Friday, March 22, 2013
It must be Palm Sunday in Middletown, when local donkeys take part in a religious procession at two churches.
Bill Potter of Middletown keeps five miniature donkeys on his farm on Red Hill Road in Holmdel. The donkeys live the good life, hanging out with the sheep and goats, munching on grass and hay, letting out the occasional hee-haw. But come the Christian holidays they are all business. At Christmastime, Potter donkeys take up positions in Living Nativity scenes at St. John's Methodist Church in Keyport, All Saints Church in Navesink, and Dearborn Farms in Holmdel. And on Palm Sunday, which is on March 24, they hoof it to King's Highway in Middletown, where they play a role in the re-telling of Jesus's triumphant return to Jerusalem -- first on the front lawn of Christ Episcopal Church at 10 a.m., and then onto the Middletown Reformed Church …
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
The people behind St. Mark's describe the amazing way the small church was able to fulfill its mission to serve the community during a crisis. By the Episcopal News Service.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
From the Episcopal News Service: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Keansburg, New Jersey, may be a small congregation, but its kitchen and parish hall have been a refuge in the last six weeks for the people trying to sort through and rebuild their lives after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the town and nearby communities. “The hands and feet of Christ were here every day,” said George Speidel, a kitchen volunteer from Christ Church in Middletown.
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St. Mark's
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Charter Member of the Monmouth Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Germaine "Gerry" M. Bryant, 75, of Middletown died Friday, August 24, 2012 at her home. She was born in Brooklyn, NY. Germaine was a charter member of the Monmouth Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America. Surviving are her husband, William Bryant; son, William Geoffrey Bryant; daughter, Theresa Marie Bryant Burns; grandchildren, Jonathan, Christopher, Christian, Amanda, Kaitlin and Daniel Geoffrey, great grandchildren, Dezmond and Alex. A Funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday August 28, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church at 90 Kings Highway in Middletown. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia, CT. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to: Christ Episcopal Church, 90 Kings Highway Middletown, NJ 07748. …
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Friday, February 24, 2012
This week, Patch takes you to an area of historic significance. Tell us what you know about it.
This week’s mysterious Middletown sighting is one of “grave” historical value. Sitting on a swath of land in the township's historic district, on Kings Highway, the Christ Episcopal Church’s burial grounds provide some interesting information about Middletown’s founding fathers, sisters, famous and infamous from way back in time. If you get some close-up views of what is etched in stone on the site, history will not only unfold, but you’ll see the interesting way in which people of centuries past were eulogized on tombstones. A very intriguing sign of the times. For instance, if you look closely at one of the stones, you’ll see only the first name of a woman, Sarah. Many of the deceased women were memorialized merely by their first names …
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Effort is in conjunction with World Vision Outreach program
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Hunger is something that happens to other people in other places, or so it is often be assumed. With the economic hardships of recent times, record unemployment and dangerous weather that is becoming startlingly more common than not, the subject of hunger is becoming something that can’t be ignored. It might have come as a great shock to passers-by of the Christ Episcopal Church, Kings Highway, on Friday to see a shanty town built on the lawn: a row of makeshift dwellings built out of cardboard boxes and a sole pup-tent in the middle. The effort is part of the outreach of World Vision, an organization devoted to confronting world hunger. The 30-Hour Famine program finds youth groups from churches across the country experiencing a day-and-…
Cynthia McCormack
5:18 am on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Great to see our youth getting some publicity for giving to others! more ›