!
College Graduates: Angel Chasco, Molly McGroary, Deanna Reimertz & Elijah Nishiura
High School Graduates: Kenneth Blake, Grace Davidson, Jake Dice, Lily Ferrone, Heather Humes, Sam Jansky, Ally Koeppel, Dillon McCann, Emma Moriarty, Emily Sullivan, Julia Sullivan, Olivia Townsend, & Maya Williams
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Congratulations to our Scholastic Assistance Recipients for the upcoming school year!
The Scholastic Assistance Committee, once again, wishes to thank our congregation for your interest in, encouragement of, and generous and consistent financial support of the work of our committee. Even with the challenging events brought about by this year’s COVID-19 virus, together we have been able to provide significant scholarships to twelve of our outstanding young people, awards totaling $19,250.
The Scholastic Assistance Committee is pleased to announce the following scholarship awards:
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Corey Van Huff will be a senior at McDaniel College. His major is Theater. Corey receives the Ruth E. and Otto Guenther Memorials, and the Nan and Robert Sadler Memorials.
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Lily Calabrese will be a senior at Loyola University in Maryland. Her majors are Global Studies and Spanish. Lily receives the Albert C. and Dorothy K. Vetter Memorial and the Emily R. Shopp Memorial.
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Charlotte Jansky will be a junior at Michigan State University, majoring in Saxophone Performance and Music Education. Charlotte receives the Mary Poyner Memorial and the Donna Glaser Memorial.
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Ryan Moore will be a junior at the University of Delaware, majoring in Cognitive Science. Ryan receives the Minor Tilton/Sarah Armstrong Memorials.
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Ryan Foreback will be a sophomore at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. His major will be Economics. Ryan receives the Rev. Roger and Marjorie Squire Memorials.
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Renee Goga will be a sophomore at Temple University, majoring in Cellular Molecular Neuroscience, Pre-Med Track. Renee receives the Harold and Miriam Coddington Memorials and the Dale Otten Memorial.
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Gavin Lindsay will be a sophmore at Virginia Wesleyan University. His majors will be Accounting and Tech Theatre. Gavin receives the Ralph DiNaples/Joseph Rizzo Memorial and the Ellen Davis Kerfoot Memorial.
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Kenneth Blake will be a freshman at Drexel University, majoring in Computer Science and Music Theory. Kenneth receives the Robert Stout/Schaffer Memorials and the Esther E. Wallace Memorial. In addition to our church scholarship, Kenneth was chosen as our Red Bank Regional scholar by RBR.
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Grace Davidson will be a freshman at the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in English. Grace receives Nancy Lynott Memorial and the Elizabeth G. Jeffries Memorial.
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Dillon McCann will be a freshman at Wake Forest, majoring in Finance. Dillon receives the Agnus B. Murphy Memorial and the Peter M. Delaney Memorial.
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Emily Sullivan will be a freshman at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, majoring in Biochemistry. Emily receives the Mildred Schultz Memorial and Vi and Phil Hanson Memorial.
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Julia Sullivan will be a freshman at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, majoring in Cell Biology and Neuroscience (pre-med). Julia receives the Eula and Lloyd Swanson Memorials.
Congratulations to all!
The Scholastic Assistance Committee is grateful for all the donations it has received. Any future donations given can be made out to UMC of Red Bank, Scholastic Assistance Fund.
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Volunteer to Serve For In-Person Worship on Sundays
Now that we are back to in-person worship, we need your help! Click here or on the images below to sign up to be a Scripture reader or volunteer as an usher or greeter for worship.
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Backpack Crew -
Current Need is Rice!
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 RICE! Thank you for your continued support. Email us at backpackcrewnj@gmail.com with any questions.
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Pastor Jess's Bible Study
Thursdays at 11:00 am
Over the summer months, Pastor Jess’s weekly class will be shifting to a Devotional Bible Study on Thursdays from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. Join us to refuel your spiritual walk and share in renewing conversation with others. Click here to access the zoom link or call-in information.
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Balance and Strength Training -
IN PERSON AND ONLINE
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:00 pm
Join us for in-person and 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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UPDATED: UMC Red Bank Reopening Plan Information
As you are aware, there have been rapid changes in the CDC and state guidelines regarding COVID safety measures. After much prayer and conversation, we have adapted our safety protocols to some of the changes in the CDC and NJ State guidelines, but not all, in order to take into account that we are a multi-age congregation and neither state guidelines for religious services nor state guidelines for schools fits our environment 100% for every occasion.
The policy changes that affect Sunday morning worship are described below:
- For all church activities, health assessments and sign in procedures will be eliminated.
- Registration for Sunday worship will not be required.
- For our multi-age, large group, in-person worship, everyone will be required to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status.
- The majority of the Sanctuary will be open seating with a section in the back set up for socially distanced seating for those who feel more comfortable there.
- There will be no congregational singing at this time, as none of the recommendations regarding singing have changed. You can expect wonderful music throughout the service from musicians and/or soloists from the balcony, who will be masked whenever possible.
- Live streaming of our in-person worship services will be available through the church website or our YouTube channel.
- For in-person day to day activities at the church, including adult small group gatherings, anyone can wear a mask, but masks are strongly encouraged for those who are not vaccinated.
- For children and youth small group gatherings of all types, masks and social distancing will be required regardless of vaccination status, in keeping with state guidelines for schools and summer camps.
We know that some will be discouraged that we are still requiring masks to be worn for large group worship and children's ministry gatherings, but we urge you to think of masks as our outward and visible sign of our love for one another. Jesus taught us to care for the vulnerable among us, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Wearing a mask for an hour is a small sacrifice if it helps to keep one another safe and enables us to care for one another as the Body of Christ.
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Pastoral Care
If someone is hospitalized or in need of pastoral care
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