CROPWALK this Sunday

October 19th we will walk the Red Bank CropWalk to raise funds to help stop hunger.
If you want to walk with Team St. George's, please contact Brenda. If you want to donate, please make checks out to CWS/Crop and drop-off at the church office. Thanks!

Confirmation
Classes

Confirmation classes for any 8th grade student or older, begin on Sunday, November 2nd. If you have not done so yet, and would like your child to be confirmed this school year, please contact Jeff or Brenda.

Suicide Prevention Workshop

Tuesday, October 28th, 7pm

Sponsored and presented by Turning the Tides

Stay tuned for details!

Senior and Junior High Halloween Costume Party

All 8th to 12th graders are invited to our Youth Group Halloween Party on Wednesday, October 29th, 5:30 to 8pm in Ralph Hall. There will be food and fun... pumpkin carving, games, prizes for best and worst costume and best carved pumpkin. Please RSVP to Brenda by Sunday the 26th so we purchase enough pumpkins.

Sunday, Nov. 2nd.

All Saints Sunday:

Please send us the name of your favorite saint, (living or dead) to be listed in our Sunday bulletin, along with a photo or image to be displayed!

No Yoga on Tues. 10/21 on account of Fam. Promise; yoga resumes on 10/28!

St. George's by-the-River

Wednesday Email
19th Sunday of Pentecost

(Please scroll all the way down... Confirmation, Halloween Party, All Saints Day, Furniture and Halloween Candy needed, Outreach update and more..)

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"I am the true vine and my Father is the

Vine Grower...You are the branches.

Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit," (Jn. 15:1,5).

Please join us:

this Sunday October 19th,

8 am and 10 am

to celebrate our many ministries through your presence and financial pledge. Bring your pledge card to church with you or fill out one from the pews and put it in the offering plates to be blessed.

Afterwards, please join us for a

Celebratory Parish Breakfast in Ralph Hall following 10 am worship! (adult ed cancelled for today only).

Thanks to the 50 families who have already made a financial pledge! Your generosity and commitment are greatly appreciated!

Did you know that you can make your pledge online?

FAMILY PROMISE

Our Family Promise guests are returning!

We will be hosting our Guests from October 19 through October 25th.

There is one slot available for an evening host and 2 overnight slots available. Please see the sign up sheet by the water fountain in Ralph Hall, or email Janine Lamm-Roy (jlammroy@me.com). If you are not able to participate in the above roles, please consider helping us stock the pantry, pick up/return linens to Jersey Shore Medical, or set up/tear down. Please contact Janine with any questions-- no experience is required.

Outerwear for Outreach

Now until the end of November, we will be collecting coats and parkas for adults and children. The coats do not need to be cleaned, but please clean out the pockets.

Racks are set up in Ralph Hall.

Donations will go to Lunch Break, Project Paul and Family Promise.

Halloween Candy collection for Seamen's Church Institute

We will be collecting candy to be added to the gift bags that will be given to the mariners at Christmas. A box will be set up in Ralph Hall closer to Halloween to deposit the candy.

As you may know, the St. George's Knitters are busy all year making hand crafted garments for the mariners. For information about the Christmas at Sea Program here is the link:

http://www.seamenschurch.org/christmas-at-sea.

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Four Families in need of Furniture

The Center in Asbury Park is in need of living room dining room and

kitchen furniture for four families. Please contact Beth Sherrard if you

can help or if you know of someone that can help.

bethsherrard@comcast.net, 732-383-7465.

The Center provides a permanent

residence to 25 individuals living with HIV/AIDS and also provides

emergency placement for homeless individuals as well as rental and

utility subsidies to prevent homelessness.

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OUTREACH COMMITTEE UPDATE

The following is a list of the grants approved at the October 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. Awards are made by committee vote.

Holiday Express, Tinton Falls

Holiday Express is a non-profit organization that delivers music, food, gifts, financial support, and friendship to those with the greatest need for the gift of human kindness during the holiday season and throughout the year. They do about 70 shows during the season. They supply parties, blankets, personal products, 4000 children get gift baskets. A grant of $1,000 was approved so that they can purchase deodorant for their hygiene goodie bags that they hand out.

Holy Cross Monastery, New York

It is a unique place providing opportunity for retreat to our parishioners and others, fostering growth in faith and fellowship. We approved a grant of $500 from the budget to be used for general expenses.

MonmouthCares, West Long Branch

They assist families with children with emotional and behavioral challenges. They employ 37 social workers. We approved a grant of $1,500 from the budget to support the development of a Timebanking project in Monmouth County. This will leverage time and talents of community participants to support each other via service exchanges. It is a web application that will allow members to post service requests and offer their skills to one another.

The Community YMCA, Asbury Park

- Y Teen Achievers Program, they send 36 children to 9 college campuses. The children are as young as 9th grade. The purpose is so that the children can envision what opportunities there would be for them. We approved a grant of $1,500 from the budget to be used for scholarships for children that are part of this program.

Rumson Green Day

Electronics and book recycling and document shredding!
For more info, click here.