Solemn Communion
Naming Ceremony
this Sunday during the 10am Service
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Please join us 
this Sunday, March 1st, during the 10am Service, as we present the children who will be participating in a six week Solemn Communion program.
The students will be learning about Jesus as the Good Shepherd, the importance of the Holy Eucharist being celebrated in His memory, and how God lives in our world through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Please come and support 24 of our young parishioners as they begin this
sacred journey!
The students:
Peter Bird, Julia Bratone, Sophia Bratone, Benjamin Brogan, Nora Collard,
Alexander Ferrigno, Faith Foderaro,
Francis Foderaro, Louis Izzo, Carter Jarck, Natalie Jarck, Kendall Carcaterra,
William Marziarz, Mia Masserio, Stephen Molnar, Hugh Olson, Cole Pangborn,
Ava Patton, Bryson Popham, Ella Popovich,
Parker Shenman, Annabeth Volk,
Christian Volk, and Lyla Whitenack
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CALLING ALL CANTERBURY FAIR CHAIRS
We will meet in Ophelia's Office right after the 10am Service, this Sunday, March 1st. We will go over a few things for this year's fair.
This is Christianna's last year chairing the fair, so she would love if someone could shadow her this year in order to be able to take over next year. This is the greatest way to get to know all the wonderful parishioners at St. George's and also help raise money for our ministries and Outreach. Please contact Christianna at [email protected]
We are also still looking for Lobster Lunch co-chairs. Please contact Christianna if you are interested, 937-367-3221.
REMINDER: As always, please hold on to your treasures for the June 13th Fair White Elephant!
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Junior High Youth Group:  SkyZone
Calling all 6th-8th graders! We will meet this Friday, February 27th, at SkyZone in the SeaView Square Mall, 6-8pm.Parents must fill out waivers on-line, CLICK HERE, or at SkyZone. It is $25 for 90 minutes and $2 for the special socks. St. George's will purchase snacks. Please RSVP to Brenda. |
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Planned Giving
Those parishioners who have informed the church that they have included St. George's in their estate plans will be welcomed as members into the 1874 Society, named after the year in which St. George's was founded.
NEW DATES:
*March 15th- Deadline for name to be engraved on the memorial plaque
*April 26th - following Evensong at 4:30: unveiling of the plaque
The plaque commemorates the creation of the 1874 Society and is engraved with the names of the founding members of the 1874 Society. Each year, those persons who have provided documentation of a planned gift to St. George's will be recognized by having their name added to the plaque. Please contact the church office for a simple form to be filled out if interested!
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Things to Give-up for Lent
Guilt, Fear, The need to please everyone, Envy, Impatience, A sense of entitlement, Bitterness and resentment, Blame, Gossip and negativity, Comparison, Fear of failure, A spirit of poverty, Feelings of unworthiness, Doubt, Self-pity, Retirement, Excuses, Lack of counsel, Pride, Worry
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The Annual Report: One Article Every Wed. Email (this week - the Planned Giving Report)
St. George's Planned Giving Program continues to grow slowly but surely. As of now, thirty-one (31) - an increase of four (4) - individuals and/or families have notified St. George's that they have named the Church in their wills or indicated they will make a gift of some form at a later date to one or more of the following Planned Giving funds:. Legacy Cornerstone Fund - to provide for the maintenance and repair of the buildings and grounds of St. George's and support future special projects to add to and/or improve the quality of our facilities. Legacy Outreach Fund - to support St. George's outreach programs and provide financial support to other worthy organizations that seek to further the mission of our Church. Legacy Parish Life Fund - to be used for the enrichment of worship, music, Christian education and fellowship As of now, the status of each fund is as follows: Legacy Cornerstone Fund - has received $192,553 in eight (8) donations and disbursed a total of $150,802  primarily for the very important purchase and renovation of the Cadwallader house to be the residence of our Associate Rector and his family and some very necessary tree treatments and pruning. The current remaining balance is $43,770. Legacy Outreach Fund - has received a total of $61,770 primarily from one donor family. Those funds remain available for use as the Vestry and Clergy see fit. Legacy Parish Life Fund - has not received any donations but remains available to all The 1874 Society will soon be formed to commemorate all who have in any way designated St. George's as a beneficiary. Anyone who makes St. George's a beneficiary will become a Charter Member of the 1874 Society. Each will have their name placed in the Legacy Funds permanent record that will be displayed in the Church area and list all Charter members and, as time passes, additional contributors. Planned Giving is an important program created to give St. George's additional funds for emergencies and special short and longer term needs. These funds are available as needed to provide and protect St. George's now if really necessary but more so in future years. Anything given to a Legacy Fund is not restricted to interest or income only funds availability but cannot be spent without the Legacy Funds Board of Trustees recommendation and Vestry approval. Shortly, another copy of our Planned Giving brochure will be mailed to all with further explanation of the program and how best to join and designate one or more of the three (3) funds as your beneficiary. Please remember a gift designation now does not necessarily involve any immediate financial payment. Rather it is generally a future commitment that will mean a great deal to St. George's at some later date. Please feel free to contact Ophelia, Jeff or any member of The Legacy Trust Funds Board of Trustees with any questions, requests or committments. Respectfully submitted, The Legacy Funds Board of Trustees Bob Becker, Herb Geiss, Sandy Goehring, Don Grant, Stephanie Hurtt, Ted Yarbrough |
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Lenten Liturgies
Evening Prayer
Mon-Sat at 6pm
Holy Eucharist with Healing
Wednesdays at 12pm
Holy Eucharist with Blessing of Pets
Saturday, March 14th, 5pm
Lenten Preachers (Sundays)
March 1st:
The Rev. Dr. James Jones
March 8th:
Mrs. Elizabeth Swikart
March 15th:
Mrs. Kathleen Boushie
March 22nd:
Mr. Matthew Smith (Jr.)
Lenten Readings
(available in the Narthex)
"Lent with St. Francis" by Diane M. Houdek ($5/copy)
ERD, Devotional Pamphlet (free)
The Bible and You (orange booklet- free)
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Lenten Food Drive
February 22nd-
April 2nd
We will collect food for Lunch Break. Their wish list includes: canned or dried beans, canned fruit and vegetables, soups, stews, chili, tuna, canned chicken, coffee, tea, juices, peanut butter, jelly, pasta, sauces, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, rice mixes, mayonaise, ketchup, mustard, vegetable cooking oil, salad dressing, salt, pepper, apple sauce, pudding, snacks, sugar and flour. There will be bins in Ralph Hall to drop off items. Thank You!
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Luggage Drive for Family Promise 
The Family Promise guests that stay at our church come with their clothes and toiletries in a garbage bag. We have started collecting luggage to be given to the guests when they enter the Program. We want 25 roll-along suitcases for children and 25 duffle bags for adults.
If an individual or family would like to provide either a roll-along suitcase or duffle bag, please stop by the Suitcase Hospitality booth (in the Narthex before church, or in Ralph Hall after the 10:00 service), and select a luggage tag. Once you have purchased the luggage please place the luggage tag on the piece itself and leave it in either Ralph Hall or the Narthex.
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Skeptics and Suds
The next meeting of Skeptics and Suds will be held on Monday, March 9th 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.
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Do you have an old analog phone?
Love, INC. will be moving to a temporary location
at Monmouth Church of Christ until their permanent location in Long Branch is available. They need 5 analog phones to run their operation. If you can help, please call Carolyn Eyerman, Director of Love, INC., 732-542-7012 or email [email protected]. Thank you.
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