MARCH
Sunday, 15th
8:00 am
9:15 am
10:00 am
11:30-noon
12 NOON
1:00 pm
Praise Team Rehearsal
Choir Rehearsal
Worship Service
Children’s Choir
SYG lunch in the social hall
Ice Skating at the Old Bridge
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Sunday, 1
8:00 am
10:00 am
Praise Team Rehearsal
Worship Service/Communion
Sunday School
11:30-noon Children’s Choir
1:30 pm
Elijah’s Promise
6:00-8:00 pm Junior Youth Group
Senior Youth Group
FISH
Monday, 2nd FISH
Tuesday, 3rd FISH
Wednesday, 4th
1:00 pm
Adult Bible Study
6:30 pm
Lenten Family Dinner
7:30 pm
Confirmation Class
FISH
Thursday, 5th
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
FISH
Friday, 6th
FISH
Monday, 16th
6:30 pm
Men of St. Paul’s
Wednesday, 18th
1:00 pm
Adult Bible Study
6:30 pm
Lenten Family Dinner
Thursday, 19th
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
****TIDINGS DEADLINE****
Saturday, 21st
9:00 am
Praise Team Rehearsal
Sunday, 22nd
8:00 am
Praise Team Rehearsal
9:15 am
Choir Rehearsal
10:00 am
Worship Service
Sunday School
11:30-noon Children’s Choir
6:00-8:00 pm Junior Youth Group
Monday, 23rd
7:30 pm
Ministry Teams
Saturday, 7th
9:00 am
Praise Team Rehearsal
8:00-10:00 am Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser
FISH
Wednesday, 25th
1:00 pm
Adult Bible Study
6:30 pm
Lenten Family Dinner
7:30 pm
Confirmation Class
Sunday, 8th
8:00 am
10:00 am
Thursday, 26th
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
Praise Team Rehearsal
Worship Service
Sunday School
11:30-noon Children’s Choir
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS
Monday, 9th
7:30 pm
Consistory
Wednesday, 11th
1:00 pm
Adult Bible Study
6:30 pm
Lenten Family Dinner
7:30 pm
Confirmation Class
Thursday, 12th
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
Saturday, 14th
9:00 am
Praise Team Rehearsal
Saturday, 28th
9:00 am
Praise Team Rehearsal
Sunday, 29th PALM SUNDAY
8:00 am
Praise Team Rehearsal
10:00 am
Worship Service
Sunday School
11:30-noon Children’s Choir
Pastor Rich takes Friday Off.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 7 – Applebee’s Flapjack fundraiser
April 18 – Vera Bradley Tricky Tray
MARCH 2015
Greetings:
A picky customer went into a small food
shop. The customer carefully inspected and
hand picked each piece of fruit. The
customer proceeded to the checkout
counter. He carefully placed each selected
orange on the counter and asked the
checkout person to individual wrap each
orange.
The saleswoman wrapped each orange
without any hesitation.
He then placed a pound of cherries on the
counter and asked, “Would you please
wrap up each cherry in a separate piece of
paper, too." Once again, she did what he
asked, although frustrated with the
demand.
The saleswoman then asked, “Would there
be anything else?” The customer pointed
over to a barrel and asked what is in that
barrel?
"Raisins," said the saleswoman, "but they
are not for sale!"
There's nothing wrong with a customer in a
grocery store who wants to individually
wrap each piece of fruit. But what about
when we do the same thing with our lives?
What I am referring to is our tendency to
compartmentalize our lives. We wrap up a
piece of our life and give it to our family.
We wrap up another piece of our life and
give it to our employer. We wrap up
another piece of our life and leave it laying
on the couch in front of the television set.
We wrap up another piece of our life and
give it to our God! So we wrap up an hour
of our life and give it to Him on Sunday
morning.
There's only one problem with that
approach to life.
God doesn't just want the hour of our life
that we have wrapped up and presented to
Him (no matter how beautiful the wrapping
paper may be). He wants all the pieces!
He wants the part of our lives that we
designate for family, and the part we
designate for work, and even the part we
designate for recreation. Every piece of
our life is to be lived with the purpose of
bringing God the glory.
"Therefore whether you eat or drink, or
whatever you do, do all to the glory of
God." (I Cor. 10:31)
"You shall love the Lord your God with
all your heart, and all your soul, and with
all your mind." (Matthew 22:37)
Lent provides us the perfect opportunity to
examine every piece of our life and ask the
question, Am I glorifying God with this
piece of my life?
God doesn’t desire to be a piece of the pie
you call life. He desires to be the pie crust
that holds all of the pieces of your life.
When you stop being satisfied with giving
God a piece of yourself and make an effort
to give Him every moment of every day,
life will take on new meaning for you.
