"Never stop praying, especially for others. Always pray by the power of the Spirit. Stay alert and keep praying for God's people." - Ephesians 6:18 (CEV) 

 

The Prayer family for the week of September 1 is the Hurley family. Let us be prayerfully aware of Claude, Kerri, Justin and Sydney, as well as all our members and friends.

Other prayer concerns:  The families of Linda Flannery, Robert Stuhler and Emery Wheeler; Diane Sikora; Ralph Smith; Steven Budrick; Eric Erlandsen; all those in the military, as well as those struggling with addictions and mental illness.

INQUIRERS GROUP TO MEET - An Inquirers Group, for those exploring membership in the church, will take place on Sunday, October 6, 2013.  We will start with Communion Brunch in the Annex around 11:15 a.m. and will continue until 2:00 p.m. Child care can be made available upon prior request. New members will be received in worship on October 13. Please call the Church Office to sign up, or to find out more!

USHERING SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE - The Usher Schedule for September and October is ready by the Ushers' Table.  Please find coverage if you are unable to usher on your Sunday.  (We need more ushers! Please call the church office if you'd like to help.)

AIR CONDITIONERS - Point Beach Prep is looking for two window air conditioners for the fall.  If you have some you would like to donate please call the office.  Thank you!

BOOM MICROPHONE STAND - We could make very good use of a boom microphone stand for the Sanctuary, to allow us to properly position a microphone for someone speaking from a lectern or playing the piano. Do you have one in good shape you'd like to donate?

NURSERY PARENTS - A reminder: when you leave your children with Lacey in the church nursery, please don't forget to SIGN IN with your name, your child's name and - most important - your cell phone number, so Lacey can reach you in an emergency (please put your cell phone on "vibrate"). Thanks!

Rally Day provides an opportunity for everyone - of all ages! - to check out the many action teams, programs and service opportunities available here at PPPC. There will be displays in the CE Annex of the church's various ministries including Fellowship, Mission, Church School, Music, Presbyterian Women, Worship, Volunteer Village and more. There are many, many ways you can become more involved in the Church. 

   

 

 

This change will allow more youth to participate, and allow youth the opportunity to have the rest of their Sundays free.

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

For more information contact Courtney Norton.

 

 

The Choral Bells' first rehearsal will be on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 6:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Room. Rehearsals are every Monday evening, 6:15-7:30.

As of now, there are three vacant spots at the bell tables. Unlike a vocal choir, that can keep on singing if one of the four vocal divisions is a little low in numbers, a bell choir CANNOT play if all the positions aren't filled. Potential ringers must have the ability to read music. Beginners are VERY WELCOME, even if you've never picked up a handbell before. There are lots of experienced ringers who can teach you. Both men and women are welcome!

1. Rehearsal every Thursday night means one night without the kids.
2. Single men, we have a three-to-one ratio of women to men. 
3. You always have a great, reserved seat for Christmas and Easter.
4. Friends! (You'll no longer be able to complain, "I don't know anyone.")
5. You will be setting a good example for all the children and teenagers.
6. From St. Augustine: "To sing is to pray twice."
7. Psalm 100 will come to life for you as you make joyful noise unto the Lord.
8. There's a clock at the back of the sanctuary and you want to be the first to know what time it is.
9. Men, when people ask you whether you've been behaving yourself, you can say with the utmost sincerity, "Hey, I'm a choirboy." 
10. Choir robes are flattering for every body type. And the colors are smashing!
11. It's just like American Idol, but for God - and we let you stay each week.
12. Every time you sing, an Angel gets his wings.
13 When Carl starts preaching to the choir, he'll be preaching to you.
14. Find out what "Ssssssssst" means
15. In heaven, you will know all the words to the songs.
16. It's always cooler up in the choir pews.
17. Help uplift and inspire your fellow congregation members.
18. The offering plate isn't passed in the choir pews. 

 

 

What: Calling all children to join the Dove Choir

When: Rehearsals are held Wednesdays from 5:00-5:45PM (during school year)   

 

Where: Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church   

 

All children ages 3 to 15 years of age are invited to join the Dove Choir at Point Presbyterian Church.  Learn to sing, read music and perform in a traditional children's choir. You need not be a member of the church (though you are most welcome to join).  If you are interested in being a part of this great musical experience you are welcome to attend rehearsals every Wednesday from 5:00-5:45 at Pt Presbyterian Church on Bay Ave. Entrance is on the side of the church facing Forman Ave. For further information please email  rmuraglia@comcast.net. 

