This Week at Christ Church

Christ Church in the City of New Brunswick

Worshiping God, Serving God's People

October 24, 2025 | Events for the week of October 26, 2025

Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30a.m.-3:00p.m., Thursday 9:30a.m. - 3:00p.m., Friday 9:30a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Stewardship Sunday will be celebrated THIS Sunday, October 26!

We will have one service at 9:30am.

2026 Pledge Certificates may be completed using the link Here

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost:

Worship Services This Week

JOIN US IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM!

9:30AM

Morning Prayer Service

Liturgical Ministers Needed!

See links below for sign-ups!

For those joining on Zoom

Click HERE to join the 9:30AM Service

Click HERE to watch the 9:30AM service live on YouTube, or HERE for Facebook, or watch anytime.

Find Sunday's worship service materials below:

9:30AM 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!!

October: Here

November: Here

PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK

SATURDAY

12:00PM Dead to Me, Youth Event

SUNDAY

9:30 AM Holy Eucharist, Sanctuary

MONDAY

4:00PM Youth Choir Study and Game Time

5:00PM Youth Choir Rehearsal

TUESDAY

7:00PM Tuesdayers, Zoom

WEDNESDAY

12:00PM Noonday Prayer, Zoom (New Link)

7:30PM WomenSpirit, Zoom

THURSDAY

6:30 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room

All Saints day will be held on

Sunday, November 2.

You are invited to submit your names to be remembered at the altar and in the worship materials.

Names must be received no later than Wednesday, October 29 for inclusion.

Request for Remembrances Form

🍂 Get Ready to Rake in the Fun! 🍁

Stay tuned our Annual Fall Clean-Up Day is coming this November!

Grab your gloves, your friends, and your best autumn attitude. We’ll be clearing leaves, sprucing up, and making our space shine before winter sets in.

More details coming soon. You won’t want to leaf this off your calendar! 🍃🧹

Christ Church

1st Sunday

Communion Bread

Calling All Bakers (and Aspiring Ones Too)!

We’re on the lookout for warm-hearted volunteers to bake Communion Bread for the 1st Sunday of each month. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just love the smell of fresh bread, this is a beautiful way to serve our church family!

Want to learn more (including the recipe!) and sign up? Just click the button below — we’d loaf to have you join in!

Communion Bread

Join Christ Church as We Support Our Neighbors in Need

With the potential government shutdown continuing, SNAP benefits are scheduled to be cut on October 31.

Watch this video “The Cutting of SNAP and Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” https://www.facebook.com/reel/1285532689991551

Christ Church is responding by organizing two important community efforts: a Canned Good Food Drive and preparations for our

Men’s Rotating Shelter program.

🛒 Canned Good Food Drive

We are collecting high-quality, shelf-stable, high-protein items to help feed families who may be affected by reduced assistance benefits.

Requested Items:

· Canned fish

· Canned chicken

· Shelf-stable milk

· Peanut butter

🏠 Men’s Rotating Shelter Preparation

As we prepare to welcome our shelter guests, we are collecting items to help provide warmth, comfort, and dignity.

Requested Items:

· Blankets, pillows, and sleeping bags

· Linens (extended twin or college dorm size. Regular twin sheets are too small for the cots)

· T-shirts and socks

· Warm coats

📍 Drop-off Location: Collection boxes are located in the back of the sanctuary.

Together, we can ensure that everyone in our community feels supported, cared for, and nourished.

Thank you for your generosity and compassion.

Vestry Corner:

Key Topics from the

September 2025

Vestry Meeting

1. The vestry approved a Mission Statement Update process to start soon! Look for opportunities to participate in shaping a new mission statement that will help guide us into the Fourth Century! This work will also support our upcoming development of a Parish Profile and our discernment around our path moving forward.

2. We reviewed the exciting work being done by the Stewardship Committee and encourage all members to attend cottage meetings in the next few weeks. As part of our efforts to promote sensible Stewardship of our resources, we voted to pledge about $60,000 towards our Marks of Mission contribution to the diocese. This is a decrease from this year while still meeting about 80% of our asking.

