October 2019

First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna 99 Main Street, Succasunna, NJ 07876

973-584-5238 ~ www.fpcsuccasunna.org

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

October Calendar ...................2

Prayer Concerns, etc. .............3

Lectionary ...............................4

October Dates .........................4

Fall Dates ................................5

Deacons & Events ..................6

Updates ...................................7

Thank You ..............................8

AT THE OPEN DOOR

Pastor: Rev. Carie Morgan

Secretary: Janet Melvin

Editor: Sandie DiDomenico

Church Office: 973-584-5238

Fax: 973-584-5140

E: fpcsunna@optonline.net

Email November Open Door submissions to:

fpcsopendoor@gmail.com

by October 19th, 2019

On Sunday, September 8th, the children and youth of FPCS gathered in Fellowship Hall to kick off the Sunday School year with a mission project. This year, the children and youth made over 80 sandwiches for Faith Kitchen, a local soup kitchen in Dover. The last time we made sandwiches, the children fixed 50, but

the director of Faith Kitchen asked if we could do 80. It was a big task but with the help of the greater congregation, plenty of bread and deli meat was donated. Faith Kitchen provides a daily meal served at lunch. Many of the clients depend on this meal for their food for the day. By providing an additional bagged sandwich meal,

the clients can take this with them and have it for dinner.

Thank you to everyone that made this outreach project a reality!

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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6:30-9:30 Boy Scouts in

Fellowship Hall

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6:00 Bible Study

Fellowship Hall

7:30 Session

Fellowship Hall

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10:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

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Church Office Closed

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Presbytery Event in Fellowship Hall

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9:00 Sunday School

10:00 Worship

World Communion Sunday

Following Worship Fellowship Time

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6:30-9:00 DBSA Meeting Downstairs in

Yellow Sunday School Room

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9 6:00

Bible Study In Fellowship

Hall

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10:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

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Church Office Closed

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8:30-10:00 Men’s Bible Study in

Fellowship Hall

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9:00 Sunday School

10:00 Worship

Following Worship Fellowship Time

6:00-7:30

Girl Scout Meeting in Fellowship Hall

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6:30-9:00 DBSA Meeting

In Fellowship Hall

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6:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

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10:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

18 Church Office

Closed

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1:00-3:30 Tea and Talent

In Fellowship Hall

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9:00 Sunday School

10:00 Worship

Following Worship Fellowship Time

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6:30-9:00 DBSA Meeting Downstairs in

Yellow Sunday School Room

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6:30-9:30 Boy Scout

Court of Honor in Fellowship Hall

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6:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

7:30

Worship Committee

Meeting

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10:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

25 Church Office

Closed

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7:30-5:00 DBSA Training Event

in Fellowship Hall

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9:00 Sunday School

10:00 Worship

Following Worship Fellowship Time

6:00-7:30

Girl Scout meeting in Fellowship Hall

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6:30-9:00 DBSA Meeting Downstairs in

Yellow Sunday School Room

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6:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

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10:00 Bible Study

In Fellowship Hall

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Prayers & Concerns:

Sue Buldiger Ellen and Charlie Alpaugh Georganne and Fred Pisorchik

Bernadette Hill Dolores Kiminkinen Sheila Kelly

Juanita Koch Meg Olive Learn

Elaine Bearley Alex C. Suzanne

Mark Sharon Treloar Eva Roman

Maryann Ed and Therese Loughrey Walter McConnell

Joe Petito Bruce Davis June Teates

John Tyman Ginny Grodeska Joan

Peter Ianzano Lisa

Please Pray for the Families of:

Joe McConnon and Bill Morgan.

