C Rossmoor Community Church Newsletter - November , 2014 C C C R 1 Village Mall, Monroe Twp., NJ 08831 - Rev. Dr. Dierdre L. Thomson, Pastor Sunday 2 Sunday 9 Sunday 16 Thursday Sunday Sunday 23 30 Services SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR 11 A.M. Guest: The Rev. Joanne Petto will be preaching. Communion will be celebrated. Rehearsal for Seasonal Choir and Choristers at 9 a.m. (Remember Kiwanis Food Pantry.) 11 A.M. Hymn Sing. The Rev. Dr. Dierdre L. Thomson will be preaching. Music: Delaware River Consort Quartet. (Collection of men’s white crew socks for T.A.S.K.) 11 A.M. Following this service, a Congregational Meeting will take place. Purpose: Voting on the Church Budget and approval of new and current Church Officers for 2015. Music: The Rossmoor Chorus―Gloria Montlack, director. Please stay for Fellowship Hour. 20 1:30 P.M. INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE. Given the week before Thanksgiving Day. The Rev. Dr. Dierdre L. Thomson will be preaching. Soloist: Donald Sheasley. The Rev. Dr. Dierdre L. Thomson will be preaching. Soloist: Stephanie Pervall. THE CHIN YUN CHORUS ANNOUNCES: Commemorating our 30th annniversary, we will present a grand concert on T SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 7:30 P.M. AT SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH IN HIGHTSTOWN. his is the chorus that has musically treated us each June for the past five years. Music Director, Cecile Wang, will sing with the group. The choral group, “Vox Nova,” will join in this presentation. The program will include the beautiful classical piece, “Magnificat,” by John Rutter. There are many multicultural selections, including, “Let There Be Music,” “The Seal Lullaby,” “Already Home,” “The Prayer,” and several Chinese songs. Please let Cecile know if you are interested in attending. Tickets are $10 for Seniors. What a pleasant way to spend a Saturday evening! 8 The Choristers and the Christmas Special Choir will meet at 9:30 a.m. on November 2. Cecile will inform the groups about the planned practices and performances scheduled. Please make a special effort to be at the Meeting House on time. Anyone may join in. 8 CHOIR PRACTICE SCHEDULE ALL ABOUT THE RAINBOW CHIMERS DORIS HERRON Beautiful holiday music will soon be with us everywhere; so perhaps this is a good time to talk about the Rossmoor Rainbow Chimers. I have been a member of the chimers for 15 years. We are 12 hardworking members, so ably directed by Cecile Wang. We try to add a different note to the music in our worship service. The church congregation is very generous in their compliments to us each time we chime, so we thought you might be interested in knowing what is involved in our efforts: Each of us is assigned a musical position, responsible for several notes. The silver chimes are the naturals and the black ones are the sharps and flats. We all hope and pray that the combined efforts of ringing these black and silver chimes at exactly the right time, by paying careful attention to counting and to Cecile’s direction will make beautiful music. Are you interested in joining the Chimers? It is difficult to recruit Chimers because some prospective candidates are reluctant to admit that they can’t read music, they find that weekly practices in the Fall are too time-consuming or some do not like to be in front of an audience. But, if you join the Chimers, we can assure you that, with the help of our very skilled director, Cecile, all your fears and trepidations will evaporate. Cecile Wang, with her sense of humor, vast knowledge of music and infinite patience, optimism and a bit of magic, somehow melds us all into a harmonious unit. Even those who previously could not read music are skillfully taught to become an important part of this choir. Cecile has added a small steel drum to our sound, giving even more depth and beauty to our harmony. If our practices or performances are snowed out, as happened last winter, we find that we miss being together. We have a purpose and we have fun. The main purpose of the Rainbow Chimers is to enhance the worship service but we’ve also been known to do a few things just for fun. We have mini afternoon Christmas concerts playing secular as well as sacred music. We occasionally give a holiday concert. One year we played at the Senior Citizen complex―a great success― but the logistics of moving our equipment makes it difficult. And―every now and then we enjoy a delicious lunch together at a Chinese restaurant. The renowned composer, Dave Brubeck, once said, “Everyone prays in his own language and there’s no language God does not understand. Music is my language and I worship in it.” We Chimers hope that God understands our musical language and our efforts to enhance the worship service. Our director, Cecile Wang, and all the Chimers will continue to strive to make beautiful music in praise and worship. 