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Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church
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Weekly News for
Sunday,
April 27, 2014
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Friday Fun Night
April 25TH
6-8pm
At the Christian Education Building at Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church
701 Forman Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
For ages 3-11
All children are invited to come wear their pajamas and enjoy pizza, games, face painting and a movie. The cost is $2 per child to pay for the pizza. Parents are welcome to drop off or stay. It is going to be fun!
This event is put together by the Point Pleasant Presbyterian Sunday School. If you are interested please email Sarah Morrison (smorrison108@yahoo.com) or call 732-899-0587.
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 Friends, This past Tuesday was Earth Day. It's a day to remind ourselves, each year, of the importance of stewardship of the earth. With evidence of climate change becoming ever more obvious, the Earth Day message is becoming even more relevant. Truly, it's got to become more than a once-a-year affair. This Sunday in worship, our seminary assistant Sue Smith will bring a special Earth Day message, entitled "Choices." This is also Sue's last Sunday with us (although she'll be stopping by the Volunteer Village the first week in May, to be of assistance to this week's Sandy recovery work team from Storm Lake, Iowa). Her ministry in our midst, and especially her passion for social ministry, has been much valued. Come join us, and express your appreciation to her personally! Pastor Carl
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This Sunday
Sunday, April 27
Second Sunday of Easter
Romans 8:18-25
Sue Smith preaching: "CHOICES"
9:00 a.m. - Youth Connection
10:00 a.m. - Worship with Special Music/Noisy Offering
10:00 a.m. Sunday School Begins in Worship
11:00 a.m. - PW Coffee Hour
11:00 a.m. - Nominating Committee
11:30 a.m. - Sarah Hope Circle
2:30 p.m. - Claremont Care Center
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"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 April 27, 2014, is the Stryker family. Let us be prayerfully aware of Hugh and Jane, as well as all our members and friends.
Prayer Concerns: Faith Gallagher; the family Dave Merkle (Joanne McGuire's brother in law); Susan Robbins; Michael Jr. and Matthew Fahey; Gloria Buckalew; Hugh Stryker; Robert Conway Jr; Val Napolitano; Vince DeMartino; Ralph Smith; all those in the military, as well as those struggling with addictions and mental illness.
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NOISY OFFERING This Sunday is "Noisy Offering." We will be accepting contributions to Cents-Ability, a hunger ministry of the Presbytery of Monmouth.
COFFEE HOUR - Please join us in the Chittick Lounge for the PW sponsored Coffee Hour following the service.
ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS - Applications are now being accepted for the Griggs Scholarship. Please provide an essay detailing your church, community and school activities. All graduating high school seniors seeking further study are eligible to apply. All applications are due Sunday, May 11, 2014. If you have any further questions, please call the Church office. Over the last 30 years Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church has been awarding the Virginia Griggs Scholarship as a way to recognize a high-school senior whose character and service to the church and community are to be commended. The Equipping Team welcomes any additional gifts or memorials be made to this fund. Checks can be made payable to the Church with "Griggs Scholarship" marked on the memo line.
IHN BENEFIT - The Second Annual Richard J. Allen Memorial Concert with the Bill Lawlor Quintet will take place at Christ United Methodist Church, 678 5th Street, Lakewood, this Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 each and are available at the door and through the IHN office 732-736-1550. Net proceeds to benefit Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean County.
 INQUIRERS GROUP - An Inquirers Group, for those exploring membership in the church, will take place on Sunday, May 4. We will begin with Communion Brunch in the CE Annex beginning around 11:15 p.m. Child care can be made available upon prior request. New members will be received in worship on May 11. Please call the Church Office to sign up, or to find out more!
LUNCH AT THE RAINBOW DINER - This Monday, April 28, members of our congregation will be meeting for Lunch at the Rainbow Diner in Brick. Lunch begins at 12 noon. Stop in and have lunch with some laughs.
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Administrative Professionals Day
 April 23 was Administrative Professionals Day. A day that gives "bosses" an opportunity to thank those who help them keep things running on a daily basis! Carl, Linda and the Session would like to take this opportunity to thank our Church Secretary Kim Gaydos and Financial Secretary Donna Ferry, for all their hard work both in front of and behind the scenes. Although Nancy Stout is technically our volunteer Church Treasurer, she has done work outside that label on many occasions and we feel it's important to honor her as well.
Their duties are multi-faceted, and their skills and knowledge allow them to accomplish any task whether it be big or small, with an efficiency that makes it look easy to the rest of us! We are grateful for their hard work and bright smiles and if you ask them something they don't know, they will guide you to the correct source. We also thank them for the many assignments they have all taken on at times that have gone above and beyond their job descriptions.
Flowers have been sent to them as a reminder of our appreciation, but don't hesitate to congratulate them on a job well done!
Members of Session
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What's New In Glory to God?
