St. George's By The River
Wednesday Email 
First Sunday after the Epiphany

 "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."
---Matthew 2:1-2 
Family Promise: Help Needed

Our Family Promise Guests are returning this Sunday, January 11th, and we need help stocking the kitchen. If you are able to help, please email Janine Roy (jlammroy@me.com) for a list of needed supplies. Thank you all for your support of our Family Promise ministry at St. George's!

Annual Report Articles Due
Please send in your Annual Report articles to the parish secretary, Debbie Duffy, by Thursday, January 15th.
debbie@stgeorgesrumson.org Thank you!
Youth Sunday:
January 18th at 10am

We need student volunteers to read at the altar, usher to handout bulletins and/or help with the Altar Guild after Mass. If you would like your child/ren to participate, please email Brenda.
Senior High
Youth Group

We will meet tonight, Wednesday, January 7th at 6pm to 8pm.  Pizza, fellowship and fun! 
All 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students are welcome to attend.
Connections

Connections is a faith based social group for everyone at St. George's: male or female, married or single, new or seasoned adults. It is a perfect way to make new friendships or enjoy old ones. Please contact Debbie and Don Very if you are interested in joining.
SAVE the DATE:
The Annual Meeting
St. George's Annual Meeting will be on Sunday, January 25th following the 10am Service.  The nominees are as follows:
Warden: Beth Sherrard
Vestry: Marjorie Abson, Kelly Bird, Bob Becker
Clerk: Glenn VanLeet
Treasurer: Liz Gearon
Diocesan/Convocation Delegates:
Chris Vockroth, Wendy Bonello,
 Nicole Houston;
Alternate: Dianne Zeigler
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Girls' Friendly Society Meeting
This Sunday, January 11th at 11:30am 
in the Pine Room. 
Debbie Popovich will be providing lunch.

We will be preparing a dinner meal to be served to the Family Promise guests arriving on Sunday, and brainstorming on how we can help others, both collectively and individually, in 2015!
We look forward to seeing all of you on Sunday!
---Nicole & Christianna
Skeptics and Suds
The next meeting of Skeptics and Suds will be held on Monday, January 12th at Molly Maguire's, 132 East River Road, Rumson. We will meet from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. The suggested reading for this meeting can be found here.
Using short readings from contemporary, "progressive" theologians, and others who challenge the status quo of Christian interpretation, we will consider, contemplate, and debate many of the things we've been taught about God and Jesus and our faith. Can we challenge traditional interpretations of the Bible and find a spiritually meaningful understanding? If so, what might such a fresh understanding of the Scripture look like?

 

The discussion will be facilitated by both clergy and laity from St. George's-by-the-River Episcopal Church in Rumson, but anyone in the community is warmly invited to participate. Whatever spiritual perspective you represent - "traditional" Christian, another faith, no faith, "spiritual but not religious" or whatever - we would love to have you join us.  

 

Contact Jeff Roy or Joel Rogers for more information.    

Poinsettias
This is the last week for the poinsettias in the Church. We would love to see them go to good homes! Please feel free to take a poinsettia or two!