3. Jonathan Clark shared updates from the various Discipleship Ministries, many of which continue to function smoothly. He and Daphne will meet soon to plan the discipleship offering for Advent. Look for updates in future weeks! We encourage all parishioners to participate in one or more discipleship endeavors, especially in this time of transition and discernment

Minutes of the July 2025 meeting can be found HERE.

Christ Church member, Anna Rose Gable, held a discussion of challenges facing Christ Church's undocumented neighbors. Click the button below to learn about various ways to get involved in efforts to provide relief.

Take Action

RISE Information

Forward Day by Day booklets (large and small print) for November, December, and January have arrived. Please contact the office to have a copy mailed to your home.

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!

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

Christ Church 2026 Pledge Certificates

Have you completed your online Pledge Certificate for 2026? Click the button below for the online certificate. A paper copy can be found on the table in the back of the church.

Thank you to those who have pledged $77,900 to date.

Our work TOGETHER depends on your support.

2026 Pledge Certificate

Calling all Middle School

and High School Youth!

Our next Youth Group event will be held on Saturday, October 25th. We will be participating in the Diocesan Youth Event called "Dead to Me" which will be held at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, NJ. Activities will include a graveyard tour, design your own gravestone, pumpkin painting, scavenger hunt and more! Please see the flyer from the diocese for more information and please text or call Meegan Adames (732) 986-2775 if your child (and you?) would like to attend so she can help coordinate registration, transportation & payment to the diocese. If the $10 fee is prohibitive, please let her know and we can cover it another way.

Looking forward to a spookily good time!

Wardens' Office Hours!

Have something to share with our wardens? Meegan Adames, Rector's Warden & Jonathan Gloster, People's Warden, will be holding office hours on the first Sunday of each month.

Next Meeting Sunday, Novemeber 2nd

Save the following dates, with time and location to follow:

November 2nd

December 7th

It is time for the Christ Church November

RaiseRight Order!

Paul Ambos, will be placing a new card order on the morning of Monday, November 10 (the week after Election Day). Please place your orders accordingly. If you plan to mail him an order with a check, mail it by Wednesday, November 5. Please advise him by email when you mail it of what your order is so he can place it on time. If you place your own order directly on the RaiseRight website https://www.raiseright.com/shop or app, he will be able to see it there when he orders the monthly batch.

The Candlelight Vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance is November 20, 2025 @ 7:00 pm. Emanuel Lutheran, 3 Kirkpatrick St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 https://www.emanuelnb.org/ will be hosting in the courtyard between the church and the Bloustein Building, https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/

The Community Thanksgiving Service is November 25, 2025 @ 7:00 pm. It will be hosted by Anshe Emeth, 222 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, https://www.aemt.net/.

We will continue with the “Breaking Bread Together” theme.

Prayers requested for:

Allen, Barb, Dennis, Doreen, Edith, Erica, Florence, Georgia, Gordon, Hansford, Jean, Jeannine, Jefferson, Jesse, Jim, Joan, Julia, Kristen, Lori, Pam, Pat, Robert, Rose, Sarah, Stanford, Steve, Thalia, Theayer, Thelma, Timothy, Tisha, Valerie, Vivian

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church in Wales

Diocesan Cycle Prayer: The Revs: Geoffrey G. West, Clarke P. French

Christ Church Ministry: Property Committee

Birthdays this week: Georgina Ager, Melbourne Garber, Moira Graf, Miranda Guy, Nancy Hartman, Aubrey Johnson, WInston Sirjue, Darby Van De Veen

Memorial Flowers: are given by the late Mrs. Ralph Voorhees in memory of Carrie Henry, the late Dr. Sidney Sanderson in memory of Elsie Dorries Sanderson and Dr. Sidney Sanderson

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 October can be found below:

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.

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

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.

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 .

Sunday 9:30am 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://us06web.zoom.us/j/84401351307?pwd=27RS59dIDkjCI1b1JYQkbNRGK0PyOa.1

By phone: Call +1-646-931-3860, Meeting ID: 84401351307# Passcode: 180249# US and enter the following code 844 0135 1307

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