St. George's-by-the-River

Wednesday Email

Pentecost Sunday

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"Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them,
and a tongue rested on each of them.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in other languages,
as the Spirit gave them ability."

Acts 2:3-4
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This Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost.

Please wear RED to church!

Our newly ordained Deacon, The Rev. Paul Chalakani, will be preaching at the 8am and 10am Services.

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Confirmation/Reception &

Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows

will be on Sunday, May 31st during the 10am Service. If there are any adults who want to be Received into the Episcopal Church or anyone who wants to make a Reaffirmation of their Baptismal Vows, please contact Ophelia or Jeff as soon as possible.

Thanks to the
Church School Teachers!

Sunday School has ended for the year! It wouldn't have been possible without the faithful parents who guided our children this past year.

Many thanks to:

Lauren Collins, Kelly Cullen, Carolyn DeSena, Colleen Dunne,
Clark Herman, Lynn Hurst, Stacy Izzo, Chuck Jones,
Manioucha Krishnamurti, Beth Lenza, Bob McGill, Leigh McMullan, Debbie Memmott, Toma Milouchev, Susan Olson,
Debbie Popovich, Anne Reiss, Carole Rogers, Joe Sapone, Betsy Smith, and MaryAnn Volk

Thank you for your Support!

Thanks to all the parishioners who supported our Spring Fling Brunch Fundraiser this past Sunday for our REACH WorkCamp Trip. We so appreciate your generosity!

With our leftover food, two of our students, Willis Manelski and Kara Dixon, of their own accord, made 37 meals and delivered them to The Center in Asbury Park.

We are truly blessed by the young people in our church!

Thank you to Phil, our organist and choirmaster for 20 years of faithful musicianship to St. George's!

Thanks to our choirs for another season of music and hymns.

Looking to try something new this summer? Consider joining St. G's Summer choir and help lead our liturgy. This pickpup ensemble rehearses each Sunday morning at 9:15am in the choir room throughout the summer to prepare an easy anthem for the 10am service that day. Summer choir begins Sunday, June 7th.

CANTERBURY FAIR

JUNE 13, 2015

SAVE THE DATE!

9:30am - 2:30pm

(rain or shine)

The Canterbury Fair is 3 weeks away!

DROP OFF FOR THE FAIR WILL START ON SUNDAY, JUNE 7.

Please hold onto "treasures" for our White Elephant sale

We welcome all clean and usable 'treasures' so please keep that in mind when dropping off. White Elephant will be limiting the large pieces of furniture, due to the space that we have. If you have something that you think is fabulous, please contact Anne Marie Erwin at annemarieerwin@gmail.com or Debbie Schmidt at debschmidt269@gmail.com.

Silent Auction needs your help

We need people to help Kelly Cullen acquire donations! We would love it if you have any donations of kayaks, canoes, or paddle boards. We would love it if every parishioner gave at least one item.

Some great ideas are: restaurant gift certificates, gift cards and wine. If you are interested in helping with Silent Auction please contact Kelly at kellydcullen@gmail.com or 9178488164.

Electronics

We do not accept tube type television sets and tube type computer monitors. We do accept flat screen televisions and computer monitors. We do not accept air conditioners. We accept small appliances of any type. Please include all manuals and instructions that go with the appliance. All appliances should be in working order and clean. We do accept computer games, please include instructions if available. Volunteers during drop off week are needed.

Canterbury Kitchen

Did you know that each family in our parish is "strongly encouraged" to contribute a goodie to the Canterbury Kitchen? And with no overhead expenses to St George's, all our sales are GRAVY! So don your apron and get out your favorite recipe. Why not freeze a small casserole or two? We'd be grateful for your help! Questions, suggestions, or to volunteer, contact Joan Mercer 732.673.5962 or jmerc@comcast.net

Jewelry

Remember to bring in your personal decorative jewelry, handbags, scarves, hats, belts or any of the embellishments you've become tired of repeatedly wearing or that may not work anymore with your newest style.

Children's Auction
would like your new or unused toys, books and gift cards or gift certificates for services. Please contact Megan Collard if you have anything to donate at 617-448-3399 or megancollard@yahoo.com

Children's clothing

Please bring in your used, good condition children's clothing (infant to size 14) to Ralph Hall and place it in the large plastic bin marked "Canterbury Fair Children's Clothing".

Books

Any and all books in good condition will happily be accepted. Bag o' Books is back again this year!

Underwriting, underwriting, underwriting, it is so important!

It helps keep the costs down to maximize our fundraising potential! As you will see each week the amounts either decrease or go away, that is due to our generous parishioners who have so generously given to date! Thank you to those who have already donated! Please contact Christianna Harvey at 732.759.8086 or email, ctharvey2@gmail.com

to donate. Any amount is helpful.

Thank you to all of you who have donated toward our underwriting. This is what we still need funds for the following:

Vendor Games $300

Prizes & Crafts $500

Staging $3,500

Children's Auction $200

Police $1400

(this is for Friday night and all day Saturday)

Set-up and Clean-up

Gregg Nowell is seeking volunteers to assist in setting up (June 12) and cleaning up (June 13) the fair. Please contact him at 732-859-5365 or Nowell@sitarcompany.com if you can help.

We hope you will save the date and help us out. If you haven't signed up to be a part of the team, please call Christianna (732.759.8086) to find your opportunity. If you have even an hour before, after or during the Fair we can use you!!!

Volunteer Sign-ups are in Ralph Hall!

To Seek, Share and Serve: Outreach Grants

The following is a list of the grants approved at the April and May meetings 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.

Aslan Youth Ministries, Red Bank - $1,000

Bayshore Lunch Program , Keyport - $4,000

Clean Ocean Action, Highlands - $500

Family Promise of Monmouth County, Middletown - $3,180

Episcopal Relief & Development - $1,000

HABcore, Inc., Red Bank - $4,000

Holy Cross Monestary, New York -$500

Lunch Break, Red Bank - $3,000

Manna House, Cliffwood Beach - $1,800

New Destinies 4Kidz, Freehold - $2,000

Parker Family Health Clinic, Red Bank -$3,000

Project Paul, Keansburg - $3,000

The Center, Asbury Park - $2,165

Westside Christian Academy, Asbury Park -$2,764

A Night of Music to Benefit Family Promise!

Please mark your calendars for Friday evening, June 12th at 7:00 pm.
The Church of the Precious Blood will once again host a Cabaret, featuring Gabrielle Stravelli, Carly & Chris York and Allie Hancock. Tickets will be $35.00, but are not yet available. We will let you know as soon as they are, but don't delay in marking your calendars!!!