8 God Himself doesn’t propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you? (2) I FROM THE PASTOR “Those who give to the poor will never want; those who close their eyes to them are cursed.” ― Proverbs 28:27 t seems like Easter was just yesterday, yet here we are rapidly approaching Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of those special days that bring back memories. Perhaps you had a large extended family who gathered together around the dining room table to enjoy the food and each other. Or, more recently, the family gathers together to re-watch the Walton’s Thanksgiving story which showed how a frugal Thanksgiving could also be a very special Thanksgiving. As I was checking out my 2015 Guideposts Daily Planner, I came across a short article by John L. Sherrill, a contributing editor at Guide- Something to think about . . . posts. He shared the following about Grace Ousler, the very first executive editor of Guideposts magazine. “ �All money we can save we give away,’ said … Grace. �Of course we don’t save much on a sliver of soap, but it’s not the amount that’s important; it’s creative frugality.’” Sherrill then tells us that, “After her death we learned that Grace and her husband sent underprivileged people through college.” Their frugality was �others-centered’ and turned a merely practical virtue into a creative one. Acts like the Ousler’s do cause one to think … In His service, Dierdre to indulge in impulse-buying? Time: Is the time we spend in rest and relaxation truly re-creative? At work (of any kind) do we use time productively or squander it? Energy: How much energy do we spend stewing and fretting about world situations? Can any of this energy be channeled into doing something specific about one of them? What if we, this month, try thinking and talking about ways in which we and our families can dedicate ourselves spiritually and materially, to an old-fashioned ethic that’s “in” again? 8 As I was preparing the message for “from the Pastor,” I noticed a question in my brain―sort of the opposite of a light bulb going off. The question? How do I use my personal resources? Then I began to think about God’s church here at Rossmoor and included “we” with “I” while I pondered the question. How do we use our personal resources? Money: Do we waste a significant amount? When shopping, do we compare values? Do we fall under the spell of labels and ads The Kiwanis/Monroe Food Pantry is reaching out to neighbors who might need food assistance. The Food Pantry offers monthly distributions of food to those who qualify, through the Monroe Township Office On Aging. (If you know of someone wo could benefit from this service, please call Ruth at 655-7579. Complete Confidentiality is assured.) 8 KIWANIS FOOD PANTRY OFFERS HELP (3) with their talented and powerful performance. The diversity of the group is truly heartwarming! There are 30 participants, with ages ranging from 12 through 76. AT 3 P.M. IN THE MEETING HOUSE. Hospitality (Sonya Bacon,and her committee), will serve a variety of delicious Our Music Director & Organist, Cecile, has arranged for this Choir to visit our Community refreshments. Bring a friend or neighbor or both. There is no charge and a truly wonderagain with this timely presentation. During the Easter season last Spring, we were thrilled ful afternoon is promised. ― SALLIE ROWLAND CRANBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH presents the Christmas Cantata, “Searching for the King,” SUNDAY, DEC. 7, I t’s time again to go through your closets and pull out any coats, jackets and any other warm clothing that you would like to donate to those less fortunate than you. Starting Nov. 