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Sunday
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1, 2015
8:00 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:35 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
11:00 – 2:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Monday.
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
4:30 – 5:15 p.m.
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
Thursday
9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Friday
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
11:15 – 12:15 p.m.
Sunday
9:15 a.m.
9:35 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
11:00 – 2:00 p.m.
12:15 p.m.
2:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – Friendship
Sunday
Sub Sale Preparation – Church Kitchen
Worship – Lord’s Supper
Church School
Coffee and Fellowship – Sub Pick up – Fellowship Hall
Worship – Lord’s Supper
Youth Choir Rehearsals
Jubilation! extended rehearsal, including lunch
Youth Super Bowl Party – Knol Parsonage
Nursery School Registration Begins!
Balance Yoga – Ministry Center Conference Room
Morning Bells rehearsal
Chronic Illness Support Group – Perkins, Colts Neck
Confirmation Class – MCUR
Youth Board Game Bonanza – MC Basement
Echo Ringers rehearsal
Joyful Ringers rehearsal
Quilters – Fellowship Hall
Nursery School Open House
Senior Choir rehearsal
Nursery School Open House
Restore Yoga – Ministry Center Room 24/25
Celebration Ringers rehearsal
Exultation Ringers rehearsal
Women’s Coffee Break Bible Study – MCCR
Thursday Evening Bible Study – MCCR
Building and Grounds Committee Meeting – MC/22
Worship Committee Meeting – MCCR
Senior Bible Study – MCCR
Senior Chair Yoga – MCCR
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
Worship
Church School
Coffee and Fellowship
Worship
Youth Choir Rehearsals
Jubilation! extended rehearsal, including lunch
Confirmation Mentor Meeting – MCCR
New Member Class – MCCR
Worship Attendance
January 25, 2015 9:15 a.m. 196 11:00 a.m. 100
Church School 45
Welcome to the Colts Neck Reformed Church. We are happy to have you
worshiping with us this morning. As we prepare for worship, please set your cell
phone to vibrate.
Announcements
Large print bulletins and Bibles are available from any usher.
PERSONAL HEARING ASSIST EQUIPMENT is available from any usher.
FLOWERS ON THE CHANCEL TABLE this morning at 9:15 a.m. are given by JC
Cerny in honor of Betty Cerny.
FLOWERS ON THE CHANCEL TABLE this morning at 11:00 a.m. are given by
Carol Barnett in loving memory of her father, Angelo Luisi and grandmother,
Millie Gurgone.
CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS to Mary and Leo Iking on the birth of
their granddaughter, Isabel Grace Iking, born on January 26, 2015. The
rose on the chancel is in celebration of Isabel’s birth.
MUSIC this morning is offered by the Alleluia Angels, Morning Bells and Joy
Lenz, flute.
THANK YOU TO GRACE ROWLAND for serving as liturgist today. Grace is an
eighth grader at the Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Jackson. She is in
the school drama club, plays the tuba in the school band, and she is a
Cherub helper at church. Grace is a pet sitter in her spare time and enjoys
listening to music, watching and making you tube videos and loves to sing,
act and bake. Please keep Grace and the twelve other confirmands in your
prayers as they continue their preparation for confirmation.
TODAY WE WELCOME Barbara and John Hendrickson into the membership
of the Colts Neck Reformed Church.
CHILDCARE FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS up to age three is provided in the
Nursery (downstairs in the church) during both the 9:15 and 11:00 a.m.
worship services. Our nursery caregivers today are Terri O’Neil and Beth
Ann Cerny during both the 9:15 and 11:00 services.
COFFEE AND FELLOWSHIP: Join us this morning for
coffee and fellowship in Fellowship Hall following the
9:15 worship service. Thank you to the sixth grade
church school class for volunteering for this important
ministry of the church. We need more volunteers so
please sign up on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall.
Direction sheets are available and support is just a phone call away.
Speak with Dianne Maxwell if you have questions.
TODAY IS FRIENDSHIP SUNDAY: Name tags and washable markers can be
found in the blue folders located in the pews. We encourage everyone to
fill out a name tag, greet your neighbor and meet a new friend.
