ALL PROGRAMMING AND WORSHIP UPDATES can be found on our website at www.coltsneckreformed.org. Updates will be on the front page, just below the introductory video.

YOUR WEEKLY OFFERINGS ARE STILL SO IMPORTANT!: Your offerings are still greatly needed to keep Colts Neck Reformed Church healthy and to allow us to minister effectively—for the needs are great—and to support our mission partners on the front lines of those in need. See the main page of our website — www.coltsneckreformed.org — for a link to giving electronically. You can also mail your offering to CNRC, PO Box 57, Colts Neck, NJ, 07722.

CONNECT! So many great new connections – links, meeting times, videos, Bible studies, Music for the Soul, Church School lessons – how can we keep track of them all? We have added a page on our website for that exact purpose: go to www.coltsneckreformed.org, hover over the “CONNECT” tab, and then select “BE CONNECTED”. (coltsneckreformed.org/connect/be-connected-links)

FACEBOOK: Until we can meet again face-to-face, much of the church’s communication – live-streams, videos, devotions – will be conducted via Facebook. If you don’t already have a Facebook account, now might be a great time to set one up! Do note however, that you do not need to have a Facebook account to view our page, just go to facebook.com and type “Colts Neck Reformed Church” in the search bar.

LIVE-STREAMING THE SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE: Please continue to join us in worship via live-stream on our “Colts Neck Reformed Church” Facebook page or on our “Colts Neck Reformed Church” YouTube Channel at 9:15 a.m. on Sundays. (Don’t have a

Facebook account? – click the above Facebook link; when using this link, you may be prompted to sign in, but it's not required; simply click "Not Now" and scroll to the current live-stream video). If you missed the live worship, you can view the service later at your convenience: Go to coltsneckreformed.org, hover over the “Worship” tab and select “Worship Services—Video”(https://coltsneckreformed.org/worship/worship-services-video)

– OR – On the “Colts Neck Reformed Church” Facebook page, find the "videos"

tab/section to locate the service; the most recent video will be the first one displayed.

CNRC HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL! If you have a YouTube account (you automatically have a YouTube account if you have a Google account), search for “Colts Neck Reformed

Church”. A picture of the church will be displayed along with the words “Colts Neck Reformed Church” and a red rectangle that says “SUBSCRIBE”. Click the “SUBSCRIBE” button and this will put our channel into your list of subscriptions for easy access. You do not have to subscribe – you can just click on the picture of the church or the words “Colts Neck Reformed Church” and you will be brought to the channel. Do note, when you search “Colts Neck Reformed Church”, some videos that YouTube thinks are affiliated with our channel will show up, but they are not necessarily ours. The way to be sure you are getting content that was posted by CNRC is to go to the channel and select the videos from there. What if you don’t have a YouTube account? You can still view our videos, you just can’t “like” or comment on a video and you can’t subscribe to our channel. Go to YouTube.com and follow the instructions above, skipping the “SUBSCRIBE” step. All of our live-streams (worship services, “Moments with Scott”) and other videos will be posted YouTube as well as being posted to Facebook. So if you’re less of a Facebook person and more of a YouTube person, we’ve got you covered!

CONNECTING VIRTUALLY: Until we can meet again face-to-face, we are using video conferencing to connect with the congregation via Zoom, a remote conferencing service. If you aren’t familiar with Zoom, Here is a link to Zoom Frequently Asked Questions. There are also many tutorials, blogs, videos, and articles on the internet

which can help you get started—just Google “zoom instructions”, or “zoom tutorials”, or “using zoom”, etc.; it’s quite user friendly and intuitive, so you should not have too much trouble! If you still have trouble or questions after checking those resources, email office@cnrc.church and one of us will get back to you!

MUSIC FOR THE SOUL: “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” is Maggie’s most recent addition to our “Music for the Soul” section on our website. The section features Maggie Tripold playing familiar, comforting, and uplifting hymns on her piano. Go to https://coltsneckreformed.org/connect/music-for-the-soul to hear these beautiful hymns and to get the story behind them.

DAILY DEVOTIONS: Scott Brown is keeping our community connected with a brief devotional (scripture and prayer) that is emailed daily. If you’d like to receive this daily devotion, email cnrc.care@cnrc.church and request to be added to the list (keep an eye on your spam/junk folder since bulk emails tend to

be redirected to those folders). The devotional is also being posted on our “Colts Neck Reformed Church” Facebook page.

PRAY TOGETHER – In addition to offering daily devotions via email, our pastors are leading a daily time of prayer together for about 15 minutes via Zoom video-conferencing Monday through Friday at 9:15 a.m. (think of our Sunday morning first worship service time!). The link can be found in the Friday email blast or please email the church office at office@cnrc.church for the updated link. See above “CONNECTING VIRTUALLY” for more information on connecting.

CHILDREN AT THE LORD’S TABLE: The meetings for First Communion students scheduled for April 19th, and April 28th are postponed for now. New classes and a new First Communion date will be set at a later date.

