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Glad Tidings
Denville Community Church
February 2015
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Volume 2034No. 2
Rev. Edward H. Carll
Senior Pastor
Mike Semancik
Music Director
Janice McCrostie
Youth Minister
Kim Miller
Children’s Music
Jean Nightingale
Office Administrator
Entering this new year, our Small Groups ministries have started adding depth and
breadth to our Church mission and ministries!!!
The focal points in these small groups are all on essential “means of grace” for Methodists: Prayer, Bible Study, service to others in Jesus’ name, and deepening relationships
within the Body of Christ!
In addition to our prayer chain ministry, (which diligently
offers prayers for the concerns of our church members, extended family, and friends of
the congregation), a small group of folks is now gathering on Friday mornings for a
time to quietly meditate and pray for the concerns we share for our neighbors, our
community, and our world!
The “Living the Covenant” Bible Study small group meets on Tuesday evenings, and is
studying a number of covenant-related Bible stories which arise in the Hebrew scriptures and the Christian Gospels and epistles.
Email:
[email protected]
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Website:
Denvillecommunitychurch.org
Inside this issue:
Youth Group News
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UMW Grace
Salvation Army
3
Confirmation
Trustee s
4
Supporter’s Page
5
Christian Drama
H4P
6
Calendar
7
ASP News
UMW EVENT
8
Social Media
ASP Soup Sale
9
Pancake Supper
Birthdays
10
Small Group Ministries 11
Building Committee
Retired
12
DCCNS News!
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Our Quilters and HandMade Hugs Prayer Shawl ministries meet at a variety of times,
and continue to provide fellowship for its’ participants and love, in the form of crib
quilts for the newly baptized and lap quilts and prayer shawls, for a wide variety of people, some of whom are facing surgery or recovering, some going through difficult seasons in their lives, and others simply in need of the warmth that comes in being remembered in prayer by others.
The Heart 4 People small group will be starting up soon, considering the possibilities
that God presents for partnering in education, support and community projects in
Uganda.
The Garden Party small group focuses on green-thumbing house-plants and outside
gardens. And provides green-thumb creativity and inspiration for maintaining our
church landscaping!
The High Adventure Club is planning many fun adventures beginning with a winter hike
in the Morris county area. Time and location are to be announced at a later date.
If you keep your eyes on the weekly bulletin inserts and subsequent newsletters, you
will see the special events and activities from other start-up Small Groups!
If you have any wonderful/crazy/edgy/creative ideas for a small group ministry, you are
invited to contact our Coordinators Dale and John Simms (973.625.0195)
I am also excited that many of our youth recently experienced the SEARCH Weekend
Retreat for Spiritual Maturity, in which our youth ministries leader Janice McCrostie has
been involved for many years. The participants grew in their faith and made new
friends who share their values. The 21 young people who are involved in our ongoing
Confirmation process, will soon be headed on a field trip to St John’s UMC in NYC to
visit this historic United Methodist congregation. I am personally inspired to see so
many of the young people strengthening our Adult Choir with their presence! I am
hopeful because the Confirmands are creating exciting partnerships with Mentors in
our confirmation process! I am also grateful for the teens and young adults who are
assuring that our media systems run smoothly for worship!
In addition to these ministries for young people, DCC also supports and sponsors
Scouting ministries with the Tiger Cub Scouts, Daisy Girl Scouts, our 50+ year old Boy
Scout Troop, and an Explorer Post!
Pastor Ed’s Article Continued…
Are You Ready
for Fat Tuesday
at DCC!
How about some
delicious
pancakes
followed by a
good ol’
Dixieland Jazz
Band.
Join us for a
touch of New
Orleans
New Jersey style!
COMING UP SOON !!! On the calendar in the middle of the month don’t forget to
circle Shrove Tuesday, February 17th for our Annual Mardi Gras Pancake Supper
and Dixieland Jazz Concert, with our friends from Carver’s flipping their famous
pancakes in our direction and The Big Apple Dixieland Jazz Band providing a toetapping evening of jazz favorites. We have used the occasion for the past several
years to help raise significant funds for our summer ASP Mission Trip and hope
that you will invite your friends to come out and enjoy the evening, as we turn the
corner on the seasons of the Church before the observance of Ash Wednesday on
February 18th.
