Sunday, July 23th
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
8AM Rite I Holy Eucharist
9:15AM Rite II Holy Eucharist - Blue Grass Mass
Nursery Available
Blood Drive at St. Mark's this Sunday
We will be holding a blood drive here at St. Mark’s on Sunday, July 23rd from 9am-2pm. To make an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org and put in our zip (07920) and you will find the St. Mark’s signup. Give blood – Help Save Lives!
Save the Dates for VBS Offering
Our children’s Vacation Bible School will take place each morning (M-F)the week of August 21st. Please mark your calendars. You can sign up by goingto our website, stmarksbr.org and clicking on VBS, or call the office.
Stewardship
One of the many nuggets of wisdom we gleaned from the Book of Joy – being generous makes you happy! A heartfelt “THANK YOU” for your generosity to St. Mark’s and for keeping up with your pledge donations throughout the summer. Your generosity truly makes a difference and we hope it’s making you joyful too!
Spare a Square
Starting our summer collection of toilet paper for the Foodbank. Donations can be put in the Foodbank donation bin in the link. Thank you!Giving Gardens at the Ross Farm
We have surpassed the "300 lbs harvested" now at Ross!- Please mark your calendars for future garden weeks for St. Mark's, each week beginning with these Saturdays and running through to the following Friday: July 29, Aug 19, Sept 9, Sept 30, Oct 21. Our church partners would welcome your help during their assigned weeks.
- Back to Nature has been a wonderful partner, so please stop in and make your garden purchases there.
Rummage Sale - Save the Dates! - 9/15 & 9/16
From now until September 16th, think Rummage and how you can give of your time and donations to make this important fund raiser for St. Mark’s a big success. Your involvement is invaluable. Start collecting your donations and remember to tell your family, friends and neighbors of the opportunity to donate to our sale.
Set Up: Saturday, September 9th, 9:30 am.
Pricing and Sorting: Sunday through Thursday.
Sale Dates: Friday, September 15th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm and Saturday, September 16th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Clean up: Saturday, September 16th at 2:30 pm.
Look for the sign up sheet in the Link. Remember the Rummage Sale is one of our biggest fund raisers for the church. Give of your time generously and share the fellowship while helping to make this another profitable fund raiser for the church.
Harry Woods, Kit McLaughlin and Annabelle Wilmer
Buildings & Ground Projects
One of this year’s goals of the Buildings and Grounds commissions is to complete many items on our “to do” list. If you have not seen it yet, there is a poster on the Parish Hall wall near the kitchen that lists all the items that we are trying to complete. To complete these items, we need your help.
- Each item has a rough estimate of what the cost would be to complete the item.
- Some items need to be done by a contractor, some can be done by a work party, and some can be done either way.
- Each item needs an owner to coordinate the parts of the item to completion. This could involve getting estimates from contractors and working with the contractor to complete the item. It could be getting the necessary materials to do the item and organizing a work party to complete the item.
What you can do:
- You can volunteer to fund part or all an item.
- You can volunteer to be the owner of an item to make sure it gets completed.
- You can volunteer to help the owner of the item.
So please look at the list and let me know if you can help any of the above ways.
Best way to initially contact me is through email ngraff011@gmail.com. Then we can discuss details and your thoughts on the project.
Thanks,
Norm Graff
Saturdays in Somerville
Looking for a rewarding community service project for you and your children? Come join us again to distribute food in Somerville for the Food Bank Network of Somerset County!
Each Saturday morning during September, Jackie Taylor heads up a small team of volunteers at the United Reformed Church, 100 West Main Street in Somerville to prep and hand out non perishables and fresh produce to local families in need who don't make it to the Food Bank during weekdays. This is a super opportunity for teen community service, and your kids are welcome to bring along friends to help out and make it fun! Please contact Jackie Taylor (djjataylor@aol.com) or Jan Williams (rjwillia16@gmail.com).