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Wednesday, December 27, 2023 - 1:30 - 7:30 pm at Church of the Holy Spirit. register at https://tinyurl.com/4zswkzc3   You're invited to join the Holy Spirit Sangha on Wednesdays during Advent, November 15 - December 20, from 7:00-7:45 PM in the sanctuary for Mindfulness Meditation in the Plum Village Tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Together we practice silent sitting meditation, walking meditation, a brief reading or teaching, and a few minutes for optional sharing from the heart (dharma sharing) with the group. In this Advent season of waiting, we practice slowing down, listening, and re-connecting our minds and bodies. No experience needed; No registration or signup. If you'd like to sit on a cushion and mat (or folded towel or yoga mat), please bring one from home. Chairs will also be available if that's more comfortable. If you have questions, you may ask Chris Wyglendowski in person or email at cwyglendowski@gmail.com. Find out more on the Plum Village Tradition at PlumVillage.org.
Clinton Christmas Parade, Friday, December 1, 2023:
The Clinton Christmas Parade is THIS FRIDAY! Volunteers are needed to ride on the float. We will be singing We Three Kings, as we promote our Epiphany House Blessings. We will need people to ring Chimes while we are singing. If you are interested chiming, please contact Meg McKenna, ladybassist@comcast.net. Gathering time is 6 pm at the Clinton Firehouse – across the street from the Clinton Post Office. The parade steps off at 7 pm and should conclude at the library on Leigh St by 7:45 pm. Please contact Jeneen Ryan at jeneen.deboer@gmail.com if you have any questions.  Save the Date! Santa Claus is Coming to Town! CHS will be hosting "Santa's Workshop" on Saturday, December 9 from 10:00 am – noon. In addition to visiting with Santa, we will also have crafts, games, and light refreshments. Dabour Photography will also be on premises taking your keepsake photo booth photo!
This event will be open to friends and families in our community outside of CHS. We are looking for donations of snacks and drinks – cookies, brownies, donuts, mini muffins, donut holes, juice boxes, etc. If you provide a food donation, please contact Dale Dabour at daledabour@gmail.com  ECS-NJ is a diocesan initiative that focuses on proactively addressing human needs and relentlessly working against both social and racial injustice. CHS is one of the founding members/supporters of ECF. Get engaged and make a difference! If you or someone you know has a skill or talent and a few hours a month to give, we need you! For more information, contact us: info@ecs-nj.org. We would like to express our deepest gratitude. We are blessed with the congregations, individuals, and organizations, without whose kind generosity, none of this would ever have been possible. We are committed to working to achieve a more just and equitable world. Together, we’re able to do so much more. Let’s ignite an epidemic of compassion, donate today at www.dioceseofnj.org/donate-to-ecs. In April, Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of New Jersey (ECS–NJ) issued $111K in ECS–NJ Grants to fund Nine projects in seven counties in New Jersey. The ECS–NJ grants are designed to expand existing compassion and justice ministries of congregations or make new ones possible. Projects address one or more of the following:
Spring 2023 grants - For more information >CHRIST CHURCH, TOMS RIVER
Community Outreach to the Homeless Project focus: Housing Insecurity Grant amount: $15,000 ST. MARK’S, PLAINFIELD The Out of the Box Club: A Math & Science Club to Develop STEM Skills Using Experiential Learning Grant amount: $8,000 Project focus: Education ST. PETER’S, FREEHOLD Community Housing Clearinghouse Grant amount: $15,000 Project focus: Housing Insecurity ST. PAUL’S CAMDEN Feed My Sheep Grant amount: $15,000 Project focus: Food Insecurity ST. MARY’S STONE HARBOR Branches After School Instruction and Inspirational Care (aka BASIICS) Grant amount: $10,000 Project focus: Youth After School Program ST. JAMES, BRADLEY BEACH Fresh is Best Grant amount: $8,000 Project focus: Food Insecurity HOLY TRINITY, SOUTH RIVER Casa Amistad (Friendship House) Grant amount: $15,000 Project focus: Hispanic Ministry TRINITY, ASBURY PARK Trinity Radical Well-being Program Grant amount: $15,000 Project focus: Wrap-around services for people at risk in the community TRINITY CATHEDRAL, TRENTON ServSafe and Life Skills for Ex-Offenders Grant amount: $10,000 Project focus: Ex-Offender Rehabilitation and Mentoring Theology on Tap - Continuing thru November 28Theology on Tap will is back, from 7-8:30 pm in the Narthex. For those wishing to join Theology on Tap via Zoom, please use the link below. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83344263788?pwd=aMgEPyaiDDSqoq5fiUdwS8oFBFw2ha.1  On Tuesday, November 7, we began a new book: Learning to Walk in the Dark, by Barbara Brown Taylor. For this Tuesday(11/7), please read the Introduction—Treasures of Darkness and Chapter 1—Who’s Afraid of the Dark?
For Tuesday, November 14, please read Chapter 2--The Fear of the Lord and Chapter 3--Hampered by Brilliance. Consider marking a passage you find meaningful to share with the group. From the New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor’s Learning to Walk in the Dark provides a way to find spirituality in those times when we don’t have all the answers. Taylor has become increasingly uncomfortable with our tendency to associate all that is good with lightness and all that is evil and dangerous with darkness. Doesn’t God work in the nighttime as well? In Learning to Walk in the Dark, Taylor asks us to put aside our fears and anxieties and to explore all that God has to teach us “in the dark.” She argues that we need to move away from our “solar spirituality” and ease our way into appreciating “lunar spirituality” (since, like the moon, our experience of the light waxes and wanes). Through darkness we find courage, we understand the world in new ways, and we feel God’s presence around us, guiding us through things seen and unseen. Often, it is while we are in the dark that we grow the most. With her characteristic charm and literary wisdom, Taylor is our guide through a spirituality of the nighttime, teaching us how to find our footing in times of uncertainty and giving us strength and hope to face all of life’s challenging moments.  K&C will resume January 9, 2023.
Time will be: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Mondays. Please remember our previously homeless and honorable discharged New Jersey veterans taking refuge in Veteran’s Haven North in Glen Gardner. Here is the latest wish list > Veteran’s Haven North has a new Wish List, copies of which are located in the narthex of the church along with a large red bin for donations. This summer our church is emphasizing their need for all sizes of men’s FLIP FLOPS, LAUNDRY PODS, DRYER SHEETS, and all occasion or blank CARDS. Any suggestions or questions can be addressed to Judy Linger or Nanette Chardoussin at judy.linger@gmail.com, nmtchard@gmail.com A bin marked VHN is located in the narthex. Thanks for your consistent support of this worthy charity. For questions contact Judy Linger at (772) 321-4885 and judy.linger@gmail.com; or Nanette Chardousin at nmtchard@gmail.com  |
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