For the third year in a row, Episcopal congregations in towns across northern New Jersey will take to the streets on Ash Wednesday, March 5, marking the beginning of the Christian holy season of Lent by giving “Ashes to Go.”
For the third year in a row, Bishop Mark Beckwith and the Rev. Canon Gregory A. Jacobs will offer a quiet moment of religious observance to busy commuters traveling through Newark on Ash Wednesday, March 5. During morning rush hour Canon Jacobs will offer "Ashes to Go" outside Broad Street Station in Newark; during evening rush hour Bishop Mark Beckwith will offer "Ashes to Go" outside Newark Penn Station.
If your congregation plans to join them by offering "Ashes to Go" at your local train or bus station, or another public location in your community, you can be included in the diocesan press release to northern New Jersey media by contacting the Communications Office no later than 12 noon on Friday, February 28.
[The Jersey Journal] A nonprofit organization in Bayonne, The Windmill Alliance, will be offering English as a Second Language classes for $10 this spring and is looking for volunteers to help administer the program.
The Rev. Rose Cohen Hassan, the ESL program director, said the program has been in the planning for two years, but with The Windmill Alliance receiving a grant, the ESL program has now come to fruition.
Applications are due Friday, February 28 at 12 noon for the Marge Christie (supports congregational growth and vitality). Find out more, including applications and instructions.
It is with sadness that we share with you the news of the passing of the Rev. Mildred J. Solomon, age 65, on Saturday, February 15, 2014, in New Bedford, MA.
[The Montclair Times] It's never too late to change the path that you walk.
It was 50 years ago that the Rev. Wade Renn, the founder of Montclair Emergency Services for the Homeless (MESH) decided that enough was enough.
The former Boeing and Atomic Energy Commission employee had spent the first part of his life helping to make weapons of mass destruction and participating in research that Renn would only describe as "nasty stuff." His two physics degrees and scientific track record had earned him a spot in a prestigious Johns Hopkins think tank, but none of it brought him satisfaction.
This Confirmation Retreat is for Districts 2, 3, 7 and 9, April 11-12, 2014 at Christ Church, Pompton Lakes.
This Confirmation Retreat is for Districts 4 and 10, March 28-29, 2014 at St. Elizabeth's, Ridgewood.
This Confirmation Retreat is for Districts 2, 3, 7 and 9, April 11-12, 2014 at Christ Church, Pompton Lakes.
