This Week at Christ Church

Christ Church in the City of New Brunswick

Worshiping God, Serving God's People

April 25, 2025 | Events for the week of April 27, 2025

Office Hours: Tuesday- Wednesday 9:30a.m. - 2:30p.m, Friday 9:00a.m. - 12:30p.m.

Second Sunday of Easter:

Worship Services This Week

JOIN US IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM!

8:00AM & 10:30AM

Eucharistic Service

Liturgical Ministers Needed!

See links below for sign-ups!

For those joining on Zoom

Click HERE to join the 10:30AM Service

Click HERE to watch the 10:30AM service live on YouTube, or HERE for Facebook, or watch anytime.

Find Sunday's worship service materials below:

8:00AM Parish Notes HERE
10:30AM Parish Notes HERE

Follow along with the Book of Common Prayer HERE

Wednesday

Noonday Prayer-click HERE to join

Liturgical Ministers Sign Ups!

Please check your calendars

and sign up!!

May: Here

PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK

SUNDAY

8:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Sanctuary

9:30AM Choir Warmup, Sanctuary

9:30AM Church School

10:30 AM Holy Eucharist, Sanctuary

12:00PM Coffee Hour, Nicholas Room

TUESDAY

7:00p.m. Tuesdayers Meeting via Zoom

WEDNESDAY

12:00p.m. Noonday Prayer, Zoom

7:30p.m. WomenSpirit, Zoom

THURSDAY

4:00p.m. Children's Activities and Choir Rehearsal

7:00p.m. Choir Rehearsal

SATURDAY

10:00a.m. Fourth Century Church, Nicholas Room

The Canterbury House celebrates 75+ years of campus ministry at Rutgers University!

Come by The Canterbury House on Rutgers Day – THIS Saturday, April 26^th – for an open house from 9 am – 3 pm. We are located at 5 Mine St. in New Brunswick. Tour our student center, reconnect with old friends and make new ones! There will be plenty of food, drinks, and free souvenirs to take with you. We’ll even give an award to the alum from the earliest graduating class! We hope to see you then! Christ Church volunteers are welcome to assist throughout the day!

Contact Fr. Scott Russell for more information:

canterbury.house@rutgers.edu |

732-931- 2932.

Vestry Corner:

Key Topics from the

April 2025

Vestry Meeting

1. Vestry voted to approve a budget of $5,000 for tree maintenance in 2025. This

would include removal of dead trees and critical pruning.

2. There was a continued discussion on identifying candidates to lead this year’s

Stewardship campaign. The Rector held discernment discussions with potential

candidates.

3. 4th Century Task Force kick-off meeting is scheduled for May 3rd . This will include

a tour of the church facilities, and brainstorming sessions for the three focus

groups (Campus, Community, Congregation (mission).

Minutes of the March 2025 meeting can be found HERE.

Finance Committee Invitation

The Finance Committee will be having conversations about increasing our parish income! Meetings are on the 4th Saturday of each month at 10a.m. You may join the meetings using this link HERE.

If you have any questions, please contact Meegan Adames at meegzy79@yahoo.com.

3rd Quarterly Financial Report HERE

Taking Faith Home is a resource that provides a weekly guide for faith-filled conversations and actions during the church year. Taking Faith Home for the month of February can be found below:

Forward Day by Day booklets (large and small print) for February, March, April, May, June and July have arrived. Please contact the office to have a copy mailed to your home.

To help support those in the Middle East. Visit the link to donate HERE.

There are so many other ways to be involved at Christ Church! Find your inspiration HERE with 101+ ways to be involved at Christ Church!

Join members of Christ Church THIS

Sunday, April 27 after the 10:30am service for a “Packing Party”!

Supplies will be packed for the Choice Food and Resource Center during Coffee Hour. Goodies will be supplied by the Ambos Family. We hope to see you there!

Can’t make it to the packing party, but want to help?

Donations can be made via Zelle or check please note “diaper donation” or “Choice Food and Resource Center in the subject line

Fourth Century Church

Saturday, May 3, @ 10 a.m.

Including a tour of the church properties, including the 7 Paterson, and Parish House, the Choir Loft, and the new Boilers!

It's time for the May Christ Church RaiseRight! Order

Paul Ambos will be placing a new card order on the morning of Monday, May 5. Please place your orders accordingly. If you plan to mail him an order with a check, please (a) mail it by Wednesday, April 30, or, better, (b) advise him by email when you mail it of what your order is so that he can place it on time despite possible Post Office delays. Or, if you place your own order directly on the RaiseRight website or app, he will be able to see it there when I order the monthly batch.

