Pavilion Praise @ 9 Ocean Pathway & Ocean Avenue, Ocean Grove, NJ

Sunday, September 13th, 2015

A joint venture of… The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, 54 Pitman Avenue 732-775-0035 www.oceangrove.org Dale Whilden CMA President JP Gradone Executive Director/COO & St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 80 Embury Avenue 732-775-1125 www.oceangrovechurch.com John DiGiamberardino Senior Pastor George Scholes Robson4 Worship Arts Pastor CCLI License #478813

“Sometimes Jesus Walks the Sea”

1) Sometimes Jesus walks the sea to save us Sometimes Jesus walks the road by your side Either way it’s not the avenue that matters It’s the fact that He finds you when you’re lost… lost in the night

2) Sometimes Jesus comes in ways you least expected Sometimes Jesus comes in ways you thought He would Either way it’s not the avenue He chooses It’s the fact that He loves you and He works… works what is good

Chorus You can take the road that keeps on winding even higher You can take the path that’s all unknown You can face today for the One who holds forever Gives the promise that you are not alone

3) Sometimes Jesus opens doors to guide us Sometimes Jesus closes doors with His own hand Either way it’s not the doors that really matter It’s the fact that He’s given us a part… part in His plan

Welcome & Announcements Katrina Clapsis JesuServant St. Paul’s UMC, Ocean Grove

Call to Worship Leader: For those who first went out into the early dawn, when the sky was grey, taking spices to the tomb, there was terror, and surprise.

People: For us, resisting the impulse to sleep in as part of another weekend at the Jersey Shore, and being overly-familiar with the Easter story... there is the risk of complacency.

Leader: So let us open ourselves to the astounding possibility that life can break out at any moment!. People: Let us challenge the thought that we have planned the future so efficiently that there will be no surprises!

Leader: Let us face the fact that the walls of this Pavilion the walls of any church, and the "life" of our institution cannot entirely contain the Way, the Truth, and the Life of Jesus Christ!

People: Let us celebrate the irrepressible power of God breaking out with abundant life where and when we least expect it!

Paraphrased from : Anne Siddall by gsriv “Where I Belong”

Sometimes it feels like I'm watching from the outside Sometimes it feels like I'm breathing but am I alive I won't keep searching for answers that aren't here to find

Chorus All I know is I'm not home yet This is not where I belong Take this world and give me Jesus This is not where I belong

So when the walls come falling down on me And when I'm lost in the current of a raging sea I have this blessed assurance holding me

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bridge When the earth shakes I want to be found in You When the lights fade I want to be found in You

Chorus Chorus lyric & music : Jason Ingram | Jason Roy © 2010 Sony/ATV Timber Publishing (Admin. by Sony/ATV Sounds LLC)West Main Music (Admin. by Sony/ATV Sounds LLC) Windsor Hill Music (Admin. by Sony/ATV Sounds LLC) Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (Admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC)

Antiphonal Liturgy

Leader: Lord… we thought you were dead. People: We thought the cross was the end.

Leader: We thought when the stone rolled over the tomb , that was it. People: But this is it… the dead are living!

Leader: The cross is empty! People: The stone is rolled, and one word describes it all: Alleluia!

Leader: Savior…we thought You had said Your final word. People: We thought those with power had won.

Leader: We thought that when You cried out, that was it. People: But this is it:… the Word breathes!

Leader: The powers are defeated! People: The final cry was only the beginning, and one word says it all: Alleluia!

Leader: We thought the story was finished. People: We thought the hope had ended.

Leader: We thought that when the tomb was sealed, that was it. People: But this is it: the story had just begun!

Leader: The hope is newly born! People: The tomb is empty, Jesus is risen!

Leader: And one word says it all... People: Alleluia! Leader: We thought that when they crucified You, death had defeated life, and that was it. People: But this is it: Love is stronger than death! Christ is risen!

Leader: And one word says it all... People: Alleluia!

Paraphrased from :Roddy Hamilton by gsriv

“Utter Praise Mantra” (Psalm 106 )

1) Hallelujah! Glory to God, Thy will be done!

2) Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?

3) Who can declare all His praises?