Godspeed,
Pastor Rich
WORSHIP
March 1 - Communion
Scripture - Exodus 20:14
Sermon - Affair Proofing Your Marriage
March 8
Scripture - Exodus 20:15
Sermon - Prospering With Integrity
March 15
Scripture - Exodus 20:16
Sermon - Telling The Truth
March 22
Scripture - Revelation 12: 7-9; 19: 19-21;
20: 1-3, 7-10
Sermon - Choosing the Winning Team
March 29 - Palm Sunday
Scripture - Exodus 20:17
Sermon - Learning to Be Content
MEN OF ST. PAUL’S
All men of St. Paul’s church family are
invited to join us on MONDAY,
MARCH 16th at 6:30pm for supper and
fellowship.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
01 - Obedience - Pride Gets in the Way
08 - Obedience - Don't Reject God's Call
15 - Obedience - Defeating the Enemy
22 - The First Communion
29 - Death on a Cross/ The Resurrection
PRAYER of the MONTH
Lord, Let everything I do this day and in
this season of Lent come from you, be
inspired by you. I long to be closer to you.
Help me to remember that nothing is
important in my life unless it glorifies you
in some way.
It's so easy to get caught up in the day to
day of my life and keep saying,
"Tomorrow, I will spend more time in
prayer," but now my longing meets your
love and I want to do it now.
Help me to rely on you for help.
Lord, remind me that "perfection"
isn't the crazy, "successful" way I try to
live my life, but a perfection of my most
authentic, real self.
My "perfection" might be holding my
many flaws in my open hands,
asking you to help me accept them.
Heal me, Lord, and help me to find you in
the darkness of my life.
Let me reach out in this darkness and feel
your hand and love there to guide me. In
Jesus’ name. Amen
COMMUNION OFFERING
March’s communion offering will be given
to the New Brunswick Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army is an integral part of
the Christian Church, although distinctive
in government and practice. The Army’s
doctrine follows the mainstream of
Christian belief and its articles of faith
emphasize God’s saving purposes. Its
objects are ‘the advancement of the
Christian religion… of education, the relief
of poverty, and other charitable objects
beneficial to society or the community of
mankind as a whole.’
LENTEN
FAMILY
NIGHT DINNERS
Lenten family night dinners will continue
through the Wednesday’s in March.
Dinner will be served at 6:30pm. It will be
followed by a worship service.
The worship theme is The Easter
Experience - What if happened then
changes everything now?
We need a head count for the purpose of
food preparation. So please sign up in
church or call the church office.
BREAKFAST @ APPLEBEES
The youth group will be hosting a FlapJack
Fundraisers on March 7th at Applebees
from 8am - 10am.
Tickets are available after worship or in the
church office. The cost is:
Adults $10
Senior Citizens $7
Children ages 6 - 12 $6
Children 5 and younger FREE
Sr. YG
1st - 6PM - CONNECT - Relationships
What are some ways teenagers look for
love? Why do most of those ways fall
short of providing true fulfillment? Why is
it so difficult?
7th - APPLEBEE’S FUND RAISER
15th - ICE SKATING
12 NOON lunch in the social hall
1PM Ice Skating at the Old Bridge
Arena. The cost is:
$6 - 13years old and younger
$8 - 14 - 17 years old
$10 - 18 & over
Skate rental is $6.
Jr. YOUTH GROUP
Junior Youth Group for youth 4th-6th grade.
March 1 – 6-8 pm
Theme: Accepting God’s Grace
Devotion & Letter to Ronnie: Amanda
Sullivan
Snack & Help: Julie Pearce
March 22 – 6-8 pm
Theme: Accepting God’s Grace
Devotion & Letter to Ronnie: Connor
Davey
Snack & Help: Kim Davey
FINANCIAL
JAN
Income
$14,699.78
Expense
$26,665.43
Gain/(Loss) ($11,965.65)
YR to DATE
$14,699.78
$26,665.43
($11,965.65)
FELLOWSHIP HOUR
Julie Park & Tracy Rucinski are
coordinating fellowship hour. Sign up at
coffee hour or be in contact with:
Julie at 732-545-4266
mj1park@optonline.net or
Tracy at 732-545-6982
traysee7413@yahoo.com.
YOUR ASSISTANCE is still needed
to provide refreshments for fellowship
hour. You are responsible for providing
eats, and milk for kids. Sunny D is
generously providing juice.
Coffee and cups are provided.
VERA BRADLEY
TRICKY TRAY
COMING
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
Circle the date, tell all your friends, and get
ready to buy your tickets.
This fund raiser is to benefit the Senior
Youth Group Mission Trip.
