Missions & Ministry

A Message from Missions

The communion offering for November is for Elijah's Promise in New Brunswick. "Elijah's Promise" was chosen as the name by three New Brunswick churches who founded their initial community soup kitchen in 1989.  Today they operate as an independent nonprofit and continue to work with a variety of religious organizations and spiritual groups throughout our community in efforts to end food insecurity, improve lives, and inspire change in Greater New Brunswick and Central New Jersey. The values shape who they are and what they strive to do by ending hunger, breaking the cycle of poverty, promoting healthy, sustainable food, empowering individuals through job training and opportunity, creating businesses that create social good and providing dignity and honor to those they serve. They have provided over 375,000 free meals last year, distributed a record amount of winter coats, socks and hygiene products to homeless individuals and restarted the Promise Culinary School, giving clients critical job training for employment. Please help by giving generously to this incredible organization.

The joint Sunday School/Missions project for November is "Attitude for Gratitude". We will be collecting gifts for our local Senior Center to use as prizes and gifts for their games and events. This is the perfect time to give back to our community by donating a gift to a local senior. There will be a card in Friendship Hall for the congregation to sign and the kids will be
making cards. Please see the enclosed flyer for more information and suggestions for items to bring. We are hoping to deliver the basket to them the day of their Thanksgiving luncheon. Thank you in advance for your continued generosity.