We are a loving and inclusive community of believers
and seekers who know that God is love (1 John 4:16), mercy
triumphs over judgement (James 2:13), and being a Christian
means living and loving like Jesus (Matthew, Mark, Luke &
John). Come and see!
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HOME CHURCH GATHERING
Please consider hosting a HOME CHURCH
GATHERING. We will bless your home
with Love, Laughter, food, scripture and Eucharist.
A fun and casual way to worship like the early
church did!
Sign-up or call the parish office for details.
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WE COULD USE YOUR HELP
If you have any experience in fundraising or
special event planning we would love to pick
your brain! Please reach out to Mother Victoria,
Mike Mercuro, Suzanne Jorgensen, or phone the
parish office and speak to Cherisse.
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Eucharistic Ministers are available to
bring Communion to those who are not able to get
to church for extended periods of time due to
illness or mobility issues. We are grateful to
Robin Henry for stepping forward
to co-ordinate this vital parish ministry. If
you know of someone who needs home, hospital,
rehab, or nursing home visits, please let us know.
If you would like to be trained to participate
in this beautiful ministry, please contact
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2018-19 BOOK STUDIES
Sundays 9 to 9:45 in the Jones Room
Sundays 9-9:45 in the Jones Room. Last year,
our Parish Book Studies focused on the true
nature and essence of God, especially as God
is revealed in the Holy Trinity. This year,
we'll turn the focus back onto ourselves by
exploring who and what we really are and how
we can enter into a spiritually-mature relationship
with God, Who is the source and goal of our
Being, and of all Being.
View
Schedules here
October 28 - December 16: "Immortal
Diamond" by Richard Rohr
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SUNDAY SCHOOL FAMILIES It's
that time of year again and we're very excited
to see our students for another fun-filled year!
Registration forms will be in the back of the
church each Sunday through the first day of
classes, Sunday, September 16th. Please return
completed forms (which can be found at the back
of the church) to Cherisse in the Parish Office.
If you have questions or would like to volunteer
your time for Sunday School or Nursery, please
call Laurie Clayton at 732-600-5454.
Thank you!!
Download
Registration Form here
CALLING ALL FAMILIES WHOSE TEENS, 6TH
GRADE AND OLDER, WILL REGULARLY BE ATTENDING
CHURCH SCHOOL THIS YEAR. We are planning
and need your input to create an effective program.
Specifically we need to know if your teen will
regularly attend on Sunday mornings or if an
alternative meeting time might be preferable.
Please contact Laurie Clayton
either by phone or email to discuss alternatives
for the coming year.
732-600-5454 or claytombs1961@hotmail.com
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BUS TRIP TO AMISH COUNTRY
BUS TRIP TO AMISH COUNTRY, Saturday, May 4th,
2019, to the Amish Country for some light shopping,
a visit to the Sight and Sound production of
The Life of Jesus and dinner at the Shady Maple
smorgasbord. We still need 17 people to sign
up. Cost is estimated to be between $125 to
135 per person depending on numbers ($75-$80
for a child under 13).
Contact Cherisse in the parish office
if you plan on attending.
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SAINT MARY’S WILL BE COLLECTING
BARS OF WRAPPED BATH SOAP!
Mary’s Table, Seamen’s
Institute and St. Gregory’s Pantry
have all received donations from Soap S.A.C.K.
(Supporting a community with kindness). Soap
sacks are crocheted soap holders for homeless,
seniors, and anyone in need. People all over
the country are crocheting these beautiful sacks!
When donated, each sack contains a wrapped bar
of soap. It can be used as a wash cloth and
hung to dry. Please consider donating bars of
wrapped soap to supply this wonderful Mission!
Look for the basket in Farnsworth Hall to place
your wrapped bars of soap in! Thank you!!!!
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IHN at St. Mary's
 Our
next IHN host week begins Sunday, December 9th
and we look forward to making St. Mary's a home
for the families in program. The sign up sheet
is posted in Farnsworth Hall. Please join us
for food and conversation at our next IHN fellowship
gathering on Tuesday, November 27th, 6:30pm,
at the home of Mike and Jessie Mercuro (1110
Burnt Tavern Rd, Point Pleasant). RSVP
to the church office or by contacting Jessie
Mercuro (732-272-6828 or jslytle@gmail.com)
or Lynn Schambach (732-403-9708 or lynnschambach@optonline.net).
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ST. MARY’S
T-SHIRTS
A variety of sizes are now available in the
parish office. Please contact Cherisse for yours
today!
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
For the Soup Kitchen in Asbury
Park. We need a few more volunteers for 1 or
2 Saturday mornings a year. Please contact Laura
Grodewald (ldunn06@gmail.com
/ 732-948-3186) for more information.
POINT PLEASANT GARDEN CLUB
The next meeting will be held at St. Mary’s
on Tuesday, October 16th, from 7-9. Everyone
is invited to join!
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Please consider hosting a HOME CHURCH
GATHERING. We will bless your home
with Love, Laughter, food, scripture and Eucharist.