8, Rossmoor Community Church will again sponsor a community collection of gently used winter clothing for the needy. For each of the past 5 years, the folks in Rossmoor have donated hundreds of coats and other warm clothing to a worthy cause. With your help, we can do it again CLOTHING FOR THE NEEDY this year. Please bring your donations of men’s, women’s or children’s clothing to the big box marked WARM COATS FOR THE NEEDY that will be in the narthex of the Meeting House between Nov. 8 - Dec. 12. All contributions will be delivered by Christmas to help make the holidays a little happier & much warmer for those in need. You may call it an old coat but it will surely be received with love and appreciation. ―ALYCE OWENS After submitting a prayer request, it is extremely important that the Prayer Chain be kept updated on that person’s health status. A person’s name is listed in the Sunday bulletin for three weeks. Then it is placed in the Newsletter for two months. Our prayers continue where needed but we can only do so if we are kept apprised of the person’s progress. ―DOROTHY ERVIN Carol Albanese; Kim Alexander; Jeanette Baldwin; Carole; Ben Collier; Flo Cramer; Debbie; DeHart family; Barbara Dennis; Florence Haygood; Susan Espenhart; Eileen Harding; Janette; Dina Leonard & family; Pat Leonard; Tristan Meiselbach; Linda and Richard Montalbano; Frank Palmanteri; Bobby Sargent; Gary Strague & family; Christine Whitehill; Luke Zufall. 8 ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Our annual meeting will be convened Sunday, November 16, immediately after morning worship. Please make every effort to be there for this important but brief meeting. Purpose: (1) to elect persons to specific offices or committees as set up by our By-Laws; (2) to approve (4) the proposed budget for the coming year; (3) to act on such others matters as may properly come before the congregation. A copy of the proposed slate of officers and committee members, as well as the proposed budget, are on pages 6 and 7. Please review them and be prepared to vote on acceptance or rejection of same. 8 HYMN OF THE MONTH for November ― “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” The words of “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” were written by Charles Wesley 1707-1788, and the music by Rowland H. Prichard 1811-1887. The arrangement in our hymnbook is by Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958. Richard Niell Donovan (Copyright 2005) tells us that, “Charles Wesley wrote seventy-five hundred hymns … roughly a hymn every other day for fifty years … [One] can scarcely imagine how he managed to do anything else – but he was a great preacher as well as a great writer of hymns. The hymn … looks forward to Jesus’ Second Coming. It begins, �Come, thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free.’ Wesley looked forward to the time when Jesus would come again to set us free from fear and sin.” Wesley knew what it meant for people not to be free. When he was about thirty years old, he traveled to America on a mission, where he saw slavery in its rawest form … Wesley was so shaken by the evil of slavery that he nearly had a nervous breakdown. It wasn’t long before he returned to England. Some would criticize Wesley for not remaining in America to join the fight against slavery, but Wesley’s weapons were his sermons and his hymns. For the next several decades, his sermons and hymns lent their power to the efforts to make people free – free from slavery – free from fear – free from sin." Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Come, thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free; from our fears and sins release us; let us find our rest in thee. Israel’s strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art; dear Desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart. Born thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a king, born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring. By thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts alone; by thine all sufficient merit raise us to thy glorious throne. (5) (5) underwrite the cost of refreshments for Fellowship Sundays (approximately $40) (6) bouquets for Sunday Worship ($20 ea.) As you are aware, we are being very care(7) ream