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2.17.15

The Second Sunday of Lent

(Please scroll all the way down for information about Peanut Butter and Jelly Sunday, Family Promise returning and Adult Ed)

"How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!... And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

---Luke 13: 34-35

Living Lent Attentively

Lent is the most important time of the year to nurture our inner life. It is the time during which we not only prepare ourselves to celebrate the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, but also the death and resurrection that constantly takes place within us. Life is a continuing process of the death of the old and the familiar, and being reborn again into a new hope, a new trust, and a new love. The death and resurrection of Jesus therefore is not just an historical event that took place a long time ago, but an inner event that takes place in our heart when we are willing to be attentive to it.

When we live Lent attentively and gently, then Easter can truly be a celebration during which the full proclamation of the risen Christ will reverberate into the deepest place of our being.

Click Here to See our Lenten Offerings!
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Reading in Lent

40 Words for 40 Days:

Pauses for

Lent

Trevor Hudson

Copies available in north and south narthex.

Solemn Communion Naming Ceremony

Please join us this Sunday, February 21st during the 10am Service

as we introduce the children who are committing to our 6 week program of Solemn Communion. During the Ceremony the children will be presented to the congregation and given their Bibles.

Our participants this year are:

Ashley Carcaterra, Madeleine DeSena, Caroline Ferguson, Jack Ferguson, Anna Fischer, Sienna Frangione,

Madeline Geoghegan, Maya Houston, Annabelle Lynch, Amelia Mullins, Andon Milouchev, Armand Milouchev, Christina Uzzi, and Michael Uzzi

It is with sorrow that we announce the death of

Henry Orndorff, Debbie Duffy's father,

A memorial service will be held to celebrate his life

this Saturday, February 20 at 10 a.m. at

Tower Hill Church, Red Bank.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to The First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank, 255 Harding Rd, Red Bank, NJ 07701, or to Grace Healthcare Services, 105 Fieldcrest Ave, Suite 402, Edison, NJ 08837.

CLICK HERE to read the obituary.

It is with sorrow that we also announce the death of

James Bird.

Jim's memorial service will be at St. Michael and All Angels, 2304 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, Florida., 11 am, this Saturday, February 20th.

Please keep Debbie and Jim's families in your prayers. May Henry and Jim rest in peace and rise in glory.

"Into your hands I commit my spirit;

deliver me, LORD, my faithful God."

---Psalm 31:5

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sunday

This Sunday, February 21st

Lenten Food Drive

February 10th - March 24th

Food collected this year will be donated to Lunch Break in Red Bank.

In Lunch Break's 32 year history of feeding the hungry, they are seeing record numbers of people struggling to make ends meet. With lunches, emergency food provisions, and many other services they provide much needed relief to so many of our community members in need. All of the services provided at Lunch Break are free.

Lunch Break Food Pantry Wish List (Non-Perishable):

bottled water, peanut butter and jelly, canned (fruits, vegetables, soups, stews, chili, tuna fish, chicken), canned beans, dry beans and lentils, nutritious snacks, shelf stable milk, brown rice, cereal, spaghetti sauce, instant potatoes, pasta, coffee, tea, juices, condiments, spices, macaroni and cheese, cooking oil, sugar, flour, cake mix, icing, individual portions of applesauce, pudding, snacks, gluten free foods, food for diabetics

There are hundreds of people in our immediate area who need our help!

Red Chuck Wagons and plastic bins are located in the Narthex and in Ralph Hall for the deposit of your generous donations of food.

Next Sunday, the 28th, will be Tuna Sunday.

Thank you.

Senior and Junior High

YOUTH GROUPS

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Senior High Youth Group

will meet TODAY Wednesday, February 17th

for a Valentine's day dinner and party.

All 9th-12th grade students are welcome to attend.

We meet in Ralph Hall, 6-8pm.

We will have chocolate fondue for dessert!

Junior High Youth Group

will go Ice Skating on Friday, February 26th, 8-10pm

for open-skating at the Red Bank Armory.
Please RSVP to Brenda if you plan to attend. We will meet in the lobby; St. George's will pay for skates and food at the snack bar (during half-time).

Bring a friend or two!
Also, we will reschedule volunteering at Bridge of Books for March.

FAMILY PROMISE RETURNING

Our FAMILY PROMISE GUESTS are returning to stay with us, beginning Sunday, 6 March. They will be with us for one week, and we have lots of opportunities for volunteers! Please see the sign-up sheet by the water fountain in Ralph Hall for meal/hosting opportunities. Additionally, we need assistance providing food supplies in the kitchen and potentially diapers/wipes - please email Janine Lamm-Roy if you would like to help in any way with this important part of our hosting week. And, if you've been interested in supporting this ministry but don't know how to get started, please don't hesitate to reach out to either Janine or Ophelia -- this is a very engaging ministry with lots of opportunities to go around! Thank you for ALL your support!!

Adult Education:

The Study of Islam

Fridays 9 AM and Sundays 11:30 AM in the library.

Join us for a video/discussion

All Welcome!

Calling All Knitters!
You are invited on Sunday, Feb. 21,3pm to Janet Whitman's home - 82 Grange Avenue, Fair Haven for fun, fellowship,and to bring any finished pieces of work. Those interested in joining the group for the first time are especially welcome! Please RSVP to Janet at 732 747-8376.

Confirmation

and Solemn Communion

Classes

Both Confirmation and Solemn Communion have class

this Sunday, February 21st.

*Confirmation meets at 9am in the Library

(Make up class is Wednesday, the 24th)

*Solemn Communion will meet in Jeff's office at 9:15am

Click here for more information and a ticket order form.