4) Remember me, O Lord with the favor You have toward Your people O visit me with Your salvation with Your salvation

lyric & music: Alan Herman Brown/GeorgeScholes.Robson4/Glenn Robert Swindell © 1997 LibraryMusic Psalm 106: 2-4 Collect Leader: Stop! Did you hear it? The stone rolling. The grave clothes being folded. The body rising. Like a whispered "Alleluia" in the stillness of the dawn but it was real. People: Did we hear it? The angels' muffled laughter as the women reached the tomb. The dawn breaks over the garden revealing footprints in the dew. The mountains bow in slow grandeur just out the corner of our eyes. Like something shifting at the edge of our sight. But it is real.

Leader: Did you hear it? The world holding it’s breath. The stars hesitating. The sun lingering. Creation filling it’s lungs. The air and the seas swell. People: So that the whole earth can proclaim: Christ is risen!

Leader: Here we celebrate another Resurrection Sunday!

People: So that we can proclaim: Christ is risen!

Paraphrased from :Roddy Hamilton by gsriv “Christ Is Risen” 1) Let no one caught in sin remain inside the lie of inward shame But fix our eyes upon the cross and run to Him who showed great love and bled for us Freely You've bled for us

Chorus Christ is risen from the dead Trampling over death by death Come awake Come awake Come and rise up from the grave Christ is risen from the dead We are one with Him again Come awake Come awake Come and rise up from the grave

2) Beneath the weight of all our sin You bowed to none but heaven's will No scheme of hell no scoffer's crown No burden great can hold You down in strength You reign Forever let Your church proclaim

Chorus bridge O death where is your sting? O hell where is your victory? O church come stand in the light The glory of God has defeated the night (Singing) O death where is your sting? O hell where is your victory? O church come stand in the light Our God is not dead He's alive He's alive!!! Chorus Chorus lyric & music: Matt Maher | Mia Fieldes © 2009 Thankyou Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) spiritandsong.com (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) SHOUT! Music Publishing (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)

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Peter Herr Trustee: OGCMA & JesuServant, St. Paul’s UMC, Ocean Grove

Invitation of Ushers & Offertory Prayer This is a joint service of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association and St. Paul’s United Methodist Church of Ocean Grove All checks will be given to the organization named on the check. Cash will be divided equally between the two organizations.

“All of you… Live in harmony with one another, Be sympathetic Treat each other as members of a loving family Be compassionate & humble Be tenderhearted & courteous Do not repay evil with evil, or insult with insult, but on the contrary… repay with blessing. Because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.” -1 Peter 3:8-9

May Adonai, our Creator (the Compassionate & Merciful God) truly bless you, in the name of our Savior: Yeshua the Christ, and by the power of our Counselor: the Holy Spirit… Until we meet again… Shalom! Amen!! Maranatha!!! “Roll Away the Stone”

The silent tomb, it echoes nothing and lying there in dust of death The Nazarene is stirred by something as He wakes and takes a breath

mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm {Shekinah} …

2)The linen clothes, scattered He leaves them (He) unwraps His headcloth, folds it up The Galilean, born in Bethlehem rising from His baptizing cup

To roll away the stone Shekinah Shekinah glory To roll away the stone Shekinah Messiah glory Conquered sin and death alone to roll away the stone to roll away the stone

3)Into the dark tomb of despair the sunlight…. streams down in mercy and makes day what was night Lifting up our sin sick souls from private hells...public sheols The Son of God stands up and rolls a-way the stone of separation opens the way for our salvation and redeeming His lost creation

4)So why do you seek the living among the dead? Why don’t you step outside here and clear your head? Why stumble endlessly now follow Christ instead? Abiding in the Word... Abiding in the Word...

To roll away the stone Shekinah Shekinah glory To roll away the stone the power of Jehovah’s glory Today the one true light has shone to roll away the stone roll away the stone! Shekinah Shekinah glory roll away the stone the power of Jehovah’s glory roll away the stone and rise again bridge So Christ will be the glory in our midst Christ will be the glory in our midst….

