St. George's-by-the-River
Dragon Pause Wednesday Email
9.30.2015
19th Sunday after Pentecost
...For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
---Prayer of St. Francis

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Join us this Sunday, October 4th, 
on the Feast of St. Francis, 
at 2pm in the church  
for our annual tradition of 
the Blessing of the Animals.

All creatures great and small are welcome.  
Please make sure dogs are on leashes.

The Girls' Friendly Society will be handing out dog treats.
The GSF will also be collecting items for the SPCA of Monmouth County.  CLICK HERE for their Wish List.
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This Sunday morning, October 4th, is the Little Silver 5K race.  Please make extra time for driving to church at 8 or 10 am as some roads maybe closed.  
CLICK HERE to see the course map.
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Junior High
Youth Group
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All 6th-8th graders are welcome to attend our first Junior High Youth Group meeting this Friday, October 2nd, 6-7:30pm.  We will have a spaghetti dinner and we will plan our service projects and activities for the year, including CropWalk, Operation Christmas Child, Holiday Express, Soles4Souls and Bridge of Books.   
Please RSVP by Thursday to Brenda. 
Bring a dessert to share. 
Confirmation
Registration
If you missed this past Sunday's Confirmation Parent Meeting and would still like for your child to be Confirmed, please email Brenda to receive a packet in the mail.  
Mental Health
Matters
Praying Hands
We will meet on Monday, October 19th at 7pm in Ophelia's office.  The group is completely confidential.
  We offer support for anyone who has a loved one struggling with mental health issues. 
Foundations 
for Faith: 
A Course for Wherever 
You are on 
Your Spiritual Journey
Fridays 9am and Sundays 11:30am in the Library. 
All welcomed and encouraged to come even if you cant attend every session!
Red Bank 
35th Annual
CropWalk
to End Hunger
Please join us on Sunday, October 18th at 1:30pm to walk 5 miles to end hunger.  St. George's will walk again this year as a church.  If you would like to walk, please contact Brenda for a donation form.  If you can't walk, but would like to donate monies, please email Brenda or text 609-553-1228.
Choir of Boys and Girls!
Rehearsals begin
TOMORROW
October 1st at 4:30pm! 
 
Do you know of a young person that likes to sing?  We would like to invite them to join the Choir of Boys and Girls. The Choir is fun, and an important part of St. George's ministry of music and worship. All that is required is the ability to read English, an enthusiasm for singing, and a willingness to learn and have fun.  Rehearsals are held from 4:30 to 5:15 on Thursday afternoons with pizza parties scheduled for the Thursday following each Sunday the choir sings. 
 
Rehearsals for the Choir of Boys & Girls begin tomorrow, October 1st.

Parents and grandparents play a vital role in promoting a child's interests and, if singing is one of them, the Choir of Boys & Girls is an ideal opportunity.  Please consider it!
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Coat Drive
Outreach
To Seek, Share & Serve:
Annual Coat Drive 
October 1st through 
November End
 
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 will be set up in Ralph Hall and in the back of the church.
 The coats will be donated to Lunch Break, Project Paul and Family Promise. The patrons of these organization have always been extremely grateful for the coats they receive.
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Skeptics and Suds is Back!
This year's theme is: "If you knew when each of the books of the New Testament was written, would it change your view of what those books mean?" Here is one simple example: Did you know that at least seven of Paul's letters were almost certainly written to vibrant Christian communities before any of the four Gospels was written? We will be reading Marcus Borg's book The Evolution of the Word, which contains both a chronological history of the documents making up the New Testament and the full text of each. Our first gathering will be held at 7pm on Monday October 12th. Because Molly Maguire's Pub has been sold, we are still searching for a good venue, (if you have a suggestion, please let Joel or Jeff know!) which will be announced. This discussion group is open to anyone with a genuine desire to examine their understanding of their faith and the Bible.
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Outside, on the grounds
Canterbury Art Show:
A Tapestry of the Arts
On behalf of the art show committee, it is my great pleasure to provide the post show thank you to our parish. First, I want to thank the committee for their talents and dedication. As an observer, you probably witnessed the high level of organization and team work. Let me share how each committee member contributed.
 
Beth Sherrard, Vice-chair - Formstack, PayPal, artist liaison, and registration 
Denise Weiner, Vice-chair - Artist liaison and web site updates Maggie Raynor, Vice-chair - All spreadsheets and show treasurer
Leslie Tuthill - Catering chair 
Dianne Zeigler - Young Artists chair 
Terry Blake - St. George's internal publications 
Liz Hess - Artist-at-work chair 
Carole Rogers - Art from Artist chair
Bob Becker - Logistics chair
Deb Schmidt and Deb Very - Volunteer chairs 
Mary Jane Suruda - Creative 
 
Gather together the above group of powerful, effective people, along with the parish of St. George's, and success is guaranteed.
 
As a group we want to thank all of the volunteers of St. George's for their time and efforts: Extra hands to move and set up the grids, then the help in taking the grids down and moving them back into storage. 
 
Gregg Nowell and his group of power volunteers to stage the outside areas and anything else we needed. The extra people to assist artists to move in and pick up their artwork. The cashiers, the greeters, the art guides, and the photographer. 
 
We hope you enjoyed yourself as much as we appreciated your help. 
 
We also want to thank all of the special contributors who made the art show so much more - The Jurors, Carol Lynn Chetkin, Erik Johanson and Kim Roberts-Honecker; Connie Gryczka for the architectural tours; Guaranteed Nurseries; Mary Embrey for the very special floral arrangements; Jim Fitzmaurice for the presentation on creating the bronze statue of Jesus; Stacey Guggenheim for staging and assisting with the special Youth Art feature; Frank Csulak for his expert assistance in artwork display; and, the ad journal advertisers. 
 
Most importantly, we want to recognize the dedication from our clergy and staff and all the parishioners and friends of St. George's-by-the-River for their support of the art show. 
 
We collectively want to thank all of the talented artists who participated and came to see the Canterbury Art Show. 
 
Bottom line...how did we do? 
 
We had 664 pieces of artwork on display from 93 artists in the Juried, Non-Juried Portfolio, and NonJuried Treasure segments of the show. From this inventory, we sold 125 pieces of fantastic artwork, over $25,000. We repeated the Art from Artists segment selling over $900 in drawing tickets. The Young Artists sold an additional $1,610 from their replenished inventory. Total gross income, which includes art sales, Young Artists, artist participation, reception and entrance fees, journal sales, Art from Artists, and miscellaneous items was over $46,848, with a net income of over $17,000. The art show brought in over 200 people for the Thursday night reception and had a total count above 600 people over the 4-day event. Many of the visitors were artists, their friends, our neighbors and the community. 
 
We are proud of the Canterbury Art Show and its contribution to St. George's-by-the-River and its many Outreach ministries and missions. 
 
Sincerely,  
Coni Lefferts, Chairman
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