LATE BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS
(More announcements are in the monthly newsletter, available in the narthex)

Here is today’s Sunday school schedule:

2-3 year olds  –  Room B-202

Pre-K & K  –  Room B-203

1st graders  –  Good News Games (B-205)

2nd graders  –  The Welcome Table (B-214)

3rd graders  –  Creation Corner (B-206)

4th graders  –  Biblical Bytes (B-118)

5th graders  –  The Prophet’s Playhouse (B-210)

6th and 7th graders  –  Lile Hall

8th thru 12th graders  –  Stay in Worship

Parents: When worship ends, take some time to enjoy a cup of coffee and some adult conversation in the Atrium. Please refrain from picking up your children from Sunday School until the session is over at 10:45 am.

Adult Education Today: Cara Towsend will do a presentation for us from “Just Neighbors” on “Our Children, Our Future”. This thoughtful presentation juxtaposes the challenges of childhood between middle class families and the poorest 20% of our nation. It will help us to realistically understand the social consequences of impoverished childhood and what we can do about it.

There will be a “New Member Sunday” on November 2nd at the 9:30 service: If you are interested in joining the church or have questions, please speak to Chuck, Julie or contact Carol Angle, Membership Chair, or .

Join us for the first Lile Hall Concert Series concert of the season on Saturday, November 8th at 8:00 p.m. Fiat Lux Chamber Players (Holly Chatham, piano; Patrick Wood, violin; Adam Grabois, cello) will be performing piano trios by Beethoven and Chausson. A wine reception will be held at intermission. Tickets are $15 ($30 max per family)/$5 students at the door. We hope to see you and your friends at this concert of beautiful chamber music!

Girls’ Night Out at Beadlux, Thursday, November 13th, 6:45: Please join us for some wine and appetizers while we use our creativity to make jewelry for ourselves or as a gift. Please email Carol Angle at .

Christ Church will hold a Food Drive from November 2nd through November 23. As you probably know, area Food Banks are receiving fewer donations while at the same time experiencing greater demand. Let’s do what we can to help. Please bring non perishable food items and frozen turkeys to the church. Turkeys can go into the freezer and non perishable items can be placed on the table between the Elevator and the Nursery on the first floor.

SHIP Annual Fund-Raising Dinner, November 19, 2008: SHIP (Summit Helping It’s People) will hold its annual fund-raising dinner on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7:00 pm at Saint Teresa’s Memorial Hall, 306 Morris Avenue, Summit NJ. This year SHIP will be honoring 12 of its original volunteers and Board members. SHIP began serving meals and providing other forms of assistance 17 years ago. Being honored are: Leslie Babyak, Rosemary Butler, Lillian Cochran, Rev. Denison Harrield, Ed Kessler, Gail Malin, Dick Nelson, Rose Nelson, Susan Watts, Mary Jane Wilson, Janet Whitman and Mary Vick.

The dinner is being donated and served by Outback Steakhouse of Springfield NJ. There will also be a silent and a live auction of items and services provided by local merchants and supporters of SIP. The price for the evening is $50. Per person and Captains Tables for 10 persons are available for $600. For reservations, please contact Dick Nelson, 908-273-3271 or June Wessel, 908-273-3317.