Christ Church in the City of New Brunswick
Worshiping God, Serving God's People

April 18, 2025 | Events for the week of April 20, 2025

The Office is closed Monday, April 21- Thursday, April 24

Reopening Friday, April 25 9:00a.m. - 12:30p.m.

Easter:

Bread for the Community

 

The Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord:

Easter Sunday


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


  • Flower & Music Memorials 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!!

April: Here

May: Here

PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK


SUNDAY

8:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Sanctuary

9:30AM Choir Warmup, Sanctuary

10:30 AM Holy Eucharist, Sanctuary

Easter Egg Hunt Directly after the 10:30AM Service

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

Experience Holy Week like never before.

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Simply scan the QR code with your phone.

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

Come by The Canterbury House on Rutgers Day – Saturday, April 26th – 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.

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

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!

Holy Week has Begun!

Join Christ Church for our

Holy Week Services!


All services are In-Person


Unable to make it to church? Click the buttons below to participate via Zoom.


Friday, April 18- Good Friday Joint Service at St. Alban's, 7pm Meeting ID: 883 8781 3384 Passcode: 284107
Good Friday Bulletin
Saturday, April 19- The Great Vigil of Easter, 8pm Meeting ID: 883 8781 3384 Passcode: 284107
The Great Vigil Bulletin
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Join the Easter Egg Hunt Directly

After The 10:30AM

Service 


The church office will be closed Monday, April 21 - Thursday, April 24. The office will reopen on Friday, April 25.

Join members of Christ Church 

 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

4th 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.

Lenten Series Bread of Life

 

Nourish your soul with Bread of Life. When the world feels heavy—divided and uncertain—hearts ache, minds seek peace, and souls hunger for hope. In these moments, while many search for a way forward, the bread of life reminds us of abundance. There is enough love, grace, and hope for all. 

 

Bread of Life highlights how Jesus fed people—not just their bodies but their souls—with good news, redemption, and stories of God’s kin(g)dom. From wedding feasts to eating with tax collectors to feeding thousands, people left Jesus’ presence with full hearts and bellies. Bread of Life provides everything you need to set the table and equip all ages in your congregation and community to be nourished, both in body and spirit.

 

As we journey through Lent, from the wilderness to the shorelines of Galilee, we will find the sacred in the ordinary—like bread, simple yet essential. This Lent, gather your community together to break bread, savor in the divine generosity of God, and rise to share with the world out of the abundance we have received from the bread of life.

Lenten Devotional
Lenten Spiral

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 Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: Church of the Resurrection in Millville

Christ Church Ministry: Lay Eucharistic Ministers and Visitors

Birthdays this week: Benny Barksdale, Liz Cooper, Thomas Stone, Towanda Stovall, Douglass Watt

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.

Holy Week and Easter at Christ Church

 

April 13 ~ The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

 8:00 a.m. Rite I

  10:30 a.m. Rite II

 

 

April 17 ~ Maundy Thursday

                               6:30 p.m., Agape Meal, Holy Eucharist, and Foot Washing

 

 

April 18 ~ Good Friday

10:00 a.m. Walk for Peace beginning at Emanuel Lutheran

7:00 p.m. Good Friday Joint Service at St. Alban’s

 

 

April 19 ~ Holy Saturday

8:00 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter (Christ Church) *

 

April 20 ~ Easter Sunday:

The Sunday of the Resurrection

 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

10:30 a.m. Festal Holy Eucharist *

 

An Easter Egg Hunt for children of all ages will be held after the 10:30 a.m. service

 

* Incense will be used at these services

 

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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