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The Tower News LENT BEGINS ON GREETERS AT PARKING FEBRUARY 21 KNOWN Shrove Tuesday LOT ENTRANCE THE TOWER NEWS Pancake Supper AS ASH WEDNESDAY! February 5—Luis Castro We will be having our Noon Day 12- Charles Schneider THE SECOND REFORMED CHURCH February 20 Luncheon Speakers and time for fel- 19—Bill Fechtmann lowship with other Christians in the 26—Vilma & Sumant ! 5:30—7:00 p.m. area. If you know of anyone who is Dhalwani free on Wednesdays from 12 Noon to The Rev. Dennis B. Wilcox, Pastor Tickets are available March 4—Diane, Andreas and 1:00 p.m., please encourage them to Maya deKlerk Church Telephone: 201-343-7550 Y Fax: 343-0590 each Sunday. $5.00 come. All faiths are welcome as this is 1 1 — M a r k , M e l i s s a , truly an outreach to the community. for adults and $2.00 Hillary and Maggie Mulder. Anderson, Union & Ward Streets, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Our special guest speaker for Ash for children 12 Wednesday is the Rev. Dr. Timothy J. Mulder who is on the staff of New IT'S SHELTER TIME Volume 51 February 2007 and under. Brunswick Theological Seminary. A Have you signed up to host or full listing will be available very soon. cook for the shelter on Wednesdays in February at our church.. New Consistory Members Great speakers, don't miss it. Bring a sandwich. Coffee and tea is provided. All volunteers and all who are For 2007 Installed THE HISTORY OF On January 14, Pastor Wilcox or- interested in learning more are encour- SHROVETIDE aged to speak with a member of the dained and installed the following new Shrovetide is the old English name AN INVITATION TO Mission Committee or call the church members to the Consistory. given to the three days prior to Lent: MUSIC LOVERS office. A sign-up sheet can be found Deacons Phyllis Hall, Amy Evan- Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday and You are invited to an Organ Re- on the Action Table for February and gelista, and Jo-Ann Snyder. Elders are Shrove Tuesday. The word 'shrove' cital at our church on Sunday, March March. Bonnie Dickinson, Jeff Ostroth and comes from the old English word 12 at 730 p.m.—no tickets necessary. Share your time—you will be glad Betty Gottschall. 'shrive' which had to do with making The AAGO ( American Guild of you did! Introducing our Deacons confession and receiving absolution Organists will be sponsoring a per- Phyllis Hall has previously served before the beginning of the Lenten formance of the Organ works of Do You Have on Consistory as an elder and a dea- Dietrich Buxtehude. This year is the con. She lives in Bogota and is em- season. As time went on, however, Rummage??? Shrovetide came to be associated with 300th anniversary of the death of this ployed as an Administrative Assistant At this time, the Fellowship Com- feasting before the fasting of Lent. In north German Master Organist. at ProActive, Inc. in Oakland. She also mittee has decided not to have a Rum- 1837 French students introduced a Several well known local AAGO serves as Layout and Design Editor of mage Sale this spring. HOWEVER if Shrove Tuesday celebration to New organists will be performing. Invite the Tower News. you have some rummage you would Orleans, which was know in France as your friends to this special event in our Amy Gottschalk-Evangelista is a like to get rid of, Amy and Ray Evan- 'Mardi Gras' or 'Fat Tuesday'. In other church. Gloria Norton will be one of new comer to Consistory. Amy is em- gelista of our consistory are collecting pasts of the world, particularly in the the performers. ployed as an MRI Technician at Tea- rummage that will be used by the Caribbean and Latin America the sea- June Marano-Murray neck Radiology. Amy and Ray were Christian Motocycle Association as son is known as 'Carnivale', which married in early November of 2006. part of their sale to raise money for literally means 'farewell to meat'. At News and Notes She has served on the Missions Com- their mission efforts. Second Reformed Church we will be …..Our Outreach Spanish class mittee and in other volunteer The sale will be held in April, so celebrating Shrove Tuesday with our has come to a close. Special thanks to capacities. please contact them at 201-655-3047 Pancake Supper. Tickets are $5.00 for Art DeBlasio who shared his gift of Jo-Ann Snyder is also a new before April 1 to make arrangements adults. Invite your friends. See other teaching with us. It was fun and an comer to a Consistory. Jo-Ann is and to have your items picked up. Please article in this issue. educational experience. has been a long time member of the