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W reaths. Trees. Lights. Manger scenes. Christmas is clearly upon us. And each year it seems to come earlier and earlier. This year, a New York City radio station was playing 24/7 Christmas music by the end of November. Those who shopped in malls were hearing the sounds of Christmas long before the meals were being made for Thanksgiving. What is Christmas? It must mean something more than just a consumer free-for- all that engulfs our culture for the last month of every year. But how do we untangle that which is the core of Christmas and that which has been appended to it (such as Santa Claus and reindeer) as the years have progressed? Obviously, the best place to turn to is the source. Though the celebration of December 25th was several What is Christmas really? By Pastor Russell Huizing Proverbs 3:5 ,6 • God Bless Am erica Recycled Paper from 30% Post Consumer Waste December 10, 2014 Zone 2, Vol. 12, No. 24  We are a Family, Frien dly Publication continued on page 6 

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Wreaths. Trees.

Lights. Manger

scenes. Christmas

is clearly upon us. And each

year it seems to come earlier

and earlier. This year, a New

York City radio station was

playing 24/7 Christmas music

by the end of November.

Those who shopped in malls

were hearing the sounds of 

Christmas long before the

meals were being made for

Thanksgiving.

What is Christmas? It

must mean something more

than just a consumer free-for-

all that engulfs our culture for

the last month of every year.

But how do we untangle that

which is the core of Christmas

and that which has been

appended to it (such as Santa

Claus and reindeer) as the

years have progressed?

Obviously, the best place

to turn to is the source.

Though the celebration of 

December 25th was several

What is Christmas really? By Pastor Russell Huizing

Proverbs 3:5,6 • God Bless AmericaRecycled Paper from 30% Post Consumer Waste

December 10, 2014

Zone 2, Vol. 12, No. 24

 We are a Family, Friendly Publication

continued on page 6 

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•Decorate a Gingerbread House at the

Lincoln Park Library on Wednesday,

December 10 from 4:30-5:30pm. For

children in first grade and older.

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•Come join Chess Club at the Lincoln Park

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•The Holy Spirit Maureen Piccoli

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more information call Ginny at 973-835-

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•The Lincoln Park Library is hosting a DIY

Night: Peppermint Candles on Monday,

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up. Come to the library and make a Lego

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 will be posted on our web site, and will be

displayed until next month. There is no

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Two months ago, my

youngest son Sam

needed a new phone

and our Verizon family plan

could not accommodate

another line. I really wanted

to put him on our plan, as we

have no limit on data or talk

time, as were the plans of 5 or

so years ago. Today, the major-

ity of phone plans, regardless

of carrier, charge for data or

limit you and those that don’t

charge, reduce your speed

when you exceed a certain

level of data each month. Sam

is 14 which means he, by gen-

eration, is a data hog and an

unlimited data plan is essen-

tial to his psyche and my wal-

let too! What is a father to do?

Lo and behold, Sprint,introduced an unlimited data

plan that would not slow

down upon reaching a set

usage level. Immediately, we

sped to our local Sprint Kiosk,

to purchase a new Samsung

Galaxy S-5 Android phone

with unlimited data plan.The

phone cost over $600 and the

plan was $60 per month where

they would finance the phone

with no interest at just $50 per

month. Sam, remember, is 14

so an insurance plan is critical,

adding another $11 to the

monthly bill bringing the total

to just over $100 per month.

Ok, we walk away with

the best phone on the market,

unlimited data and a satisfac-

tion guarantee, not happy, get

your money back. Well not

exactly, as we found out.Service was fine except, near

Wayne Hills High School, the

phone doesn’t work very well,

exactly where Sam happens to

be 5 days a week. Though he

doesn’t use the phone every

day, we decided to give Sprint

the opportunity to better the

situation by explaining to

them our dilemma. After 4

weeks, we attempted to cancel

the service, trying to “port-

over” the phone to Verizon,

who has excellent service at

the high school. Sprint refused

to tell me anything about my

account unless I told them my

account password or my child-

hood best friend. I couldn’t

answer their questions, as I

never supplied the informa-

tion to them since I was never

asked the questions when we

initially purchased the phone

and service. They refused tohelp me disconnect the

phone. I asked for managers,

supervisors and vice presidents

to speak to, explaining that I

cannot possibly answer any

questions for which I had not

previously given information.

I even visited the Sprint loca-

tion in Butler to cancel the

account and get a refund for

the phone. The clerk said I

had to return to Willow Brook

as each were third party retail-

ers; not corporate owned

stores and they were the only

ones that could help us. I was

furious to say the least as this

had consumed many hours of 

energy already.

