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Schedule for the week of September 5th
Wednesday 10:00
a.m. Midweek Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
8:00 p.m. Praise & Worship Team
Rehearsal
Friday
10:00 a.m. Knit & Crochet Ministry
Saturday
8:00 noon Open Air Market
Next Sunday 10:00
a.m. Sunday School Kick-Off Breakfast
6:00 p.m. MYF Kick-Off Dinner
Nursery
Schedule: The nursery
schedule is as follows for the 10:30 service. If you have any questions
or need to switch with someone, please call Tasha Bowman at 694-1660. A
few more volunteers are needed to help staff the nursery; call Tasha if
you are willing to help.
Sept. 5th
Melissa Bittle, Melanie Ledden
Sept.
12th Tasha Bowman, Tally Lewis
Sept.
19th Robin Lunt, Erin Hitchner
Sept.
26th Linda LoGrande, Serena Mason
Pitman Camp
Meeting: Tonight is the last
service of the season at Pitman Grove. Rev. Peter Jamieson from the
Pitman UMC will be the speaker. The service begins at 7:30 p.m. and
everyone is welcome.
Midweek Bible
Study will resume this
Wednesday from 10:00 11:00 a.m. each week. The group will be
completing a study of Genesis. Everyone is welcome and we encourage you
to attend if you can. Studying the Bible and praying together should be
an important part of our lives!
Choir
Rehearsal will also begin this Wednesday. The group rehearses from 7:00 8:00
p.m. each week and new members (especially men) are welcome!
Church
Anniversary: RUMC will
celebrate its 150th anniversary on Sunday, October 17th.
We are asking God for 150 people to give $150 each for our 150th
anniversary. The money will be used in part to purchase a new church
sign, which will be a permanent reminder of our 150 years of ministry
commemorating our past and leading us into the future. Please clearly
mark your check or donation 150th Anniversary Gift. Thank
you for your faithful support.
Open Air Market:
The 13th Annual Open Air Market will be held this Saturday,
September 11th, from 8:00 12:00 noon. There will be craft
tables, game tables, yard sale tables, and a bake table. Its a fun day
for everyone, so be sure to come out and support this event.
Breakfast items (donuts and bagels) and lunch (hot dogs and meatball
sandwiches) will be for sale too.
We are looking
for new gift items, glassware, jewelry, games and toys, linens, books
and CDs to sell at the Yard Sale tables. Please do not bring large
appliances, large furniture, used stuffed animals, clothing or shoes.
If you have items to donate, please bring them to the church and put
them downstairs in the old youth room on the floor. The basement door
will be unlocked every day from dawn to dusk. The deadline for dropping
off items will be Wednesday, September 8th, at 8:00 p.m.
Items will also
be needed for the Bake Sale table. Bring your baked goods early on
Saturday morning.
Anyone
interested in renting a space to set up a table should contact Sylvia
Reed (478-2728) as soon as possible. Cost is $20 per space.
All proceeds
benefit the Building Fund. Your help is needed! All kinds of jobs will
be available on Saturday (starting at 6:00 a.m.), so plan to come out
and help. See JoAnne Lewis (385-8197) to volunteer.
Sunday School
Kick-Off Breakfast will be
held next Sunday, September 12th. All children age 3 through
6th grade are invited downstairs at 10:00 a.m. that day for
breakfast! Children are invited to move up to a new class that day if
they are eligible. Classes are divided as follows during the 10:30
service:
Pre-K
and Kindergarten
1st,
2nd and 3rd Grades
4th,
5th and 6th Grades
There is a sign-up
sheet in the Coffee Room for anyone interested in helping to provide
food (French toast sticks, juice, etc.) for the meal.
MYF Kick-Off
Dinner will be held next Sunday, September 12th, from 6:00 8:00
p.m. Every 7th 12th grader and their family is
invited to the covered dish Hawaiian Luau dinner. Fun and games for the
whole family follow the meal. Please sign up with Mildred Herman.
Pitman Manor
Fall Clothing Sale will be
held on Tuesday, September 14th, from 10:00 2:00.
Donations of good, clean clothing will be accepted at Pitman Manor on
Monday, September 13th.
Holy Land 2011:
The pastor is looking into a cruise through the Holy Land in March of
2011. If you are interested, please plan to attend a meeting on
September 13th to consider our options of dates and
itinerary.
Anniversary
Luncheon: If you are
interested in helping with the luncheon to be served on October 17th,
you are invited to attend a planning meeting on Tuesday, September 14th,
at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Hall. See Eleanor Madara if
you have questions.
Church
Conference Notes: Jim Stiles
will be putting together a slide show of pictures taken throughout the
year to show at our Church Conference in October. If you have any you
want included, please either give him prints or e-mail them to him at
stiles.jjr2@verizon.net. Deadline for pictures is September 26th.
All reports and forms, available on-line at GNJUMC.org, are due back to
the pastor by September 19th at the latest.
Mark Your
Calendar: The Odd Fellows are
hosting a Night of Dinner and Music in our Fellowship Hall on Saturday,
September 25th, to benefit local charities. The praise band
from Glassboro UMC and our praise band, Sanctified, will be in concert.
Tickets will be $16 per person or $140 per table in advance and $18 at
the door.
Grocery
Certificates: Would you give
$200 a year to the Building Fund if it didnt cost you any money???
ShopRite grocery cards work just like cash, and we earn 5% on every
dollar. They are available from Karen Luttenberger, Sandy Russell,
Jennifer Guht or Dot Reuter. Please guard them as cash; they cannot be
replaced if lost.
Lay Speakers
Notes:
~
All Lay Speakers (Basic and Certified)
must complete an annual report for Church Conference. This form is
available at GNJUMC.org and must be turned in to the pastor by September
19th.
~ Any Basic Lay
Speaker wishing to become certified must attend classes, offered this
year on Wednesday evenings during October in Quinton. Registration is
due by October 1st. Details are available at the GNJUMC.org
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