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Honoring the Young People of St. George's and their Leaders

Be sure to come to church this Sunday, 10am to hear both from our REACH Campers about their experience renovating homes and from our Girls Friendly Society campers, who learned about worship and the church seasons while at camp in Cape May.
helping hands
 Here is the list of those currently at REACH Workcamp:
Our Students:
Chris Appezzato, Jack Croddick, Olivia DiStefano, Kara Dixon, Emma Gill, JP Harvey, Heather Hernandez, Liam Hughes, Matthew Hughes, Tiffany Kapela-Barlow, Natalie Olya Langille, Frankie Lanziano, Anna Mandia, Emma Mandia, Gloria Mandia, Andrew Newsome, Bailey Newsome, Eli Rallo, Gabrielle Ramirez, Jamie Riley, Lauren Sapone, Wes Sapone, Shayna Schwartz, Isabelle Slavin, Matthew Smith, Morgan Steinbacher, Christina Tardiff, Olivia Teevan, Ellie Wasserman, and Clark Yarbrough.
Adults: Kathy Boushie, Brenda Milouchev, Doug Raynor, Jeff Roy, Michael Tardiff, John Ward and Torie Ward. 
You can also send our campers cards, letters of encouragement and/or care-packages   to the camper's name using the following address: camper's name followed by:                                   

c/o REACH Workcamps 
Parkwood High School 
3220 Parkwood School Road 
Monroe, NC 28112
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Here is a list of our St. G.'s Girls Friendly Society members:

The girls:
Annie Clough, Nora and Mary Collard, Campbell and Lucy Devlin, Madeline Geoghegan, Maggie Harvey, Sasha Herman, Maya and Mikayla Houston, Sarah and Emmalyn Irianne, Tara Krishnamurti, Alexa LaRosa, Eleanor Lynch, Amelia, Ginger, and Livvy Mullins, Ella Popovich, Brynn Pritchard, Maddie and Noel Rizzo, Olivia and Jackie Rogers, Sydney Tencza, Sally Thomas, Julianna Vockroth, Addie Whisnand, Claudette Yarbrough
The leaders: Nicole Houston and Dianne Zeigler
The Vockroths have graciously invited all girls to their house at 71 Dorchester Way, Shrewsbury for an end-of-the-year pool party this Sunday, 2pm. 
 

 

 

Family Promise 
Our Family Promise Guests will be with us starting  

Sunday, July 27th thru August 3rd.   

Look for the sign-up poster in Ralph Hall (near the water fountain) to provide a meal or be a host. Contact Janine Lamm-Roy here with questions.     

 

Come join us for a Family Promise Volunteer (re)Orientation! We will meet in the Library at 7:30 on Wednesday, July 23rd. Our agenda will be to review FP Guest guidelines, review Volunteer roles and responsibilities, and introduce some new guidelines which will help both our Guests and Volunteers. We hope you will join us for an informative hour, whether you are a new or seasoned Volunteer (or even if you're just curious about this ministry)! If you would like any further information, please reach out to Janine Lamm-Roy (jlammroy@me.com). We hope to see you there!

 
Book Discussion Group:
Book Club

We will meet Monday, July 28th in the library at 7:30pm to discuss "Orange is the New Black." Save the date, Monday September 22 for "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tart. It is 784 pages so you have the summer to read it.   Please contact  Liz Gearon with any questions.                                                                                                     

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Articles for the fall Dragon Pause are due in the office August 1.

 

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Submit Your Favorite Hymn!
Please submit your favorite hymn to  Phil to be played on Sundays during the summer. Only sacred music to be considered.
AND...
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SING IN THE CHOIR? 
Now is your chance!!
Summer choir has begun. The group gathers at 9:15 each Sunday morning in the Choir Room throughout the summer months to prepare and lead our worship for that day. Join us!
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Join Us For Worship on the Beach 
this Saturday, July 19th, 5:30pm at Anchorage Beach,
(cross the Rumson-Seabright bridge, turn left; beach is immediately on the right). Once on the beach, look for the Episcopal flag! Since parking may be limited, consider parking at St. George's and walking to the beach. In event of "iffy" weather call the church office: 732 842-0596, hit 2# and listen to the message.  Bring a towel/chair and a friend!                                                                                                                                            
beach
Look for this Flag!

 

The Canterbury Art Show
 

St. George's Young Artists in the Canterbury Art Show

Once again, the children of St. George's had fun while creating mini-masterpieces to be on sale for $10 each at the Canterbury Art Show, Labor Day Weekend, August 29, 30, 31. This has become a very popular youth activity. Packets of 10 different cards will also be available for $20.   Earmarked sales proceeds will go to Amanda's Easel, through 180 Turning Lives Around, an art therapy program for victims of domestic abuse.  

For more info, please contact Dianne Zeigler at 732-571-5053 or Dianne_Zeigler@yahoo.com 

 

St.George's 2014 Raffle! How would you like to win a $5,000 or a $3,000 vacation voucher or an Apple gift certificate valued at $600? And help the parish meet its commitment to our Outreach programs. If you haven't already done so, won't you please consider selling or buying your own tickets?This is one of only three fundraising events that we do each year (Canterbury Fair and the Art Show being the other two) and we can use all the help we can get to lend a hand to those less fortunate in our community.The Raffle drawing will take place on Friday, August 29 at 7:45pm at the Art Show reception and winners need not be present. If you've sold and/or bought 5 raffle tickets, you will receive one free attendance (a $40 value) to this catered reception on August 29. If you cannot sell all 5 tickets, please consider at least selling or buying 2 of them. We are most grateful for your efforts, large and small.

 

Please contact Ophelia asap if you are interested in attending the workshop below.

 

75th Anniversary of

Episcopal Relief & Development!

 

MDG Task Force Annual Workshop

Joy Shigaki, the Director of the Celebration for Episcopal Relief & Development will be our keynote speaker and will help facilitate the workshop. Topics to be covered include:

  • History of Episcopal Relief & Development, Current Priorities and Practices, and Overview of Celebration Plans.
  • Public Narratives as a tool to engage congregations.
  • Mapping congregational assets as a guide for planning and action.

When:  Saturday, July 19th from 10 am to 3 pm

Where:  St. Matthew's Church, Pennington

Suggested Contribution: $20

 

All churches in the Diocese are encouraged to send their MDG parish representatives, deacon, clergy, outreach committee member, warden or someone who will guide this celebration in your congregation.

Please contact Sarah Paige at 394-5281 or spaige@dioceseofnj.org to register by Wednesday, July 16th.