 The new Glory to God Presbyterian hymnal we'll introduce later this spring includes all the familiar hymns we're used to singing, but offers a whole range of new hymns as well. Each week in this space, we'll share a video highlighting one of the great new songs from Glory to God. This week's selection is "I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry." Click on the image below to have a listen!  | | I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry |
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Would You Like To GO GREEN?
Would you prefer to receive your quarterly giving statement electronically, rather than by picking it up at church, or receiving it in the mail? We'd rather send it to you by  email, and save both paper and the cost of a first-class stamp. If you would like to "go green" and join the growing ranks of church members and friends who are receiving electronic statements, please contact Financial Secretary Donna Ferry, either by email or by phoning (732) 899-0587.
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 We love getting your news articles for our weekly e-newsletter - keep 'em coming!
Please understand, though, that from now on we're only going to run identical articles about upcoming events if the event is coming up in TWO WEEKS or less. If you'd like to send a brief "hold the date" sort of announcement earlier, we can find room for that - but we're aware that, when the same article runs for weeks and weeks, it doesn't get read after the first appearance or two - and, more than that, the articles around it don't get read, either.
So.... please help us KEEP IT FRESH, by understanding when we limit the run for coming-events articles to two weeks. Thanks!
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Scholarships for Christian Service
 DID YOU KNOW Point Pleasant Presbyterian has a scholarship fund for members attending higher-education institutions in order to prepare for a Christian vocation?
These funds may be used for those attending seminary, as well as for other professional degree programs to prepare for service to the church.
For more information, please speak to one of the pastors.
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Sunday School News
 Last week, we learned about the story of Jesus' resurrection. We discussed how the change Jesus goes through is like a butterfly. The butterfly starts as an egg and goes through different stages to become a butterfly, just like Jesus went through different events. In Sunday School we had fun making beautiful stained glass tissue paper eggs and creating a mural on what Easter means to us.
This week we are learning about the days after Jesus' resurrection and the time he spent with the disciples on the walk to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). On this walk two disciples are discussing the events of the days before, when they meet a man. The man asks what they are talking about. As they tell the man what they are discussing they question if Jesus was the true messiah and if the stories were true.
The man reminds them of the scriptures and how it was predicted that this would happen. They spend the whole day with the man and eventually invite him to dinner. When the man blessed the food they realize the man is Jesus. I believe this passage is like the poem "Footprints in the Sand" by Mary Stevenson. In this poem the write reminds us that Jesus is always with us. At Sunday school today we will read the story and have fun playing games making crafts that reinforce the idea that Jesus is always with us.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Sunday school's Egg Hunt. I think the children had a blast looking for eggs. It was so nice to see our families laughing and enjoying Easter Sunday together.
Sarah Morrison
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April 27 Regular meeting
May 3rd Saturday* potential fundraiser activity for mission trip members*
May 4th regular meeting
May 11th - Pancake breakfast fundraiser for mission trip
May 16th - 18th - Jr. High retreat @ Johnsonburg
May 18th - Last meeting, Messy Game Night
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This week we met Mr. Z! We cannot believe we have learned all the letters of the alphabet. The children keep telling us how smart they all are!
Our American Sign Language word was zipper and we learned to sign the letter Z. At our project table we made zebras and zoo animals. We also started some special projects for our upcoming Mother's Day Tea. We acted like zoo animals and zebras, pretended to zip our coats, had zigzag races, and we were zany!
Mason was our Pre-K Student of the Week. His Mommy came in on Wednesday and made a ladybug craft with the class. She also brought in delicious banana muffins. Lyla was our Nursery Student of the Week. Her Mommy came in and read 3 special stories with the class. We are thankful for our parents' participation in our classes!
On Tuesday and Wednesday we talked about Earth Day. We discussed many ways we could help to protect our planet. We read Michael Recycle and even made a robot out of items we reused from our dramatic play Grocery Store.
The children were so excited to see TWO new dramatic play areas. We introduced a Post Office AND a Play School. We saw lots of letters being written and mail being delivered. Each of the children took turns being the teacher and sitting at the desks at our play school. They were very busy!
On Thursday, the Point Pleasant Beach Children's Librarian came in to read stories and sing songs with both classes. This Monday, a Soccer Shots coach will be coming to Point Beach Prep to teach all the children soccer!
See you next week with numbers 1 and 2!
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Groups Staying in the Volunteer Village
Groups have been arriving and staying once again at our Volunteer Village. The following is our latest list of groups scheduled.
