Christ Church in the City of New Brunswick

Worshiping God, Serving God's People

October 6, 2023 | Events for the week of October 8, 2023

Office Hours: Tuesday - Wednesday 9:00a.m. - 2:30p.m., Friday 9:00am - 12:30p.m.

The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Worship Services This Week

JOIN US IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM!

8:00AM & 10:30AM

Eucharistic Service

Liturgical Ministers Needed!

See links below for sign-ups!

For those joining on Zoom

Click HERE to join the 10:30AM Service

Click HERE to watch the 10:30AM service live on YouTube, or HERE for Facebook, or watch anytime.

Find Sunday's worship service materials below:

8:00AM & 10:30AM Parish Notes HERE
10:30AM Pew Leaflet HERE

Follow along with the Book of Common Prayer HERE

Wednesday

Noonday Prayer-click HERE to join

Liturgical Ministers Sign Ups!

Please check your calendars

and sign up!!

October: Here

PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK

SUNDAY

Holy Eucharist, 8:00AM

Choir Warmup, 9:30AM

Church School, 9:30AM

Holy Eucharist, 10:30AM

Coffee Hour

TUESDAY

Tuesdayers, 7:00PM via Zoom

WEDNESDAY

Noonday Prayer via Zoom

WomenSpirit, 7:30PM via Zoom

COVID GUIDELINES

Please review the most current COVID-19 guidelines from the

Diocesan Taskforce for Re-entering, Re-opening, and Re-imagining HERE

Women of Honor Event:

Sheila Cooper,

Christ Church Nominee

Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of New Jersey will recognize the contributions of women across the diocese at its ninth annual Women of Honor event on Oct. 14.

Sheila Cooper is our nominee. Please celebrate the work she has done by attending https://dioceseofnj.org/know_your_story/recognize-your-women-of-honor-by-nominating-them-now/

The Tuesdayers' Next Book: "Freeing Jesus"

"Freeing Jesus" is an invitation to leave the religious wars behind and rediscover Jesus in all his many manifestations. It renews our hope in faith and worship at a time when we need it most. The Tuesdayers invite you to join our discussion, which will start on September 19. We meet over Zoom on Tuesdays (except the second of the month), 7:00 pm-8:30 pm.

For more information contact Jonathan Clark at im4canoes@yahoo.com.

Return of Coffee Hour

Dear Christ Church members,

The Sign - Up sheet located on the notice board by the Nicholas Room, each host/hostess will be asked to bring some cookies or a comparable alternative as well as a juice item to be served for fellowship attendees. Thanks for your co-operation.

Wendy Benjamin – on behalf of the Fellowship Committee.

Taking Faith Home is a resource that provides a weekly guide for faith-filled conversations and actions during the church year. Taking Faith Home for the month of October can be found below:

Forward Day by Day booklets (large and regular print) for August, September and October have arrived. Please contact the office to have a copy mailed to your home.

There are so many other ways to be involved at Christ Church! Find your inspiration HERE with 101+ ways to be involved at Christ Church!

Sick?

Let us help!

Use our Google form HERE (or text Nayla at 609-819-1001) to sign up to receive meals during your quarantine or other convalescence,

or sign up to give meals. We'll get through this together!

Thank you for your generous giving to support the Mission and Ministry of Christ Church!

We encourage you to send your pledges and donations to Christ Church in a variety of ways:

Go to the Donate/Pledge page on our website and give through PayPal
Schedule payments through your bank to Christ Church directly
Zelle to admin@christchurchnewbrunswick.org
Mail in a check to Christ Church

View the Faith Formation Newsletter for the Diocese of New Jersey!

Faith Formation Newsletter

Have you completed your online Pledge Certificate for 2024? You will find the link HERE

Thank you to those who have pledged $54,364 to date.

Mark McMahon

The Pullaro Family

Penelope Lattimer

H. Arthur Phills

John Ager

Meegan Adames

Barry Qualls

Nancy Lown

Monica Williams & Jeremiah Weston

Kevin Stansbury

David Bell

Wendy Benjamin

Our work TOGETHER depends on your support.

Would you like to receive the most up to date information about Christ Church? Stay in contact with us by signing up for our text message service. We send messages via text in case there are any last minute changes or alerts that need to go out quickly. Text CCNB to (855) 905-6387 or sign up HERE today!

It is time for the Christ Church October RaiseRight Order!

Last year ShopWithScrip rebranded itself as RaiseRight - the same name as the app that some of you have been using. Their new website is

https://www.raiseright.com/shop.

Paul Ambos, will be placing a new card order on the morning of

Monday, October 9. Please place your orders accordingly. If you plan to mail him an order with a check please advise him by email when you mail it. of what your order is so he can place it on time despite possible Post Office delays. If you place your own order directly on the RaiseRight website or app, he will be able to see it there when he orders the monthly batch.