of 8” x 11” printer paper ($6 ea.) ful with our funds, as during the past year, our income did not meet our expenses. We (8) funding to mat and frame art work for are NOT in debt. We have reserve funds and the Church office (The prints have been donated. We need money for mats & frames.) can use them as needed, but do not want to deplete our reserves to any great extent. This is an opportunity to earmark your Have you added the Church to your funds for specific gifts. Sometimes we are Christmas Shopping? If you are among more comfortable giving if we know exactthose of us who are willing and able to give ly where the money will be used. Simply, beyond your pledge, the following sugges- put your monetary gift in an envelope; tions might inspire you to “gift” the Church write your name; write where you want the with something special: funds to be used and “Christmas gift” on the outside. We will add your Christmas (1) three new chairs for the church office. donation to your pledge giving so that these (2) rolls of 100 1st class stamps gifts will all be tax deductible. (3) Paschal candles ($40 each) ―JUNE BRUBAKER (4) new vacuum cleaner for Church offices A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOUR CHURCH FOR VOTING AT THE CONGREGATIONAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 16: Church Officer Nominations for 2015 and the 2015 Budget, Pages 6, 7. COUNCIL Chair - June Brubaker (2015) Vice Chair - Marianna Sandor (2016) Secretary - Sidna Mitchell (2015) Benevolence - Edith Benning (2017) Finance - Bill Leonard (2015) Membership - Ruth Klein (2017) Nominating - Bob Brubaker (2016) Property & House - Terry Whitman (2015) Worship - Lois Smida (2015) Personnel - Sidna Mitchell (2017) Committee Members Betty Anne Clayton (2015) Pauline Whitehill (2016) Sidna Mitchell (2017) DEACONS Chair - Ron Reid (2016) Vice Chair - Rowland Tudor (2015) Secretary - Gloria Dawley (2015) Altar Preparation - Ron Reid (2016) Communion Preparation Carolyn Terry & Ruth Nau (2015) Communications - Sallie Rowland (2016) Flowers - Dolores Wardrop (2017) Hospitality - Sonya Bacon (2015) Pastoral Care - Lana Ottinger (2017) Ushers/Greeters - Shirlee Utterback (2016) Deacons-at-Large Linda Esposito (2015) Betty Emmons (2016) FINANCE Treasurer - Steve Ottinger (2017) Assistant Treasurer - Merv Shivers (2017) Financial Secretary - Annalee Blanchard (2015) Auditors - Rowland Tudor (2015); Helen Drews (2017) (6) INTERFAITH COUNCIL Marianna Sandor (2017) Marie Bills (Alternate) (2017) INCOME Offering Flowers Endowment (UCC) Interest (PNC Checking) (Vanguard) (UBS & CD) (Merrill Lynch) Asset Reserve Music Fund Miscellaneous Asset Reserve-Office Renov Total EXPENSES Pastor Salary Pastor's Housing Pastor Mileage Preaching (Guest) Music Director Soloists Special Music Program Secretary Office Rent Supplies (Office Supplies) Postage Cleaning Telephone Furn & Equipment (Repair) Internet Paychex Charges Flowers Hospitality Insurance Pastorial Care & Stephen Min Miscellaneous SS & Medicare UCC Per Capita Benevolences Office Renovation Total 2014 Budget 2014 Actual Thru Sept 2015 Budget 93,000.00 1,500.00 2,500.00 5.00 2,250.00 1,400.00 78,038.50 1,185.00 1,937.05 1.87 1,639.23 2,686.15 154,634.00 112,082.80 127,223.00 16,222.00 27,081.00 500.00 3,200.00 17,860.00 4,500.00 2,000.00 19,121.00 7,200.00 3,500.00 1,000.00 1,200.00 1,900.00 2,500.00 960.00 1,440.00 2,500.00 1,500.00 2,000.00 500.00 3,000.00 4,200.00 750.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 12,166.56 20,310.84 0.00 2,200.00 13,395.06 3,020.00 0.00 14,340.78 5,400.00 2,123.48 658.20 900.00 1,536.39 1,528.09 730.83 1,308.21 1,778.00 862.78 1,919.00 0.00 1,759.64 3,052.62 714.00 8,700.00 19,322.50 16,546.00 27,623.00 0.00 3,200.00 18,217.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 19,503.00 7,200.00 3,500.00 1,000.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 2,500.00 1,000.00 1,700.00 2,300.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 500.00 3,000.00 4,284.00 750.00 5,000.00 0.00 26,000.00 5,000.00 2,979.00 20,000.00 154,634.00 (7) 5,000.00 0.00 1,595.00 20,000.00 117,726.98 93,000.00 1,500.00 2,500.00 2.00 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00 24,000.00 0.00 2,221.00 0.00 127,223.00
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