Dear CCGR Family,
THIS SUNDAY 10/11 – Indoor worship services in person resume in the sanctuary; they will be live streamed as well for those who can’t attend.
The service will also be available to view on Youtube at a later time in the event you miss the 10:00 a.m. streaming.
The title of the sermon will be ‘Giving Is Living’.
– Social distance and masks covering nose and mouth a must.
– Paperless service — no hymnals or bulletins.
– Prayers will be emailed; bring your smart phone for paperless participation.
– We will have instrumental music — no hymns per CDC COVID recommendations.
IMPORTANT—-FOR ANY SERVICE:
Please stay home if ….
1…. within the past 14 days you have experienced a fever (+100.4 temperature) or chills, cough, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, fatigue, body aches, headache, sore throat, congestion/runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea or a new loss of taste or smell.
2. …within the past 14 days you have been exposed to anyone with or suspected of having COVID.
3. …within the past 10 days, you have tested positive for COVID-19, even if asymptomatic.
NEW for CCGR: Within the past 14 days, have you traveled outside of the U.S. or outside of NJ, NY, or Connecticut? If so, to what state?
As per New Jersey’s travel advisory, currently there are 14-day quarantine orders in place for those traveling from certain state and U.S. jurisdictions. The up-to-date list can be found at: https://covid19.nj.gov/
Any member or guest who has traveled from outside of the U.S. or from one of the states noted above in New Jersey’s travel advisory (even if returning home from those states), should not come to church during the 14-day quarantine period.
HAVE YOU MISSED A SERMON?
Should you have missed any sermons this year–or would like to re-listen again, please take a look back over the below list of sermon titles that are available on-line (Youtube) since April 5. We are so grateful to Boyd Lowry for the gift of his time and technical talents and knowledge which have enabled us to have our services available to us on-line — now and since the pandemic began. Should you be interested in reading any of Pastor Terry’s sermons from this year prior to April 5, please contact him, and will arrange for you to receive a copy. Please note that the messages shared by our visiting pastors — on the dates Pastor Terry was on vacation — were also recorded and are available on-line, as well.
In addition, we are blessed for Janet Montroy and the gifts of the beautiful music she has shared with us each and every Sunday, and continues to do so,…for her talents on the organ and piano, and for bringing us such wonderful guest soloists and instrumentalists.
1-5 Follow That Star
1-12 Embrace Change
1-19 A Baptism of Dreams
1-26 Drop Everything Faith
2-2 The Power of Positive Thinking
2-9 Share Your Gifts
2-16 Find Strength in God
2-23 Freedom Train
3-1 The Other Road Less Traveled
3-8 Break the Binds – Feed the Soul
3-15 ?
3-22 ?
4-5 Overcome Adversity
4-12 The Joy of Easter
4-19 Where Do You Look for God?
4-26 How Do You Really Feel?
5-3 All You Need Is Love
5-10 How Do You Spell Relief
5-17 What’s In a Name?
5-24 Protection Guaranteed
5-31 Gifts
6-7 It’s All Under Control
6-14 How Do You Respond?
6-21 A Whole New World
6-28 Does God Twitter?
7-5 Dependent Independence
7-12 Meet Your Challenges with Faith
7-19 Gone With The Wind
7-26 (vacation)
8-2 Triumph Over Tragedy
8-9 (vacation)
8-16 (vacation)
8-23 Keep It Simple
9-6 Justice, Not Just Us
9-13 Forgive and Forget
9-20 Be A Stamp And Stick To It
9-27 Even the Boiling Kettle Still Sings
10-4 Crunch Time
As many of us continue to remain close to home during this time — or take precautions when we do venture out — we ask that you continue to keep each other in prayer.
Please continue to pray for our church members, families, and those close to us who have shared a special part of our lives —
Prayer is a way to help comfort others — to express our love and understanding; sometimes it is the only thing we can do.
Please keep Pam Speck in your prayers. (Pam just this weekend has undergone surgery for a knee replacement and will be rehabilitating at home.)
Also, please continue to keep Trudy Carhart & Family in prayer for the recent loss of her daughter, Joan.