The Lenten season begins with Ash Wednesday… and enters us into a more contemplative spiritual journey throughout Lent! As we develop our worship plans
for the season, you can count on more wonderful music, spiritually enriching worship services, and times which will allow you to deepen your walk with God!
Beat any of the winter doldrums you may experience by coming out to participating in and enriching our life-together here at DCC!!!
Please remember to keep
our ministries in your daily prayers, asking that God will richly bless all our efforts
to be faithful and serve the purposes of Jesus Christ in the world!
Sincerely yours in the love of the Spirit,
Pastor Ed
February 17th
Get your tickets
after church or
by calling the
church office.
Look for further
details in this
issue of Glad
Tidings!
In our first meetings of the new year, the Youth Group began with a discussion about the choices that we make and how they can impact our relationship with Jesus. We also talked about how social media and technology can
change our lives and friendships, and how we can use those outlets to further
our relationship with Christ.
Please mark your calendars as the Youth Group has begun planning a Movie Fundraiser night on Friday, March 13th 7:00PM that will be open to all!
We will be showing a family friendly movie (TBD) for $5 per person or $20
per family. Youth Group members will also be providing refreshments for a
small cost. Funds raised will go to Heart for People!
The Denville Community Church Youth Group will be meeting in February at
6:30 PM on the 8th and 15th. Please join us for fun and fellowship! We will be
ordering pizza, so please send $5 with your child if they plan to enjoy it! If you
have any questions please contact Janice at
[email protected].
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GIVING THANKS WITH THE
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
We invite your family to use all or part of the lovely prayer below during the month of February as you ex-
-Marion Coates
press gratitude to God for your meals:
For all the beauties of the day,
The innocence of childhood’s play,
For health and strength and laughter sweet,
Dear Lord, our thanks we now repeat.
For this our daily gift of food
We offer now our gratitude,
For all the blessings we have known
Or debt of gratefulness we own.
Here at the table now we pray,
Keep us together down the way;
May this, our family circle, be
Held fast by love and unity.
Grant, when the shades of night shall fall,
Sweet be the dreams of one and all;
And when another day shall break
Unto Thy service may we wake.
Edgar A. Guest, Grace at Evening
SCOUT SUNDAY
Boy Scout Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday, February
8th. If you are an active member of a troop, pack, or Venture
Crew, please wear your uniform
to church so that we may recognize your participation and service to this organization.
I, along with the Salvation Army ,would
like to thank all the volunteers who
braved the cold, this past December and
rang those bells and called out the famous, God Bless, to those who donated
money in the kettles. Our efforts took in
$3151 on the 3 Saturdays we rang.
As a result ,there were 300 families awaiting food and toys for
their children for Christmas, and your contribution of time in that
cold, helped provide those items for them. All the money we
take in from all the towns in Morris County from those kettles,
helps run the Dover Corp, to provide shelter for the homeless,
feed the poor and help them pay utility and heating bills. It provides after school care and summer camps for their children as
well.
Every dollar dropped in the kettles helps all these projects.
Well done, to each and every one who helped or dropped a coin
or dollar bill in the kettles. God Bless You All.
Tony Mollegard
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CONFIRMATION CLASS
After a rocky return and having to cancel our first class of the new year on
January 18th, we held a double lesson on the 25th as to not lose any momentum. We will also be holding an informal gather on February 1st for
Confirmands and Mentors to begin working on their Credos, which will be
presented on Confirmation Sunday. A little tidbit for you -- you can find
the UMC Credos in the back of our hymnal! We think they will be very familiar to you!
John Street UMC in NYC
Our February 22nd trip to New York City is beginning to
take shape. We will be leaving in the early hours via
Lakeland Bus, to attend worship at John Street Church,
the oldest Methodist Church in America. While there
Confirmands will receive a history lecture and tour from
the church’s Pastor. After the worship service, we’ll eat
lunch and take in some of the sites offered in lower Manhattan, including the September 11th Memorial, and perhaps a trip to Trinity Church. Mentors are encouraged to
join us, but if you are interested in being a chaperone
please email Janice at [email protected].
