St. George's-by-the-River

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Wednesday Email

2.24.15

The Third Sunday of Lent

(Please scroll all the way down for information about Canterbury Fair, Readers needed for The Passion, Tuna Fish Sunday, Family Promise returning and more)

"A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down!.."

---Luke 13: 6-7

Please join us this Sunday, at 8:00am and 10:00am services to hear this weeks guest preacher:
Josh Costell!

It is with sadness that we tell you that our sister
Joan Pillsbury DeVoe has died.
Joan's funeral will be this
Saturday, February 27th,11:00am
at St. George's by-the-River.

"May Joan's soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen."

Yours in Christ,

Ophelia and Jeff

Readers Needed for The Passion

Palm Sunday at the 10am Service

We are in need of your voice and participation for the reading of The Passion at the 10AM service on Palm Sunday, March 20th. We need about 8 volunteers in addition to a few of the regular Lectors who have already agreed to participate. Please email Cathy Sutherland at: cathygsutherland@gmail.com or call her at 732-986-8290.

Thank you.

FAMILY PROMISE RETURNING

Our FAMILY PROMISE GUESTS are returning to stay with us, beginning Sunday, March 6th. 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,

there are still slots open.

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!!

Solemn Communion

Please keep the following Solemn Communion children in your prayers for the next 8 weeks as they learn about their faith, the Holy Eucharist and Jesus the Good Shepherd.

Tatum Clark, Ashley Carcaterra, Madeleine DeSena,

Caroline Ferguson, Jack Ferguson, Anna Fischer,

Sienna Frangione, Madeline Geoghegan, Maya Houston,

Annabelle Lynch, Carson Memmott, Chase Memmott,

Amelia Mullins, Andon Milouchev, Armand Milouchev,

Winton Popham, Christina Uzzi, and Michael Uzzi

This Sunday, February 28th is

Canned Tuna Sunday

Lenten Food Drive

THANK YOU to all who have so generously donated food to the drive.

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. 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

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, March 6th, will be Beans and Rice Sunday

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!

Junior High Youth Group

will go Ice Skating on THIS 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.

Senior High Youth Group

will cook for and host our Family Promise guests

on Wednesday, March 9th.

Please meet in Ralph Hall by 5:15 so we can cook.

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.

Click here for more information and a ticket order form.