Our ongoing prayers continue for Anne Allen & Family (including Anne’s daughters, Liz & family and Sara & Boyd Lowry & Family); Ed Archbold; Rich Balch & family; Debbie Azzarone & Family (including Debbie’s daughter, Elizabeth & Kyle Popiolek & Family); Laura Bird-Bennett & Family; Okey Chenoweth & Family); Rich Dethmers; Beryl Ferrari; Jean Franklin; Terry Gilligan & Family; Colleen Janssen & Family; Eric Lundquist & Family; Connie Sinkway and the Sinkway/Emery Family; Doris Van Ostenbridge & Family; Rev. Jerry Wright and Family; Barbara Zucchino & Family; the Ruth Rankin Leaper Family.
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In addition, please keep all those whose lives have been affected and lost by the blazing ravaging wildfires in California.
We pray that God continues to strengthen, comfort, and provide for all who have lost loved ones, their homes or vehicles, special heirlooms in these disasters and that aid is provided in helping to put lives back together.
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CCGR PRAYER RESOURCES:
WEDNESDAY PRAYER TIME
Are you looking for a quite place to pray, or others to pray for you?
CCGR’s sanctuary continues to be open for prayer and meditation each Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Please feel free to come by anytime during these hours, in the quietness and peaceful solitude of our church. Feel free to stay as long as you’d like. Know that all precautions have been taken to make our sanctuary a safe place. Please use the entrance/exit doors adjacent to the Memorial Garden.
CCGR PRAYER CHAIN
For those more ‘private’ prayer requests, it gives us comfort knowing our church has a small group ‘CCGR Prayer Chain’. We share prayer needs in confidence on a regular basis those prayers shared with us that you would like to be kept private. If you have a need for prayer that you feel you would like us to share confidentially amongst the small group Prayer Chain, please email requests to Candy Hall at candy.hallccgr@gmail.com and Donna Nihen at blackvelvet1299@aol.com, and of course, Pastor Terry at pastor@communitychurchgr.com
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Please continue to show your support to CCGR —
If you’re able during this unprecedented time, please remember supporting Community Church in your time of giving. In addition to mailing contributions, you may access CCGR’s website and donate on-line, as well: https://communitychurchgr.com
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Community Thrift Shop
The Community Thrift Shop is now open — with limited hours — to receive donations of clothes, linens, and shoes, and some bric-a-brac. They are now beginning to receive fall and winter items. They request that you limit clothing to 2 kitchen plastic garbage-size bags (or 4 paper grocery bags), and 2 small boxes for bric-a-brac.
Their current ‘limited’ hours are:
Monday: Drop-off Only (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.).
**It’s better to get there earlier than later; there are limitations as to how much the Thrift Shop can take in at one time. They sometimes have to stop receiving before 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: Open for Sales (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Wednesday & Friday: Closed
(85 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park — in the lower level behind Kings Shopping Center; 201-652-7661)
*Please remember to mention ‘Community Church‘ (#3), as we will receive a percentage of any of our donated items.
We will be having a CCGR Virtual CROP Walk during the next few weeks – Date TBD
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Fall 2018 CROP Walk Organizers
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BABY BASICS COLLECTION
The Women’s Ministry are holding their annual Baby Basics Collection (for Children’s Aid & Family Services) throughout the month of October (postponed from this past Spring).
Needs are diapers in sizes 3,4 and 5, as well as Similac formula. Wipes and baby toiletries are always needed, as well. Anything collected would be appreciated. Please drop your items off at the church at your convenience. There will be a box located inside the Education Building entrance. **Anyone who would like to donate but can’t deliver to the church, please give the office a call, and we will arrange to pick up your donations from you.
Spring 2018 Baby Basics Collection
God Bless!
~Donna
P.S. —-
A Message from CCGR’s Office Staff — Josh Gottheimer’s Office Outreach of Support:
For your information only — Barbara Zucchino (from our church office) suggested I share the following:
“Katie (201-803-0560), from Josh Gottheimer’s office, called our church office relaying that any members of our congregation having problems with social security, unemployment, grants, etc., can call her for help.” (Gotheimer’s main office # is 201-389-1100.)
PLEASE NOTE: (If you do end up calling, we suggest you do not provide any personal information, i.e., social security number, bank account number, etc.)