BIBLE STUDY
Join Rev. Garvey in his office for a wide-ranging and interesting study of the Bible. Groups meet at two separate times during the school year: on Tuesday mornings at 11:00 am, and on the first and third Tuesday evenings of the month at 7:00 pm. All are welcome!
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CHANCEL CHOIR
 Sharing your talent
in our church music program is a wonderful stewardship, is enjoyable,
and is often fun. While challenging, our music is accessible to anyone
who
loves to sing and is willing to work with us toward a beautiful
expression of
praise. Please consider joining our adult choir. (High School students
are also
welcome.) We rehearse on Thursdays evenings. Rehearsals begin at 7:30
pm, but we'll welcome you whenever you can get there. Child care is
offered beginning
at 9:00 am each Sunday, so those of you with children can
join us. New members are always welcome!
For information about our choral opportunities for children, please
visit our Children
& Youth page.
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FAMILY CARE GROUPS
The Family Care Groups of Stanley Church have launched a major effort
to
coordinate with and supplement other activities of Stanley as we try to
keep in loving touch with each other. We’re going to live out the
challenge
for us to take care of each other, physically and spiritually i.e.,
minister to each other.
Twelve care groups of approximately 10 members each have been formed,
with facilitators trained to help members get to know each other and
experience the real warmth of Christian
caring and love. Some groups will meet, others may not. Some will call
each
other, others will be called by the facilitator. Some may have
discussion
meetings or meals; others will meet at coffee hour or go to a movie
together.
Each group will find what it is effective and comfortable for its
members.
Everyone will be contacted.
The facilitators know who wheir members are. We hope that everyone will
be
contacted by a facilitator this month at least once. We expect to
continue these activities throughout the year. These groups will also
assist in the fall stewardship campaign, which was so
successful last fall. We’re hoping to build on that success to make
Stanley
Church strong and faithful to its vocation in our lives and in the
community.
KOINONIA
Koinonia is a social group for adults that meets several times a year
in
members' homes for a pot-luck dinner and conversation. Open to all! Our
next gathering
will take place soon. Watch for details! Call the Church
Office at 973-635-7723 for
more information.
PRAYER GROUP
"We will pray for and with each other." -
from
the Stanley Church Covenant
The Stanley Prayer Group meets Wednesdays at 3:30 pm in the Chapel.
Please join us for conversations with God and one another.
The Stanley Prayer Group has prepared a booklet of thoughts for Lent,
entitled “From Ordinary Soil.” Copies are available in the Narthex and
outside of the Parish Hall.
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STITCHERS 'N' KNITTERS
Stitchers 'n' Knitters is a group that
meets at 9:30 am on Tuesday mornings for knitting, needlework and
conversation. We welcome new members on any Tuesday morning. There are
no "rules" -- come whenever
you can make it, there's no homework if you don't want any, and the
fellowship is wonderful!
For many years the
Stitchers and Knitters have been knitting lap robes and seamen's
scarves and hats. This year they have taken on an additional project --
PROJECT
LINUS. Project Linus is a network of caring people who donate their
time and
talent by providing handmade blankets to children facing medically or
emotionally
stressful times. The local Project Linus chapter donates blankets to
area hospitals and agencies. To learn more about Project Linus, visit their website: www.projectlinus.org
If you are unable to
attend on Tuesdays, but would like to help, you may donate blankets
from home. Handmade blankets in child-friendly colors may be knitted,
crocheted,
or quilted. (Blankets must be washable and durable.) If you consider
yourself challenged by the thought of knitting, crocheting or quilting
a
blanket, but would still like to help, the Stitchers and Knitters will
gladly accept
donations of yarn for the project.
For more
information, contact the Church Office at 973-635-7723, or stop in on a
Tuesday at 9:30 am.
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