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Friday, December 25, 2009

January/February 2010 Lantern

The January/February 2010 edition of The Lantern is now available. It contains a full calendar of events, a message from the pastor, plus a number of articles of interest. Below is a brief summary of what you'll find.

New Activities:
  • Drama Choir seeking participants Grade 4 to adult for possible Lenten performances. Rehearsals to begin 2 February. RSVP by 21 January if interested.
  • Valentines for Veterans will support the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, one of three such facilities in the state. Reportedly the most modern, state-of-the-art nursing home in the US, this 332-bed establishment was rebuilt in 1999 on 108 acres adjacent to Roosevelt Hospital in nearby Middlesex County.
  • Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity is building a home on Broad Street in Matawan and is looking for volunteers to provide hot meals to professional volunteers doing work at the construction site in January.
  • Adult Education begins a weekly video series on 3 January called The Prayers of Jesus.

Ongoing Activities:
  • You can visit the chapel for meditation and prayers on Sunday mornings between Sunday School and Worship.
  • Six and One Half Club Friendship Dinners continue on occasional Tuesday evenings.
  • Wheelchairs, walkers, and commodes are requested for the infirm.
  • Nonperishable foods and disposable diapers are sought for needy families.

Previous Events:
  • Our congregation participated in a number of programs that directed Christmas gifts to the needy. Through the Christmas CONNECT program, sponsored by Long Branch-based Love INC, gifts were distributed to needy families in eastern Monmouth County. Our junior and senior high youths each donated a gift to a child they "adopted" from among a group selected by Red Bank Primary School counselors and social workers. And members contributed towards a gift for our refugee family.
  • A portion of last fall's Pentecost Offering went to Manna House. Lunch Break and Mission Matawan were among the groups receiving budgeted local mission dollars this year.
Upcoming Events:
  • 23 January: Soup and Hymn Sing
  • 2 February: Presbyterian Nursery School Open House
  • 27 March: Fish Fry

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