Praise Jesus the resurrected Praise Jesus the resurrected Praise Jesus the resurrected Jesus! music/lyric:George Scholes Robson4 4/7/93 Luke 24:1-8 Zechariah 2:5 Revelation 21:23

“An Encounter With Jesus: Mary Magdalenen” Pastor John DiGiamberardino Senior Pastor, St. Paul’s UMC, Ocean Grov

John 20:1-18

20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

St. Paul’s Notes

An Encounter with Jesus Mary Magdalene September 13, 2015 John 20:1-18

Luke 8:1-3; Mark 15:40-16:11; John 19:25

Four Things We Know About Mary

1. Jesus cast out seven demons from her. Mark 16:9 2. She was a follower of Jesus. Luke 8:1-3 3. She was present at the crucifixion. Mark 15:40, 47; John 19:25 4. She was at the tomb the first Easter morning. Mark 16:1-4; John 20:1-18

A Whole-Hearted Woman

She Wept in Slavery – Tears of ______Luke 8:2

She Wept in Salvation – Tears of ______Mark 16:9

She Wept in Service – Tears of ______Luke 8:1-3

She Wept in Sorrow – Tears of ______Mark 15:40, 47; John 19:25

She Wept in Surprise – Tears of ______Mark 16:1-4; John 20:1-8

Where are you along this journey?

For Further Thought

READ – Luke 8:1-3; Mark 15:40-16:11; John 19:25; 20:1-18

Mary Magdalene was the first person to see the risen Christ on Easter. Mark 16:9 Why is this significant?

How do you recognize the living Christ? John 20:14-16

Why didn’t Jesus choose a woman as one of the twelve?

Mary cried many times. When was the last time you cried? Was it for yourself, for someone else, or for something someone had done for you?

“Victory In Jesus” 1) I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me I heard about His groaning of His precious blood's atoning, Then I repented of my sins and won the victory

Chorus O victory in Jesus, my Savior, forever He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood He loved me ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood

2) I heard about His healing of His cleansing pow'r revealing How He made the lame to walk again and caused the blind to see And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, come and heal my broken spirit" And somehow Jesus came and brought to me the victory

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3) I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory And I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea About the angels singing and the old redemption story, And some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of victory

Ministers of Sound: Randy & Morgan Martin, Joe Grissman, Nick Scott, Peter Herr, Rick Cuttrell, Steve Twidle, Eugene & Katrina Clapsis, Ron Carlucci, Ben Benfer, Greg Sassone… Ministers of Greeting : Don Noll, Kenny Greer, Roger Truex, Eugene Clapsis, Greg Sassone

[Thanks to any JesuServants l who we may have been inadvertently omitted]

This week's "God'Square Mile" musicians included… Classic-D Electric & Vox Mello: Acoustic, Electric & Vox Bambino: Bass, Electric & Vox Randy: : Drums, Bass, Electric, 12-String & Vox PopSentry: Keys, Drums, Electric & Vox Redhouse: Vox

PopSentry also presents…

God'SquareMile (the band) Their CD: "Cross Tomb Resurrection" or Mp3s/ tracks are available on their website: gsr4gsm.com or through iTunes, Spotify, Rhapsody,CDBaby,Amazon,CD Universe, Collector's Choice etc. or Mon-Fri in the church office: 80 Embury Avenue . Donation of $10 per CD. Includes 9 original songs by George Scholes Robson 4; and 2 "covers" that we sing at 9amWorship St. Paul’s Week At A Glance Key: Chapel-C, Fellowship Hall-FH, Jr. Room-JR, Kitchen-K,, Music Room-MR, Parlor-P, Sanctuary-S, Thornley Chapel East-TCE, Thornley Chapel West-TCW, Youth Room- YR, Francis Asbury Manor – FAM, Great Auditorium – AUD, Boardwalk Pavilion – BP, Tabernacle-TAB , Kitchen – K, Ocean Grove Community Room – CR, Auditorium Pavilion – AP, Youth Temple – YT, Ocean Grove –OG Sun 9 AM Praise Worship Service – Boardwalk Pavilion 9/13 10:30 AM Worship – Great Auditorium Tue 9 AM Staff Meeting 9/15 12:30 PM UMW Exec. Bd. - P 2 PM United Methodist Women meeting – FH 7 PM Nominations Committee meeting - P 7 PM Women’s Bible Study – Trusting God - 76 Heck Wed 6:30 PM “Sanctuary” - TAB 9/16 7 PM Men’s Study– JR Thu 3-5 PM Food Pantry 9/17 6:45 PM G.R.O.W. – P 7 PM Fellowship Time Planning Meeting - Pastor’s office Fri 3-5 PM Knit Together – P 9/18 for info call Christy 732-939-0916 Sun 9 AM Praise Worship Service – Boardwalk Pavilion 9/20 9:30AM Choir Rehearsal - MR 10:45 AM Worship – St. Paul’s Sanctuary Everyone is encouraged to worship Sundays 9 AM – Boardwalk Pavilion 10:30 AM – Great Auditorium

