St. Paul's Christian Messenger News Letter for September, 2006

HIGHLIGHTS OF REGULAR MONTHLY
CONSISTORY MEETING

September 14, 2006

Pastor Rich opened the meeting with devotional and prayer at 7:30 p.m.

Motion passed to approve July 14.
Motion passed to approve June, July and August.

Correspondence:
Pride in Milltown Day - $400 from advertising account was spent to sponsor a slide at event on October 7.
Our Lady of Lourdes is hosting a Fall Festival end of September - $350 to sponsor the popcorn machine.
Hartford Insurance Company requires a Corporate Resolution before paying out claim on the estate of Elaine Dittman. Motion passed to send resolution authorizing Pastor Richard H. Weyer to act on the behalf of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ with regards to contract.
Interfaith Network of Care - 10th Anniversary ad request.
Motion passed to support INC’s 10th Anniversary with a $1,000 ad,
taken from Miscellaneous Grants.

Thank you letters:
Interfaith Network of Care – for Vacation Bible School offering.
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for June Communion offering.
Garret & Christina Conger for scholarship awards.

Finance and Administration:
Junior Youth Group will be designating October Communion offering. They will also be greeting and ushering on October 1st.
November 19th is Stewardship Sunday
Team 4 will prepare communion for October 1st.
Covenant Players are scheduled for worship on October 29, Reformation Sunday. Need housing for 4 members on October 28.
We are hosting Thanksgiving Eve worship service. Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday this year. Worship will be 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Education:
Sunday School starts this week. Will begin with Abraham and Sarah.
Teachers need to return teaching materials to Pete when finished with lesson.
Christmas pageant will be “Santa Gives Back Christmas”. Elana will be casting soon.
Junior Youth Group will have first meeting/barbeque on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Albert Ave. park. They will host a bake sale on Oct. 1 as well as ushering and greeting at worship. During October they will collect shoes and socks.
Senior Youth Group will also have first meeting on Sunday, Sept. 17 topic of discussion for Fall will be sex.
Confirmation Class begins on Wednesday, September 20. Looks like 11 youth will be in the class.
Adult Education for the Fall will focus on weekly scriptures.
Small Groups – 5 topics were listed in the Tidings for groups to start with.
Teens will be scheduled to work specific Sundays, extra kids need to be sent back to worship.

Property & Grounds:
Installation of windows scheduled for October 7th & 8th and 28th and 29th.
Make a Difference Day is October 28th – we will be making a difference at St. Paul’s by cleaning up, sprucing up and clearing out.
Jeff Conger installed 2 new fans in the Chapel.
Good Day Nursery School installed new drainage and rubber chips in playground. Found a blocked drainage pipe.

Old Business:
Nominations committee – 2nd Term expires:
Deacons – Elana & Jim
Elder – Rebecca
1st Term expires:
Deacons – Frank & Jack
Elders – Peter & Jeff

New Business:
Boy Scouts would like us to sponsor a Cub Pack. Motion passed not to sponsor a Cub Pack at this time.
Discussed pros and cons of Milltown SAC program. Motion passed to not allow SAC program in 2007.
Advent prayer focus to include inactives.
Proposed Budget was reviewed. Budget to be voted upon in October.
Consistory Retreat scheduled for January 26 & 27.

Motion to adjourn meeting at 9:25 p.m. Next Consistory meeting will be on October 12.

Carol Lagowski,
Church Secretary

ST. PAUL’S CHURCH

founded in 1872
So. Main St. & W. Lakewood Ave.

Rev. Richard H. Weyer, Pastor

Emily Sensenbach, Director of Music

Church Office 732 828-0020
FAX # 732 828-0027

stpaulschurch@optonline.net
www.UCCSTPAULS.net

Please leave a message if no one is available.

Social Hall 732 828-1638

Church Secretary Mrs. Carol Lagowski
Office hours: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Controller Mrs. Carolyn Erb

Please address all financial inquiries to the Church Office.

NEXT TIDINGS DEADLINE
Thursday, October 19th

NEXT COMMUNION DATES
October 1 & November 5

2006 CONSISTORY
Elders:
Marisol Ciccone, Jeffrey Conger, Peter Herral
Robert Holzapfel II, Tracy Horvath. John Luttman
Jeff Rumen, Rebecca Sarmiento
Deacons:
Gary Conger, Jim Creighton, Frank Devine
Kathleen Garvey, Michael Keiser, Elana Kircher
Jack Perry, Phil Ruperto

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Save time and prevent mistakes by writing your parishioner
number on your checks and communion cards.
(Your number is on Tidings address label.)
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Please notify the church office if any of the following changes occur in your household: address change, phone number 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!

Spoil your child/ren, bring them to Sunday School
so they may grow in God’s love.
After the Junior Sermon
the children are dismissed to their appropriate classes.
Dismissal time is 11:30 a.m..

Join the group of people who gather to fix,
repair and tend to odd jobs
which need to be done around the church.

We have a network of people who are contacted
and asked to pray prayers of thanksgiving and intercession
for family, friends, members, strangers.

If you would like to be a link in our prayer chain,
please contact the church office at 732-828-0020.

If you have a situation you would like the prayer
chain to pray for, contact the church office

Should you desire more information
on any of the above activities
call the church office at 732-828-0020.

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