On Monday January 12, 2015 the Township of Denville signed off on the Garage.
We have received our Certificate of Occupancy. It was a long haul, but we now have
a sturdy structure that will provide parking for the Pastor’s cars and a safe and dry
approximately 20’ x20’ storage area for church materials and equipment. With the
concrete pad for the Boy Scout trailer, and their promise to paint the trailer this
spring to match the color of the garage, we will have a nice looking facility to service
the church and the Boy Scouts.
We have finished cutting and trimming the trees around the property to try to insure we will not have any
building or vehicle damage due to any falling trees or limbs. A big Thank You to Bill Malzahn for getting this
accomplished.
Also a big Thank You to Bob Andersen and Gus Contreras for painting and for repairs they accomplished
around the church including the changing out of the light bulbs in the sanctuary from 65w CFL to 150W LED.
It has made a significant increase in the brightness of our sanctuary.
We look forward to Spring to start the work finishing the replacement of the flat roof on Statham Hall and the
associated masonry work to the walls and to make the needed repairs to the concrete entrance of the sanctuary and the parsonage’s rear steps.
I would like to thank John Simms and Bill Malzahn for their service on the Trustees over the past three years.
I also want to thank all the Trustees who have work diligently this past to insure our church not only looks
great but operates efficiently.
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I am pleased to announce that our next Christian Drama School play has been inspired
by the courageous life of Amy Carmichael. TELL EVERYONE WE NEED MORE CHILDREN AND TEENS TO DO THIS EPIC PLAY! We also need 40 HEART FOR PEOPLE supporters to make heart-shaped sugar cookies to be packaged on February 7th
and sold the week before Valentine’s Day in preparation for the Morris Knolls H4P Coffee
House on February 21st. Read further to learn more about the Spring Play, Registration,
and Upcoming H4P Events. Watch for updates on Facebook for CDS and H4P.
As I prayed about what sort of play to create this spring, I began researching famous missionaries. I wanted to find a real
person who could motivate us to a walk with Christ as we seek to love and serve others. Amy Wilson Carmichael has
been right under our noses every Sunday with one of her songs located on page 458 of the Methodist Hymnal and countless other books in church libraries. The title I’ve selected for our new play is Amy Carmichael – The Mother’s Feet. When
Amy encountered a saying in India, “Children tie the mother’s feet,” she was beginning to understand motherhood as a
way to serve God, but it also gave her new insight into the sacrifice of Jesus as his feet were nailed to the cross. Our play
will be primarily based on the book A Chance to Die written by Elisabeth Elliot (also a famous missionary) and some of
the books written by Amy herself including: Things As They Are; Candles in the Dark; Walker of Tinnevelly; Mimosa;
and If. The short book called If will be given to Senior Drama Class students during the Annual Cross Carry Retreat on
Good Friday, April 3, 2015
Amy Carmichael
As a teen in 1885, Amy Carmichael was determined to follow God’s guidance which led her to establish the Tin Tabernacle called “The Welcome” in Belfast, Ireland. (The church is still there today.) Our play will begin with the poor children and women of Ireland called “shawlies.” We will experience how Amy’s parents with Christian leaders and friends guided Amy’s journey from Ireland
to Japan to Sri Lanka to India. In India, Amy founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for children who were orphaned or unwanted or sold to the temple. In a culture where the “untouchables”
had no voice, Amy became a mother for the children, and so they called her “Amma.” By the grace
of God, many brave women and men helped Amy to establish the Dohnavur Village with a House
of Prayer, a hospital, a school, a dairy farm, dormitories, and gardens. Amy lived in India for 53
years, through WWI, WWII, and Gandhi’s revolution. She died on January 18, 1951. Though she
had no children of her own, she is a spiritual mother to thousands
Spring classes for Christian Drama School will begin the week of February 16, 2015. Spring Registration is Sunday,
February 15, after worship at the Denville Community Church from 10:30-11:00 a.m. and also at the Rockaway Valley
Methodist Church, Boonton Township, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. CDS is an interdenominational non-profit organization welcoming everyone who wants to join. Our students represent 29 different congregations. Amy Carmichael – The Mother’s Feet will be presented at Morris Knolls High School on Mother’s Day weekend, May 9 and May 10, 2015.
