[Mendham-Chester Patch] It may be a new face, but it’s the same message at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mendham.
The congregation recently welcomed the church’s new leader and pastor, Reverend Shawn Carty as rector of the parish.
With sadness we share the news of the passing of the Rev. Canon John R. Edler, 90, on December 13, 2014 in Walnut Creek, CA.
[The Jersey Journal] The homeless, hungry, and poor congregated inside Old Bergen Church in Jersey City with homeless advocates today for the sixth annual Homeless Persons' Memorial Day interfaith service.
The Venerable Peter Jackson, Archdeacon, is quoted in this article.
[NJ.com] From Pennsauken to Pleasantville to Jersey City, a handful of food pantries scattered across New Jersey are closing or are taking a break, but not because fewer people need help, the Rev. Sara Lilja said, director of the Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries.
There's just not enough food to fill the need, Lilja said.
The funeral service for the Rev. John Negrotto will be held Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Peter's Church in Essex Fells. Clergy are invited to vest.
Visitation will be Friday, December 19, 2014, from 4 to 8 p.m., also at St. Peter's Church in Essex Fells.
The Venerable Peter Jackson, Archdeacon, is quoted in this article.
[The Record] A reality show star joined other anti-hunger activists at the State House and urged New Jersey lawmakers to increase funding for food programs and to approve bills in votes Monday that would ease restrictions and get benefits to people faster.
The Rev. Janet Broderick of St. Peter's Church in Morristown is quoted in this article.
[Morristown Green] In a strange confluence of sights and sounds, demonstrators chanted for the rights of black men as White Christmas wafted from the Green on Saturday.
We are shocked and saddened by the death of the Rev. John Negrotto, 71, late Saturday afternoon, December 13, of an apparent heart attack.
Christ Church in Bloomfield/Glen Ridge is included in this article.
[International Business Times] Mark DeYmaz was a youth pastor for a megachurch in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the 1990s when he realized the 5,000 people in the pews all looked alike. “The only minorities were the janitors,” DeYmaz said about the nearly all-white Protestant evangelical church. That realization led him to leave his post in 2001 and found Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas, with the aim to bring diverse people together to worship as one.
With sadness we share the news of the passing of the Rev. Dr. T. Herbert Johnson on December 5, 2014 in Charlotte, NC.
