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Local service projects Community Food Bank of New Jersey Every other month on the second Saturday, volunteers from Willow Grove work 9:00 am - 11:00 am sorting food at this warehouse at 31 Evans Terminal in Hillside. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey serves a network of over 1600 hunger-relief agencies, including food pantries and soup kitchens in 18 of the 21 counties in New Jersey. Contact the church office if you want to volunteer on the second Saturday office@willowgrovechurch. org or call 908-232-5678. For more info about the food bank see www.njfoodbank.org HomeFirst (Interfaith Housing and Family Services) of Union County HomeFirst provides shelter, meals, and comprehensive support to families without homes. Twice a year, Willow Grove hosts homeless families for one week at a time, as they seek housing, jobs and other resources. We need many hands during daily shifts to set up rooms, help cook and serve dinner, sleep overnight, set up breakfast, and transport to showers or the laundromat. HomeFirst is part of the national Family Promise network. www.homefirstinc.org www.familypromise.org For information about volunteering e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . KniTTogether Do you like to knit or crochet? Then join this group to make prayer shawls, lap blankets, chemo caps, baby blankets, sweaters, scarves and more for people in need locally and around the world. Whether you would like to learn to knit or have been knitting for years, this group is for you. Instruction is provided. A time to pray for others and knit together. Mondays, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Alexander Hall Food on the First Our Food on the First mission is on the first Sunday of each month. We celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and to celebrate our gratitude, bring food items for the needy. Contributions will help the food pantry of Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, Rahway Food for Friends, Scotch Plains Food Pantry, as well as individual families in our community. Click below for a list of useful items to contribute. Read More Annual Events CROP Hunger Walk ( CHURCH WORLD SERVICE) Each fall in October many members of our church walk or sponsor a walker in our annual Scotch Plains-Fanwood CROP WALK. CROP Hunger Walks are interfaith community events, involving people from all walks of life, to help Church World Service end hunger around the block and around the world. The walk in 3 miles in our community. CROP stands for Communities Responding to Overcoming Poverty. For more information on this program, visit http://churchworldservice.org. International Dinner In March we have our Annual International Dinner. It is a feast for the pallet and the ear. Each year local musical groups provide inspiring vocal and instrumental music as well as dance. The featured musical groups have included The Music from China Youth Orchestra, and the Chinese American Music Ensemble (CAME). After listening to moving music, people go downstairs to Ryno Hall to feast on food from around the world. There is an array of ethnic specialties, including Italian, Danish, Chinese, German, Irish, Greek, Korean, Scottish, English, West Indian and Polish. Food is prepared by members and friends of Willow Grove Church. Each person received a passport, making their way around the room and around the world. Each year this event raises hundreds of dollars for local and international hunger and disaster relief agencies. In the past we have raised funds for the following organizations Heifer Project International http://www.heifer.org/ Community Food Bank of NJ www.njfoodbank.org Presbyterian Disaster Assistance http://www.pcusa.org/pda/ Special Offerings BLANKET SUNDAY (CHURCH WORLD SERVICE) In March, we invite our members to provide warm blankets for people around the world with a special gift to the Church World Service Blanket Program. Congregations and groups around the country reach out in compassion to people in need in more than 80 countries. Simply said, the right tool at the right time can make a world of difference in the lives of a family or a community. For more information on this program, visit http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer One Great Hour of Sharing On Easter Sunday the Willow Grove congregation gives to this ecumenical offering. Since 1949, Presbyterians have joined with millions of other Christians through One Great Hour of Sharing to share God's love with people experiencing need. Our gifts support ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives and work together to strengthen their families and communities. This offering also goes to support our ministry with families who experiencing homeless. For more information on this program, visit http://pcusa.org/oghs. Operation Christmas Child (Samaritan's Purse) Operation Christmas Child delivers millions of gift-filled shoe boxes to hurting children around the world. Our church supports this mission by filling shoe boxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and other presents in time for the Christmas holidays. For more information visit http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/ Peacemaking Offering On the first Sunday in October we celebrate World Communion Sunday and invite people to give to The Peacemaking Offering. It was created in 1980 to support the efforts of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to live out a deeper commitment to peacemaking as part of our faithfulness to God. Each congregation is encouraged to retain 25 percent of the Offering it receives to use for local ministries of peacemaking within the church and its community. Twenty-five percent is used by presbyteries and synods, and 50 percent is used by the General Assembly ministries through the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. Souper Bowl Of Caring On the first Sunday of February, the Youth Group collects a special offering on Super Bowl Sunday to call attention to the need for food, even a bowl of soup, of many people in our country. The Souper Bowl of Caring is a national youth led event that started in a Presbyterian church in 1990. For more information visit http://www.souperbowl.org/ |
Sunday Mornings
10:00 am Worship Service for all ages with Nursery Care, and pew activity materials for young children; Sunday School for children and youth begins after the message for young disciples.
- 11:15 am Refreshments
- 11:30 am - 12:15 pm Adult Forum
- Last Sunday's Sermon
The Connection
The Connection, Willow Grove's Saturday night contemporary worship service, 3rd Saturday of the month, 6:00 pm.
