November 14 – 5pm Baked Potato dinner & fundraiser for Taize, goodwill offering. A baked potato dinner with all the fixings – chili, cheese, broccoli, bacon bits, butter and sour cream – will begin at 5 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The dinner will be a fundraiser to help send Olivia Cunningham on the Taize pilgrimage to France in 2010. A free-will offering will be taken at the door, but all are welcome to join in food and fellowship regardless. Following the dinner, at 7 p.m., the church will have its monthly Taize-style worship, led by Pastor Dave Repenning. The service includes songs, prayer and scripture. An annual pilgrimage to Taize by church youth has been a focus of Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar, who leads the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. All faiths are welcome to join in one or both events at MUMC on the 14th.
November 14 – 7pm Taize Service
November 15 – Food Donations Due for the Thanksgiving Dinner Baskets, local outreach.
November 18 - Crafty Ladies meet in the conference room from 10-12. Will need lots of help putting together our Christmas Mugs and other things for the Christmas Crafts sale. If you have any questions or any handmade items you would like to donate for the sale, please call Nancy Heim at 296-3549. There will be another Christmas Craft Sale during the United Methodist Women coffee hour on December 13 from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Have a cup of coffee and shop for stocking stuffers and many unique handmade gifts, including a beautiful assortment of baby blankets. Our candy-filled Christmas mugs are the perfect gift for teachers, neighbors and Grandma and Grandpa too, only $1.00 each! There will also be a bake sale with Crafty Lady Peanut Clusters and our special bean soup mixes.
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November 21 – 5pm Advent Wreath Making and Covered Dish Dinner, space is limited please sign-up in fellowship hall or contact Sheila Cunningham douglasc@ptd.net
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November 23 – Thanksgiving Food Baskets will be given out on Monday, Nov. 23 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. We will need help packing the boxes (call Gretel at 296-7246 for day & time) and carrying them out to people’s cars on Monday the 23rd. You do not need to be here the whole time. If you have any free time, please come down & give us a hand.
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November 28 – Dinner & A Movie/ Adult Bible Study 6pm in the fellowship hall. Remember to sign up on the rolling bulletin board so we know how much food to prepare. Call Lil Colvin if you have questions or need more information: 973-293-7901
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November 29 – First Sunday of Advent, devotionals available in Narthex and here on line.
December 13 – Crafty Ladies Christmas Boutique from noon to 2p in the fellowship hall.
