Caring Community

Stick Around After Worship
We’ve started something new…COFFEE AND TEA TIME after worship. Stay and talk with your sisters and brothers as you share your lives together over a cup of tea or coffee every first, third, and fifth Sunday of the month. November Coffee & Tea Times on the 6th and 20th. Sign-up sheet to host Coffee & Tea in the Narthex.

Do you have any coffee mugs that are not being used or not needed? Please bring them in (or donate them) to church for use during “Coffee and Tea Time.” Thank you!


Baby Shower for Cathy and Michael Palamara
Sunday, December 11 after worship, Holy Trinity Fellowship Hall. Everyone is invited—not just women—and this is not a surprise!

Twin boys are due in February. Those planning to attend, please RSVP to Agee Lin at (973) 284-1835. Agee is also looking for additional help with planning and set-up.

Cathy and Mike are registered at Babies R Us (Search “Palamara” and then Cedar Grove). www.babiesrus.com/registry

"Your Grandmother’s Cupboard"
On Saturday, December 10 from 10am – 2pm, the WELCA group of Holy Trinity will be collecting items for Your Grandmother’s Cupboard, an organization that provides food, clothing and other necessities for the homeless, hungry and the other “invisible” children and adults in our community.

As you make the change to fall and winter clothing, why not put aside the items you no longer need or want?

Items of dire need are:

Toiletries:
Combs and brushes Bars of Soap Deodorant
Disposable Razors Feminine Hygiene products Shampoo
Toothbrushes Toothpaste Toilet paper

Clothing: for men, women, and children
Especially need: Shoes and socks; Coats, hats, and gloves, and boots
Men’s work clothes (folded and sorted, if possible)
Other: Sheets (all sizes), blankets, comforters, sleeping bags

There is also a trailer that accepts donations at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, Wayne, N.J. (973) 694-8316 or www.sttimothynj.org

Remember the Hungry
Donations of non-perishable food items help stock the Nutley Food Pantry, as well as provide emergency food aid to our neighbors. Please place donations in the basket in the narthex to help those of us who are hungry!

A Food Pantry Shopping List:

canned fruit, canned vegetables, tuna fish, box of pasta, pasta sauce
1-can meals, tomato paste, bar soap, toilet paper,

ELCA/HUNGER
U.S. – Alabama
On April 27, 2011, severe storms and tornadoes ravaged the small town of Phil Campbell, Alabama. The home of Nickey, Kathy, and their three grandchildren was obliterated; reduced to a heap of splinters and rubble. They received the maximum $30,000 in aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but it wasn’t enough to purchase a new home. The family of five temporarily moved into a friend’s RV. They were homeless.

Gifts to ELCA Disaster Response, directed through Lutheran Disaster Response, helped coordinate and support the rebuilding effort. With the help of volunteers, their house was rebuilt in three weeks. And just two months after the tornado leveled their home, they received the keys to their new three-bedroom home. The family was the first family in Phil Campbell to move into a new home after the disaster.

During the blessing of their home on June 30, 2010, members of the community gathered to pray for the family and the recovery of all other affected by the destructive storms. Nickey and Kathy were speechless; Kathy silently wiped away tears. In addition, local ELCA congregations provided two homemade quilts and a $500 gift card to help them furnish their new home. "I'm very grateful," Nickey said. "You can’t put it into words."

Your gifts to ELCA Disaster Response ensure that this church is ready to bring help and hope to disaster survivors.

www.elca.org/hunger