St George's-by-the-River 
Dragon Pause 
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 
The 12th Sunday After Pentecost
(please scroll all the way down, there is lots of new information.)


"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." 
---Luke 12:34
  

Evening Benefitting Quilts for Kids
TOMORROW, Thursday, August 4th at 6pm
St. George's By the River

Please join us for an evening of education and inspiration. Quilts for Kids Nepal is a microfinance project, based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It's mission is to provide work for economically-challenged women and to finance education for underprivileged children. James Hopkins, the project founder, will introduce the work of the project, its background and how the work makes a difference to empowering women and educating children in Nepal. For every quilt sold - a child gets to go to school for a year. Rebuilding Nepal one young mind at a time. 
Please come and join us and please spread the word- the more that come, the more women and children in Nepal benefit. 100% of your donation to Quilts for Kids Nepal goes to fund school tuition, school uniforms, shoes, pencils, books and backpacks for the kids, or to supporting the women's project! 
For more information, please visit
http://www.quiltsnepal.org 
 
 
 
Join Us for Holy Eucharist with Holy Baptism on the Beach!
THIS Saturday, August 6th, 5:30 pm  

Those to be baptized:
Ryan Nicholas Baldino 
Walker Ford Reynholds 
Blake Fry Scudder 
Henriette Dodge Scudder 

Anchorage Beach
Bring a chair/towel and dress casually;
Parking now metered;
Best plan - park at St. G.'s and walk.
(Over bridge, turn left.  Anchorage is first beach on right;
look for the Episcopal flag).  
In case of "iffy" weather, check St. George's Facebook page or the Clergy Instagram accounts for updates on location or call the church, 732-842-0596, then press 2# and listen to the message.

 
 

For what?
CLICK HERE to find out.

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Church School will begin on the  
11th of September  
with a Kick-off Celebration 
in Ralph Hall. 
Our new program is called:
THINK ORANGE. 
If you would like to be a
Church School teacher,
please email Brenda.

Volunteers needed for the Canterbury Art Show!
 
For the past five years many of you have generously volunteered your time and friendly hospitality to guide visitors through the art show and St. Georges. We need your help again this year; specifically as greeters, art show guides, cashiers, bartenders (reception only) and ticket sellers for the reception on Thursday evening and all three days of the show. The dates and times for which we need your help are:
        
*Thursday, Sept. 1, 6:45pm - 9:00pm
    (Preview and Reception)

*Friday, Sept. 2, and
Saturday, Sept. 3:
 10:00am - 2:00pm and 2:00pm-6:00pm

 *Sunday, Sept. 4: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
 
Try our new automated volunteer sign-up system to see what slots are available. Just click on the link below (look for the dates of 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, and 9/4). Sign in with your e-mail address, take a look at the schedule and enter your name in any of the slots that strike your fancy and fit your schedule.

If E-mail or Internet "stuff" is not your thing, please call: 
Coni Lefferts (732-888-1194) or
Beth Sherrard (732-383-7465) or
Maggie Raynor (732-233-4701)
and we will give you a hand.

Volunteer sign up: 
Don't forget to go to  
to sign up online for any of the 
 volunteer slots still open.
school supplies

Backpack and School Supplies Collection
for Foster and Adoptive Services
August 8 through September 11
 
Any school supplies would be greatly appreciated
(backpacks, pencils, markers, notebooks, rulers, erasers,
crayons, etc). Containers will be set up in Ralph Hall for 
you to drop off supplies.  The backpacks will be brought
to the altar to be blessed on Sunday, the 11th of September. 
Announcing St. George's Trip to Israel!

Dates: 2/28/17-3/9/17
Highlights include tours - with an incredible guide of:
Jerusalem, Capernaum, Shiloh, the Golan Heights, the Sea of Galilee, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and much more! Price: currently being worked out. Please contact us if you are interested in going. There is still room!
 
Canterbury
Art Show:
Juried Results
 
 
   
Results are in! Congratulations to the following artists who have been selected to participate in the juried portion of the 2016 Canterbury Art Show on Labor Day weekend:


Marilyn Baldi      Guy Hembling Blake Reuter  
Suzanne G. Bennett Erika Hogan  Steve Scanlon
Joe Bergholm Joseph Imbesi  Mike Scherfen
Jill Broderick Steven Lehner MaryLou Shipman  
Carol Bruno Bonnie Martelli Paula Shipman  
Austen Clements Annette Mastrolia-Tynan  DJ Siravo
Mary Connell Gaynor Vince Matulewich Bonnie Smith  
Lauryn de Leeuw Randy Mayer   Ilene Smith
Marc F  Robert McDonoughMargaret Smolarski  
Pat Flaherty  G.A. (Jerry) Mesander Yelena Snovsky
John Forrester  Grace ModlaCecilia Swatton  
Nanci France-Vaz  Susie MoodyCarol Taylor  
Ellen Gavin  Joan MyersGail Tobias  
MaryAnn Goodwin Rebeccah Newman   Norma Tolliver  
Donna Gratkowski   MaryBeth Ober 
Dianne Gray  Kellie O'Bosky 
Regina Guarino  Thomas Parkes 
Felicia Hannick  Mike Quon 
                       
            After careful review by our judges, the above artists have won coveted spots in the juried section of the art show.
All winners - Best-in-Show, Award in Excellence and Honorable Mention - will be announced at the "Meet the Artists" reception on Thursday, Sept. 1.
 
            The judges were Carol Lynn Chetkin, co-owner of the Chetkin Gallery in Red Bank; Erik Johanson, Adjunct Professor in the Art Department at Brookdale Community College; and Cheryl Griesbach, a member of the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and a Best-in-Show winner at the Canterbury Art Show for the past three years. To get a preview of some of the art work or to learn more about the judges, visit www.canterburyartshow.com