VIRTUAL BIBLE STUDIES: THURSDAY EVENING BIBLE STUDY: Join us on Zoom this Thursday, at 6:00 p.m., for a reprise of "What Happened When During Holy Week.” We will look back at the accounts of the gospels and consider all of the events of

the past week. Email the church office at office@cnrc.church for the link and/or for more information. COFFEE BREAK BIBLE STUDY will resume on Thursday, April 16th, at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom. Contact the church office at office@cnrc.church if you’d like to join in. They will be discussing lesson 18 of The Story, “Daniel in Exile”. First-time Zoomers - If this is your first time using Zoom, you will be asked to download the program and to allow the software to make changes to your computer; you will then be entered into the meeting. We suggest that you do the initial setup sometime before the meeting, you just won’t actually enter the meeting because it is not happening at that moment, but it will give you some practice! See the “CONNECTING VIRTUALLY” instructions above if you are having trouble with Zoom. If, after following those hints and suggestions, you are still having trouble, Contact Pastor Debi, associate.pastor@cnrc.church.

CHURCH SCHOOL AT HOME LESSONS: This week’s church school lesson – Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ – is on the website for you and your children to enjoy together. Thank you for recognizing the importance of your child(ren)’s Christian education during these times. You can find the lesson on our website—hover on the

“Ministries” tab, and then select “Christian Education” or click here.

YOUR PRAYERS AND CONCERNS ARE REQUESTED FOR: (Due to privacy concerns, we are using last initials only as this information is shared publicly.)

Joe A., father of Joe A., hospitalized with COVID-19 Paulette B., medical concerns Jennifer D., the daughter of Lonnie H.’s friend, COVID-19 Gavin F., treatment for neurofibromatosis (NF) Type 1 Marge F., ongoing health issues Bill H., uncle of Lori M., hospitalized on oxygen Kristin H., daughter of Ken and Lonnie H., ongoing health issues Mark H., boyfriend of Rebecca M., who is a nurse and has tested positive for COVID-19

Colleen J., tested positive for COVID-19 Judy J., sister of Art P., recovering from a fall Noelle, friend of Paul H., depression Jodie and Ramon S., friends of Briana and Sean H., both working with COVID-19 patients

Ginny Y., mother of Beth B., ongoing health concerns All residents and staff of the Reformed Church Home All of the medical professionals and essential workers… Thank you!

Prayers and condolences to Marie Z. and family on the death of her mother, Elaine C., on April 3, 2020.

Prayers and condolences to Leny and Steven B. and family on the death of Leny’s namesake and cousin, Leny C., who died April 6, 2020.

Prayers and condolences to Jan and Joe A. and family, on the death of Joe’s mother, Marie A., who died April 9, 2020.

Prayers and condolences to Eileen F. on the death of her friend, Nat D.

Colts Neck Reformed Church

P.O. Box 57, 139 Route 537, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 Office Phone: 732-462-4555 • Fax: 732-866-9545

e-mail: office@cnrc.church website: www.coltsneckreformed.org Nursery School Phone: 732-462-4662

Minister: The Reverend Scott D. Brown revscottbrown@cnrc.church

Pastor: Debi L. Jensen associate.pastor@cnrc.church

The Colts Neck Reformed Church is committed to welcoming all people into the life of our church community. We commit to affirm the beauty, value, and gifts of all people. These commitments are not subject to a person’s color, race, ethnicity, place of origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, relationship status (single, married, separated, divorced), socioeconomic situation, or a person’s mental, physical, or emotional health or ability. All people are welcome to participate fully in the life of our faith community. Anyone seeking to know more about Jesus is welcome at Colts Neck Reformed Church.

Vice President ........................................................ Reed Feuster Clerk of Consistory .......................................... Guy Vander Vliet Church Treasurer ................................................. Alicia Dimtsios Assistant Treasurer ................................................. Laurie Harris Financial Secretary ............................................. Greg Robinson

Elders: Deacons: Barbara Battles Reed Feuster Paul Anderson Nancy Holm Alyssa Giles Katie Gilpin LuAnne Petrie Laurie Robinson Sean Horan Jane Rappleyea Morgan Savage Guy Vander Vliet

Church Staff Director of Music & Worship Arts (music@cnrc.church) .............................. ............. Maggie Tripold

Organist/Sanctuary Choir Director .................................................................. .. David Tripold, Ph.D Director of Early Childhood Ministries (nurseryschool@cnrc.church) . .............. Stacey Savage Director of Congregational Care/Health & Wellness (cnrc.care@cnrc.church)Dianne O’Hara

Directors of Youth Ministries (youth@cnrc.church) ...................................... Debbie & Paul Horan

Church Administrator/Secretary (office@cnrc.church) ................................... ..................... Pam Licata

Administrative Assistant/Secretary to the Nursery School (jo enz@cnrc.church)Joy Lenz

Newsletter Editor ............................................................. (reformed.informer@cnrc.church)

Worship Service Temporarily virtually only .............................. .................. 9:15 a.m.