May 9, 2025

We strive to be a welcoming, caring, worshipping, and learning community.

In Worship May 11th... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

BBPC Calendar ... 5/10-5/17

JOIN US IN PRAYER

Please join us in prayer for the needs of the community and our loved ones.

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*Please contact the church office with prayer concern updates*



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UPCOMING EVENTS

SANCTUARY + SEED UPCOMING EVENTS

Worms at Work

A Vermiculture Composting Workshop

THIS WEEK

May 10, 2025 |  10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Discover the underground heroes of healthy soil! In this engaging one-hour workshop, Michael Bolton, Certified Master Gardener & Chair of the Board of Trustees, will guide you through the fascinating world of vermiculture—the practice of composting with worms. Includes vermiculture composting kit.

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Garden Box Completion & Planting Day

THIS WEEK

May 10, 2025 |  11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Join us as we roll up our sleeves and bring the garden to life! We’ll complete the build of 14 garden boxes, assemble the additional boxes donated by the Franklin Township Shade Tree Commission, fill them all with soil, plant seedlings, and set up our new irrigation system. 

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Forage & Feast: Edible Invasives and Wild Foods

May 17, 2025 |  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Learn how to forage safely, identify invasive and native species, and harvest edible plants that help restore our forests and gardens. In this hands-on, two-hour outdoor class, we’ll uproot what harms the land—and turn it into a nourishing meal. Discover how to prepare foraged ingredients for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and take home tools for living in harmony with the land.

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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

We need more ushers to join our rotation | Help us to welcome people to morning worship! If you're interested, please contact George Hellerman (Gph2@aol.com).

Membership Commission is seeking volunteers to serve on a hospitality repast committee | Take part in setting up light receptions in our fellowship area following a memorial service. Contact Gail Smith or T.J.Blazek to volunteer for this service.

Coffee hour hosts needed | Participate in our Ministry of Welcome by providing snacks and an excuse to socialize! Any member, group or commission able to host, please sign-up on the calendar in the Fellowship area. Learn More Here.

IN THE NEWS

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Beginning Wednesday May 14, 10am to 11:30am, we will have a Zoom conversation on the great American novel, Moby Dick.

Read through Chapter 42 on the Whiteness of the Whale for our first discussion. We will meet for three weeks on Wednesday mornings.

For further information contact Brooks Smith (smithjbrooks252gmail.com).

ADULT EDUCATION & SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Currents: We meet each Sunday for an hour, starting at 8:45am in the PCC, to discuss current topics of interest with attention to the way in which our Christian faith informs our response. The discussions are always lively and everyone’s view is respected.

The After Hours Group: We will continue the Horizon Bible Study "Let

Justice Roll Down" with the study of Chapter 9: Sustaining Creation's Health for All. We will meet on Monday, May 19, (3rd Mon) at 7:30pm at the home of Janet Holmlund, 153 Flanders Road, Hillsborough, NJ. A carpool will leave at 7:00pm from the church parking lot; contact Doris Sabin (dorissabin@gmail.com) to participate.

Men's Prayer & Mission Breakfast: First & Third Thursdays @ 8:00am

Please contact Brooks Smith (smithjbrooks25@gmail.com) if you plan to attend. We want to make sure we have enough food for both body and soul.

What's the Point: We meet the last Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm. We will meet next on Wednesday, May 28th!

Silence Seekers: At Silence Seekers we are reminded that in the Scripture (Matthew 18:20), Jesus says, “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” On May 15, we are recognizing our tenth year of the weekly gathering of Silence Seekers. We meet Thursday Mornings at 9:00am at the Cemetery Chapel.

CHILDREN & YOUTH EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIP

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

Children's Choir - Saturdays 10-11am

Sunday School - 10:15am (after children's church)

THE CAVE | YOUTH MINISTRY

Sunday School: Gen Z Trends - 10:15am

Youth Group - Sundays 6pm

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Bound Brook Seniors: Meet monthly on the third Monday in the church PCC Gym from 12:30 to 2:00pm  



CONTACT US

Caring Minister on call for the week of:

May 10th - 17th

Joan Stryker

The Presbyterian Church

at Bound Brook

409 Mountain Avenue

Bound Brook, NJ 08805

www.bbpc.org

(732) 356-3575

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