This Week at Christ Church

Christ Church in the City of New Brunswick

Worshiping God, Serving God's People

November 10, 2023 | Events for the week of November 12, 2023

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

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Worship Services This Week

JOIN US IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM!

8:00 AM & 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:

8:00 AM & 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!!

November: Here

PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK

SUNDAY

Holy Eucharist, 8:00AM

Choir Warmup, 9:30AM

Church School, 9:30AM

Holy Eucharist, 10:30AM

Coffee Hour, 12:00PM

Dine to Donate, The Brunch Club

TUESDAY

Laundry Love, 5:30PM Handy Street Laundromat

Tuesdayers, 7:00PM via Zoom

WEDNESDAY

Noonday Prayer via Zoom

WomenSpirit, 7:30PM via Zoom

THURSDAY

Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room 7:00PM

SATURDAY

Choice Food & Resource Center, 9:30AM

COVID GUIDELINES

Please review the most current COVID-19 guidelines from the

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

Laundry Love’s next session is Monday, November 13, 5:30pm at the

Handy Street Laundromat.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Catherine Ambos for more information.

Choice Food and Resource Center needs YOU!

Calling all volunteers!

This Saturday, November 18 we will be serving from 9:30 a.m. (arrive by 9:15, please) until 2 p.m.

This will be the Thanksgiving distribution for our Saturday neighbors. We can use all the help we can get!

Contact Catherine Ambos (msambos@gmail.com) by Tuesday, November 14, if you want to help.

Can't make it on November 18th but would like to donate. We need the following items:

Canned fish

Canned meat

Cooking oi

Cornmeal

Flour

Shelf-stable juice

Shelf-stable milk

Sugar

November 30 Days of Gratitude!

The month of November brings gratitude to the top of our minds, the link HERE will bring you to a 30-day gratitude journey for everyone to travel this year as we lead up to our Thanksgiving celebrations.

Take some time this month to try living into gratitude, and see how it changes you and your loved ones.

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 November can be found below:

Forward Day by Day booklets (large and regular print) for November, December, and January 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!

Finance Update September 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.

To help support those in the Middle East. Visit the link to donate HERE.

Bishop French's statement regarding the Gaza and Israel: HERE

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

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

Thank you to those who have pledged $241,665 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

Jo Duhr

Margaret Caroline Brown-Stansbury Mr. Ronald Stansbury

Gerri Callahan

Debra Lowe

Sandra Smithson

Jean Houvener

Renis and Mervis Johnson

Peggy Smith

David G, Briggs & Beverly B. Briggs

Beth Binde

Sheila Cooper

Penelope Gordon

The Rev. Joan E. Fleming

Towanda Stovall

Barbara Patricia (Pat) Lowe

Sarah Braun

Joan S Borden

Kenreic and Marva VanLoo

Jonathan Gloster

The Rev. Joanna Hollis

Jean Zimmerman

Margaret Hall

Zida & Allen Abbott, Sr.

Barry & Dawn Johnson

Elizabeth & Jonathan Clark

Paul & Catherine Ambos

Dale and Patricia Buckendahl

Tanya Penman-Sterling

Eugene Lisnay

Ashlinn Stansbury-Fields & Jeffrey Fields, Jr. Gordon Arsenoff

Rozanne Jhamb

Lori Covery and James Nichols

Gloria Peroune

Kelly-Jane Cotter & Stacy Bruden

Karen Bemis & Doug Bonar

John and Leticia Egekeze

Edna Pozo

Barbara Chludzinski

Louise F. Deis

Fernanda Perrone

Melbourne & Alice Garber

Nancy Walworth and Bob Chant

Robin Stephenson

Stephanie Elson

Our work TOGETHER depends on your support.

Get ready for Sunday Brunch!

Join with friends and family after Sunday services.

Sunday, November 12

10am - 2pm at

The Brunch Club, New Brunswick.

Bring the flyer above for the Christ Church Fundraiser.

Click the flyer to view a larger image.

On Saturday, November 18, AURA POLYPHONICA will mark the 400th year of the great English Renaissance composer William Byrd (c.1540-1623) in a concert of his music. Aura Polyphonica, New Jersey's Renaissance Collegium is in residence at All Saints' Church in Princeton. The concert begins at 7:30 and is free. Donations are accepted to further the work of Aura Polyphonica.

Located at 15 All Saints' Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. https://www.allsaintsprinceton.org/ Email: parishamin@allsaintsprinceton.org Telephone 609: 921-2420

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at the

New Brunswick, Performing Arts Center on

November 21st at 7pm

NBPAC presents

Jesus Christ Superstar: 50th Anniversary

December 6, 2023 7:00PM

New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ

Cost: $15

Visit the website: https://secure.nbpac.org/jesuschristsuperstar

Join members of Christ Church attending the show for a quick dinner beforehand, contact Sheila Cooper sheilajcooper@comcast.net

Would you like to join the Vestry or become a Diocesan Convention Deputy or Alternate? Know someone who may be great for the

position?

If yes, please fill out the nomination form HERE or

in-person

on the table in the back of the church.

Vestry Corner:

Key Topics from the October 2023

Vestry Meeting

1) The 2024 Annual Meeting Committee has been named: Meegan Adames will chair with support from Bruce Anderson, Margaret Brown-Stansbury, Artie Phills, and Shannon Pullaro.

2 ) We are organizing listening sessions in late October to invite parishioner input as we pursue the next music minister. Please make an effort to attend one of the options.

3) We discussed the status of the 2023 Rooted in Abundance Stewardship Campaign - both the pledge drive and the FUN-raising events coming soon. Stay tuned for more details.

Minutes of the September 2023 meeting can be found HERE.

Prayers requested for:

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Arnold, Christine, Dale, Danielle, Doreen, Dorothy, Eleanor, Isobel, Jacqueline, Jim, Joy, Karl, Lenora, Larry, Mary, Matthew, Penelope, Sarah, Tabby, Timothy, Vivian, and Winston.

Christ Church Ministry: Christ Church Staff

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: The Rev. Dr. Paul S. Rimassa

Birthdays this week: Allen Abbott, Robert Chant, Charles Fergusson, Anna Rose Gable, Florian Graf, Allison LiCalsi, and Shannon Pullaro

Memorial Flowers: are given by Joan S. Borden in loving memory of William S. Borden.

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

Faith Formation Newsletter

Today's ART: Parable of the Ten Virgins/Let Your Light Shine, by Susan Minteer (USA) http://www.susanminteer.com/scripture.html

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 .

Want to make a Zoom appointment with Rev. Joanna? Use the link HERE

For in person appointments, call or email Rev. Joanna!

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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