YOUR PRAYERS AND CONCERNS ARE REQUESTED FOR:
Mission Partner: Partnering with the Church of South India, RCA mission
consultant Linn Gann works among the poor and outcast of the country
(formerly known as the “untouchables”), offering job skill training and
community organization, including programs that provide sources of
income to families, job creation through micro-enterprise initiatives, and
development projects such as installation of bore wells that provide clean
drinking water and vegetable garden irrigation. Linn has helped to
establish schools for the children of the Dalit social class, to provide
livestock, and to educate women. In a region of the country where
unemployment and sub-poverty living affects 80% of the population, Linn
Gann is helping to empower these marginalized people. Please keep Linn
in your prayers.
CONFIRMATION STUDENTS: Our previous class was rescheduled due to
snow, so we will be meeting tomorrow, Monday, February 2nd in the
Ministry Center Upper Room. Please remember to bring your notebooks,
and homework (including any past due assignments – check the latest
email for a list of missing work). We will also have a meeting next Monday,
February 9th as scheduled. See you then!
CONFIRMATION CLASS MENTORS AND STUDENTS: Next, Sunday, February
8th, is our introductory Mentor/Confirmation Student meeting. The meeting
will be held after the 11:00 a.m. worship service from 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. in
the Ministry Center Conference Room. Parents are welcome to come and
meet your child’s mentor before the meeting begins.
BIBLE STUDY:
WOMEN’S COFFEE BREAK BIBLE STUDY will meet this Thursday, February
5th, in the Ministry Center Conference Room from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. This
week, they will continue their study on the Book of Matthew. New
members are always welcome and there are more study guides available!
THURSDAY EVENING BIBLE STUDY will meet Thursday, February 5th from
6:00 – 7:15 p.m. in the Ministry Center Conference Room. The group is
studying The Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of Matthew. Join us
for good fellowship and lively discussion!
SENIOR BIBLE STUDY will meet again on Friday, February 6th, from 10:00 –
11:00 a.m. in the Ministry Center Conference Room. Each week, they
discuss the weekly Bible passage that is used in the upcoming Sunday
sermon. If you are of retirement age, come and enjoy this group
discussion!
THE NEXT MEN’S BREAKFAST BIBLE STUDY will be this Saturday, February
7th, in Fellowship Hall from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. for breakfast and Bible study.
They are using the study guide The Kingdom Equation: A Fresh Look at
the Parables of Jesus. Come and enjoy some wonderful food and
fellowship!
For more information on any of these Bible Studies, you may contact Debi
Jensen at the church office (732-462-4555 x115 or email
[email protected]).
REMINDER TO JUBILATION!: Extended rehearsals for our musical Rescue
101 continue today and next Sunday, February 8th. We will meet in the
Ministry Center Upper Room from 11:00 a.m. to noon, followed by lunch,
and extended rehearsal in the Sanctuary until 2:00 p.m.
REMINDER TO SENIOR CHOIR: We will rehearse on Tuesday evening from
7:30 to 9:00 p.m. We will be back to our Wednesday night rehearsals
starting on February 11th.
WOMEN’S OUTREACH CHOIR IN FEBRUARY: Our Women’s Outreach Choir
will be singing at the Reformed Church Home on Wednesday, February
18th, at 10:30 a.m. (meet at church at 10:00 a.m.) and at Brandywine
Reflections on Saturday, February 21st, at 2:15 p.m. (meet at church at
2:00 p.m.). There is a signup sheet on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall
to indicate your availability. For more information, contact Maggie Tripold
in the church office at 732-462-4555, X114, or via email at
[[email protected]].
WORSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING: This Thursday, February 5th, at 7:30 p.m.
in the Ministry Center Conference Room, there will be a meeting of the
Worship Committee. If you’re interested in drama, designing bulletin
covers or other art-related opportunities, helping with creative projects
such as a labyrinth, etc., this meeting is for you! All are welcome to come
and share their thoughts! Please contact Maggie Tripold or Connie Paul
with any questions.
YOUTH GROUP SUPER BOWL PARTY: 7th – 12th graders are
invited to come over to Jeff and Jamie's home tonight for
the Annual Youth Super Bowl Party. Come over any time
after 5:30 p.m. and bring a favorite snack to share. We
will provide drinks, subs, and a few games to play.
