What does living into Christ's mission look like at St. John's in Boonton? It looks like getting out from behind closed doors and building relationships.
What does living into Christ's Mission look like at the churches of District 10? It looks like several churches combining resources to hold a children's choir camp together.
What does living into Christ's mission look like at St. Andrew & Holy Communion in South Orange? It looks like a diverse community in service to others.
What does living into Christ's mission look like at Church of the Epiphany in Orange? It looks like committing to serve their brothers and sisters in need through a food pantry.
What does living into Christ's mission look like at St. Peter's in Mountain Lakes? It looks like reaching out to neighbors affected by Hurricane Irene.
What does living into Christ's mission look like at Church of the Messiah in Chester? It looks like running a senior resource center that offers information, activities and community.
What does living into Christ's mission look like at St. John's in Montclair? It looks like 13 high schoolers traveling to New Orleans to help rebuild a house destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
In a festive day filled with centuries-old religious traditions and pageantry, as well as joyful singing, the Rev. Valerie Bailey Fischer was installed this month as the seventh rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Teaneck following a nationwide search.
The church was overflowing with parishioners, friends, clergy from other churches and family - including the new rector's husband and 3-year-old daughter, Maggie - as the Right Rev. Mark Beckwith, Bishop of Newark, formally installed Bailey Fischer as the congregation's spiritual leader.
Traveling to Israel with Jewish colleagues earlier this month had a transforming effect on the Rev. Susan Sica, vicar of Saint Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Parsippany.
“It would have been easy to go to Israel and have a sanitized experience that only touched on Christian sites — where Jesus walked, and that sort of thing. But then we would never have really looked at what Israel is today,” she told NJJN in a phone conversation a few days after returning.
A small but growing group of gay marriage supporters are staging a rally on the steps of the Statehouse this morning as lawmakers prepare to hold a committee hearing on a bill that would allow gay couples to wed.
[The Rt.] Rev. Mark Beckwith, the bishop of Newark’s Episcopal Diocese, said supporters stand ready to help Christie find a “political way to maintain his views, but to still do what’s right.”
“Support of marriage for gay and lesbians is support for all marriage,” said Beckwith.
