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This Week in Worship
Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 20 5:00 p.m.
Easter Day
Intergenerational Worship at 9:00 a.m.
“Tombs and Tunnels”
Scriptures:
Psalm 98, Luke 24:1-12
Traditional Worship at 11:00 a.m.
“The Resurrection Principle”
Scriptures Psalm 118 (selected verses),
1 Corinthians 15:19-26, Luke 24:1-12
Both services with choirs, brass & tympani and the Sacrament of Communion
Rev. Linda Owens preaching
Adult Choir
“Sing Ye To The Lord” Edward C. Bairstow
“Now Glad of Heart”
K. Lee Scott
December 7, 2018
BBPC Weekly BUZZ
April 19, 2019
Palm Sunday
After Hours Bible Study Join us on Monday, April 22, at 7:30 PM for After Hours Bible Study as we journey through scripture to consider circumstances in which God articulated God’s promise of presence. Carol Brennan is leading our study, which is held at the home of Jane Settle.
All women are welcome. If you are interested in participating, please contact Jane Settle, at church, or by phone, 908-420-4841.
Prayer Shawl Ministry The Prayer Shawl Ministry will be meeting on
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. You
are welcome to join us if you are a beginner knitter
or crocheter or an experienced knitter or crocheter.
The meeting will be held at the home of Marion
Oliver.. Please let Kathy Hobbs know if you plan on
attending, [email protected], 908-380-
0307.
Elder - Issues and Answers Wednesday, April 24 10:00 AM Dr. Susan Slater, physical therapist, will speak on Healthy Living/Strong. Join us.
Susan has many successful years as a physical therapist with offices across the street from the church.
We meet in the Reception area and conclude by 11:30.
Fair Trade Sale: The next Fair Trade sale
will be after Easter, Saturday and Sunday, April 27th & 28th. However, if you would like some of the excellent olive oil for use at Easter time, please call Ted (908-420-4841). We do have a limited supply available.
BBPC Youth Happy Easter!! We are looking forward to an Intergenerational Easter celebration at 9 a.m.
There will be NO Sunday School on Easter.
Youth Group Last week, great fun Crossing the Lava River and other games in the PFC.
April 21: Easter Sunday/ NO Youth Group April 28: 11:30-1:30 Poker and Pictionary in the Cave May 5: 11:30-2 Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Spark Sunday School We had fun learning more about Palm Sunday last week, playing Donkeys and Cloaks. Next week, we will wrap up our study of Easter, cooking with Mr. Keith. The schedule is: April 21 Easter: No Sunday School April 28 Easter: Cooking with Mr. Keith
We'll start with our next Bible story, Jesus Feeds 5,000, on May 5. May 5: Bible Games and Skills with Ms. Sally May 12: Cooking with Mr. Keith May 19: Science with Ms. Rhonda May 26: Art with Ms. Barb
Martha Costain Retirement
Luncheon Sunday, May 5, 2019 – 11:30 AM, PFC (Presbyterian Fellowship Center)
After 30 years of thoughtful dedication Martha Costain is retiring as our Church Secretary. Come join us in celebrating her work and wishing her well as she leaves for her years of well deserved leisure. A sign-up sheet to attend the luncheon will be in the lobby as well as two ‘Memory Books’. Share your thoughts and memories of Martha. The attendance sheet will be in the lobby until the cut-off date of Sunday, April 28th. We need an accurate count of who is attending. Save the date and come join us as we celebrate Martha’s time here at BBPC.
If you cannot make church from now until April 28th and would like to attend you can e-mail me (subject line-Martha) with your name and number in attendance at: [email protected]
Crossing the
Lava River
Donkeys and cloaks
Appalachia Service Project 2019 Destination: Leslie County, Kentucky June 29th - July 7th Registration forms can be found on the BBPC Website http://www.bbpc.org/asp or outside Linda's office. For more information, please contact Melissa Bellamy at: [email protected]
TRICKY TRAY benefitting ASP will be Friday, May 3 (see flyer on page 8), at the Manville VFW, with doors opening at 5:30pm. This is the major fundraiser for our Appalachia Service Project (ASP) Summer trip.
If any ministries or individuals plan on contributing baskets or items for the tricky tray, we ask that you drop them off at the church by Monday, April 22.
The ASP Tricky Tray Committee is looking for businesses to become "Sponsors" of this fund-raising event to help defray operations costs such as hall rental, supplies, decorations, etc. Depend-ing on the level of sponsorship, the business will be recognized on our sponsorship banner, with table advertisements, and even a block of event tickets.