Typically the youth leave at halftime, but this year you are
invited to stay for the whole game if you would like! Please email
[[email protected]] if you will be attending so we know how many to
expect!
SUNDAE SUNDAY (9TH—12TH GRADERS): We will meet next Sunday,
February 8th, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the Knol Parsonage. We read
scripture, discuss its importance for us, and then make and eat ice cream
sundaes. Friends are welcome.
MONDAY BOARD GAME BONANZA will be held tomorrow, Monday, February
2nd, in the Ministry Center basement (please note
this change from the Upper Room). 6th through 8th
graders will meet to play board games together from
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. and 3rd – 5th graders from 5:30 –
6:30 p.m.
CLOTHING DRIVE: Thank you for all those who have
participated in our clothing drive to benefit Family
Resource Association of Shrewsbury, NJ. Today is the
last day that we will be collecting donations at our church.
If you would still like to donate, please contact Family
Resources directly at 732-747-5310 to arrange a pick up.
ON FEBRUARY 3, 1943, the United States Army transport ship Dorchester
was torpedoed off the coast of Newfoundland. On board were 940 service
members and four chaplains—a Roman Catholic priest, a rabbi, a
Methodist pastor and Reformed Church in America chaplain Clark
Poling. As the ship began to sink, the four chaplains organized an orderly
evacuation of the ship. When life jackets ran out, the chaplains removed
their own and gave them to others. They helped survivors climb into
lifeboats. Then the chaplains linked arms, prayed, and sang hymns as the
ship sank. They perished with the ship, sacrificing their lives in order that
others might live. The spirit of sacrifice embodied by the four chaplains is
alive today in RCA chaplaincy. In every place where our people serve—in
every circumstance, no matter how challenging—over 150 RCA chaplains
provide the hope of Jesus through a ministry of presence throughout the
military, healthcare and correctional institutions and college campuses.
2015 OFFERING ENVELOPES: If you have not yet picked up your offering
envelopes for 2015, you will find them in the Ministry Center copy room. The
copy room is accessible on Sunday mornings or you can stop in during the
week (8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) to pick up your envelopes. If envelopes were
not assigned to you and you would like them, please contact Pam in the
church office at [[email protected]] or 732-462-4555.
THANK YOU TO ALL BLOOD DONORS who came out to give blood on January
28th. Forty-eight units were presented and forty-one were donated! These
are great results! Our next blood drive will be September 30, 2015 so mark
your calendars and let's see if we can do even better then!
NEW MEMBER CLASSES OFFERED: Interested in joining the church or learning
more about us? We will offer New Member
classes on Sunday, February 8th, from 2:00 –
4:30 p.m. and Monday, February 9th, from 7:00 –
9:00 p.m. in the Ministry Center Conference
Room. If you are interested in becoming a
member we ask that you attend one of these
classes where Rev. Scott Brown and Rev. Jeff Knol will talk about the history
of CNRC and what it means to be a member. Please contact Dianne O’Hara
at 732-462-4555, x112 or [[email protected]] to register.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS: The Daniel Plan is a 6-week Wellness Program
which encourages a life of faith-based wellness. The “essentials” of the
program are: Faith, Food, Fitness, Focus and Friends. Meetings will begin
the week of February 22nd with gatherings on Sundays, Mondays and
Wednesdays. For more information please speak with Dana Eugenio
today during coffee hour.
PLEASE PICK UP YOUR FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER TODAY during coffee hour
between services or in the narthex following the 11:00 a.m. service.
Please help us save on postage by picking up your newsletter this
morning. As always, the current newsletter, as well as other church news
and information, is available online through the church website at
[www.coltsneckreformed.org].
THE CHRONIC ILLNESS SUPPORT GROUP gathers for spiritual support and
friendship for those who are dealing with chronic illness. They will meet
tomorrow, Monday, February 2nd, at 11:00 a.m. at Perkins Restaurant in
Colts Neck. For more information about this group, please contact Laura
Zaccaria.
ONLINE GIVING IS HERE! Step-by-Step instructions are available in the narthex,
Fellowship Hall and the church office as well as the website,
[www.coltsneckreformed.org]. It is easy and convenient! Get started today!