If you have any questions AND/OR would
like to help contact Diane Weyer by:
phone 732-543-1387 or
email ddweyer@optonline.net
*This fund raiser event is in place of the
miniature golf event.
HOLY WEEK
March 29 - Palm Sunday
April 1 - 6:30 pm
Lenten Family Night Dinner
April 2 - Maundy Thursday
7:30 pm Service of Tenebrae
April 5 - Easter
8am & 10am worship
SUGGESTION BOXES
At the foot of the staircase in the education
building AND in the Narthex you will find
hanging on the wall suggestion boxes for
you to make suggestions. Your
suggestions are very much welcomed.
THANK YOU…
Those who served 100 dinners at Elijah’s
Promise on Feb. 1st:
Grace Kothari
Noah Walsh
Margaret Schmidt
Dawn & Molly Mostowski
Special Thanks to Dawn & Molly for
baking over 100 cupcakes for Elijah’s
Promise.
Following are the steps involved in this
project:
.
Every first Sunday of the month we
gather at 2:00 pm at 21 Nelson St. in
New Brunswick.
.
Prepare the food and serve between
2:00 pm & 4:30 pm.
We invite volunteers to be part of this
noble cause. If you are interested,
please contact Margaret Schmidt at
732-390-0169.
MEMORIAL FUND
STEVE NAPOLITANO
Donald Fox Family
FRED BRACKMAN
Jane Osman
DENNIS ROY MILLER, I
Barbara & George
LANDIS S. & LORETTA BRINDLE
Landis & Betty Brindle
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
RAY CONGER, who passed away
3/18/06
Marjorie Conger
SYG MISSION TRIP
THELMA RUDNITZKY’S 94th Birthday
Nancy & Michael Duffy
FISH
DR. GRACE KOTHARI – in honor of her
80th Birthday
Anand & Devi Chockalingam
BEREAVEMENT
Our sympathy to the family of Barbara
Shanabrook, who died 2/19/15.
Music at St. Paul’s
From “Greater,” which we’ll sing in
worship on March 22:
Upcoming concert
There’ll be days I lose the battle;
Grace says that it doesn’t matter
‘cause the cross already won the war.
Ocean Grove organist Gordon Turk will
present an organ concert on Fri., March 20,
at 7:30 pm at the First Presbyterian
Church, 270 Woodbridge Ave., Metuchen,
NJ. Dr. Turk’s dazzling performances are
well-known throughout the organ world.
Be sure not to miss this performance!
Suggested donation of $10 per person ($8
seniors, $3 students). See Emily for more
info.
I am learning to run freely,
Understanding just how He sees me,
And it makes me love Him more and
more.
Thank yous
Thanks be to God for our praise band for
playing extra music for Youth Sunday
(Feb. 15) and for our Adult Choir, which
traveled to the Methodist church for Ash
Wednesday worship (Feb. 18).
Holy Week
We have just begun our Lenten journey,
but Holy Week and Easter are not far
away. Our choirs are already preparing
special music for Holy Week services. On
Palm Sunday, the Children’s Choir and
Adult Choir will join forces for a festive
prelude. Maundy Thursday will include
special music from the Praise Band and
Adult Choir. Easter Sunday will include
more fabulous music, much of it with our
guest trumpeter Caitlin Holody. Her
playing is made possible by gifts to our
Music Fund.
THE DREXEL UNIVERSITY
SIGMA PHI EPSILON FATERNITY
is hosting a Head Shaving Event to benefit
the St. Baldrick’s Foundation on April 24th
in the Drexel Recreation Center. The St.
Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteerdriven charity committed to funding the
most promising research to find cures for
childhood cancers and give survivors long
and healthy lives. Sigma Phi Epsilon
supports the St. Baldrick’s Foundation by
fund raising and hosting a head shaving
event every year. This year Jon
Napolitano, will be raising money and
SHAVING HIS HEAD for this event. You
can graciously donate by going to
www.stbaldricks.org/participants/Jonathan
Napolitano. Thank you to all for any
donations and for spreading the word about
this cause.
Consistory Minutes
February 23, 2015
IN ATTENDANCE:
Dianne Andreula, Joanne Ciaccio, John Garback,
Peter Herral, Rebecca Jones, Steve Kircher, Julie
Park, Rob Ramsen, Tanya Roberts, Chuck
Rucinski, Emma Rumen, Sean Sullivan, Don
Wesen
and Rich Weyer.
Steve K. called the meeting to order at 7:40pm.
Minutes from the January 12, 2015 were presented
and approved – motion by Rob R., 2nd Pete H.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Received a letter from Spotswood High School
Drama club requesting St. Paul’s to purchase an
ad to advertise their upcoming play. Motion by
Sean S., 2nd by Joanne C. and approved to donate
$100 to the Drama club.