Session Snippets At the September meeting, the Session discussed and approved the following:

Action/Discussion Items: • Approve Minutes of the Aug session meeting and meeting with new members • Building usage – Wreaths Across America – Dec. 14 • Building usage – DBSA – Fellowship hall – Oct. 26 • Baptism request: Zoe Sassaman – Oct. 20 • Handicapped parking spaces – increase • Call a meeting of the congregation on Sept. 22 directly following worship • Committee reports –

o Worship: CCLI license o Toy March: Sun. Dec. 1

Informational: • Worship returns to 10:00 on Sept. 8th • Tea – Oct. 19th • Cemetery Tour – Nov. 2nd • Blood Drive—Nov. 3rd

OCTOBER DATES LECTIONARY

October 6

17th Sunday after Pentecost

Lam. 1:1-6; Lam. 3:19-26 or Ps. 137;

2 Tim 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10

October 13

18th Sunday after Pentecost

Jer. 29:1, 4-7; Ps. 66:1-12;

2 Tim. 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19

October 20

19th Sunday after Pentecost

Jer. 31:27-34; Ps. 119-97-104;

2 Tim. 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8

October 27

20th Sunday after Pentecost

Joel 2:23-32; Ps. 65;

2 Tim. 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14

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Shop Rite Gift Cards

Shoprite Gift Cards

can be purchased weekly by contacting Dick Schulte; he can be emailed at rnslks@optonline.net.

Journey Circle

Our next meeting will be Monday, October 21st at the home of Kathy

Ritchey. She lives at 4 Lindberg Lane in Succasunna. Please RSVP to Linda Fleischer at l.fleischer@yahoo.com or text at 973-271-2846.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN NEWTON PRESBYTERY FALL GATHERING October 5, 2019 at 9am Community Presbyterian Church 220 Main St, Chester, NJ

Registration begins at 9:00am, and program starts at 9:30am; lunch at 12pm. The theme is “United to End Violence and Notes from Scot-land and Iona.” Please register for lunch and R.S.V.P. by emailing Nancy Lack at nwlack@verizon.net.

Tea and Talent October 19, 2019

Join us on Saturday, October 19th for an afternoon of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and desserts accompanied by local musical talent. The tea will be held in Fellowship Hall from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. Tickets cost $22.00 per person.

This is a fundraising event that requires many volunteers, so if you can help out by baking, making sandwiches the morning of the tea, setting a table or two or clean up please let us know.

To volunteer, buy tickets or gather more information please call either Donna Petito at 973-477-2614 or Ruthann Wilkins at 973-688-9935. Tickets are also available for sale by calling the Church Office at 973-584-5238.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN SYNOD GATHERINE October 18-19, 2019 Stony Point Center THEME: Women Move Mountains Registration - $25 early bird or $45

Shared room $150 or individual room $210

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NOVEMBER DATES

ALTERNATIVE

GIFT MARKET AT HOME FOR THE

HOLIDAYS

It's not too early to start thinking about

Christmas! But this year the Mission Committee would like to sell your gently used Christmas

ornaments and decorations that you no

longer use.

All proceeds will go to support the non profits that the Alternative Gift Market supports. There

will be a box in Fellowship Hall starting

in October for donations.

WOMEN'S BUNCO NIGHT

Calling all women of the church!! Please join us Monday, Nov.11th at 7pm for a fun night of Bunco in Fel-

lowship Hall. It's a fast paced dice game and you do not have to know how to play. There will be prizes and refreshments.

Please RSVP to the church office at 973-584-5238 by Nov.6th.

We hope to see you all there!

Time Change for

Christmas Eve Service

5pm Family Service

10pm Candlelight Service

Date: Saturday, Nov. 2nd Time: Tours will begin at 6pm Cost: $5.00 in advance,$10 at the door only if available Please encourage people to make reservations. Want to be a part of this fun event? Please contact Dana Haughey, Kathy Ritchey, or Pastor Carie - we will need vol-unteers to be characters as well as a few more people to be tour guides. Spread the word!

A Christmas Tree with tags will be in Fellowship Hall beginning Nov.3rd. Toys and books are greatly appreciated but please - NO TOY WEAPONS. We will collect the toys during our annual Toy March on Sunday, Dec.1st. As in years past the toys will go to Child and Family Resources in Mt. Arlington.