RaiseRight website is https://www.raiseright.com/shop.

Thank you for your support of this parish program.

On Saturday, October 21, we will again be hosting a group of students for

Rutgers' Scarlet Day of Service.

Please consider joining us in the work of maintaining the property. The possible volunteer times are 10am – 2pm or 11am – 3pm.

Tasks to be completed include: Clean out the vegetable gardens; Weed the flower beds; Rake leaves; Clean the garden boxes; and Clean basement spaces in Parish House, Repair the Pews.

All Saints day will be held on Sunday, November 5.

You are invited to submit your names to be remembered at the altar and in the worship materials via this link.

19th Annual George E. Councell Memorial Golf Outing with Pickleball Clinic

Monday, October 9th

10:00 am — 7:00 pm

The George E. Councell Memorial Golf Outing, the Cathedral’s largest annual fundraiser, is a great day of fun and fellowship. Started in 2004, the event has raised more than $500,000 in support of the Cathedral’s ministries. This year, we are excited to welcome Bishop French as she continues the tradition set by her predecessors, Bishop Councell and Bishop Stokes.

There, in addition to presenting awards to the competition’s winners, including the coveted Bishop’s Cup, attendees will enjoy dinner, enter to win fun prizes, and meet our new Bishop!

Golf Outing Information & Souvenir Booklet Form

Vestry Corner:

Key Topics from the September 2023

Vestry Meeting

1) The Vestry continued its discernment process within the liminal space as we pursue our future music minister.

2 ) Soon, there will be opportunities for small discussion groups that parishioners can participate in (likely in Oct/Nov) to share their perspectives on the music ministry at Christ Church.

3) The Vestry will be reaching out to our various ministries about program planning, budgeting, and hosting upcoming coffee hours to showcase what they do and how others can join.

Minutes of the August 2023 meeting can be found HERE.

Prayers requested for:

Arnold, Christine, Dale, Danielle, Doreen, Dorothy, Isobel, Jacqueline, Jim, Joy, Karl, Lenora, Larry, Mary, Matthew, Penelope, Sarah, Timothy, Vivian, and Winston.

Christ Church Ministry: Personnel Committee

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: Members and Ministry of the Standing Commission on Clerical Compensation

Birthdays this week: Jonelle Benjamin, Ozanie Caruso, Isha Davies, Theodore Durling, Audrey Orford, and Pamela Zdanowicz.

Memorial Flowers: are given by Thomas and Carol Martin in memory of James H. and Helen L. Martin, Mrs. Leroy Oughton in memory of Anna Layton & Mary Lauretta Blake, Charles N. Eckert in memory of V. June Eckert, Mrs. Miriam Irwin in memory of Maude Tindell.

Finance Update August 2023

Finance Committee Invitation

The Finance Committee will be having conversations about increasing our parish income! Meetings are on the 4th Saturday of each month at 10a.m. You may join the meetings using this link HERE.

If you have any questions, please contact Bruce Anderson at aba18s@yahoo.com.

News and Events from Diocesan Offices & Committees

Click HERE for Diocesan News and to subscribe to the Diocesan weekly newsletter, Good News in the Garden State

Opportunities to share your time, talent, and treasure

Secure donations for Laundry Love, RaiseRight, as well as General Donations or Pledge contributions can be made on our website by clicking HERE. You can also donate through the bill pay app at your bank, or by using Zelle. Zelle payments may be sent through your bank and directly deposited to the church via email to admin@christchurchnewbrunswick.org
You can still purchase your RaiseRight cards to support the church! You can pay through Zelle or PayPal and designate that payment to RaiseRight, Payments received will be reported to Paul Ambos. Please contact Paul by phone (732) 572-2067 or email HERE to place your order.
LAUNDRY LOVE is back to doing Laundry Love in-person at the Handy Street Laundromat, 314 Handy Street, New Brunswick, on the second Monday of every month from 5:00p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Parish volunteers to assist are always welcome. Email Catherine Ambos, msambos@gmail.com to volunteer. You can donate to Laundry Love through the DONATE tab on our web site HERE .

Sunday 10:30am Service

Zoom link for computer of Zoom app: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84463108449

By phone: Call 1-929-205-6099 and enter Meeting ID 844 6310 8449

YouTube link-virtual services and in-person services can be viewed here

https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristChurchNewBrunswickNJ

Facebook link

https://www.facebook.com/ChristChurchNB

Wednesday Noonday Prayer

Zoom link for computer or Zoom app: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86422667074?pwd=TTdWNkM1c0djRmxmekxXTWhqRFU5Zz09

By phone: Call +1-309-205-3325, Meeting ID: 86422667074# Passcode: 242833# US and enter the following code 864 2266 7074

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