HEART FOR PEOPLE MORRIS KNOLLS HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER
The Morris Knolls HEART FOR PEOPLE chapter needs 40 people to make 2 dozen heart-shaped cookies each - for a
total of 960 cookies. Marissa Gabel, Kim Zullo, Marie Giacobbe, and Mark Urbanik are leading the partnership with Hope
Club at Morris Knolls to do a Valentine Cookie Sale the week prior to Valentine’s Day. The Knolls H4P chapter with Hope
Club is trying to raise $3,000 for Uganda by hosting the Cookie Sale and a Coffee House because Segawa’s school
needs a roof, and Eva’s school needs a cement floor.
Please bring cookies to the Urbanik home (258 Morris Ave, Denville) on Saturday, February 7, for bagging at 1:00 p.m. Helpers are needed to put 2 cookies and Heart for People
information into 480 decorative bags. We will also be attaching information to other items.
Contact Marissa Gabel or Marie Giacobbe if you will make cookies or help package them.
Morris Knolls Chapter
The Knolls H4P Coffee House will be held on Saturday, February 21, at the Rockaway
Valley Methodist Church, Parish House, starting at 7:00 p.m. Brett Izsa is in charge of
sound. Contact Mark Urbanik, Kim Zullo, or Emma Worrall if you would like to sing, recite
poetry, or play a musical instrument.
Rev. Kim
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February 2015
Sun
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Sub Assembly - ASP
Please check weekly bulletins and announcements for
additions and changes to this calendar.
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9:30 am Worship
10:45 am ASP mtg.
10:45 Children’s Choir
PICK UP SUPERBOWL SUB KITS!
9:30 am - Spirit Filled
Book Club (Coates
Residence)
7:00 - Spirit Filled Book
Club (parsonage)
8:00 AA
10:00 Quilters
6:30 Brownie Scouts
7:00 pm - Covenant
Bible Study
7:00 Heart For People
Small Grp (Nightingale
residence)
6:30 Children’s Choir
6:45 Senior Choir
7:00 Boy Scouts
8:30 AA
8:30 Handbell Choir
7:00 - 8:30 pm -
10:00 am Handmade
Hugs (parsonage)
7:00 Venture Crew
7:00 Handmade Hugs
(parsonage)
7:00 pm - Garden Party
Small Group - Dengler
Residence
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HAPPY
VALENTINES
DAY!
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DCCNS OPEN HOUSE!
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9:30am Boy Scout
Sun. Worship and
Baptism (Lewis)
10:45 Children’s Choir
6:00 Youth Grp
4:00 - 7:00 NJ Conservatory concert
7:00 Trustee Mtg
7:00 Denville Women
8:00 AA
10:00 Quilters
6:30 Tiger Cubs
7:00 Boy Scout (Joyal)
7:00 pm - Covenant
Bible Study
6:30 Children’s Choir
6:45 Senior Choir
7:00 Boy Scouts
8:30 AA
8:30 Handbell Choir
7:00 Toastmasters
7:00 Nursery School
Board Mtg
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9:30 am Worship
10:45 Children’s Choir
6:00 Youth Grp
9:30 am - Spirit Filled
Book Club (parsonage)
6:30 Cub Scouts
7:00 Spirit Filled Book
Club (parsonage)
8:00 AA
10:00 Quilters
5:30 - 7:00 ASP PANCAKE SUPPER AND
DIXIE JAZZ FUNDRAISER
7:30 pm ASH
WEDNESDAY
WORSHIP
7:00 Venture Crew
7:00 Finance Comm
Mtg
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8:00 am (time approx.) Confirmation
trip to NYC
9:30 am Worship
10:45 Children’s Choir
SAMPLE DELICIOUS
ASP SOUPS!
