Our Annual VBS/Day Camp will be August 5-9 (9am-3pm). It is open to those Age 4 (Pre-K) – 6th grade.There will be a kickoff on Sunday August 4th at the 10:30am worship, where you can meet the staff of Cross Roads and learn some of the camp songs. Day Camp is a unique blend of…
Every 5-7 years, Rectors are to take a sabbatical of a minimum of 3 months. Mother Diana, now in her 6th year as our Rector, is taking a sabbatical this summer. She is using this time for study, spiritual renewal, and rest. One of the places she will study is at Oxford! She will return on…
June 9, 2019 – The Feast of Pentecost – Mass on the Grass…with Brass!: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. What a joy it is to be out worshiping with all of you here in the midst of God’s beautiful creation. When we started this annual Mass on…
God willing and the people consenting, the Rt. Rev. Carlye J. Hughes, Eleventh Bishop of the Diocese of Newark, will ordain Sharon Sheridan Hausman to the Sacred Order of Priests in Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on Saturday, June 22, at 3 p.m. here at Christ Church. A reception will follow. Parking…
June 2, 2018: [Our guest preacher was Ms. Kelly Mcallister. Kelly is a second grade teacher at Golda Och Academy in West Orange. Her wife Amy is a Tax Attorney with Wilson Elsner in Florham Park, and a member of our Vestry. They have been attending Christ Church since 2014, initially with their children Aidan and…
Our nominee for the diocesan David Hegg Award is Bill Seeman! Bill has served Christ in this church through a variety of ministries since joining in 1998, and is an active and treasured part of our parish life. He has served as Warden for two terms, Vestry for multiple terms, Finance Committee Chair for the…
May 19, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. If you were here last week, you heard about the disciple Tabitha, raised from the dead through the intercession of another disciple, Peter. At the end of that story there was a line that said that our boy Peter…
May 12, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I want to wish all the women here a very Happy Mother’s Day. I, for one, got a nice card from my dog Lexi and my two cats Katie & Lauren, complete with paw prints (their grandma – my…
We are launching a new and fun event this year called “Fifth Fridays.” This will be a potluck at the church starting at 7:00pm, where one of our parishioners will share something they are doing outside our church walls that is a reflection of their faith journey. Our first one will be on May 31st,…
This year during Gay Pride Month, we will celebrate the gifts of our LGBT community in our worship service on the first Sunday in June. Gay Pride Month came out of the Stonewall Riots in NYC on June 29th, 1969. Our guest preachers will be Amy and Kelly McAllister. Stay tuned for more information.