 

Wednesday, September 11

first rehearsal from 5:00-5:45

 

September 29      10am service (With Chancel Choir)

October 20           10am service (With Chancel Choir)

November 10      10am service (With Chancel Choir)

November 17      10am service (With Chancel Choir)

December 8         10am service

December 24         4pm service (Christmas eve play)

 

*January 18          9:30am REHEARSAL at St Andrews United Methodist;

                                 Church Rd. Toms River)

January 19           10am service (With Chancel Choir)

*January 24           7pm DRESS REHEARSAL: Organ & Choir Festival; 

                               Christ Episcopal Church Toms River, info.TBA

*January 26          2:30pm FESTIVAL DAY Christ Episcopal Church,

                                Washington St Toms River, info. TBA 

                                (parent helpers needed for 4:00PM performance)

February 23        10am service

March 30             10am service (Youth Sunday)

April 6                 10am service

June 1                   10am service (Dove Recognition Day)

   

* The Organ and Choral Festival of Ocean County is a new and exciting event for the DOVES to take partnership with the Chancel Choir.  More information will follow soon.

Rebecca Muraglia 

732-551-7115

rmuraglia@comcast.net

As this beautiful summer is coming to a close, our teachers are busy preparing lesson plans and getting ready for a brand new school year!  We are welcoming Ms. Cindy as Head Teacher and Miss Abby as Assistant Teacher to our new Nursery classroom.  They will be utilizing Room #4, which has the eye catching Noah's Ark Mural.  Their students will be "Fishing for Literacy" as they are introduced to the letters of the alphabet, story time , music, art, math, and dramatic play. During this early childhood development, Point Beach Prep will be fostering new motor, cognitive, language and social skills.  We are honored to be their first home for education!

In the Pre-K classroom, Ms. Kerry and I will be "Farming for Knowledge" with our students.  Our dramatic play area is set up as a farm, complete with an interactive bulletin board.  For their first science project, the children will put a seed with a paper towel in a bag on the bulletin board, water it daily, and watch it grow!  Our little farmers will learn about life cycles, graph their favorite animal, count spots on cows and make their own butter!  With a moo moo here...and a moo moo there...

We are proud to say this is our biggest enrollment year to date!  If you or someone you know may be interested in registering their child, please call 732-701-9900 or email us at pointbeachprep@hotmail.com.  We offer a 10% sibling discount and a 15% church member discount.  Come see how we are education and fun, all in one!

Devlin House

Director

 

We're learning as we go along with the Volunteer Village, and one of the things we've been learning is that it's taking longer than anticipated for the Ocean County Long Term Recovery Group to get up and running with its construction management services. Eventually, we anticipate that all the work done by the groups we're hosting will be coordinated by the OCLTRG - at which time we'll just provide hospitality for the workers - but we're not there yet.

Bill Williams and Frank Jones have been doing yeoman work in negotiating with the homeowners and planning the jobs for each weekly work crew, but it's way too much for someone who has a full-time day job to do. We'll continue to depend on both of them for overall planning and consulting about technical matters, but we need a small group of people who are willing to be trained to be site coordinators, visiting the work sites daily, funneling questions to those who can best answer them, and doing some light "go-fer" work in delivering supplies they run out of and transporting tools.

Continuity is important for each visiting group, so we'll be asking each individual or couple who are serving as site coordinators to relate to that group over a 5-day period. We'll be asking you to come meet your volunteers at the Sunday evening welcome dinner, then pay them a brief visit each day, sometime between 11:00 and 2:00 pm, just to check in with them, see what they may need, and offer a few words of encouragement and thanks. You don't need to be a construction expert - far from it! Bill and Frank will still be taking care of the technical end, but what we need is some cheerful residents of our local area with a heart for relating to people.

We're purchasing a cell phone that will be passed around among these site coordinators. Work crew leaders will be given that number, and asked to call you if there's anything they need that they can't send one of their crew members out to get. If you can help them with that yourself, fine. If it's something beyond your expertise, you can call Bill or Frank, Dee D'Amore (the Volunteer Village bookkeeper) or Kim in the church office, as appropriate.

The volunteers who come to the Jersey Shore to do this work are WONDERFUL people. You'll be inspired as you get to know them, and you'll truly enjoy being a part of this effort to reach out and help neighbors in need.

Questions? Please call Peter Farwell or Pastor Carl Wilton. We'll be holding a training meeting for the site coordinators in the next several weeks.
 

Additional information will follow

Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church

 701 Forman Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742

(Corner of Bay and Forman Avenues) 

 

Church Office: 732-899-0587 Fax: 732-899-2946

Visit us at http://www.pointpresbyterian.org

Church Office: mail@pointpresbyterian.org