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St. Luke’s Times St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Edmund W. Zelley, Rector Ronald Balmore Music Minister Julia Jenson Director Schola Cantorum Debbie Stolz Secretary Wardens Rosalie DiSimone-Weiss Jim Iacone Vestry Chuck Gudorp William (Bill) Noble Karen Gough Janice Stapley Ginny Haase Michael Grosso Monica Tramonn Katherine Young David Stogoski Tammy Fighera Treasurer George F. Poppe III, Capital Funds Linda Zeh Financial Secretary From the Rector: Last month I turned 55. My mother asked me how it felt to be 55, I said about the same as being 54. In many ways that is true as we begin 2021, it is going to feel a lot like how it was when 2020 end- ed. We will sll be just offering virtual worship on our Youtube channel and Facebook pages. I con- nue to hope that many if not all of you are watching our worship offerings at some point during the week. Our virtual Christmas services went well. My thanks to Rosalie DiSimone Weiss, Julia Jenson and Ron Balmore for their hard work in pung all the services together, including the virtual Christmas pageant. Also thank you to the Altar Guild who switched the church over from Advent to Christmas so that we could record the services. While I’m thankful for the technology I have a feeling that this will have been the strangest De- cember and Christmas in my ministry. I also hope that the weather will have cooperated so that we will have had a lovely Carol sing out- side of the church on the 27 th . January is also the me when we have our Annual meeng. This year we will have to have it via Zoom. Remember if you have a phone you can parcipate in Zoom, you don’t have to have a computer, though it is a beer experience. The vestry is currently working on the budget and pung together a slate of candidates. Throughout January and perhaps into February, let’s just say through the season of Epiphny, I am going to come and bless every house in our par- ish. The blessing tradionally involves chalking the door with the symbol 20 C M D 21. While no appointment is necessary, if you’d like to be there when I come by, just let me know when a good me would be. You can text me 732-887-2480, email me [email protected] or send me a message on Facebook. I wish I knew when we will be able to gather again in person, even at a limited way. I am monitoring the numbers weekly and when they are back below 20/100,000 then we’ll be back. I will also connue to listen to the guidance from the Diocesen task force as to when we can fully open up without limits. We did have one death this past month Mary Van Schaick mother of Brenda Yuro. Mary was a mem- ber of our Nonogenerian Club and oſten aended the Ladies Luncheons. Please know how much I miss seeing all of you and I pray that 2021 will be a year of blessing for your household and that St. Luke’s will connue to be a source of strength for you as you go about your daily lives. Yours in Christ, Fr. Ed January 2021

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St. Luke’s Times St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Edmund W. Zelley,

Rector

Ronald Baltimore

Music Minister

Julia Jenson

Director

Schola Cantorum

Debbie Stolz

Secretary

Wardens

Rosalie DiSimone-Weiss

Jim Iacone

Vestry

Chuck Gudorp

William (Bill) Noble

Karen Gough

Janice Stapley

Ginny Haase

Michael Grosso

Monica Tramontin

Katherine Young

David Stogoski

Tammy Fighera

Treasurer

George F. Poppe III,

Capital Funds

Linda Zeh

Financial Secretary

From the Rector:

Last month I turned 55. My mother asked me how

it felt to be 55, I said about the same as being 54.

In many ways that is true as we begin 2021, it is

going to feel a lot like how it was when 2020 end-

ed. We will still be just offering virtual worship on

our Youtube channel and Facebook pages. I con-

tinue to hope that many if not all of you are

watching our worship offerings at some point

during the week.

Our virtual Christmas services went well. My

thanks to Rosalie DiSimone Weiss, Julia Jenson

and Ron Baltimore for their hard work in putting

all the services together, including the virtual

Christmas pageant. Also thank you to the Altar

Guild who switched the church over from Advent

to Christmas so that we could record the services.

While I’m thankful for the technology I have a

feeling that this will have been the strangest De-

cember and Christmas in my ministry.

I also hope that the weather will have cooperated

so that we will have had a lovely Carol sing out-

side of the church on the 27th.

January is also the time when we have our Annual

meeting. This year we will have to have it via

Zoom. Remember if you have a phone you can

participate in Zoom, you don’t have to have a

computer, though it is a better experience. The

vestry is currently working on the budget and

putting together a slate of candidates.

Throughout January and perhaps into February, let’s just say through the season of Epiphny, I am going to come and bless every house in our par-ish. The blessing traditionally involves chalking the door with the symbol 20 C M D 21. While no appointment is necessary, if you’d like to be there when I come by, just let me know when a good time would be. You can text me 732-887-2480, email me [email protected] or send me a message on Facebook. I wish I knew when we will be able to gather again

in person, even at a limited way.

I am monitoring the numbers weekly and when

they are back below 20/100,000 then we’ll be

back. I will also continue to listen to the guidance

from the Diocesen task force as to when we can

fully open up without limits.

We did have one death this past month Mary Van

Schaick mother of Brenda Yuro. Mary was a mem-

ber of our Nonogenerian Club and often attended

the Ladies Luncheons.

Please know how much I miss seeing all of you

and I pray that 2021 will be a year of blessing for

your household and that St. Luke’s will continue

to be a source of strength for you as you go about

your daily lives.

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Ed

January 2021

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05 – Dot Canary

05 – Marie Nagengast

06 – Deb Kmetz

06 – Kasi LeGrand

07 – Nancy Cornell

10 – Carol Pepe

12 – Kathy McNulty

14 – Lauren Kantar

15 – Frank Yesalavich

16- Katherine Molinuex

17 – Barbara Rivera

19 – Gary Weiss

20 – Mildred Hollenbeck

24 – Jennifer Novak

26 – Debbie Sharp Loeb

26 – Peter Zelley

27 – Tammy Fighera

31 – Carson Tramontin

31 – William Calloway

27 – Sam & Perla Van Chama

30 – Charles & Marilyn Higgins

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Office Closed

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12 pm Noonday prayer

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Support St. Luke’s through your everyday &

gift Purchases from Amazon.com

All you need to do is go to our web-

site, www.stlukesmetuchen.org& click

on the logo at the bottom right of

the page. This will take you to the

Amazon website where a percent-

age of everything you order dur-

ing that session will be

credited to St. Luke’s. This in-

cludes the purchase of items, gift

cards, digital music, digital

books, magazine subscriptions

and much more. Please note, you

need to come back to

www.stlukesmetuchen.org

for every order to click on the link to

Amazon again for a portion of your

next order to go to St. Luke’s. If you

do not use Amazon, share this with

your friends and family who do and

ask them to help you support St.

Luke’s.

The following policy was put in

place by the Vestry in October

2016;

When you spend your own money

on behalf of Saint Luke’s with the

intent of seeking reimbursement

please follow the following proto-

cols;

1Get a detailed receipt that

identifies the item you

purchased for Saint

Luke’s.

2Make a copy of the receipt

and circle the item(s) for

which you are seeking

reimbursement.

3On the receipt, print your

name and the reason

for the purchase.

4Complete a Request for

Reimbursement form.

These forms are availa-

ble in the Parish Office.

5Staple the receipt to the

request form.

6Give your completed form

to the Parish Secretary.

Some additional information:

Any requests for reimbursement

must be made within 45 days of

the original purchase. The Treasurer has published the check disbursement schedule which you can access through the Parish Secretary. Prior to checks being written, one of the Wardens will review all disbursement requests for approval. Reimbursement checks will be written as part of the regular disbursement schedule.

For March, reimbursements must be in the office by 4:00 pm on Thursday, March 8 & 22, 2019.

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Phone: 732-548-4308 Fax: 732-548-5369

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