Sponsorship forms are located on the BBPC web-site: http://www.bbpc.org/asp , outside Pastor Linda's office or can also be emailed to you by con-tacting [email protected] If you have any questions on sponsorships, please contact Melissa Bellamy at 908-672-4489. Thanks for your con-sideration and continued support of the ASP program!
Tea with Beatrix Potter An authentic English Tea and Luncheon will be served at a program about Beatrix Potter – author, illustrator, conservationist, and natural scientist. Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery will gather at the Larison's Corner (United First Presbyterian Church of Amwell) on Old York Road in Ringoes on Saturday, May 4, at 12 noon – 2 PM. You are invited to bring guests age 8 – 98 to enjoy this gathering. The election of officers and their installation during worship will also be part of this Annual Meeting.
Space is limited so reservations must be made by April 23 to Helen Burd (732-297-6797, [email protected]). A $5 suggested donation can be made at the door.
Carpool and transportation arrangements can be made with Doris Sabin (732-469-3843, [email protected]).
May Community Lunch “THE TIME IS NOW! Resolve to Love” is the theme of the Church Women United World Community Day on Friday, May 3 at 11:00 am at the First Baptist Church, 43 Franklin Street, South Bound Brook. Women around the world will be gathering on May 3 to “Resolve to Love.”
Come join with women from many of the churches of Bound Brook, South Bound Brook, and Finderne as we explore this topic, worship, and enjoy a meal together.
If you have questions, contact Doris Sabin at 732-469-3843, [email protected].
Food Bank The Somerset County Food Bank is in need of donations of jelly and canned meats (Spam, tuna & chicken). Donations can be dropped off at church or directly to the food bank ... 9 Easy
Invitation to Travel to Pakistan
to Visit PEB Schools Our church has a major contributor of scholar-
ships to the Martin Pur School in Pakistan as we pray for all the school children there. Each year in November the Presbyterian Education Board spon-sors a trip to Lahore, Pakistan, to meet the teach-ers and students in many of the schools. This year the trip will take place from November 14-25, and the Mission Commission would love to send a group to participate.
The Pakistani culture welcomes all guests with great generosity so food and accommodations in guest houses are all provided The only cost is for airfare, visa, and personal spending. Safety of guests is also a priority to the staff of PEB and local authorities. Our group would be visiting all the PEB schools in the area with a day stop at Martin Pur School to meet the girls we sponsor! This promises to be an exciting opportunity to be wel-comed into an extension of our Bound Brook family in a welcoming culture.
Anyone who would like to explore joining this trip is welcome to learn more on May 12 after church or contact Carol Wilson ([email protected]).
Exhibit A of Joan Bloomer’s remarkable creative and artistic talent was displayed by Pastor Linda a number of weeks ago when Linda wore the colorful, quilted stole designed and fabricated by Joan for the moderator (then Linda for another moment) of our presbytery. Little did Linda (or any of us) know that Laura had commissioned Joan to make another, similar stole for Linda’s recent birthday! We will likely see the beautiful colorful stole again when the Lenten season has concluded. That magnificent demonstration of quilt-making was hardly Joan’s first go-round with quilting!
Though Joan attributes many of her handiwork talents to her mother, who taught her as a child to knit, crochet, quilt and sew, the quilting gene bloomed
(no pun intended!) into fullness when Joan and her husband moved to Arbor Glen twenty years ago. In the dedicated quilting room at Arbor Glen (now Laurel Circle), Joan and her fellow quilters have made some 500 plus quilts of varying sizes for varying groups and organizations including victims of the Bound Brook floods, vets at the V.A. Hospital in Lyons, children who lost family members in 9/11 and, more recently, for the Center for Great Expectations at St. Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick. Joan describes the Center as a place welcoming of pregnant young women, abused family members and people from broken homes. Every one of the quilts made by the Arbor Glen quilters are donated to the various causes they embrace, and all of the quilting materials are donated to the quilters. Joan whimsically describes her group as the “Foundling Home for Fabric.” As further demonstration of Joan’s talent with the sewing machine, Joan not only made her own wedding dress but, from that dress, also made the Christening dresses for the first child of her two sons!