8:00 AA
10:00 Quilters
7:00 pm - Covenant
Bible Study
6:30 Children’s Choir
6:45 Senior Choir
7:00 Boy Scouts
8:30 AA
8:30 Handbell Choir
7:00 Toastmasters
9:30 - 11 Girl Scouts
7:00 Boy Scouts
8:30 AA
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District Day of Learning
at the Butler UMC
Ed and Gabriel on Vacation
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ADOPT A GARDEN
My daffodils are popping on
the windowsill and I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of
the daffodils up the hill! I’m
already planning what I will do
to enhance the gardens and I
hope you are, too! When the
snow is coming down it’s a
perfect time to brew a cup of
tea and sit with some garden
books/catalogs and think of
spring! There are still some
opportunities for others to join
in this endeavor! Call Lori
Rapp (973-539-1895) or Gabriele Carll (973-625-1471) to
find out which sections are
available or look for one that
doesn’t have a Butterfly
marking the area.
……People smile at their
beauty! Join us in making others smile!
During February and March the ASP
team will be very busy with team building activities and “fun”draising raising
events. We thank everyone who supported our Super Bowl Sub and Salad
sale. February has the return of Pancakes by Carver’s and the Big Apple Dixieland Jazz Band to DCC.
We are blessed to have both participating and supporting our mission efforts. Join us on Tuesday, February 17th at 5:30pm for
some delicious Carver’s pancakes and then at 7:00pm for the Big
Apple Dixieland Jazz Band music. Tickets will be on sale in coffee
hour and at the door. $10-Adults, $6-children under 12.
In March, the middle of winter, the ASP team will be taking orders
for homemade soups. This year we will have Chicken Bow Tie
Noodle, Butternut Squash, Puree of Carrot, French Onion and Potato Soups
available for sampling and pre-order on Sunday,
February 22nd and will continue to take pre-orders through and
distribute orders on Sunday, March 15th. Be sure to order your favorite “warm me up” soup.
The team will continue to explore this year theme of “Becoming:
Walking Like Christ” based on 1 John 2:6 as we prepare for our
trip to Jonesville, VA from July 4th through July 12th later this year.
To-date we have 37 individuals signed up to go. We have a few
more openings for anyone who would like to join us. Please contact Douglas Gabel at 973-449-8158 or [email protected].
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S MEETING
PRESENT:
Desert
Sandals
All members and friends are invited to the UMW General Meeting for a breakfast and presentation on Saturday, March 7th at 9:00 - 1:00 PM in the Dreisbach Room.
PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS, AS SEATING FOR THE PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO 25.
CALL JUNE RUSH ON 973-627-8626.
You are invited to put on your sandals and follow Jesus into the silence and testing ground of
the wilderness. During this workshop you will enter into a journey, through prayer and reflection, which will enrich your understanding of traditional Lenten practices. The same Spirit,
that drove Jesus into the wilderness and sustained Him, is waiting to transform you. The same
Spirit promises to bring you into truth and a closer relationship with God.
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SOCIAL MEDIA- WHAT’S THAT
ALL ABOUT??
In order for our message to
spread, tell your friends (or in
social media terms, re-tweet or
share a post on your page to
reach your friends, who may
share it with their friends, and
so on and so on). If you haven't
joined us here are the many
options to stay connected:
 Facebook - Denville Community Church - The
Church of the Open Door this site is open to the public and a way for anyone to
see the wonderful things
we are doing day to day.
 Facebook - Denville Community Church (Group)
Coffee Hour Fellowship this is a “private” group meant for church members
to share more “private”
posts like prayer requests,
sharing of personal joys,
etc. You must request to
join this group., and only
members of the group can
view posts.
 Twitter @DenCommChurch -140
characters of thoughts, inspiration and just plain fun!
 Official website - http://
www.denvillecommunitych
urch.org
We hope you will open those
laptops, smartphones or tablets right now and join in the
fun... And then share away!
