Guest Preacher and Sung Morning Prayer

Sunday, October 31, 8:00am & 10:00am

Prayer 101: Daily Prayer Practices with Rev. Bowie

Sunday, October 31, 11:15am in the St. Mark's Room and on Zoom

During the morning worship services on All Saints’ Day, as well as at our Cooper Memorial Evensong at 4:00pm, we will remember in prayer the names of those who were buried from Christ Church during the past year. 

In addition to reading those names in the Necrology on November 7, we would like to include, in print, the names of others who have gone before whose lives have especially touched or influenced you. 

If there are family or other loved ones you would like to have remembered, please send an email with their names to the Parish Office by Monday, November 1. 

Worship Information - In-Person, Livestream & Zoom

Join the Youth of Christ Church for their 7th Annual Trick-or-Treating for Canned Goods Food Drive. They are collecting canned goods and nonperishable foods for the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges. If you would like to contribute to the drive, you can drop-off food in the barrel outside of the Parish Hall between now and ThankServing Sunday (November 21). 

Youth Group Neighborhood Can Pick-Up

Meet in the in front of the church today at 11am to pick-up donation bags around the neighborhood. 

The CCSH nursery area in Parish Hall is now available for any parent who would like a place to take their child during the worship service. There will not be child care staff but parents and children age three and under are welcome to use the space during services. There is also a bathroom in that area, stocked with basic supplies, available for diaper changes. We do plan, as Covid safety precautions permit, to bring back our child care staff as soon as it is possible.

Join us for our R. John Cooper Memorial Evensong for All Saints, featuring the newly commissioned St. Alban’s Canticles and Responses by Alfred Fedak. The choir will be directed by Andrew Moore and accompanied by Brian Harlow. Following the Evensong, there will be a festive reception in Parish Hall.

Join Rev. Bowie, Rev. Toland from St. Stephen’s, and Cantor Lucy Fishbein from Temple B’nai Jeshurun to discuss the story of Joseph and his brothers in Genesis this year. No preparation or previous attendance is required. All are welcome! The group meets on the first Friday of the month from 9-10 am via Zoom. For login information, please email Bowie Snodgrass.

The Parish Life Committee is excited to announce that they will host a Novemberfest Beer Tasting on Friday November 19th from 7-9 PM in Parish Hall.John Fernandez, Vestry Member and Retired “Brewmaster”, will take us on a tasting/tour of seven different beers.This will be a highly entertaining evening as John’s background is well suited to provide education as well as a fantastic opportunity for camaraderie in advance of the holiday season.



In addition to the tasting, Cathy Fernandez and Jim Sammartino will provide a myriad of appetizers to complement various beers. These include a variety of Wursts (knockwurst, Bratwurst and Cheddar Wurst), with pretzels and mustards, breads etc.. We will also have soft drinks and spring waters for those who don’t care to taste. The admittance fee will be $15.00 per person or $25.00 per family.

Evening Book Group: The Gospel Truth

Due to the Evening Book Group’s immense enjoyment of Russell Shorto’s Island at the Center of the World, they have decided to read another Shorto book, The Gospel Truth, about the search for the historical Jesus. If you are interested in joining the Evening Book Group for this reading selection, please contact Sam Reckford (sam@reckford.net). The group meets on the fourth Tuesdays of the month from 7:30-9pm. 

You are invited to join St. Stephen’s and the Rev. Paula Toland for a weekly study of a new lectionary available to the Episcopal Church and approved by Bishop Hughes. Beginning November 30, they will meet on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm to study A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year W by Wilda Gafney.

This thought-provoking lectionary invites and challenges us to explore differently the familiar stories of Scripture and how they shape and inform our faith today, while also expanding our understanding of what it means to be made in the image of God through the use of non-gendered language for God.The Gafney lectionary YEAR W is available at Amazon and ChurchPublishing.org.

Save the Date: ThankServing Sunday

Join us after church on November 21 for our annual ThankServing day! There will be great volunteer activities to choose from with something for everyone. In the coming weeks, you will receive more information about the ThankServing Day activities.

Who is God Calling us to be as Church, Now?

By Bishop Carlye Hughes

Speaking from Clergy Conference, Bishop Hughes shares the question on which the clergy are focused and with which all the clergy and laity will be living for months and years to come: In a dramatically changed world, who is God calling us to be as church, now?

Watch the video

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noon on Wednesday. Any submissions coming in after that time will not be included in the current week's Messenger. 

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Christ Church In Short Hills

66 Highland Ave

Short Hills, NJ 07078

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