So next I went to the

Verizon store, after receiving a

“special chip” by overnight

mail directly from Verizon cor-porate, to place in the phone

so Verizon could communicate

with it. You see, up to this

point I was under the impres-

sion that a Samsung Galaxy S-

5 phone could use any service

provider, after all, it is the

newest phone on the market

and available from a myriad of 

retailers as well. Boy was I

wrong! The Verizon store

informed me that even with

the chip installed, the phone

would not operate properly or

perhaps at all with Verizon,

because this was a “Sprint”

phone, unique and manufac-

tured exclusively for them and

cannot be ported over to any-

one. Now, I had to go back to

the kiosk where I found out

the salesman made-up the

answers to the security ques-

tions and password, neglecting

to tell me what they were.

Further, after speaking with

the Sprint tech people directly

from the kiosk, the phone

could not be changed to any

other service provider and Icould not get a refund as I was

over the 14 day window of 

opportunity, even though the

reason for delay was to remedy

the problem. Earlier, the

Sprint home office told me I

couldn’t port the phone unless

I paid the bill in full, (which

was the balance of the phone

purchase price) so I did, right

on the phone with my AMEX

card. So now, I have a paid for

Sprint phone that can’t be

changed to Verizon, the

Sprint service is deactivated

and I am unable to move it to

Verizon or any other provider.

Sprint offered me $170 for the

phone I just paid $600 for and

Verizon will sell me a new one,

with a 2 year service contract

commitment for only $290.

This is my current dilemma;

I’m sure there are thousands of 

people in a similar predica-

ment. Sprint was dishonest

from the beginning, signing

me up with a promise of “satis-

faction guaranteed,” making

up the answers to securityquestions and passwords with-

out my knowledge, not dis-

closing that the phone was

unable to be “ported” to any-

one else, allowing me to can-

cel the service, but not the

phone and failing to refund

my money stating that I took

too long now to bring it to

their attention. They were dis-

honest not to reveal that the

Sprint dealers are independ-

ent contractors/retailers and

not actually affiliated with the

company and other Sprint

locations have nothing to do

with each other. I feel duped

and severely disappointed that

this kiosk independent retailer

will not step-up and rise to the

occasion and refund my

money for the phone enabling

me to take my business else-

where.

I am devoting my finan-cial column space today to let

my readers know that the

Sprint “Satisfaction Guaran-

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days (this was never initially

discussed) and you should

think twice before purchasing

a phone and service from

them. May my $600 expense,

be a lesson to you and a warn-

ing to them, not to treat the

people in our community

unfairly, as a bad reputation

travels much faster than a

good one. Basically everyone

needs a cell phone today and

there are many choices in

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the focus of the celebration has

very clear source material. In

the pages of scripture, we see

what the events of the firstChristmas were and why we

still celebrate that night thou-

sands of years later.

Most of us are aware of 

the story of Christmas. The

baby Jesus is born in

Bethlehem to a young, newly

married Jewish couple - Joseph

and Mary. But this is no nor-

mal birth. Mary, a virgin, is

told by an angel that the baby

conceived in her is from theHoly Spirit (Matthew 1:20).

This miracle happened to ful-

fill the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14,

“The virgin will be with child

and will give birth to a son,

and they will call him

Immanuel.” The place of His

birth is no coincidence either.

The prophets were clear that

the promised Messiah would

be born in Bethlehem (Micah

5:2). Joseph and Mary, after atrip to Egypt to escape the

anger of Herod, make their res-

idence in Nazareth by the Sea

of Galilee - again, a fulfillment

of scripture (Isaiah 9:1-2).

So what’s the big deal?

Apart from the miracle of a

virgin having a son, what is so

noteworthy to commemorate

Christmas over two thousand

years later? This is where the

scriptures come alive with ver-

ification for the joy that has

been celebrated all these years.

There is little debate over

the humanity of Jesus. Most

would agree that at the very

least, He was the world’s great-

est teacher. We see in Him a

lucidity of thought and morali-

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ty that is present in no other

person. As we look at Him in

the Gospels (Matthew, Mark,

Luke and John) it is difficult

not to walk away with a deepsense that He was not just a

good man, but a perfect

human.

But scripture does not

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This is where we stumble in

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1:19, we read, “For God was

pleased to have all His fullness

dwell in Jesus.” In Colossians

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all the fullness of the Deity

lives in bodily form.” Jesus was

not just a fully perfect human,

He was fully perfect God. This

is not just the writings of His

followers. Jesus claimed to be

God (John 10:30) and asserted

the attributes of God (Mark

2:5-12). Interestingly, this was

foretold in the scriptures in

Isaiah 9:6. Note in this familiar

verse that a child is born who

will be called ‘Mighty God’and ‘Everlasting Father.’ Both

these terms are used elsewhere

in Isaiah as a reference to God

(Isaiah 10:20-21 and 64:8). So,

in this verse we see God pre-

dicting through Isaiah that the

Messiah would be both God

and man.

But again, we are left with

the question, “So what.” If we

take the scriptures at face

value we can clearly see that Jesus was both God and man.