Jodi Lozauskas
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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS 2015
11th
22nd
1ST
Jeffrey Bridi
Beth Bauman
Lanfranco Catanzaro
Lourdes Ramos
Robert Elko
Amy Dick
12th
Zachary Lefferts
Whitney Groenoveld
Kathleen Ackerman
Drew Malzahn
Ashley Lesch
Timothy Plumb
Miranda Welter
Brittany Simms
th
13
Donald Wilcox
Kenneth Simms
Noelle Leone
Kristine Weber
23rd
Payton Lewis
nd
Elyse Halpern
2
Michael Mullaney
Nancy Longo
Tyler Devlin
John Pierce
Lisa Morris
3rd
th
14
Kevin Shaw
Marlene Bridi
Margaret Feyl
Jayneann Struble
Finnegan McGrath
Devin Somogyi
Justin Wiedman
Torryn Orriss
Ginny Vrabel
Brendan Rizzolo
26th
15th
Scott Bauman
Charles Terrone
Kelsey Grimm
Lynda Gronemann
Daphne Zavras
Eva Halkenhauser
th
Karen Healy
4
Christian Hansen
Erica Orriss
Brian Shay
Dustin Wahba
Daniel Wilcox
27th
Amanda Young
th
Ruth Heerwagen
5
16th
Justin Rizzolo
Amanda Cooper
Meredith Giovanelli
Catherine Stevens
6th
Ashley Sterni
Tanner Ackerman
28th
th
18
Danielle Donadio
Kevin Richards
Lindsay Naugle
Carolyn Donadio
Reid Stefanick
19th
Stephen Genung
7th
Seamus McGrath
Derek Grimm
Sarah Ackerman
20th
Kristi Augenstein
Jonathan Gribbon
Elizabeth Boyle
Hilda McDonald
Christopher Boyle
21st
Luke Catanzaro
Anthony Maciorski
Joan Geiger
Douglas Milby
Suzanne Giacobbe
Claire Pharaoh
Matthew Gregorio
We apologize if you were not included on
Loretta Lawler
our list. If we have not listed your birthday,
please contact the church office so we can
include you in future editions.
Get Your
Tickets Now!
Fat Tuesday
February 17th
Flapjacks flipped by
Carver’s
Fabulous music by the
Big Apple
Dixieland Jazz Band
5:30—7:00 continuous
seating
Followed by some amazing
music!
$10.00 adult
$6.00 under 12
Thank you to all who traveled “up the
hill” to share in our Open House! It was
heartwarming to have so many come
and spend some time! We always enjoy
having you in our home to start the new
year off in a special way! Wishing you
all a year filled with many joys, both
great and small!
Blessings,
Hosted by ASP
Available in the church office or after
church service during coffee hour!
Gabriele and Pastor Ed
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Spirit-Filled Book Club
The Spirit-Filled Book Club will be meeting on the first Monday of every month, except for when holidays occur. Check the schedule below for the months and the
book titles. We hope you will consider joining in one or more of the discussions in
the months to come!
Meeting Date
Time
Location
Book
February 2, 2015
9:30am
Marion Coates - 25 Foxcroft
Rd., Denville
I Am Malala: The
Girl Who Stood Up
for Education and
Was Shot by the
Taliban by Malala
Yousafzai
7:00pm
Dorothy Velez - Parsonage
March 2, 2015
9:30am
Irene Card – 4 Maple Lake Rd,
Kinnelon
Enrica Journey by
Sonia Nazario
7:00pm
Glenda Haase-12 W. Park
Pl., Mt. Tabor
April 5, 2015
9:30am
7:00pm
May 4, 2015
9:30am
7:00pm
June 1, 2015
6:30 PM
Unbroken: A
World War II Story of Survival, ReLoretta Lawler - 15 Fleetsilience, and Rewood Dr., Rockaway
demption by
Laura Hillenbrand
TBA
TBA
Jean Nightingale – 541
Powerville Rd, Boonton
Twp
Parsonage
What’s So Blessed
about Being
Poor?; Seeking
the Gospel in the
Slums of Kenya by
Susan L. Slavin and
Coralis Salvador
FONDUE GATHERING
HAND MADE HUGS
“You can't wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug. “
Author Unknown
A NEW
SMALL
GROUP
MINISTRY!
SUNDAY
February 8th
will be the first
official meeting for the
High Adventure Club. We
will be going
for a winter
hike in the
Morris county
area. Time and
location are to
be announced
at a later date.