Received a letter from Jon Napolitano – Drexel
University Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity is hosting
a Head Shaving Event to benefit the St. Baldrick’s
Foundation (a volunteer –driven charity
committed to funding the most promising research
to find cures for childhood cancers and give
survivors long and healthy lives.) Jon is working
on raising money and will be shaving his head for
this fundraiser. Motion was made by Steve K., 2nd
by Rob R., and approved to donate $50 or the
balance of March’s undesignated benevolence,
whichever is greater to Jon.
FINANCES
Motion by Dianne A., 2nd by Pete H. and approved
to accept the January financial report.
CONSISTORY:
Communion:
Sunday, March 1st – Team 1
Maundy Thursday, April 2nd Team 2
Easter Sunday, April 5th, (8am and 10am)
Teams 3 & 4
COMMUNION OFFERING:
March – New Brunswick Salvation Army
WORSHIP:
Maundy Thursday, April 2nd – Tenebrae 7:30pm
Easter Sunday, April 5th – 8:00am and 10:00am
MINISTRY TEAMS:
CHURCH, FAMILY AND SPIRITUAL LIFE:
Lenten Family Night Dinners will begin
Wednesday, February 25th and will continue on
Wednesdays through Wednesday, April 1st .
Sunday School – Pete reported that everything is
going well.
Youth Group – in need of adult assistance.
Fund Raising for the Mission Trip – Flap Jack
fundraiser at Applebees on March 7th
Tricky Tray Fundraiser– in April
PROPERTY
Annual Contract for Boiler / AC Servicing –
motion was made by Dianne A., 2nd by Rob R. to
get contracts for both buildings for the boiler and
the AC Servicing. We’ll get competitive bids to
decide who will get the contracts.
Future Meeting Dates:
Monday, March 9th – Consistory Meeting
Monday, March 23rd Deacons and Elders
Meeting
Adjournment:
- Motion to adjourn by Frank D., 2nd Pete H.
- Meeting adjourned at 8:55 pm
- Prayer concerns were solicited
Respectfully submitted,
Emma Rumen
HEAD USHERS FOR
March
1
Team 1
Communion
8
Sean Sullivan
15
Fran Christ
22
Elana Kircher
29
Frank Devine
GREETERS FOR
March
1
Sandra Muller
8
Bunny Theurich
15
Alice Plantec
22
Connie Michael & Carol Calantoni
29
Curtis & Joan Peck
*Greeters are asked to arrive at church by
9:20 a.m.
GREETER COORDINATORS
Judy Skalla & Thelma Rudnitzky
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JUNIOR SERMON
Parents – your help is needed! Please
notify the church office if your child would
like to participate by bringing an item in
for the Junior Sermon. Rather than assign,
each week we will invite an interested
child to participate. Please email
carolstpauls@optonline.net or call
732-828-0020.
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CHECK US OUT
You can check it out by going to
www.stpaulsmilltownnj.org or look us up
on facebook.
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH
Founded in 1872
So. Main St. & W. Lakewood Ave.
NEXT COMMUNION DATE
March 1
2015 CONSISTORY
Rev. Richard H. Weyer, Pastor
Elders:
Emily Sensenbach-Gopal,
Director of Music
Dianne Andreula
Joanne Ciaccio
Frank Devine
Peter Herral
Rebecca Jones
Julie Park
Tanya Roberts
Don Wesen
Church Office 732 828-0020
FAX # 732 828-0027
stpaulschurch@optonline.net
www.stpaulsmilltownnj.org
Please leave a message if no one is
available.
Church Secretary Mrs. Carol Lagowski
Office hours: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Financial Secretary Mrs. Debbie Paley
(address inquiries to church office)
Please address all financial inquiries to the
Church Office.
NEXT TIDINGS DEADLINE –
Thursday, March 19th
Deacons:
John Garback
Steve Kircher
Dick MacDowell
Debbie Paley
Robert Ramsen
Chuck Rucinski
Emma Rumen
Sean Sullivan
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Please notify the church office if any of the
following changes occur in your
household: address change, phone number
change, email change, marriage,
separation/divorce, death, birth, adoption,
adult child(ren) moving out, or a family
member being moved to a rehab. or
nursing home.
We would like to keep our membership list
up-to-date, but we need YOUR
cooperation to do so!
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH
62 South Main Street
Milltown, NJ 08850
(732) 828-0020
MARCH, 2015
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 1 – Communion
March 4,11,18,25 – Lenten Family Dinners
March 7 – Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser
March 29 – Palm Sunday
TIDINGS
Worship Service
Sunday School
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Rev. Richard H. Weyer, Pastor
DATED MATERIAL
February 25, 2015
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