Churches

At least one third of our congregations braved record cold to join Bishop Beckwith and Canon Jacobs in giving Ashes to Go at train stations, bus stops, coffee shops and other public locations across northern New Jersey on Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Here is a round-up of the online media coverage.

[Bergen.com] St. Paul's Church in Englewood celebrated their 150th anniversary with a Mardi Gras concert and supper this past weekend, featuring members of the St. Paul's Choirs along with local musicians.

In this Mission Minute, Church of the Messiah in Chester/Long Valley relates how several years of parish mission trips have served a variety of neighborhoods. You’ll also see the Tri-parish youth of St. Alban's in Oakland, Trinity Church in Allendale and St. John’s in Ramsey bringing youthful exuberance and spirit to their mission program.

In this Mission Minute you’ll see how three congregations – St. Mary’s in Belvidere, St. Luke’s in Hope, and Church of the Redeemer in Morristown – brought issues of gun violence to the attention of their neighborhoods through creative observances of the Gun Violence Prevention Sabbaths in March and December 2014.

In this Mission Minute you’ll see how the three Jersey City congregations – St. Paul’s in Bergen, Grace Van Vorst and Incarnation – brought healing to their neighborhoods through a Good Friday Stations of the Cross that prayerfully visited the sites of violent crimes; how All Saints’ Church in Millington brought healing and support to their neighborhood after a neighbor went missing; and how the rector of St. Paul’s in Chatham led an impromptu public service of healing after a suicide in a local park left their neighborhood reeling.