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Christ Church Diversity Hits News!

Take a look at this article in the International Business Times (note that the article indicated we had two openly gay priests, but we have one now, and one in the past): http://www.ibtimes.com/us-churches-make-moves-become-more-diverse-less-racially-segregated-1745825

On Easter Sunday there will be loads of fun things happening. The first will be the traditional Easter Brunch. The brunch this year takes place after the 10:30am service. Please bring a dish to share as we continue our celebration of the resurrection. The Youth Choir will next sing at the 10:30am Easter Sunday service.…

What a wonderful celebration it was! Here are two pre-processional pictures:

Please join us in welcoming Candice to our Christ Church staff as Director of Family Ministries. Candice is a graduate of California Lutheran University, and has worked locally at Cross Roads, the Lutheran/Episcopal Camp and Retreat Center (our local camp supported in part by the Diocese of Newark). She is also completing her Masters Degree…

If you missed the 5pm Christmas Eve service, than you missed the premiere of our new Youth Choir – and they were really wonderful! The choir will not be a once a year activity. Stay tuned for information on rehearsals and performance dates.

This picture, from our pageant on Sunday, December 21, 2014, was the cover photo on The Episcopal Church official Facebook page all during Christmas! It was “liked” by 1.3 thousand people, and shared 21 times!!! Below are some of the comments made by those who saw it across the nation: “For God so loved the…

On the second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 7th, members of our choir and also the congregation (not to mention a certain priest in reindeer antlers) had a wonderful time singing Christmas carols to the residents of South End Gardens in Montclair, several of whom are our parishioners. For more pictures, see our Photo Gallery.

Attention all parents of angels, shepherds, and joyful noise makers! Letters are being mailed to parents of children from toddlers up to youth in High School to sign up to be in the pageant (or in the case of High Schoolers to help), and to sing in the Youth Choir. The pageant will be…

Thank you to all in the Nursery School who participated in the food drive. Loads of food was collected, some of which decorate our altar this morning, and combined with all of our donations during worship services, we have a huge haul to bring to the Presbyterian Church on the Green Food Bank. We are…

We are thankful for our Men’s Group who hosted a Spaghetti Dinner with a family friendly movie on Friday, November 7th and raised over $500 dollars to support our Nursery School. What a great time everyone had that night! Check out the pictures in our gallery. The Nursery School has been a ministry of Christ…