Registration is now open for our VBS Day Camp! The dates are August 6-10 (Monday-Friday) from 9am-3pm, and is open to those entering K (or potty-trained)- 6th grade. There will be a kickoff on Sunday August 5th at the 10:30am worship, where you can meet the staff of Crossroads and learn some of the camp…
The Greater Bloomfield Interfaith Partnership (GBIP), a group of clergy laity serving Bloomfield and surrounding communities, will be holding a service and vigil to denounce the practice of separating families at the border, and especially the use of sacred texts to justify it. While the President has reversed his decision to make the separation the…
May 27th is Trinity Sunday, when we celebrate the entirety of the Trinity (God, Christ, and Holy Spirit). The concept of the Trinity is not a biblical one, but a theological doctrine of the church that seeks to give witness to the way in which God acts in the world. The Western and Eastern churches…
We are blessed to host the Rutgers University Chorus again this year. The chorus, under the direction of Mr. Brian Preston Harlow, DMA, will present “Song of the Universal” in our church at 5pm on Saturday, April 21. They will be debuting the piece for which this concert series is named, written especially for the Chorus…
Our celebration of the children and youth of this parish will be Sunday, June 3rd at the 10:30am service. Our Sunday School children will process in the banner they made this year, and our youth will serve in all the worship roles – lectors, ushers, worship assistants, and acolytes. We will also honor all those who work…
Christ Church is in the second year of returning to the original longer season of Advent, and at this Adult Forum we will reflect on how this impacts our entering into the sacred space of Advent. We will talk about the experience of returning to our roots, and what that has offered us in the…
This year marks 500 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. He was not the first one to speak against the Roman Catholic church, but it was his courage in this moment that sparked what is known as The Reformation – a movement that continues unending…
Rich, deep liturgical worship is a hallmark of Anglicanism, of which the Episcopal Church is a part. Yet even cradle Episcopalians, as well as visitors, will often ask (or wonder privately) about the worship we do: “Why do you this?” or “What does this mean?” Or, there may be meanings we have come to impart on…
Our choir, whose voices we miss so much in the summer, will return on September 10th. If you are interested in joining the choir, please let our Director of Music, Bill Davies, know by emailing him at music@christchurchepiscopal.org, or by saying hello to him after a service. Choir rehearsals for adults are on Thursday evenings…
The Search/Nominating Committee for the selection of our next bishop have been holding Listening Meetings in July, August and will hold more in September of this year. These events will be opportunities for all members of our Diocese to meet for respectful, responsible dialogue and for an interchange of thoughts and ideas in response to the…
