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Christ Church in Teaneck has been newly designated as a collection site in the North Jersey Media Group’s Annual Food Drive on Sunday, Oct. 2. The Church’s Faith, Hope, and Love Food Pantry began operations in 2000 and, thanks to a grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, has been able to expand its capacity to provide food to more families in northern Bergen County and beyond and increase the number of Saturdays in the month it is open.

The sign on her office wall reads: Do Justice, Love Mercy. A balloon representation of Jonah inside the whale from Sunday’s children’s sermon rests on a table in front of the couch. A small refrigerator in the corner stocks cans of soda, ready for visitors.

The Rev. Cynthia Black is settling in.

The Right Rev. Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, will lead a Celebration of New Ministry service formally installing the Rev. Cynthia L. Black, D.D., as the 16th Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. The public is invited to attend.

The Rev. Black was selected from a pool of more than 125 applicants. She was chosen for her strong preaching, her exceptional liturgical skills, and her commitment to social justice and community outreach.

United Airlines flight attendant Georgeina Day DuFresne of Morris Plains was in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. She had just thanked God for a beautiful day and was anticipating flying home to be with her daughter, Sara. “Then I watched the plane hit the tower.”

On Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, DuFresney donned her flight uniform and sat in the front row at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown to remember the colleagues she had lost.

At St. John's Episcopal Church in Boonton on Thursday night, less than a block from where Nazish Noorani was killed, relatives, neighbors and friends began streaming into the small building at about 7 p.m.

An imam was in attendance, and the church’s pastor, Laurie Wurm, led a brief prayer service. A sign in front of the church read, "We Mourn for Nazish. We Pray for Her Family."