May 20, 2012

            Mother's Day  Announcements 

                   Pastor:     Rev. Dr. Victor R. Peterson

       Music:  Randall Svane    

                                                                            Liturgist:  Nancy Lavery

                                                          Ushers:   Kathy Altobello, Maria Alves

       

                                                         

The Flowers on the Altar are given to the Glory of God by

Carmen Tucaben in Loving Memory of her Parents.

 

 

   Our Nursery for baby and toddler care is provided during our worship service each Sunday at 9:45; an usher will guide you.  “Sound Mate” personal listening devices are available from our ushers.  If you have difficulty hearing in the sanctuary, these devices will help you.

    Ask an usher to assist you.           

                      Today                9:45  am   Worship Service & Sunday School

                                                10:45 am Fellowship

                                                 1 pm  Softball - Somerville Field

                                                 1 pm Chess – Little Dining Room

                                                 3 pm Ridgewood Singers Concert

            5-21       Monday            6:30 pm Chess - Little Dining Room & Quimby Hall

                                                6:45 pm Book Club – Hardenbergh Lounge

                                                7:15 pm RUMC Bowling - Fairlawn

            5-22     Tuesday             4 pm Act – Quimby Hall

                                                 8 pm Evening Dialogue

            5-23      Wednesday        10:30 am Bible Read – Hardenbergh Lounge

                                                7:15 pm AA Mtg. – Quimby Hall

            5-24      Thursday        7:30 pm Chancel Choir

            5-25      Friday                7 pm AA Mtg.   – East Room          

            5-26      Saturday            10:30 am AA Mtg.  Little Dining Room

 

 

            RUMC Softball 1pm Today 

The softball game was postponed last Sunday and will be made up if possible at a later date.  Anyone wanting to participate contact David Dingley. 

 
                            

            WANTED!

We need a few more people to help staff our Nursery on a rotating basis.  You need not do any lesson preparation but rather just prepare for a fun time with our little ones.  If you would love to be one of our Nursery workers, please see Phyllis Johnson, Martha Megill, or Jocelyn Brandt.

 

Ridgewood Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Presents:

 Pirates of Penzance

Saturday, June 2

 7:30 pm in Quimby Hall

All proceeds to benefit RUMC

$18 Adults    - -   $15 Seniors & Students

Tickets available at the church office

 

Pig for Sale; Other Animals Needed for Ark

There is still plenty of opportunity to help fill an ark for Heifer International. The Sunday School mission project will conclude at the end of June and, as of early May, about $1,000 have been raised. The project goal is to raise $5,000 to fill an ark full of animals.  

 

The animals -- ranging from pigs and cows to goats and guinea pigs  -- are given to needy families around the world. The families receive training to learn how to use the animals as a sustainable source of food and income. Recipients share offspring of gift animals to others in need. The overall goal of Heifer International is to end world hunger.

 

The Sunday School invites the congregation as a whole and the co-op nursery school  to support this worthwhile cause.

 

Financial donations to the project can be non-specific or for a particular animal. For example, a contribution of $500 can be used to purchase a heifer, $850 will buy a camel, $150 a llama, and $20 a flock of geese.  Part of an animal can be purchased as well. Additional details and an "ark" are located in the cloisters.

 

 

We need workers for the vineyard! Well, not the vineyard exactly, but for a Habitat for Humanity work day on Saturday, June 2. This is a Women Build work day, so it's Ladies Only this time around. Would you like to get involved in something that really makes a difference in our world? Join us as we help to build a house for a low-income, hard-working family in Paterson. We work side by side with the homeowners. Sometimes we paint, sometimes we climb on scaffolding and put siding in place, once we even did insulation (although we hope we never have to do that again, right, ladies?). There are professionals on site to help guide the work and teach us the skills we need to do the job, and at the end of the day (which comes at about 2:30 or 3:00), we leave with a great feeling of accomplishment! Please join us. Contact Jane Harlin at jcharlin@aol.com or 201-447-1968 for more information or to join the team.

 

RUMC Book Club The date for the Book Club meeting for "Short List" by Jim Lehrer will be on May 21at 6:45 pm  The Hardenbergh Lounge

 

Summer Bowling League – Starts May 21, 7:15 pm, Fairlawn Bowling Lanes – Contact Brent Anderson, 201-675-3276 or dander61@gmail.com

 

Men's Night Out  nothing  firmed up yet.  Food and fun –May or June

 

Young Families Event in May or June.

 

Family Promise has signed a new lease for a 2 bedroom apartment in Teaneck which we need to furnish as soon as possible.   Attached, please find a list of donations that are currently needed.  This is a compilation of what we still need from the last request for our families and what is needed for the new apartment.    Please reply to FPdonations@gmail.com 

Furniture (Very gently used, please)  3 twin beds, 3 queen beds, 1 double bed, 7 dressers, 3 or 4 couches,  2 living room chairs, 2 end tables, Kitchenette w/2 chairs,  Washer & Dryer

Household Items

Pots & pans,  Dishes,  Flatware, Bowls, Cooking utensils, Kitchen towels,

Bathroom Towels, Bedding

In addition, if you or someone you know can donate a computer ( desktop or laptop) for the families in apartments, please contact me. 

Thank you -  Margo Heller, Director of  Volunteers

201-833-8009  -  mheller@bergenfamilypromise.org

 

 

 

Thanks again for supporting CUMAC with your donations of food during the recent Feinstein Challenge. The need is never-ending, so if you missed out on the opportunity to donate food during March and April, it's not too late! We take donations to CUMAC almost every week, so your generosity will be appreciated right away. All non-perishable food items are welcome.

 

 

 

The 23^rd Annual

Community Hymn Sing and Festival

Presented by

The Amerian Guild of Organists, Northern New Jersy Chapter

Honoring the Life and Memory of

The Rev. John R. Rodland

 

Today, May 20 at  7:30 pm

The West Side Presbyterian Church

Varian Fry Way,  6 South Monroe Street

Ridgewood, New Jersey

 

Featuring:

Massed Choir from Area Churches, Brass Ensemble, Organ and Piano,

Handbell Choir, and the 2012 Winner of the

John R. Rodland Memorial Scholarship for Church Music

on the Nichols & Simpson Sanctuary Pipe Organ

 

A free-will offering will be taken.  Suggested donation: $10.00

All proceeds will benefit the John R. Rodland Memorial Scholarship Fund for Church Music

 

 

Happy Birthday to all the  May Birthdays!   

May's birthstone is the Emerald and the flower is Lily of the Valley.  

The Lily of the Valley is also known as Our Lady's tears because according to legend the tears that Mary shed at the cross turned into Lily of the Valley flowers. 

 

May

 1                 Cole Walker & Gardner Yeaw

3                  Andy Braden & Simon Pieter Slump

4                  Greg Dorfman

8                  Scott Lavery

9                  Alexa Grayson, Dana & Sandy Salta

10                David Dingley

11                John A. Donaldson

13                Eric Denu

16                Gloria Dorfman

19                Shannon Grayson

21                Catherine Wiggers

22                Katherine Dorman

23                Martha Megill Salta

24                Gay McIndoe

26                Dave Dickerson

29                Chris Denu, Elizabeth Boechat Prior & Fely Pacheco

30                Jillian Elizabeth Grayson

 

If you do not see your name, please contact the office.

Thank you!