Restrooms are on the beach by the Pavilion. If you need assistance finding them, see an usher.

St. Paul’s Ministries Women’s Groups - 80 Embury Avenue, OG (UMW meet Sept.-May) 732- 775- 1 1 2 5 United Methodist Women – 2nd Tuesday, 2 PM, Fellowship Hall Worship Phyllis Truran, 732-801-0098 Fall, Winter & Spring Schedule for Worship Edith Frederick’s Circle Services Sundays 9 AM & 10:45 AM 3rd Monday 1:30 PM – Mona Everson, Interpreter for the Deaf - Cindy Williams 732-776-7251 732-925-8086 Isabella Thoburn Circle Ushers Don Noll @ 9, Al Dawson 10:45 3rd Tuesday 10 AM, Visitation Pastor, Mr. Brian Schulte Elizabeth Brubaker Circle [email protected] 3rd Tuesday 2 PM, Helen Stocum, 732-918-8453 Director of Christian Education Anne Forrester Study Group Paula DiGiamberardino, 4th Tuesday 1 PM, Marie Carter, 732-775-1125 ext. 127 732-988-2706 Children Edna Bradley Circle Sunday School 4th Tuesday 2 PM – Isobel McCutcheon, 9:30 AM Sundays, Bev Burns, 732-988-5244 732-685-8876 H.E.A.R.T. Circle - Tender Care Nursery School 2nd Sunday, 10:30 AM, Barbara Trouwborst (6mos-pre-K) Lisa Noll, Director 732-775-6098, Eileen Sokol 732-775-6088 9AM – 2 PM M-F, 732-775-2265 [email protected] St. Paul’s Auxiliary 732-775-2265 Last Monday 2 PM, Youth Marilyn Foote, 732-775-4979 CrossRoots Student Ministries – Megan Faulkner, 732-775-1125 ext.123 Self-Help Groups College Angel Program – G.R.O.W. 6:45-8:45 PM Thursday Holly Heim, [email protected] Women’s Bible Studies Church Committees 2 PM Mon – Mary Winkler 732-673-2422 Altar Flowers – Barbara Meakin Whitworth 7-9 PM Mon – Judy Beth Soltis, Church Council - Bob McEwan 732-869-9292 Lay Leader- Phyllis Truran 732-801-0098 7-9 PM Tue – Kathleen Glickman, Staff Parish Relations –Norman Harris 732-988-4711 Stewardship – Victor Kuo Men’s Groups Trustees – Ron Carlucci Men’s Bible Study Missions – Borja Del Campo 7 PM Wednesday, Chuck Hendron Kitchen Committee – Damaris Adamo Wedding Coordinator – Sharon McEwan Bible Studies (men & women) 6 PM Tues – Judith Hoffman, 732-775-1125x110 LIKE US ON

Community Outreach FACEBOOK! " Food Pantry – 3-5 PM Thursday The Ocean Grove Church - SPUMC" for Caring Friends (volunteers for neighborly updates and information! assistance) 732-775-1125 ext. 3 Hands & Feet Ministry in Motion – 848-667-6061, [email protected]

Music Contemporary Worship Musicians – George Robson, 732-775-1125x115 Organist / Choir Director – Alyn Heim, 732-775-1125 X116