Note rummage is NOT to be brought Evening Service Group of the church Our new Consistory members were installed on January 14th. Pictured with Pastor Wilcox DON'T FORGET THE FOOD to the church. and volunteers in many other capaci- are, from left to right, Betty Gottschall, Bonnie Dickinson, Amy Evangelista, Jo-Ann Snyder, PIANO DEDICATION If you are interested in learning Phyllis Hall, and Jeff Ostroth. Congratulations to all of our new consistory members. The dedication of our new piano PANTRY COLLECTION ties. She is employed by a transporta- more about this organization you may tion company in Maywood. was held on Sunday, January 28. June EACH FIRST SUNDAY OF do so by visiting them on the web at Introducing our Elders the parents of four college age chil- Noon Day Lenten Series. Marano-Murray and her daughter, www.cmausa.org. THE MONTH. Bonnie Dickinson has served on dren. Jeff is self employed in the ad- We wish to thank the outgoing Melissa Murray performed Fuga The most needed grocery items Consistory, however this is her first vertising industry. members of the Consistory for their (Bach's Fantasia and Fuga in G Minor) are canned meat, canned fish, 100% Sanctuary Flowers arranged by F.X. Gieichauf. Thanks to term as an Elder. Bonnie lives in Betty Gottschall lives in May- talent and devotion to their elected fruit juice, cold and hot cereals, spa- The flower chart for 2007 is in the all who so generously contributed to Paramus and is the mother of two wood. Betty has served in many gov- office. They are Deacons Lisa Simcic, ghetti sauce, paper goods, cleaning hall. If you are interested in signing up the Piano Fund and making the dedica- grown daughters. She is employed by erning positions at the Congregational Lou Tiboldo and Nancy Younger and supplies, shampoo, toothpaste and to have flowers placed in the sanctuary tion possible. It will greatly enhance United Parcel Service. Church of Hackensack which is no Elders Fred Ellis, Tom Leach and toothbrushes. They also accept super- in honor or in memory of a loved one our music program. Elder Thomas Jeff Ostroth also has previously longer in existence. She is the mother Carol Miller. market $10.00 gift certificates. Thank please sign up on the chart. Each ar- Leach was chair of the piano project. served on Consistory. He lives in Tea- of Deacon John Gottschall and grand- We will highlight the committee you for your help each first Sunday of rangement is $20.00. neck with his wife, Barbara. They are mother of Emma and Kelley. We ap- members and chairman in the next the month. preciate her musical talents at the issue. PASTOR’S PEN Executive Committee Of The Missions Committee Report 2007 Consistory On The Outreach 2007 is here and it came in a hurry. With little snow (at last at the time of writ- President—Rev. Dennis B. Wilcox Christmas Eve Dinner ing this) it hardly seems like it can be January/February already. Or so it seems until Vice President—Ted Northrop Our Christmas Eve outreach to the I think about it. Christmas, New Consistory, talk of Confirmation Class, Lenten Clerk of the Elders—Helen Hirtler homeless just keeps on growing. Over speakers for our Wednesday Noonday program, and even thinking of Spring fishing Clerk of Consistory—Marie 200 were served a home cooked all combine to let me know that time marches on...so “seize the day” as they say. Grumbrecht Christmas dinner with turkey, ham, Jesus said something like that. “sufficient unto the day is the evil there of” is Chairman of the Deacons—John mashed potatoes and gravy, assorted how I remember it from the King James Version of the Bible. It sounds negative at Gottschall veggies and desserts. first, but he was talking about dealing with the only day we really ever have, today. Elder at Large—Robert Michel There is so much joy felt when you “One day at a time” is the same idea. Carol’s dad said, “Don’t wish your life away.” Deacon at Large—Kathy see our volunteers sit among our guests In other words, mine to be exact, we all need to pay attention to the day, the people, McCarthy and share a meal and engage in conver- the opportunities, the tasks, the duties, and the pleasures that belong to us...today. Recorder—Sue Davidson sation. The holidays are a sad time for Tomorrow is never here. It is only there, and there is not here. So why bother At the Consistory meeting on many people. This inclusion fills an with what isn’t here and never will be? Faithfulness is not living in the future think- January 9, the Committee Chairper- important need and keeps the hearts of ing about what God WILL do.
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