On three consecutive Sundays, September 22, 29 and October 6, St. Paul’s Church in Chatham sponsored a series of films, sermons and discussion on how our faith can help us remove the isolation and stigma that children and adults of all ages with disability encounter in the community, and oftentimes, sadly, in the church.
The Gertrude Butts Fund, a non-profit corporation organized in 1929, and closely affiliated with the Diocese of Newark, seeks applicants for the 2013 - 2014 academic year. This is a second opportunity for those who missed the original deadline date. The new date is November 15, 2013.
The Gertrude Butts Fund, a non-profit corporation organized in 1929 and closely affiliated with the Diocese of Newark, provides “seed money” for programs within the Diocese which are educationally driven and benefit youngsters with Diocesan affiliations.
The Gertrude Butts Fund, a non-profit corporation organized in 1929 and closely affiliated with the Diocese of Newark, provides “seed money” for programs within the Diocese which are educationally driven and benefit youngsters with Diocesan affiliations.
The Rev. Lynne Weber, Rector of Church of the Atonement in Tenafly, is quoted in this article.
[Religion News Service] At an interfaith summer camp in northern New Jersey, two dozen children explored a swamp to learn how creatures depend on safe water.
Getting the government out of our lives may sound like a good idea in the abstract, but abruptly halting the government hurts the people that can least afford to take the hit most. While our elected officials are busy arguing about who is to blame, about 14,000 people in New Jersey won’t be getting paid this week. Unless they have a nest egg, that will make it hard to pay this month’s bills.
But as with many of the economic hurricanes that seem as uncontrollable as Mother Nature – the financial crisis, the Sequestration and now the government shutdown – the youngest and the oldest will bear more of the burden than the rest in the most basic ways.
[Passaic Valley Today] Their reasons for walking were varied: they opposed violence at home, violence abroad, and supported a greater need for unity in the community.
The group of 50 area residents walked down Main Street Friday evening holding up peace signs and listening to residents tooting their horns in support of the cause.
The Ward J. Herbert Fund provides funds for buildings that are used for congregational functions. Top priority is given for deterioration of structure, hazards, and emergencies, such as inoperative boilers and leaking roofs. Grants from the Ward J. Herbert Fund must be matched dollar for dollar.