Prayer Requests Shirley Thomas & his family, prostate Prayer requests not updated will be cancer removed Names may be used only with Bernice Dudak permission of themselves or their Ken Orr immediate family. Lizz, missionary in SE Asia Jean Kelshaw, Nancy Doremus’ mother Prayers for: Heather Bray Michael Barrett, brain surgery Sept 15 Sean DenBraven Roger Scotto, battling cancer Cheryl Benfer Flo Aloupis Gloria Corbo Emma, 93, Eric Hoernle’s mother Seidle family In Care Facilities: Paul Braneky Al Aanensen, FAM John Rogan, Cheryl Benfer’s brother-in- Shirley Boss, Neptune Rehab Ctr law Alba Brunetto, FAM Bonnie Bartholomew Rev. Gene Foote, MBTS Roger Burke (Judith Burke’s brother) Dorothy Glenn, MediCenter Ted Keating , healing & conviction Tom Nevas, Sloan Kettering (Timothy’s son) Ken Orr,JSUMC Jane Johnson Helen Reaser, MBTS Joyce Dawson Emy Lou Snyder - home Nick Dietz , ALS (Jan Reece nephew) Kenneth Alstrom, stroke Our Military: Charlie Triolo Ryan Juliano, US Marines bootcamp Tyler Neff in Navy (Glenn Neff’s son) Rebekah Spedaliere in Air Force

New Members If you are interested in becoming a member or just finding out what St. Paul’s membership is all about, you are invited to a meeting on Saturday, September 26, 10 AM – 2 PM, at St. Paul’s. Lunch is provided. Please call the church office and let us know that you will be attending. 732-775-1125 ext 110.

St. Paul’s ministry continues through the summer. If you need something, please contact the church office. Regular office hours: M-F 9 AM-noon, 1-3 PM

Miss a Sunday sermon or want to listen to one again? Go to www.oceangrovechurch.com and check out the audio or video archives found under “MEDIA” in the menu.

United Methodist Women

Executive Board Meeting Tuesday, September 15, 12:30 PM, Parlor

UMW September General Meeting Tuesday, September 15, 2 PM, Fellowship Hall Speaker: Paula Hartley – Clown Ministry Phyllis Truran, Chairperson Hostesses – Executive Board

Anne Forrester Circle Tuesday, September 22 12:30 PM 125 Cookman Avenue

21st Annual Walk for All Ages

Are you looking for a way to Do Something Grand for Grandparents’ Day and give back to area seniors? Annual Walk sponsored by the United Methodist Homes of New Jersey, a nonprofit organization that has been providing care to seniors for over 100 years. Make the Walk for All Ages a success

Sunday, September 13th at Francis Asbury Manor in Ocean Grove, NJ. Registration begins at 12pm and the walk starts at 1pm. Fellowship Time Planning Meeting Thurs Sept 17, 7 PM In the Pastor’s Office

St. Paul’s Website & Online Newsletter If you would like to receive St. Paul’s notices & newsletters go to our website www.oceangrovechurch.com & fill out the form on the “contact us” page St. Paul's Trustee Update

Security Replace the west-facing doors (Office & Food Pantry) match the new Sanctuary doors we replaced last year. These will also have electronic releases for automatic closure and entry. Cost is approximately $19,000.

Moisture Issues and Air Quality Removing foliage growing up against the building Regrading the landscape away from the building Re-pointing all of the building’s masonry Cost is approximately $12,000.

New “skin” on the flat roof above Fellowship Hall. Replace the inside ceiling tiles. Adding more vents into the interior drop ceiling. Cost is approximately$3,000

If you would like to donate toward one of these projects, above & beyond your regular giving, please note this on your check.

In His Name, The Trustees Ron Carlucci, Jr

Travel with St. Paul’s UMC 2016 Holy Land Classic 10-DayTour

Walk the Land of Jesus & the Bible lv. USA July 19, 2016 $3198

On this 10-Day Journey you will visit all the major sites, such as the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Church of the Loaves & Fish, Mount of Beatitudes, the Jordan River, Nazareth, Tel Megiddo, Caesarea Maritima, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jericho, Qumran, Mount of Olive, Mount Zion, walk the Via Dolorosa and more. You will even have the option of a day-trip to Masada and a swim in the Dead Sea! Enhance your journey with our optional 5-day extension tour to Egypt ($828). You will take the ancient caravan route to Mount Sinai, with stops at the Monastery of St. Catherine, Wadi Feiran, Elim, Mara, Red Sea – the journey of the Exodus. Then on to Cairo and the pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum, a sail on the Nile River aboard an authentic Egyptian Felucca, and much more.