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It took me awhile to figure

out that the “new and

improved” Joe wasn’t a win-

ning persona. When I was

around 23, I was a hotshot staff 

accountant at the Witco

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ple’s might have, but not mine.

I decided to venture out

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pany and unfortunately, you

did not get the job.” When I

heard those words, my heart

sank. The rejection didn’t

make sense to me. I thought I

had connected with the inter-

viewer on a spiritual level.

But the next words that

came out of her mouth

changed the way I looked at

myself. She said, “Oh, by the

way, he has a message for you:

‘Grow up’!”

Think about it...

I realized too late that

during the interview, the inter-

viewer was testing me. He

wanted to see how far I would

go. He opened the door, and I

just ran my mouth. What was

impressive to a 23 year-old

whose life was a mess was

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world! Have you had a similar

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Perhaps some changes need to

be made in your life so that

when you feel comfortable in

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self will be just the ticket.

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Dr. Ghassemi received his M.D. from the University of Medicine and Dentistry

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tioned and smaller dog that is

typically affectionate, happy

and outgoing. Typically eager

to please and intelligent

enough for obedience train-ing, the cavalier is naturally

well-behaved and can get

along well with other pets.

Boston terrier: The

Boston terrier, also known as

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pact brute of a dog.

Although small in size, the

Boston terrier does not lack

for personality and tends to

be playful and friendly with a

willingness to learn. Bostonsdo require a firm human

leader; otherwise, they may

believe they run the show.

These breeds are offered

as examples of good breeds

for first-time dog owners.

However, there are plenty of 

other breeds out there that

would make ideal pets, even

for the novice dog owner.

Socialization, training and

exercise are essential to

shaping a dog into a trusted

and happy member of the

family.

Dr. Matthew Krupnick is the

owner of the Pequannock Ani-

mal Hospital. He grew up in

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ence to his relationship withGod, “If only there were some-

one to arbitrate between us, to

lay his hand upon us both,

someone to remove God’s rod

from me, so that His terror

would frighten me no more.

Then I would speak up without

fear of Him, but as it now

stands with me, I cannot.”

Scripture teaches that our

imperfections separate us from

a perfect God so that we are allin Job’s dilemma - a desire to

be in relationship with God

but with no basis for that rela-

tionship. That may seem

appalling to many but we are

comforted that God is also

appalled by our circumstances.

In Isaiah 59:16, God says that

“He saw that there was no one,

He was appalled that there was

no one to intervene; so Hisown arm worked salvation for

Him and His own righteous-

ness sustained Him.” God was

not satisfied in leaving us in a

hopeless relationship. So He

took on humanity in the per-

son of Jesus. On that first

Christmas day in a manger, the

desire of Job was finally real-

ized. Jesus, who could repre-

sent humans (because He was

fully human) and God(because He was fully God),

was born to become the perfect

mediator. He lived the perfect

life that we cannot live and He

took on the punishment that

we deserved (we celebrate that

on Good Friday). It is through

 Jesus that we can receive

righteousness (or a right

standing) before God.

How does that happen?The same way that Abraham

received righteousness. Gen-

esis 15:6 says that “Abraham

believed and it was credited to

him as righteousness.” There

is nothing we can do that

causes God to owe us the

righteousness from Jesus.

Instead, we have to trust in

 Jesus - believe He is who He

said He is and that what He

did is sufficient to cover ourimperfections. We are then

able to be in relationship with

God - and not just for today

but for eternity.

That’s good news!!

That’s worth celebrating!!

That’s what Christmas is real-

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COOKIE

1 cup Land O Lakes®

Butter, softened

1/3 cup sugar

4 tea milk

2 tea almond extract

1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

½ cup finely chopped

almonds

24 whole almonds, toasted,

cut in half 

Coating 

8 ounces vanilla candy coat-ing (almond bark)

1 tablespoon shortening 

½ cup white jimmies or sprinkles

Heat oven to 325°F.

Combine butter, sugar,

milk and almond extract in

bowl; beat at medium speed

until well mixed. Stir in flour

and finely chopped almonds.

Shape 2 teaspoons dough

around 1 almond half. Place

1-inch apart onto ungreased

cookie sheets. Bake 13-15

minutes or until set. Cool 1

minute on cookie sheet;

remove to cooling rack. Cool

completely.

Place candy coating

and shortening into

bowl. Microwave 1

minute; stir. Continue

microwaving, stirring

every 15 seconds, until

mixture is melted and

smooth.

Place jimmies in

shallow bowl. Dip

each cookie in coat-

ing (do not coat bot-

tom); immediatelydip top into jimmies. Let

stand until coating is set.

Helpful hints:

Use a mini food proces-

sor to finely chop almonds.

Substitute 1 cup white baking

chips for candy coating.

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