Our Annual Parish Meeting was held on January 18th. There was so much good news to share, including that we grew by 14% in 2014! We also elected three people to the Vestry, Class of 2018: Lambert Gibson (re-elected), Denise Massey-Williams, and Benjamin Reynolds. The budget for 2015 was presented, and our Rector made her…
The children and youth of Christ Church will be honoring Earth Day, which this year is on April 22nd. On Sunday, April 19th, our Sunday School children will be engaging in interactive and creative projects about this wonderful part of God’s creation and the importance of our caring for it, and our Youth Group will be…
Dear People of Christ Church, What a wonderful year this has been so far. The past several months were filled with poignant, beautiful, contemplative, and joyous moments. Above is one photo of the baptism on Easter Sunday, but there are a lot more photos loaded onto our website, so please check it out (and use the slideshow feature full…
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.
