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Thursday, February 8, 2024

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Please join us Sundays at 10:00 am for Worship in person and online.

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Everyone is welcome to come between the hours of 3:00 and 7:00 pm for a FREE health screening by Hackensack Meridian nurses. See Suzanne Dice for more information.

Book Collection- Thank You!

The Mission and Service Committee thanks all who donated books to the collection. Your donations will be given to the kids at BPC Food Pantry and to Bridge of Books.

UWF Craft Group-2/13

Craft Group will meet on Tuesday, February 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Library Lounge area. Please come for all or whatever part of that time you have available. This Sunday will be your last chance to get your Valentine Cards for just $1.00 each. Stop by our Card Table on Sunday morning. Next we will be looking ahead to creating St. Patrick's Day and Easter cards. We also continue to create cards for birthday, thinking of you, sympathy, anniversary, children's birthdays and baby showers, get well, sassy sayings, and blank cards to use as note cards. Your purchases help UWF make their budgeted mission donations!

Youth Groups will be having dinner and then all are invited at 6:45 pm outside the back entrance for the burning of the palms. Ash Wednesday worship begins at 7:00 pm.

UWF General Meeting-2/17

The ladies of the UWF invite all to their next general meeting on Saturday, February 17 at 10 AM.  We have a wonderful speaker scheduled to be with us --Kabaka Ndala Alphonsine from Tanzania.  Our church helps support Kabaka and her husband so this is your chance to meet and listen to her. Contact Gerri Poranski at gporanski713@yahoo.com for more information.

Upcoming Missionary Visit-

2/17 (UWF Meeting and Lunch) & 2/18

Our friends from Tanzania, Mutwale and Kabaka, will be visiting our church for a few days in February.  They have much news to share with us about their work (over 35 years) of planting church communities and providing help to widows, orphans, and families, especially with skills to survive and education for their young children.  The government does not provide pre schools nor does it support much primary education, so our funds from our conference really make a difference in how they can help so many others. Some of the programs supported by the missionaries are: Mission Center projects, Womens Activities in the Tanzania Conference, the building of a preschool a guest house at center, and the work with youth, sewing project and now building a primary school classroom. On Saturday, Feb. 17th we will talk with Kabaka during our UWF meeting with a clergy and laity lunch at 11:30. On Sunday, there will be a clergy conversation during worship and sup and sandwich after worship.  Please come to meet them, hear their story, and learn how our funds in mission help all of us learn about another culture!  Any French or Swahili speakers? If not, no problem, as they speak English!  See you soon.  - Janie Schildge

UWF Book Club- 2/22

The UWF Book Club's next meeting is on Thursday, February 22, at 1:00 pm in the lounge. The February selection is "Justice Crimes, Trials, and Punishments" by Dominick Dunne.

From 10:00-12:00, all are welcome to bring their favorite title by an African-American author to read (or have read) for the group, or just join us and listen. Appropriate for all ages and especially families with children 2-12+ years old.

GreenFaith Meeting-2/25

The next GreenFaith meeting will be on Sunday, February 25th at 11:30 am in the lounge. Please come with your ideas on where we should focus our efforts in a changing environment. Take a look at this article about Bishop Agustín Altamirano Ramos and his efforts in Mexico here. Thanks for caring for planet earth.

Mission & Service Blanket Collection-

Help us support HABCore’s outreach of supplying the local homeless with warm blankets and bedding. Click the image below for our Amazon Wishlist or visit www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3SVQ9M756WCW5?ref_=wl_share

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Saturday Yoga

Get ready to move! YOGA is back! Every Saturday morning from 8:45-10 am in Room 114 or online. (the link can be found on the church calendar.) Join us for movement meditation and community. All levels are welcome. Bring a mat, towel and water. This is a donation based class to benefit UMCRB.

VBS Adult Volunteers Needed-

We are looking for some new adult volunteers for VBS this summer from June 24-28, 9:30-12:00. Even if you have no idea what VBS entails, we'd love you to explore the opportunity. We'll train you for what you would need to do. No experience necessary. Just a willingness to do something new and share your kindness with the kids. Please contact Bonnie at bderoski@umcredbank.org.

BPC Food Pantry- Donations Welcome

The Backpack Crew has continued to serve the increasing number of people who are impacted by food insecurity in the midst of this health crisis. Food donations are greatly appreciated on the back porch of the church, Monday though Friday from 9 am to 3 pm.

The current donation request is *HUNT'S* Tomato Sauce or any tomato sauce NOT in glass jars.

Thank you for your continued support. Email us at backpackcrewnj@gmail.com with any questions.

Worship Readers Needed!

Would you lend your voice to our worship service on Sundays? If this interests you, visit www.signupgenius.com/go/9040f45abaf2fa0fe3-worship1#/ to sign up to read. We appreciate the generosity of this congregation always being willing to serve our church in many ways. Contact Amanda in the office with any questions or if you need help signing up.

Pastoral Care
If someone is hospitalized or in need of pastoral care, please contact Pastor Cam at (732) 747-0446.
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