[Morristown Green] Hundreds held hands and sang songs by candlelight Wednesday on the Morristown Green, and heard eloquent clergy members try to find hope in the tragedy of Orlando.
[The Record] St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Paterson, looking ahead to its 200th year and the start of its third century in the gritty city that is its home, celebrated the anniversary Sunday with a proclamation vowing to continue its mission into future.
[Clifton Journal] St. Peter's Episcopal Church hosted on May 15, an interfaith conference on Hagar, a mother of faith by women of faith. Rabbi Ziona Zelazo, Rev. Lynne Weber, an Episcopal priest and Dr. Nuray Yurt, a Muslim scholar presented the perspective of their community of faith on Hagar.
The New Jersey Governor's Council on Mental Health Stigma has awarded Christ Church in Hackensack its 2016 Ambassador Award. This year's recipients are faith-based organizations and clergy committed to “Reducing Stigma Through Faith-Based Service: Promoting Wellness and Recovery.”
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the deaths of Marjorie A. Eldridge, 79, on September 30, 2015, and H. Douglas Eldridge, 80, on April 11, 2016. Active members of House of Prayer in Newark for decades, Doug served on Diocesan Council and the Department of Missions, and both Marge and Doug served as deputies to Diocesan Convention. They had been married since June 15, 1957.
Transforming congregations requires changing the roles of leaders. Leaders need to be like gardeners, cultivating the ground to develop rich soil in which plants will thrive and grow.
[Mount Olive Chronicle] Nine years ago, Ray Bonker had an idea for how his daughter, who is on the autism spectrum, could participate and enjoy in Sunday services at Christ Episcopal Church in Budd Lake.
Grace Church Van Vorst, St. Paul's Church in Bergen and Church of the Incarnation were among the more than 30 congregations who joined the public launch of Jersey City Together, a new interfaith community action group.
Several Diocese of Newark congregations took Good Friday observances to the streets, many of them ecumenical efforts with neighboring churches.
[Episcopal News Service] Forming a monastic community of young adults at Lambeth Palace to embrace a yearlong commitment to prayer, study and service may have been an audacious experiment, but members of its first class say the initiative has been a major triumph and an extraordinary life-changing experience.