Please
email Jen Lajoie Van Saders
(jen.lajoie@g
mail.com)
or call or
email Carla
Catanzaro
(973-960-2366
or seesea86@
aol.com) if interested.
If you know of someone who is struggling with ill health or a life situation who would
be blessed with a “HUG” please call Gabriele (973-625-1471) or Betsy Pauli (973-6274155) so that we may “HUG” them with a prayer shawl!
Our next meeting will be February 5th, 9:30 AM or 7:00 PM at the Parsonage. Call Gabriele if you need more information. Hope you can join us!
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The following letter will be sent to all contributors to the Building Fund Campaign:
Denville Community Church
United Methodist
190 Diamond Spring Rd.
Denville, NJ 07834
The Church of the Open Door
January, 2015
Disbanding the Building Committee
and
Disposition of Remaining Capital from the 2008 Stewardship Campaign
Dear DCC Members and Friends,
During our yearly Church Conference (annual corporate meeting) in November 2014, the Building Committee, which started its
work in 2002, was officially disbanded. We felt it was important to communicate, to the entire congregation, this decision by the
Church Conference. We also want to clearly communicate the disposition of the remaining funds from the Capital Campaign that
were raised many years ago.
Beginning in 2002, the leadership of Denville Community Church began to engage in research, evaluation and planning for expansion of our existing facilities. The “Ministry to Facility” and “Moving to Higher Ground” initiatives were launched, but then fell
short of the capital stewardship campaign goal of $3,000,000.00. In a nutshell, because 2008 was such an abysmal year to begin
fundraising, there was never sufficient momentum to reach the $3 million goal.
The capital campaign raised $265,000. Here is how the money was spent:
- The first goal of the Building Committee was realized, when, in June of 2009, the mortgage of $100,000 on the existing
education wing and our second parsonage, was paid in full. The church remains debt-free!
- $108,750 of the capital campaign fund was spent on architectural, engineering, various Township permits and filing fees
and legal services for the project. Your Trustees have deposited the remaining funds into a separate interest bearing
investment account, where it will grow.
First and foremost, we are deeply appreciative of all who contributed funds to the Capital Campaign. We are also grateful to everyone who, over the course of many years, served on the Needs Assessment Team, the Expansion Realization team and the Building committee. We hope that it will give you confidence in the Trustees of the church, knowing that they have taken appropriate
responsibility and invested your remaining Building Fund monies in a Trustee-directed investment fund. There may come a day
in the future when we will develop some new plans; until that time, the funds you gave in good faith will be secure.
Should you have any questions that seem unanswered or unaddressed by this letter, please feel free to contact the Trustees (Lee
Haase, President - [email protected]), Administrative Council Chairperson (Jean Nightingale - [email protected] ), or Finance Committee. Chairperson (Dave Carnahan – [email protected]), or Pastor Ed Carll ([email protected]).
Sincerely,
Jean Nightingale, Admin. Council Chpsn.
Lee Haase, President of the Board of Trustees
David Carnahan, Finance Committee Chpsn.
Rev. Edward H. Carll, Pastor
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It’S WACKY WEDNESDAY AT DCCNS!
This month, students loved celebrating the letter of the week “W” with
the Dr. Seuss “Wacky Wednesday” story and a day filled with WACKY
things happening. Here they are listening to the story and dressed in
their own personal WACKY WAY!
Just a few of
our “Wacky” 4
Year Olds!
Mrs Coan
reads the Dr.
Seuss story
“Wacky
Wednesday”
to our 4 year
YOU ARE INVITED!
Denville Community Church Nursery School Open House
We welcome families with nursery school aged children to meet our staff and learn more about the exciting
programs we offer!
Date: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Nursery School Wing
190 Diamond Spring Road, Denville, NJ
Fall 2015 Registration Begins Feb. 1, 2015
For additional information, contact Nursery School Director,
Theresa Ackerman by calling 973-625-2456 or visit us on line at www.denvillecommunitychurch.org
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Denville Community Church
United Methodist
190 Diamond Spring Road
Denville, NJ 07834
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Volume 2034No. 2
February 2015
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