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Current Events & Happenings at BJUMC

All Church/Charge Conference
Charge Conference – This year’s All Church/Charge Conference has been scheduled for Sunday, October 31, 1:30 p.m. at Bishop Janes UMC.  In order to compile reports and produce the Charge Conference booklets (we do it in house); all reports must be in the Church Office by Friday, October 08. Reports (hard copies) may be dropped off to the Church Office, or e-mailed to Gail Nicholas, grnicholas@aol.com. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Thank you!          

Wednesday Evening Worship at Fellowship Village – Please Note: the Wednesday evening worship services, which are held weekly at Fellowship Village, will now meet in the Activities room, rather than the Fellowship Hall. All are invited to attend these services, which begin at 7:00 p.m., and Holy Communion is observed during worship. Fellowship Village is located at 8000 Fellowship Road, Basking Ridge. For directions, or more information, you may contact Fellowship Village directly; 908-580-3800, www.fellowshipvillage.org.         

Calling All Guardian Angels
Another school year is about to begin, so it’s time again for the United Methodist Women’s Guardian Angel program.  This program is part of the UMW’s existing Campus Ministry, and as such, pairs up a “Guardian Angel” (an individual church member or church family) with a college student from our congregation.  Click here for more information.                

Donations Needed for Residents of the VA Hospital
The Lyons VA hospital is in need of items for the dedicated people who have served our country.
The Piecemakers (BJUMC Quilters) are collecting these items, which may be dropped off in the box, as marked,
which is located in Melick Hall.  We have listed below the items that are needed, however, please take note that
all donations must be new.  Thanks to all for supporting our Veterans!

New items for VA hospital residents:
Underwear sizes: 38, 40, 42
Cotton Socks sizes:  10-13
Sneakers sizes: 11, 12, 13
Slipper socks (men & women) all sizes
Shower gel, shampoo, combs (no travel size)

There are many additional items that are still needed.  You will find the complete list in Melick Hall or it may sent to you via e-mail.  If you wish to receive the full list, please contact Amy Grotland:  amy.grotland@gmail.com and she will send it along electronically.
      

PLEASE NOTE: CHANGE IN VENUE…”Bring a Friend Sunday” (the opportunity to introduce new people to the BJUMC Fellowship) – Worship on Sunday, September 12 will be held at 9:30 a.m. in our sanctuary.  A picnic for all ages shall follow on the Church lawn; please be alert for upcoming information, and mark your calendars now for this fun filled day for all! 

 Thank you to everyone who dropped off empty bathroom tissue rolls, which we used for our Vacation Bible School project, this last week. —  We now have received all that we need and more! Thank you!  
          

  

   

   A special quilt was crafted for Bishop Janes in honor of Bernards Township’s 250th Anniversary celebration. This quilt is being displayed at the Brick Academy, located on West Oak StreetPlease stop by to see this wonderful creation, and many thanks to all who worked on this special quilt; our own BJUMC Piecemakers, and friends.               

       

  

Habitat for Humanity –It’s Building Time
Bishop Janes church has been notified by the coordinators of Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity that the following dates are available to us to provide workers, of up to 15 on the present “build” that is taking place in Bridgewater NJ on the following Saturday:
September 11
(Previous builds were held on Saturdays, July 31 & August 21.)
To get more information about the work that will be done and to sign up, please contact Mark Fentress, our Mission Ministry Team Coordinator, fentress@optonline.net.
           
Ridge Oak Senior Housing has apartment applications available for efficiency, 1BR & 2 BR units starting on Tuesday, May 11th thru Friday, October 15th.  Ridge Oak is located in Basking Ridge; applicants must be both age and income eligible to qualify.  Visit www.ridgeoak.org or contact Ridge Oak Senior Housing, 908-221-0266 for details.        

        

Book Discussion Group
Book Selections for Book Discussion Group are listed below.  The group meets on the second Wednesday in the Church Conference room at 7:00 p.m. as noted; no meetings during July & August.   

  

September 8th: The Secret Girl by Molly Bruce Jacobs. In this book a former Baltimore lawyer writes of her life-changing decision to meet her younger sister Anne, who was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus and institutionalized.  Through her developing relationship with her sister, Jacobs, age 38 newly sober and divorced, gleans insights about her own life and about her parents’ reasons for placing Anne in an institution.
 
October 13th: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This is a story told by Death and set in Germany during World War II.  It is an adult story about children who are doing their best to live a normal life in times of unspeakable horror.

 

It is also a story of a young girl, who in spite of having a life that no one would wish on anyone, still manages to have glimpses of pleasure through many small things, including the few books  that she manages to acquire (or shall we say, steal).               


Items for Pick-up in the Church Office – At any given time, items are left in the church office for pick up by others.  Various things may certainly be left for pick up, but those leaving items are kindly asked to contact the person for whom the items are for, so that they will be retrieved ASAP. Thank you! 

 

  

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