Holy Trinity in West Orange recently offered a unique summer program for children: “Science and God,” led by Holy Trinity's Priest-in-Charge, the Rev. Miguel A. Hernandez, who is also a telecommunications engineer.
The 2015 budget process will follow the same process adopted by Diocesan Council for use in preparing previous budgets. This process more easily allows individuals and organizations to request funding as part of the 2015 Budget. Funding requests for 2015 are due by September 22, 2014.
[NorthJersey.com] St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Paterson is hosting an ecumenical prayer service in memory of Genesis Rincon on Tuesday, August 5 as part of the city’s National Night Out Against Crime observance.
Dear Clergy and Wardens,
We have and continue to hold workshops and provide resources to congregations on stewardship topics. At stewardship workshops that we have held, attendees requested that we continue to provide information to them on an ongoing basis. Such information includes TENS resources, notices of webinars on stewardship topics, and other resources.
For youth 18 and under to be confirmed in 2015, a registration form must be submitted no later than Friday, December 12, 2014. Youth must be in 8th grade or higher to be eligible for Confirmation. For adults, we would like a "Best Guess” adult count due December 12 - with the numbers of adults trending upwards, we now need to have an idea of this number as well.
Priest, scientist, social activist, and missionary, the Rev. Canon Wade Renn, 79, will retire from House of Prayer in Newark on June 29 after a 50-year ministry that has touched the lives of countless people. When asked what he cherishes most about his long and varied ministry, he answers without hesitation, “To have been called by God to be a domestic and foreign missionary of the Episcopal Church.” In 2005, at age 70, when not a few clergy have settled into less ambitious ministries, Renn founded a faith-based mission to the homeless in Montclair, providing shelter, food and showers for those in need. He remained president of the mission until 2012. It’s but one of many impressive accomplishments during a truly amazing life of service.
At 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 14 at Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral in Newark, Joyce McGirr was ordained to the Transitional Diaconate (a step in the process toward ordination to the Priesthood). Her journey to this day has been diverse and spirit-filled.
It is with sadness that we share with you news of the passing of R. John Cooper on Thursday, June 12, 2014. A liturgy of thanksgiving and holy remembrance will be offered on Friday, July 11 at 11 a.m. at his home parish of Christ Church, 66 Highland Avenue, Short Hills.
John served the diocese as a member of the Trustees of the Episcopal Fund and Diocesan Properties, to which he was elected in 2011.
When Bishop Mark Beckwith blesses the launch of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church of Lincoln Park & Montville on June 8, it will mark the formal end of a methodical process that started more than seven years earlier, and the beginning of a new ministry and mission. The unification of St. Andrew’s in Lincoln Park and Church of the Transfiguration in Towaco (a section of Montville) was affirmed in January at Diocesan Convention.
The 2014 Memorial Day Service at St. James' Church in Upper Montclair was a very special event.
“I don’t remember such a moving ceremony at St. James',” said parishioner, Ruth Gardner of Montclair, “And I’ve been a member here for over 50 years.”