You can avoid writing him a check by using their payment

options through your checking account of credit card (checking costs a 29 cent charge per order; credit cards charge a

percentage that is usually more). And if you want physical cards delivered directly to your home, you can do that through the app, although you will be charged for delivery. If you order for delivery through him, the church covers the

delivery charge.

Thank you for your support of this parish program.

The Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and the Office of Government Relations (OGR) have launched a new Immigration Action Toolkit page on the Episcopal Church website.

This toolkit consolidates a wide range of resources in one place, making it a go-to destination for immigration information. While some resources focus on the Episcopal Church's response to the current situation, it also includes helpful links on topics like Family Preparedness and Know Your Rights, which are valuable to people of all faiths or none at all.

To stay updated on this ever-evolving issue and hear from knowledgeable

experts, a 30-minute weekly webinar is available. You can register here.

Prayers requested for:

Barb, Brianna, Dennis, Doreen, Edith, Erica, Florence, Georgia, Hansford, Jean, Jeannine, Jefferson, Jim, Margaret, Pam, Pat, Robert, Steve, Stanford, Timothy, Tisha, Vivian, Yvonne

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: the The Church of the Indian Ocean

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: Members and Ministry of the Trustees of Diocesan Investment Trust

Christ Church Ministry: Laundry Love

Birthdays this week: Isaac DesBordes, Liard Weston, Kira Kozachek, Hugh Pemberton, Daryl Phills

Memorial Flowers: are given by Catherine and Paul Ambos in memory of Edna McGraham Szeliga

Thank you for your generous giving to support the Mission and Ministry of Christ Church!

We encourage you to send your pledges and donations to Christ Church in a variety of ways:

Go to the Donate/Pledge page on our website and give through PayPal
Schedule payments through your bank to Christ Church directly
Zelle to admin@christchurchnewbrunswick.org
Mail in a check to Christ Church
Scan this code to support Christ Church’s ministries and outreach to the community.

Join St. Alban’s online each Thursday evening from 7pm- 8pm for Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. St. Alban’s has encouraged the wider community to join us and many of the attendees come from different congregations locally as well as internationally.

We invite people to testify if they are prayerfully led and also encourage them to send their prayer requests in advance if they wish. Some attendees come prepared from time to time to not only testify, but to give a word of encouragement.

Please see the Zoom invitation below.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83659677391?pwd=aEM2Z21xWXJRWVBwYkxkYW1FcEd3Zz09

Meeting ID: 836 5967 7391

Passcode: 073305

One tap mobile

+16469313860,,83659677391#,,,,*073305# US

Meeting ID: 836 5967 7391

Passcode: 073305

News and Events from Diocesan Offices & Committees

Click HERE for Diocesan News and to subscribe to the Diocesan weekly newsletter, Good News in the Garden State

Opportunities to share your time, talent, and treasure

Secure donations for Laundry Love, RaiseRight, as well as General Donations or Pledge contributions can be made on our website by clicking HERE. You can also donate through the bill pay app at your bank, or by using Zelle. Zelle payments may be sent through your bank and directly deposited to the church via email to admin@christchurchnewbrunswick.org
You can still purchase your RaiseRight cards to support the church! You can pay through Zelle or PayPal and designate that payment to RaiseRight, Payments received will be reported to Paul Ambos. Please contact Paul by phone (732) 572-2067 or email HERE to place your order.
LAUNDRY LOVE is back to doing Laundry Love in-person at the Handy Street Laundromat, 314 Handy Street, New Brunswick, on the second Monday of every month from 5:00p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Parish volunteers to assist are always welcome. Email Catherine Ambos, msambos@gmail.com to volunteer. You can donate to Laundry Love through the DONATE tab on our web site HERE .

Want to make a Zoom appointment with Rev. Joanna? Use the link HERE

For in person appointments, call or email Rev. Joanna!

Sunday 10:30am Service

Zoom link for computer of Zoom app: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84463108449

By phone: Call 1-929-205-6099 and enter Meeting ID 844 6310 8449

YouTube link-virtual services and in-person services can be viewed here

https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristChurchNewBrunswickNJ

Facebook link

https://www.facebook.com/ChristChurchNB

Wednesday Noonday Prayer

Zoom link for computer or Zoom app: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86422667074?pwd=TTdWNkM1c0djRmxmekxXTWhqRFU5Zz09

By phone: Call +1-309-205-3325, Meeting ID: 86422667074# Passcode: 242833# US and enter the following code 864 2266 7074

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