Last week we had a meeting with Erin from Camp Johnsonburg, to discuss our week of Day Camp, August 14-18. We found out our theme for the week is "Branching Out in Community." 

We are excited to say that we have 31 registered children so far. If you haven't signed your child up yet, we hope you will take the opportunity to do so this week.

We'd like to appeal to the congregation for some help with regard to this new program for PPPC. We are in need of some financing to help camp be successful. 

We will have 3 counselors who will be housed in our CE Annex that need to be fed - and we all know that young adults like to eat! There are options for this. Money would help to provide breakfast and lunch foods. We're thinking they may want to spend some evenings at the boardwalk for dinner and that's where the money would be helpful also. We also discussed the possibility that there may be a family whose child is attending camp (or maybe not), that would like to host the counselors for a dinner meal. You may also choose to supply a meal and bring it over to church to share with the counselors at dinner time.

In addition to providing for the counselors, we will need juice boxes and light snacks for our campers.

If you can help us, please send checks to the church office with a note in the memo section saying "Johnsonburg." If you have snacks or juice boxes, please
drop them off in the office. Any and all help is most graciously appreciated! No
amount is too small!

Thank you!

It's been a number of years since the church has had a gift auction, but those who were around at that time know how much fun the event is - and what a warm feeling results from helping support the church!

They also know it takes a significant amount of planning.

A dedicated committee has already begun meeting. They're tentatively planning a luncheon event at a local restaurant for Sunday afternoon, October 22. Luncheon tickets will be sold at cost or close to cost; it's the auction that raises the funds. More details will be announced soon.

Gift auctions run on donations: both smaller items that can be gathered into gift baskets for a silent auction, as well as more substantial goods and services that will be sold at the live auction part of the afternoon.

Please start looking around your home or business for good-quality items that can be auctioned. The field is wide open: antiques, jewelry, artwork, whatever. Or maybe you have a service that can be auctioned, such as professional services or a vacation rental or time-share.

The committee will also be approaching local businesses for donations, so if you have any ideas along those lines, they'd love to hear about them!

All proceeds, after expenses, will benefit the church. So, please mark your calendar now and plan for a fun afternoon!

IHN is a national organization that provides housing and support programs for homeless families. While searching for permanent housing, families stay in participating churches for a week at a time.

PPPC hosts families from IHN four times a year. Host churches have opportunities to minister to the families in a variety of ways and oftentimes those doing the serving (us) find themselves being blessed in return.

There are several ways to become involved with IHN. If many people would step up and do one part, the ministry would not seem overwhelming and more people would take ownership of this ministry. Here are some of the responsibilities needing to be done each time:

COOKS: An evening meal needs to be cooked each night the families are with us. Each cook is notified ahead of time as to the number of families staying that week and if there are any dietary restrictions.

HOSTS: Hosts are those who come and spend time with the families in the evening to make them feel welcome. Some hosts may help kids with homework and play with the children to give the parent(s) a break.

OVERNIGHTERS: Each night two people from PPPC are needed to stay overnight. This is for safely as well as hospitality reasons. This is not a hard job. Overnighters may sleep on the bunks upstairs in the fellowship area of the annex or on cots in one of the Sunday school rooms downstairs. Why not find a "bunk buddy" and give this a try? Those who stay overnight come around 9 pm and leave early the next morning.  We are fortunate to have so many last week sign up to be overnighters. Thank you!

SHOPPERS: This person or persons shop for lunch and breakfast items for the guests. There is money for this.

ADDITIONAL NEEDS: In addition to these ministries, we need people to do laundry once the families have left. That involves taking a pillow case full of dirty sheets home to wash, then returning them clean and folded.

Do you have a trailer hitch? We need one or more persons with a trailer hitch on a truck/van to move the IHN trailer to the next host church. Sometimes it is just across the street to St. Mary's.

Our next week to host is July 30-August 6, 2017. Look for the sign-up sheet in the narthex soon and PLEASE sign up. If you have any questions call Dorothy Tolley at 732-892-9306.

Congratulations to Matthew J. Drew and Matthew J. Powner for their achievement of the rank of Eagle Scout.

 

Since 1929, Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church has been the charter sponsor for Troop 6.  The Troop 6 does it all...all weather camping, Pumpkin' Chunkin', dodgeball, canoeing, kayaking, fresh water, deep sea and surf fishing, backpacking, night hikes, summer camps, winter hikes, ultimate frisbee, skeet shooting, climbing, rappelling, geocaching, high adventure trips and

 much, much more.  They have

been to Canada, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, New Mexico, 

Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC and of course all around New Jersey.  

The life lessons learned in Scouting form a foundation to embrace opportunity and overcome obstacles in life. Scouting is for all ages. There are many different Cub and Boy Scouts who meet here at the church and they have activities planned year round.  If you would like your child to participate in Scouting or would like to learn more, please call the office or Scoutmaster Jim McGuire at 908-783-7193.

6:30 p.m. - Eagle Scout Board of Review

Wednesday,  July 12

Thursday, July 13

8:00 a.m. - Men's Breakfast at US Subs

 

Friday, July 14

9:00 a.m. - International Students Class, Chittick Lounge

 

Sunday, July 16

10:00 a.m. - Worship

Birthday Blessings