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Worship for Summer 2010
Summer is upon us! At 8:30 AM, you are invited to worship outdoors in the backyard of Friendly Manse. Bring your lawn chair, spread out a blanket, sit on the manse back porch, or use one of the church’s chairs by the platform area. In the event of rain, we will move indoors to Friendship Hall worship space. Or, join us at 10 AM in the air-conditioned sanctuary, during which our children’s program is offered. Both these worship services will move to a 45-minute summer worship timeframe.
On two Sundays this summer, we will offer only one worship experience. July 4th we will only offer an outdoor 8:30 AM worship service with children’s program during that time. On August 8th, the Pequannock Township will hold its Annual Triathlon, blocking the Newark-Pompton Turnpike and Boulevard until approx. 9:30 AM. Therefore, we will only offer a 10 AM worship service in the sanctuary that day.
Summer Sermon Series
The Ripple Effect...the expanding series of effects or consequences that are the result of a single event or action. We’ve all done it. You’ve taken a stone and you’ve thrown it into a pond, and you see the concentric circles that are rippling outward from the center where you threw the stone. However, that’s not the only effect that throw might have had. It’s very possible that the sound of it going in may have scared a duck that was on the pond or the weight of it going down through the water, disturbed fish that were swimming there. You are tied to all of that. This summer series will speak to the Ripple Effect of our actions or inaction, our choices and thoughts, our words and prayers, and the ways these things affect not only ourselves and others around us, but ripple throughout the world. Join us this summer as we explore both biblical and contemporary stories illustrating the Ripple Effect.
Summer Story Hour and Children’s Church are held each Sunday of the summer during our 10 AM service. During the middle hymn, children age 3 through 1st grade are invited to leave for Story Hour upstairs in Room 23/24. Children who have completed 2nd through 5th grade are invited to leave for Children’s Church which is held, weather permitting, at the Outdoor Worship Center. Leaders for Story Hour are needed. Please contact Janet (973-835-1144 x 21) if you can help.
Children's Story Hour & Church