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The Fifth Sunday in Lent

April 6, 2025

Sunday worship services are at 8:00 am and 10:00 am

Preacher and Celebrant: the Rev. Matt Engleby

What's Happening at CHS?

Flemington Food Pantry Baby & Birthday Bag Drive

The teens of the CHS Youth Group will be collecting donations of items and funds in order to contribute special stuffed gift bags to the pantry. On Sundays during Lent, you can either donate via the PayPal link with Baby & Birthday Bags option chosen or you can take a tag from our displays in the narthex. Take the reminder tag and write your name on the sign up tag and leave it at the table. Please return items to the table by Sunday April 13th and thank you so much for your generosity. Questions to Jane Anderson or Lily Wyglendowski. wyglos@gmail.com

Old CHS books need a New Home!

To create more space in the St. Martin Room we are offering parishioners the chance to take books home and help us empty the shelves. Please stop by the St. Martin room between now and April 13th and take one or more books to add to your personal collection. St Martin is the room across from the office. After Sunday April 13 the remaining books will be sold to a bookseller or properly disposed of, and we will create additional seating in the St. Martin Room.

Lenten Study Program

Please join us for ‘Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times,’ led by the Rev. Dr. Timothy Mulder on April 9 at 7 pm at CHS. The Zoom link is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83375623717?pwd=paJL8UaDQqu0pUWEobsmvKefsgGKgS.1

Contact Janet Matts (janetmatts@gmail.com) or Tricia Simpson-Curtin (simpsoncurtint@yahoo.com) with any questions.

Holy Week at CHS

Palm Sunday April 13th 8 and 10 AM - Begins in Dove Hall
Maundy Thursday April 17th TDB, In person only, no Zoom/FB
Good Friday Day of Service April 18th 8 AM Continental Breakfast and Commissioning, In person only, no Zoom/FB
5 PM Good Friday Service and Soup Supper, In person only, no Zoom/FB
Easter Vigil April 19th 7:30 PM, In person only, no Zoom/FB
Ecumenical Easter Sunrise April 20th 6:30 AM Sauerland Outdoor Center, In person only, no Zoom/FB
Easter Day Services April 20th 8 and 10 AM

Can you help with the Good Friday Day of Service Supper?

Good Friday Soup Supper – Would you be willing to contribute a Pot of Homemade Soup (enough to serve 6-8 people) for our Good Friday Soup Supper on April 18? If so, please sign-up in the Narthex or send an email with your name, your mobile phone number, and what soup you’ll be making (if you know already), to the church office at support@churchholyspirit.net). We’ll forward your email to Linda Schroeder. Your soup, in a labelled pot, can be placed in the refrigerator of the CHS kitchen on the morning of Good Friday so that it can be easily heated up in the late afternoon. The Lite Soup Supper will be served from 5:45 until 6:30 pm, following our Good Friday evening worship service. Questions? Please speak with Linda Schroeder. Thank you!

It's time to sign up for the Good Friday Day of Service!

On Friday, April 18th, we will observe Good Friday through our annual “Day of Service,” a beautiful manifestation of our shared purpose, community service, and congregational engagement. We have service opportunities for any energy level and any amount of time available. All of the information is on our website and on this pdf, but it won't fit here! The QR code goes to the sign-up sheet.

Schedule for Good Friday Day of Service:

8:00 – 9:00 AM – Gather for Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 AM – Commissioning & Sending Forth

9:30 AM – 4:30 PM – Service Projects in & for the Community

with a Pizza lunch served at CHS from approx. 12:30 – 1:30 PM

4:30 – 5:00 PM – Clean-up & Re-Gathering of all Service Teams

5:00 – 5:45 PM – Lite Soup Supper

5:45 – 6:30 PM –Good Friday Evening Service

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Knit/Crochet & Chat is back!

Beginning on April 7, K/C&C will be meeting from 1:00 - 3:00 pm at the home of Sue & Bob Kane, 6 Country Club Dr., AnnandNJ 08801

Bring your needles and yarn!

Bishop Sally to Visit CHS on Sunday April 27th!

ONE SERVICE ONLY at 10am

We are excited to welcome Bishop Sally French for her first visit to CHS where she will preside on Sunday April 27th. THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE SERVICE at 10am so we can join together in fellowship with Bishop Sally, followed by a coffee hour. Bishop Sally is the first women bishop in the New Jersey diocese.

Learn the five things Bishop Sally French reported to her Trinity Alumni in a recent article about the challenges and opportunities in New Jersey: Five Questions with Bishop Sally French

Regularly Scheduled Activities

What is the Bill Board?

This is an opportunity for parishioners to help offset our expenses for 2025. Please look in the Narthex for the tri-fold board with various "bills" on it. Select one that you can help out with, place it in the envelope provided, and either put it in the collection plate or mail it to the church. Another option to donate is through Paypal using the Bill Board Button on the Giving web page. https://www.churchholyspirit.org/giving-st-chs.html

If every family could select one "bill" , it would help us with our expenses for this year. Any questions, please reach out to the treasurer at sally.bird@churchholyspirit.net.

Giving Opportunity: Easter Flower Donations

Would you like to contribute to the beautification of the sanctuary for the Easter season? Easter is also a wonderful time to make a memorial donation to the Easter Flower Fund; either in thanksgiving for or in loving memory of a loved one.

Donations (suggested $40) can be made until Sunday, April 13 to ensure the names of the people for whom the donation is being made are included in the Easter Services bulletin. You can make your donation via the church website or by dropping an envelope in the lock box outside the church office. Easter flower donation envelopes are on the table in the Narthex. Please identify the following for your donation: