Thursday, May 5, 2022
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Mother's Day Drive for North Porch!
Please bring diapers, wipes, formula, and, as a special gift for our Moms, please consider donating women's toiletries.
WORSHIP
Masks are optional during worship.
Rev. Ellen will return in person to St. Paul's this Sunday!
This Sunday, 5/8!
Mother's Day Chinese Music Concert
11:30 am, after Sunday Service
Performed by Mrs. Sylvia Wong
Accompaniments by Jim Little
Music Instruments including Gu Zheng, Eu Wo, Wu Lo Silk and Bamboo Flute
Sunday School
Sunday School begins at approximately 10:10 am this week with Mary Foster leading. All children are welcome!
Prayers
We ask your prayers this week for Christine, Sam, Morgan, Meghan, Rick, Jennifer, Don, Kevin, Brian, Cora, John, Amaryllis, Martha, Marcy, Kathy, Michael, Gloria, Beth, Mark, Marilyn, Sophia, John, Sarah, Mary and Matt.
Please notify the office if you have any changes or additions to the Prayer List.
SUNDAY SPEAKER SERIES
Next Sunday, May 15--All The Way Up
Join us next week as we welcome Christie Zipfel and Adele Haley from
All the Way Up!
Empowering Adult Learners in and around Newark
Nearly 30% of Newark’s 285,000 residents have not achieved a high school diploma—a rate three times the national average. All The Way Up is reversing this trend by empowering adult learners in Newark and Greater Essex County to achieve their High School Equivalency Certification. All the Way Up provides small group tutoring with volunteer and professional tutors to better meet the unique needs of each student. This individualized support results in about a 50% student retention rate, a much higher rate than in most traditional, large-scale group GED educational models.
Upcoming Speakers
June 12 - Notre Dame Committee on Human Trafficking
Upcoming Events
Donate Your Used Bikes!
On Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Faith Lutheran Church, 524 South Street in New Providence, will again be collecting second-hand bikes for use by adults and children in Third World countries.The collection is being conducted on behalf of Pedals for Progress (P4P), an organization which annually recycles 6,000 bicycles for persons in developing countries. Any repairable bike will be accepted!
Sarah Schwarz serves on the Board of Directors for Mrs. Wilson's Treatment Center for women in recovery from addiction/mental health disorders for nearly 3 years, running virtual events and more. Because we are non-profit, we depend on donations to keep our Treatment Center running. This May, we will finally be able to hold our amazing fundraising/networking event at the Park Ave Club in Florham Park on May 17th from 6-8:30. It's an incredible event at a prestigious location with amazing speakers, wonderful guests, great food and drink and opportunity for sponsorship and journal advertisements for all types of businesses.
Please consider joining Sarah at her table for a fun night out, celebrating Mrs. Wilson's 46th year helping women in recovery. If you cannot attend but would like to donate or place an ad, any and all support is welcome!
Learn More About The Women's Lectionary
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, author of A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, will appear in person for a series of talks on her work developing this lectionary. Three talks are scheduled (one or more talks may be attended): Thursday, May 19, 7-9 pm; Friday, May 20, 9 am-4pm; and Saturday, May 21, 9 am-4pm.
Harmonium Choral Society June 3-5 Open Hearts weekend
June 4th , 1pm - NJ premiere of the 2021 documentary Pieces of Us at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ,
Friday, June 3rd at 7:30pm and Sunday, June 5th at 3:00pm - Harmonium’s Open Hearts concert at Our Lady of Sorrows, 217 Prospect St., South Orange, NJ.
On June 4th at 6:00pm - catered fundraising dinner featuring Prince Manvendra from India at Christ Church in Short Hills, 66 Highland Ave, Short Hills, NJ, followed by a dessert reception at 7:30pm. There will be music and Prince Manvendra will speak about his humanitarian work.
For details visit: https://www.harmonium.org/specialevents, call 973-538-6969, or email manager@harmonium.org.
Poor People's Campaign March on Washington
Poor People's Campaign Working Group invites all to join the June 18, 2022 Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington. The event will be a generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and low-wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral allies, unions and partnering organizations. It is not just a day of action. It is a declaration of an ongoing, committed moral movement to shift the moral narrative, build power, make real policies to fully address poverty and low wealth from the bottom up.
NEWS
St. Paul's Welcomes Swingin' Tern Dancers!
St. Paul's will host the Swingin' Tern Dancers on the first and third Saturdays of each month beginning May 7th. Swingin' Tern presents Contra and Square Dancing to live music. Beginners will be welcome at the dance beginning May 21st and are encouraged to come to the beginner's workshop preceding the dance proper. Parishioners will be admitted free of charge, just mention St. Paul's at the front desk. No experience is necessary and one may come alone or with a partner. For more information, please visit the Swingin' Tern newsletter.
The Diocese of Newark seeks a highly energetic and self-driven professional to provide executive administrative support to the Diocesan Bishop. The candidate should be a motivated individual with a history of high performance. For more information, click here.
Chatham Twp. and Boro. Police Help Senior Citizens
If you are a senior citizen, living alone, and have a telephone, the Chatham Police Departments have a program to check in with you every morning. For more information and an application, click here.
Godly Play Training
Training in the Sunday School curriculum, Godly Play, will be hosted by St. Peter's, Morristown in June. More information will be forthcoming. If interested, please contact Rev. Ellen, and more information can be found here.
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Easter message from Bishop Hughes and more
News from the National Church
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