St. George's By The River Episcopal Church Newsletter
Lent 2
March 2014
In This Issue
Evening Prayer
Lector Breakfast
Dune Planting
Youth Group
Mental Health Matters
The Girls Friendly Society
Lenten Food Drive
Outreach
Art Show
Evening Prayer
 
Please join us for the Service of Evening Prayer. Monday - Saturday during Lent at 6:00pm in the choir stalls. 

Lector's Breakfast

There will be a Lector's Breakfast, this 
Saturday, March 15th at 8:30am in Ralph Hall. Please join us as we discuss the ins and outs of reading Scripture in worship. Please join us if you are interested in learning more about being a lector!

Sea Bright Dune Planting - 

THIS SATURDAY

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Saturday, March 15th 11am-2pm

Snow/Rain Date Sunday, March 16th

 

The Sea Bright resident volunteer group needs help planting 100,000 culms of dune grass. Their goal is to have 400 volunteers.

 

Dress in layers and bring gloves and a hat.  Bring a broom handle or stick to help create a hole to 

plant the grass in. Instruction will be provided on site before they begin.

 

Meeting places are the Boro Hall in Sea Bright (if coming from the south) 

or at the Beach Walk Hotel on Ocean Ave in Sea Bright (if coming from the north).

Jr. High Youth Group:Bowling!
On Sunday March 30th, we will meet at Brunswick Lanes on Rte 36 in Hazlet at 4pm.  $10 per person.  Shoes, pizza and soda included.  Please RSVP to Brenda.  All 6th, 7th and 8th graders are welcome to attend.

Senior High Youth Group
We will meet tonight, Wednesday March 12th at 6pm in Ralph Hall.  It is Mac N Cheese Night.  All 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders are welcome!

Solemn Communion


Classes started last Sunday, March 9th, at 9:15am in Fr. Jeff's office. They will meet again this Sunday at 9:15am in Fr. Jeff's office.  Congratulations to Christian, Jack, Maddie, Mary, Grace, Alex, Liam, Ella, Alexandra, Lillian, Vincent, Graeme, and Annie who are all making this journey together. 
  
Mental Health Matters
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Please join us on Monday, March 31st at 7:00pm for the next gathering of our mental health support group. Although we agreed to meet the 2nd Monday of each month, we have the opportunity to possibly have a guest speaker on 3/31.  
Check out our website!

Click here for all of St. George's Lenten Offerings and opportunities!
(note: Jim and Kathleen' Contemplative Prayer group does NOT meet this Sunday).
The Story
We would like to invite everyone to join us in the reading of The Story. Or if you have been following along at home we invite you to join us on Friday mornings at 9:00am or Sunday's after the 10:00 service for spirited discussion of the materials. 
We are reading chapter  23, which is the start of Jesus earthly ministry. I can think of no better Lenten discipline than to spend time reading and contemplating scripture and God's story. 
There are additional copies of The Story available in the narthex, along with our other Lenten devotional materials. Register here if you are interested in receiving weekly Story emails.
The Girls Friendly Society
The next meeting of the Girls Friendly Society will be on Sunday, March 16th in the Pine Room. We will meet from 11:15pm - 12:15pm and lunch will be served.

 

Our theme for this session will be Restraint and Self-Discipline and we will be participating in our very own St. George's Great GFS Lenten Challenge! 

 

During the week beginning Wednesday, March 5th - Wednesday, March 12th the girls will be asked to sacrifice (or limit the use of) something they are very attached to such as electronics, a type of food, texting, etc. and report back to the group on their successes, feelings, and thoughts about the challenges they faced. 

 

We will ask that they journal about their experience and bring it to the meeting on 3/16.  We will discuss and share our experiences. If your daughter is unable to attend the session, she is welcomed to participate in the challenge and just hand in, or email, her journal

Lenten Food Drive

For Lunch Break in Red Bank

 

February 23rd through April 17th

 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU!  We are off to a great start collecting food. Lunch Break is so appreciative of our efforts. 

 

Lunch Break Food Pantry Wish List (Non-Perishable): canned or dry beans; canned fruits, vegetable, soups, stews, chili, tuna fish, chicken; cereals; peanut butter and jelly; pasta and sauces; macaroni and cheese, mashed potato and rice mixes; coffee, tea, juices; mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, vegetable cooking oil; salad dressings; salt, pepper; apple sauce, pudding, snacks; sugar, flour. 

 

There are receptacles in Ralph Hall and the Narthex for the food deposits and cloth bags are available for you to keep in your car as a reminder.

OUTREACH:
To Seek, Share, Serve
 
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Following is a list of the grants approved at the November meeting of the Outreach Committee.  For each grant, a committee member "researcher" visits the agency, obtains a copy of the grant request, the latest financials for the agency and comparative bids from vendors.  After discussing the grant requests in great detail the committee votes on whether to award the grant or not.

 

Manna House, Cliffwood Beach - a transitional housing facility for women working toward regaining independent living, and their children.  A grant of $2,160 was approved to replace a security door and frame and lights in the kitchen.

Saturday Soup Kitchen, Trinity Church, Asbury Park - they provide a sit-down hot lunch each Saturday for up to 220 guests.  A grant of $500 was approved to purchase food. 

Save the Dates for our 2014 Canterbury Art Show - Labor Day Weekend -  August 29, 30, 31!

Save the date for our third annual Canterbury Art Show...a Tapestry of the Arts. St. George's-by-the-River, with over a century of history, is a spectacular setting for the fabulous artwork we will be hanging within its walls. The Canterbury Art Show...a Tapestry of the Arts, is a premier local exhibition and sale of artwork.  
 
Proceeds from the Canterbury Art Show will directly benefit St.George's-by-the-River and its outreach programs. 

 
 
The Outreach committee is pleased to announce that St. George's has been chosen as a recipient of a Diocesan Jubilee Ministries grant. This $500.00 grant will go towards building a secure storage space for all of our Family Promise related supplies. With the help of Rob List, Robby Gearon has agreed to take on this as his Eagle Scout project. Bob Winters, of the Outreach Committee commented, "It's a nice story involving the church, Family Promise, the Boy Scouts and the Diocese for providing the funding."