UPDATES

The Deacons are getting ready for the following events in the

4th quarter of this year:

Baptisms: We will be supporting two baptisms in October. Blood Drive: The annual blood drive will take place Sunday, November 3rd, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. As a token of appreciation, a variety of delicious soups will be pre-pared and served by the Deacons for those that donate or come out to support the event. Let’s “pump up the volume” and donate more than last year. Thanksgiving Food Drive: The annual food drive which benefits Roxbury Social Services will be held prior to Thanksgiving. You can copy/paste the following link into your web browser to see what items are of need throughout the year: https://roxburynj.us/257/Needs. Or, just consider the fol-lowing packaged items: baking products, beans, breakfast foods, canned meats, canned vegetables, condiments, juices, pasta/tomato sauces, side dishes, soups, and snacks. When donating, please en-sure all donated items are within expiration dates. Sorry, but any food item that has been in your cupboard past its’ expiration cannot be accepted. It’s the law! Faith Kitchen: In December we will be donating $500.00 in gift cards for McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts in $5/10 increments. In the past we contributed sweatshirts, however, the recipi-ents have told us that food and hot beverages are the greatest need. They spoke, and we listened! The Board of Deacons are here to support our church community however we can. ~ God Bless.

Saturday, December 7th

We will be having our bake sale again.

Sunday, December 15th

Advent Festival featuring the Bon Temps Jazz Band

Walking Tacos Raise Funds to Feed the Hungry

The Mission Committee’s Walking Tacos, turned out to be a culinary fa-vorite for Succasunny Day visitors looking for fun food to eat on the go. Taco sales topped over $400, and proceeds will be donated to the Faith Kitchen. Thank you to all who donated, shopped, cooked and served.

The Earth Care "Alternative" Recycling program has been a huge success. Unfortunately, we have learned that Terracycle has a wait list for both the Snack bag and the Foil-lined energy bars - so we can no longer take these items. We also learned that alkaline batteries can be recycled but the process is rather expensive. We purchased one recycling box for $20 and would like to encourage people to consider purchasing a recy-cling box for their home use. Items we can continue to take: Contact lens blister packs toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, and floss containers #6 plastic cups such as Solo brand Thank you for helping keep these items out of the landfill.

~ Your Earth Care Team

Build Day with Morris Habitat for Humanity

Saturday, Dec. 14th

The first six homes at Morris Habitat for Humanity’s 121 Main Street homes are in the final stages of construction.

Join the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna Team on 12/14 and help us put the finishing touches on the new homes and/or prepare lunch for the build team.

Contact Kathy Ritchey kritchey@optonline.net for details.

Come to the Table Peace & Global Witness Offering will be received on World

Communion Sunday, October 6th

Our gifts to the Peace & Global Witness Offering enables the Presbyterian Church USA to promote the Peace of Christ by addressing systems of conflict and injustice across the world. Individual congregations are encouraged to utilize up to 25% of this offering to connect with the global witness of Christ's peace. Our congregation will donate 25% of the offering to Camp Johnsonburg for Camper Scholarships for underprivileged youth. Mid councils retain an additional 25% for ministries of peace and reconciliation. The remaining 50% is used by the Presbyterian Mission Agency to advocate for peace and justice in cultures of violence, including our own, through collaborative projects of education and Christian witness. Let us prayerfully, and joyfully, consider what we can do creating a world of peace and reconciliation. Open our hearts to Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, and pattern our lives in the compassion, kindness and grace he shows us. Please give generously to the Peace & Global Witness Offering. Want to know more about the Peace & Global Witness Offering and Peacemaking? Visit https://specialofferings.pcusa.org/offering/peace-global-witness/.

Thank you… ... to everyone who made donations and/or volunteered their time to make Suckasunny Day a success. The following are funds generated by our church: Crafters (32) $ 800.00 Drinks $ 65.00 Games $ 311.00 PW Cookies $1067.00 Total $2243.00 Please note: Walking Tacos also generated/donated $412.00 to the Faith Kitchen

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Thank you!!

A Huge Thank You to everyone that helped organize and volunteered on Olde Suckasunny Day. Our PW once again sold their cookies, the Mission team served Walking Tacos to benefit Faith Kitchen, games were organized and played with many hands making this all happen. Seltzer wa-ter and juice boxes were donated, as well as prizes for games. Cemetery tour tickets were sold and an Earth Care table encouraged people to participate in community art by making a mosaic out of plastic bottle tops. Our church his-torical fiction books were available for purchase and much organizing occurred for the vendors to have space to sell their items. We hosted Habitat for Humanity and Home De-pot came with bird feeders for families to make. This event is truly a team effort! ~ Pastor Carie