A fun and casual way to worship like the early
church did! Sign-up or call the parish office
for details.
DONATIONS FOR
TENT CITY
A box has been placed in Farnsworth Hall for
clean summer clothing for the residents of tent
city located in Howell
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FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP MINISTRY (ESM)
FROM THE ESM: Since 1985, over 123,200 volunteers
have participated in Clean Ocean Action’s
Beach Sweeps and removed over 6.2 million pieces
of debris from NJ’s beaches and waterways.
Will you please help this year? Please participate
in COA’s 33rd Annual Fall Beach Sweeps
– Sat., October 20th, 9-12:30 (rain or
shine). Meeting places at area beaches: Belmar
– 3rd Ave. Beach (3rd & Boardwalk)
& 16th Ave. Beach (Dunkin Donuts); Manasquan
– Main Street Beach (Main Street &
beachfront); Point Pleasant Boro – Riverfront
Park (end of Mason Ave); Point Pleasant Beach–
Jenkins Aquarium (on the boardwalk) & Maryland
Ave.; Lavallette – Philadelphia Ave. Beach;
Brick Beach 1.
Let’s face the issue
of plastic pollution together, help raise awareness
and make personal and collective choices to
protect humanity and wildlife.
Read
more ...
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TO THE CURRENT USERS OF PARISHPAY
Welcome to the WeShare family!
Following this week’s transition, here
are several things to keep in mind as you familiarize
yourself with WeShare.
We take the security of your website seriously.
We take the security of your website seriously.
Your recurring donations will continue as scheduled.
But you must authenticate your account and email
to receive WeShare emails to make any changes
to your account or receive WeShare emails. The
first time you enter the system-you will have
to go through a onetime validation requiring:
• Your ParishPay user name, The last
4 digits of the bank account or credit card
used with
ParishPay And ONE of the following two options:
• Your email address
• A collection name and the specific amount
donated within the last 6 months
Please feel free to contact the WeShare customer
service team for assistance at WeShare@4lpi.com
or call 1 (800) 950-9953 and select Option 1.
PLEDGE FOR 2018
If you have prayerfully decided to make an
annual pledge to support St. Mary's By The Sea
in 2018, please return your pledge card to the
office as soon as possible so that we can plan
ahead for ministries and expenses in the new
year.
For OFFERING ENVELOPES, please contact
our office.
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MARY’S TABLE
is in need of someone to deliver meals
every third Thursday anytime between
4 and 5 PM. It takes approximately 1/2
hour of your time to deliver meals to
three different addresses in Point Pleasant
Beach. Read
more...
Mary's Table is the
recipient of a grant to
support our feeding ministry from the
Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Foundation
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SEAMEN’S CHURCH INSTITUTE
In October, a box will be taken to the
Seamen’s Institute. Many seamen
are away from their families and not allowed
to leave their ships. To help brighten
their holidays, please donate comfort
items to help them through the season.
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Twenty-First
Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 23
October 14, 2018
Lord, we pray that your grace may
always precede and follow us, that we may continually
be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Seek the Lord and live, or he will
break out against the house of Joseph like fire, and
it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it. Ah,
you that turn justice to wormwood, and bring righteousness
to the ground! They hate the one who reproves in the
gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take
from them levies of grain, you have built houses of
hewn stone,
but you shall not live in them; you have planted pleasant
vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. For
I know how many are your transgressions, and how great
are your sins - you who afflict the righteous, who
take a bribe, and push aside the needy in the gate.
Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time;
for it is an evil time. Seek good and not evil, that
you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will
be with you, just as you have said. Hate evil and
love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may
be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:6-7,10-15
The word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it
divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is
able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
And before him no creature is hidden, but all are
naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom
we must render an account. Since, then, we have a
great high priest who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to
sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who
in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without
sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace
with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find
grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews
4:12-16
As Jesus was setting out on a journey,
a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him,
“Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal
life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you
call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know
the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You
shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You
shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud;
Honor your father and mother.’” He said
to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since
my youth.” Jesus, looking at him, loved him
and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what
you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will
have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving,
for he had many possessions. Then Jesus looked around
and said to his disciples, “How hard it will
be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom
of God!” And the disciples were perplexed at
these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children,
how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom
of God.” They were greatly astounded and said
to one another, “Then who can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals
it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things
are possible.” Peter began to say to him, “Look,
we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus
said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who
has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or
father or children or fields, for my sake and for
the sake of the good news, who will not receive a
hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers
and sisters, mothers and children, and fields with
persecutions—and in the age to come eternal
life. But many who are first will be last, and the
last will be first.”
Mark
10:17-31
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St.
Mary's by the Sea is a Christian community
that
strives to create a sanctuary for ALL
seekers
and believers alike
to
come and experience the Love of God through Jesus Christ,
to
share that love with those around us
and
in the wider world,
and
to grow in faith
as
part of a caring Christian family.
