The Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff, NJ invites local clergy members to participate in the next Pastoral Colloquium. These events are are designed to offer topics in a presentation/discussion format. The program is an hour and a half in length, requiring a shorter commitment of time than Clergy Days. The next Pastoral Colloquium will be offered on Thursday, September 27, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.Details about the event and how to RSVP are available on the flyer which can be found here.
Classis Hudson will meet in regular session on Monday and Tuesday, September 17-18, at Restore Church in North Haledon. The agenda can be found here. In keeping with an annual custom, part of the meeting will be held jointly with delegates from Classis Hackensack to receive reports from denominational representatives and discuss matters where our ministries overlap.One important part of this meeting will be a discussion with Rev. Howard Vanderwell, a representative of the CRC's Faith Formation Committee, who will be addressing the topic "Making Adjustments for a New Culture of Faith Formation in the CRC." All interested CRC members are encouraged to attend the Monday evening session for a discussion of this important subject.
Classis Hudson met on May 10, 2012 at the Crossroads Community Church in Flanders, NJ. A summary of the meeting is available here.We rejoice in the acceptance of a call extended by New Life Ministries to Rev. Jack Wilson. He will be installed as the new pastor during the 11 am worship service on Sunday, June 3. Visitors are invited to join this celebration and to pray for God's continued work in this congregation and its new pastor.
Please note that the NECT picnic is Saturday, June 9, 2012, not June 3 as some versions of the original post apparently listed. Sorry for the confusion.
Northeast Community Transformation, the diaconal agency of Classes Hudson and Hackensack, invites interested church members and leaders to attend their spring events:1) An immigration forum, to be held from 9:30-noon on Saturday, May 19, at the Unity Christian Reformed Church in Prospect Park. Leading immigration attorney and NECT partner David Nachman of Nachman, Phulwani, Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C. will be on hand to offer assistance with specific questions or immigration/naturalization cases.2) NECT's annual picnic, to be held at Covenant Christian Reformed Church in North Haledon from 1-4 pm on June 9. This picnic provides an opportunity to hear about the work the NECT and its partners are doing in sharing God’s transforming mercy, justice and peace with their communities. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children under 13, and free for kids under 5 and can be purchased here.For more information on either event, please contact NECT.
The Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff will be holding a Clergy Day event on Wednesday, May 9, from 8:30-1:15. The topic is “Pastoring in the Eye of the Storm – Centering Your Ministry in an Overwhelming World.” Rev. Dr. N. Graham Standish, adjunct professor at Pittsburgh Seminary, will be the speaker for the day. For more information or to register, please see the flyer.