May 4-10 Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Storm Lake, IA
May 18-23 Lend A Hand, and Presbytery of West New York, Portville, NY
May 26-31 Presbytery of Detroit
June 8-14 Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Modesto, CA
June 15-20 Lend A Hand
June 18-22 Faith Presbyterian Church, Emmaus, PA
June 22-28 Presbytery of Western Kentucky, Henderson, KY
July 6-12 First Presbyterian Church OKC, Oklahoma
July 7-12 York United Presbyterian Church, York, NY
July 20-26 Presbyterian Church Morristown, Morristown, NJ
July 27-Aug 1 Canfield Presbyterian Church
Aug 3-9 Fairfield and Timber Ridge Presbyterian Churches, VA
Aug 10-16 The Presbyerian Church of Woodbury, Woodbury, NJ
Aug 17-21 Lend A Hand
Sep 7-13 Pass A Grille Beach Community Church, St. Pete Beach, FL
Sep 14-20 Crossroads Community Presbyterian Church, Leechburg, PA
Sept 28-Oct 4 Presbytery of Iowa
October 12-17 Lend A Hand
Oct 19-25 Scioto Valley Presbytery, Columbus, OH
Nov 9-14 Lend A Hand
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Calendar For The Week
 The latest edition of the church calendar is available online, on the church's website.
Sunday, April 27
9:00 a.m. - Youth Connection
10:00 a.m. - Worship with Special Music
10:00 a.m. Sunday School Begins in Worship
11:00 a.m. - PW Coffee Hour
11:00 a.m. - Nominating Committee
11:30 a.m. - Sarah Hope Circle
2:30 p.m. - Claremont Care Center
Monday, April 28
9:15 a.m. - PW Coordinating Team
12:00 p.m. - Lunch at the Rainbow Diner - all welcome
6:15 p.m. - Choral Bells Rehearsal
Tuesday, April 29
9:30 a.m. - Busy Hands
6:45 p.m. - Scouts
7:00 p.m. - Action Teams meet
Wednesday, April 30
9:00 a.m. - Women's Breakfast at the Rainbow Diner
5:00 p.m. - Dove Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, May 1
7:30 a.m. - Men's Breakfast
7:30 p.m. - Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Friday, May 2
Saturday, May 3
Sunday, May 4
9:00 a.m. - Youth Connection
10:00 a.m. - Worship with Chancel Choir - Communion
10:00 a.m. Sunday School Begins in Worship
11:00 a.m. - Communion Brunch, CE Annex
11:15 a.m. - Inquirers Group
12:30 p.m. - PW Spring Gathering
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 Birthday Blessings
April 27 Audrey Stolfe-Legreide
April 28 Christopher Parish, Evangeline Reid, Dorothy Weidele
April 29 Isabella Barbieri, Diantha Mathews-Brown
April 30
May 1 Maureen Mosmen, Jason Paulus, Melissa Savage, Summer Smith, Peyton Giordano
May 2 Kharinna DeRosa,
May 3 Bridget Lukacs, Geoff Reilly
May 4 Colin Ackerman, Julia Ackerman,
May 5 Elizabeth Pula
May 6 Dave Ferrara, Lauren Findlay, Robin Purtell
May 7 Jack Akins, Madison Jones
May 8 Margaret Havanki
May 9 Jennifer Akins
May 10 Sean Cleveland
May 11 James Mosmen
May 12
May 13
May 14 Stephen Freer Balko
May 15
May 16 Kevin Legreide, Faythe Matullo, Charlene Mendelsohn
May 17 Nancy Jalowski
May 18 Andrea Crate, Frank Jones, Naomi Lappke, Celishia Scarpone
May 19
May 20 Kimberlee Trainor
May 21 Peggy Bierach, Lois Jean Geene
May 22 Gerard Jalowski, Calvin Rice, Daniel Scarpone Jr.
May 23 Jacob Freer Balko, James Sahadi, Catherine Walker, Jack Whitman
May 24 James Hudnut, Andrew Hudson
May 25 Deirdre D'Amore, Diane Legreide, Hannah Ploskonka
May 26 Jane Lambie, Matthew Savage
May 27 Alexander Grebel, Rylan Parrott
May 28 Jo Anne Adamo, Diane Manzo
May 29 Bernard Fiorentino III, Ryan Pasola
May 30 Ryan Grebel, Jeffrey Johnson
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Upcoming Events - Mark Your Calendar 
May 11 - Youth Connection Pancake Breakfast
May 18 - Anniversary Sunday
June 15 - Chancel Choir Recognition
August 17 - All-Church Picnic
Additional information will follow
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Pastors
The Rev. Carl Wilton, Ph.D., Pastor
The Rev. Linda Chase, Associate Pastor
Office Staff
Kim Gaydos, Church Secretary
Donna Ferry, Financial Secretary
Dee D'Amore, Volunteer Village Bookkeeper
Nancy Stout, Treasurer
Music Staff
Sara Hoey, Organist
William Shoppell, Chancel Choir and Choral Bells Director
Rebecca Muraglia, Acting Dove Choir Director
Christian Education Staff
Courtney Norton, Youth Connection Coordinator
Sarah Morrison, Church School Coordinator
Devlin House, Point Beach Prep Preschool Director
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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
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