FLEA MARKET

Our annual Flea Market is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

For table rental reservations, place call (908) 245-0562. Eight foot tables are $35.00 and six foot tables are $30.00.

Presbyterian Women will sell items in the Rumpus Room. Proceeds will go to some of our many mission projects. Please bring anything you'd like to donate to our tables to the Rumpus Room beginning Monday, April 7, and no later than Thursday, April 10. Please hold items until April 7, because we have no space to store them.

No clothing please!

Volunteers are needed to help set up on Thursday, April 10, starting at 9:30 a.m. Also, volunteers are needed to work at various locations on Saturday, April 12. If you can help, please contact Joan Furson at 908-686-3967.

A snack bar will be open for sandwiches and beverages. There will be no baked goods for sale at the Flea Market.

Please come out and support this event!!

ADULT HAND-BELL CHOIR FORMED

Rehearsals will be every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the choir room.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: Union Township Bicentennial Committee

The Union Bicentennial Committee met Nov. 8th and things are really falling into place. The Kick Off will be a reception on January 1, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in Downs Hall of Kean University. Three hundred invitations are being mailed out with two hundred more available for pick up. However, only the first three hundred to respond affirmatively can be accommodated.

The following are the other major activities of the year:

• May 18th –- Heritage Day
• June 6th – 8th -- History Weekend
• July 4th – 6th -- Kids Weekend
• October 12th -– Bicentennial Parade
• November 23rd –- Bicentennial Dinner

The Church will be hosting a town meeting, as in the old days, but the date can not be set until January when the new Union Township Committee meets.

At this time, there are some items for sale at a reasonable cost, including shirts and caps. They are available at the Town Hall and at the Senior Citizens Center.

All of the schools in Union are busy planning their participation. When 48 students from Kawameeh visited the church early in November with their teachers, two girls were dressed in Revolutionary War period costumes. They are hoping to take part in a re-enactment during the History Weekend.

I will keep you informed as the year proceeds.

TLC Ministries

Thanks to a couple of church members, two children in the mountains of Appalachia have warm coats this winter. It's not too late.

You can also help by sending TLC Ministries a $25.00 check for a coat, or $12.00 for a pair of shoes. Any other amounts will also be much appreciated.

Send your check to: TLC Ministries, 9313 Falls Bridge Lane, Potomac, Maryland 20854-3951

COMMUNION DATES: SEPTEMBER 9, 2007—MARCH 20, 2008

• February 2, 2008 — Ash Wednesday evening service
• March 20, 2008 — Maundy Thursday—evening service

CONNECTICUT FARMS CHURCH NURSERY SCHOOL

Registration for the new school year, which will start September 8th, 2008, will begin February 5th from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Anyone who is interested may bring in their child to visit the classrooms.

We have classes for children 2 1/2 to 5 years old. Full-time and part-time classes are available.

For more information or to receive a brochure, please call Geri Foligno, Director, at 908-964-8544 or visit online at www.ctfarms.org/nurseryschool.html.

PLAYGROUND NEEDS $$:

Our Nursery School is trying hard to raise money for a much needed playground. They still need about $25,000 to make their wish come true. If you can make a contribution, it would be greatly appreciated. If you know someone who might be interested, please ask them to make one, too. Maybe your company has a matching gift program or would consider making a donation.

Make checks payable to "CFCNS Playground Fund." The special pew envelopes can also be used and put in the offering plate (Mark the outside "CFCNS") Please help and get your contribution to the church office soon. Thank you.

Visit the Church Library!

A number of new books have been recently added because of a substantial gift given in Memory of Irma Manz by Gus Manz.

Most of the Library books - 90% have been purchased in the past three and a half years. The library operates on a honor system. Borrowed books are signed out and asked to be returned by the two week borrowing deadline. There are also video tapes of the worship services available, too.

Seasonal religious books, emphasizing the Christian nature of our holidays are frequently on special display.

There is a new and growing section of Bible helps - dictionaries, commentaries,atlases, and more, for people who are discovering the Bible for the first time.

Visit your Church Library!

Questions or book suggestions for purchase can be sent to the church office and addressed to the Church Librarian.