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St. George's on YouTube: Go to the Choirs & Music page to see the video of the first ever "Hallelujah Chorus" sing-along on Easter Sunday 2008. Many thanks to Chris West for making the video available.

Help us make items for Afghani newborns:
The Purls, St. George's knitting & craft group with an outreach component, is taking part in the Afghans for Afghans Mother's Day Campaign for Newborns. Items knitted or crocheted from wool yarn are needed for the CURE Hospital in Kabul. (For a list of items needed, please click on the green icon at left.) Items will be collected at St. George's on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, unless Afghans for Afghans needs them earlier. For more information, please contact .

Coffee Hour Sign Ups: Do you like a little coffee and a treat after church? Then we would love for you to sign up to help make coffee hour the sweetest treat in town. Don't worry about how to make the coffee, a committee member will help with that. We just need some bagels or maybe some coffee cake and some fruit to help battle the munchies. Please sign up with Lynne Lewis or Dan Helming at .

Rent St. George's Parish Hall: St. George's Parish Hall, renovated in 2007, may be rented for private parties and outside events. Find out more...

Pentecost - Sunday, May 11

This year Pentecost Sunday falls on May 11. Each year on Pentecost we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples when they were inspired to speak different languages, by inviting several people from the congregation who speak or read different languages to come forward. This year we want to open it up to anyone in the parish who is able to speak or read another language. Here is how we'll do it:

The lesson we will use on Pentecost is Acts 2:1-21, which will be read by the Lector once through in English. The Lector will then read it in English a second time up to verse 4. Beginning with verse 5 and continuing through verse 21, anyone with a prepared translation is invited to stand in place in their pew and read in full voice the scripture in some foreign language. It will be a holy noise to symbolize God's ability to speak to all people.

There are many sites online to find translations, but here is one: www.BibleGateway.com. Join us for this wonderful Pentecost service on May 11!

For more information, please contact the .

Mother's Day Baby Shower - Sunday, May 11

A Mother's Day Baby Shower to benefit North Porch Women and Infant's Centers in Newark, Paterson and Dover will be held by the Outreach Committee on Sunday, May 11 in the Parish Hall after the 10:30 a.m. service.

North Porch especially needs: Similac infant formula with Iron; large size diapers (sizes 3, 4, 5); jars of baby food and baby cereal; socks in 1-year-old to 3-year-old sizes; baby bath towels; and single-use laundry detergent packs.

For more information, please contact .

Youth Service - Sunday, June 8

A second Youth Service will be held on Sunday, June 8 at 5:00 p.m. by and for the Senior Youth Group and the Dragons Middle School Youth Group. All local youth are welcome to attend.

For more information, please contact , Senior Youth Group Mentor.

Gay Pride March in NYC - Sunday, June 29

For the second year in a row, Amicus/Amica, the fellowship organization through which St. Georgians of all sexual orientations work to advance the inclusion of LGBTI people in the church and in the world, is organizing St. George's participation in the Gay Pride March in NYC. (See photos of St. Georgians in the 2007 Gay Pride March.)

This year the march takes place on Sunday, June 29. Watch this space for details, or contact , Amicus/Amica Co-Chair.