Further proof (Exhibit B-Z?) of Joan’s artistic talent is abundantly displayed in the artwork on the walls of her home. She admits to having always been a drawer and having taken art classes in high school. How-ever, after graduating from Bloomfield High School, Joan attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, where her focus was on advertising art, rather than fine art. She worked in that field for several years before marrying and having children. Though she stenciled, painted kitchen cabinets and other similar projects, it wasn’t until Joan and her husband moved to Arbor Glen that she began to use “oils on canvas” as she describes her preferred artistic medium. Here’s how that happened: her husband, Ed, made her a deal she couldn’t refuse! He said, “If you take art lessons, I’ll do the vacuuming.” And paint she has done! Joan specializes in trees and does a lovely job of depicting falling snow amidst the trees. Between the handmade items and the paintings, Joan’s home is a virtual art museum! As an aside, her home is filled with owls of every type – paintings, prints, statues, etc. Those owls that remain are apparently but a fragment of the original collection as it grew to be.
But Joan will say that her real passion in life is not quilting or art, but children. Not only her own but many, many others as well. Joan was a Girl Scout herself for a few years, and only last Sunday she worked with a local Girl Scout troop on a badge that involved learning about scouting years ago. As the mother of sons, Joan, not surprisingly, became a Boy Scout leader. She is understandably extremely proud that all of her sons became Eagle Scouts as did her two grandsons. For 36 years Joan trained Boy Scout leaders through the Morris Sussex Boy Scout Council. She was the Assistant Camp Director for one year at the Stony Brook Girl Scout Camp at the South Mountain Reservation where she had been a camp counselor for several years. She was also the Director of a Cub Scout day camp in Andover where she had a team of young men who were her counselors for the 80 youngsters that attended the weekly sessions. Joan was proud to see 17 young men become Eagle Scouts during and after the camping work with her. Joan’s philosophy is, “If you keep boys busy and take them into the woods, you’ll make good kids.”
Joan and her husband joined BBPC about 20 years ago when they moved to Arbor Glen. It was about then that the church became involved in the Appalachian Service Project (ASP). Being an “unreliable hammer wielder,” Joan acted rather as the treasurer of the project for many years and continues today in that role with the appreciated assistance of others. Remarkably, what she does every year (also with a team of helpers) is to send each and every one of the ASP cars off with a box of homemade cookies. As the number of ASP volunteers has increased, so too has the number of cookies needing to be baked. Last year 1400 cookies were sent with the team to Tennessee. Cookie baking and freezing will begin in early May. It’s not too late to join the team of bakers! Joan appreciates all offers of cookie-baking as-sistance. As her husband apparently described her, Joan is a “professional volunteer!” We are sure lucky for that!
Weekly Calendar
Friday 7:00 p.m. BBP Railroad Club 8:30 p.m. AA
Saturday 5:00 p.m. Easter Vigil
Sunday 9:00 a.m. Intergenerational Easter Service 11:00 a.m. Easter Service
Monday 9:00 a.m. Chair Yoga 7:30 p.m. After Hours Bible Study (Settle’s home) 8:30 p.m. AA
Tuesday 10:45 a.m. No Adult choir 1:30 p.m. Staff Meeting 7:30 p.m. Session, Deacons 8:00 p.m. AA
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Elder Issues and Answers (Reception Area) 12:00 noon Chair Yoga 7:00 p.m. Prayer Shawl meeting (Oliver’s home) 7:30 p.m. NA
Thursday 9:30 a.m. Silence Seekers 10:15 a.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop #41 6:30 p.m. No Handbell choir 7:30 p.m. No adult choir 8:00 p.m. AA Meditation
Friday 7:00 p.m. BBP Railroad Club 8:30 p.m. AA
Saturday 5:00 p.m. Worship
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409 Mountain Avenue, Bound Brook, NJ 08805
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In Other News …
Caring Minister On Call: April 21 - 27: Doris Sabin
New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus concert at BBPC, May 5, 4:00. Visit njgmc.org for more information
Wednesday Night Supper & Sabbath: Once a month on Wednesdays we will come together at 6:30 PM in the reception area for a lite supper followed by worship and conversation related to devotional living. Please mark the follow-ing dates on your calendar and look for sign ups coming soon.
May 8: Supper at 6:30PM & Worship & Conversation at 7:15PM
June 12: Gathering offsite followed by a trip to a local labyrinth (weather permitting)
First Friday Men’s Club w ill meet on Friday, May 17, at the home of Dave Oliver
Chair Yoga Class—Join us! Monday at 9:00-10:00 am and/or Wednesday at 12:00-1:00 pm in the preschool classroom. Cost: $40 for 8 weeks per class.
Flower chart: The 2019 Flower chart is posted outside the office.
Please send articles for the Buzz to Sharon: [email protected] with a copy to Martha: [email protected] Buzz articles are due by Thursday at 3:00. Thank you