For more information see Judith Hoffman or call the church office 732-775-1125 ext 110 or [email protected]. Online registration at www.EO.travel/mytrip or see the link on our website www.oceangrovechurch.com Tour: HL16 Date: 071916 Code: A ID#: 53228

______St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Staff Church: 732-775-1125 Fax: 732-775-4540 Parsonage I: 732-361-5564 St. Paul’s church office hours: M-F 9-noon, 1-3

The Rev. John DiGiamberardino, Senior Pastor –ext. 112 – [email protected] The Rev. Walter A. Quigg, Pastor Emeritus – [email protected] Mr. George Robson – Worship Director – ext. 115 [email protected] Mr. Brian Schulte, Visitation Pastor, [email protected] Mr. Alyn Heim Jr., Organist/Choir Director – ext. 116 [email protected] Miss Megan Faulkner, Director of CrossRoots Student Ministries ext. 123 Mrs. Paula DiGiamberardino, Director of Christian Education, ext.127 [email protected] Mrs. Lisa Noll, Director of Tender Care Nursery 732-775-2265 [email protected] Ms. Judith Hoffman, Church Office Administrator – ext. 110 [email protected] Mr. Ben Benfer, Church Sexton – ext.125 [email protected] Mr. Neil DenBraven- Evening & Weekend Host Mr. Arnold Newman - Evening & Weekend Host Ms. MJ Shaughnessy - Evening & Weekend Host Mr. Michael Mindnich - Evening & Weekend Host, Weekend Sexton Miss. Phyllis Truran, Lay Leader – 732-801-0098 – [email protected] (Note: P. Truran number is incorrect in church directory. This is the correct number) Church Office Hours Open Monday – Thursday 9- noon; 1-3; Friday 9 – noon

There's a very big difference between being created by God and being invaded by God. Breath, The Life of God in Us is a study by Beth Moore reflecting on the person, the work and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Mondays beginning September 21 2 PM in the Church Parlor For more information contact Mary Winkler 732-673-2422

Wrestling with God? Wrestling with people? Need a new identity? The Making of a More Honest Me by Beth Moore is based on Genesis 32.

Mondays beginning September 28 7 PM In the Community Room (next to Pathway Market) in Ocean Grove

For more information contact Judy Soltis 732-869-9292 ([email protected])

A Ray Vander Laan study

Israel's Mission: Becoming a Kingdom of Priests in a Prodigal World

WHAT'S YOUR MISSION? God gave the assignment to His people thousands of years ago: to bring "lost sheep" back into the love and safety of His kingdom. He said to become a "Kingdom of Priests," and put God on display to show the world what He is like. It's still our task today. In this thirteenth volume of the That the World May Know ® film series, you'll glimpse the urgency and rewards of welcoming the strangers and prodigals the Lord longs to embrace. Discover the mission that can give your life - and the lives of those around you - greater meaning than you ever imagined. Join renowned teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan as he guides you through the lands of the Bible. In each lesson, Vander Laan illuminates the historical, geographical, and cultural context of the sacred Scriptures. Filmed on location in the Middle East and elsewhere, the That the World May Know ® film series will transform your understanding of God and challenge you to be a true follower of Jesus. Join us for this 5- week study Books need to be ordered. Call the church office to sign up.

Tuesdays beginning October 13

6 PM – Church Parlor

For more information contact Judith Hoffman in the Church Office 732-775-1125 ext 110

Men’s Bible Study

The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having Guts to Respond

Wednesday evenings at 7 PM Beginning in October

Imagine what your life might become if you were willing to say, "God, I'm listening." If you were hearing God's voice and obeying God's promptings. This powerful book from pastor Bill Hybels provides inspiration and vision for what can happen when you intentionally listen for the Holy Spirit's promptings and respond decisively to what you hear. Leaning into personal experiences from over three decades of active ministry, Hybels offers practical wisdom on how to better listen for God's whispers of direction, challenge, and counsel – and how to summon the courage to follow God's voice.

For questions & additional information contact Chuck Hendron or call the church office 732-775-1125 ext 110