Worship Schedule

8:15 am—Chapel Worship

 45 minute intimate worship experience

with weekly communion & full sermon

Nursery Care Provided

9:30am—Traditional Worship

Organ, Sanctuary Choir and other traditional music groups,

weekly communion, & sermon

Nursery Care provided, Sunday School for ages 3-adult (a new class!)

11:00am—Journey 4 Life

Foundation Praise Team, Drama, Multi-generational worship,

weekly communion, & sermon

Nursery Care provided, Sunday School for ages 3-5th grade

and Kathy Schulz’ adult class

UMW Spring Communion Breakfast 

Saturday, March 20th at 9:00 am

in Fellowship Hall

Our guest speakers will be Cynthia Kent on Native Americans and a number of our BUMC Youth on their 2009 Rosebud Indian Reservation trip.  It should be a wonderful program!!!  See the sign-up sheet and additional details on the UMW bulletin board.  If you need child care, please indicate so on the sign up sheet.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

BUMC's Church and Society Committee presents

“The Gods Must

Be Crazy”

in Fellowship Hall

Saturday, March 20th

7:00 P.M.

"They must be the most contented people in the world.  They have no crime, no punishment, no violence, no laws, no police, judges, rulers or bosses. They believe that the gods put only good and useful things on the earth for them to use.”

Winner of the 1983 Montréal World Film Festival Award for Most Popular Picture:  “The Gods Must Be Crazy”.  This now-classic film is a comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern Western civilization and its stranger aspects during his odyssey to restore harmony to his tribe.  Through his view of Western society, the story reveals the often funny, sometimes bizarre conventions of our everyday life.  Consider, for example, our common complaint of insufficient time in our "busy" schedules to weigh how we choose to live and what that  reveals about us.

This Lenten season, consider taking time to contemplate the path you have chosen - your faith journey through the hustle and bustle of everyday life.  To learn more about this film, visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/  For more information about this screening event, contact Art Roberts (arobert@alcatel-lucent.com; (Eve.) +1 (908) 725 8873).  Popcorn provided!

Learning about our faith!

(all held at BUMC)

• Men's Study on 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 9am. 
• Adult Sunday Classes at 9:30am and 11am.
• Drop-in Bible studies on Tuesdays at 10am and 7:30pm.
• DISCIPLE Bible Study 3 on Wednesdays at 7pm.
• Youth Bible Study every other Wednesday at 6pm 

Sunday School

is in session !

Session at 9:30am for age 3- adults!

Session at 11 for age 3-5th grade

+ adults

Please call the church office (908) 526-1414 ext.0

or email at

office@bridgewaterumc.org

Terrific Tuesday

our Music and Arts ministry for children and youth

Please email the church office (above) or Anita Walton at

awalton@bridgewaterumc.org

A Stephen Ministry

Congregation!

Is God calling you

to be a

Stephen Minister? 

Contact Rev. Christina

czito@bridgewaterumc.org

Journey to the Holy Lands!

January 18, 2011  begins a 10 day tour! 

Only $1998/person--includes airfare, hotels,

and most meals!

Drop by the church for a brochure!

Significant discounts for early booking!

Current Sermon Series:

24 Hours That Changed the World

Presented From:
February 21 to March 28, 2010

No single event in human history has received more attention

than the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout Lent

our pastors will share a series of messages that guide us through the

last 24 hours of Jesus’ life. Each service will be designed to help you

experience and understand the significance of Jesus’ suffering and death

in a way you have never done before. We will look at the geographical

and historical setting of the events on that fateful day and even see

video footage of locations in Israel where these events unfolded.

Whether you are a long-time Christian or simply curious about the story of

Christ’s crucifixion, you are invited to join us for this powerful series as we retrace

– 24 Hours That Changed the World.

• March 14 - Sentenced
• March 21 - Tortured & Humiliated
• March 28 - Crucified

Join us for Worship

              8:15am, Chapel Worship

              9:30am, Traditional Worship

              11:00am, Journey 4 Life

Update on Earthquake Relief Collections: 

We have prepared 400 health kits which are enroute to Mission Central for distribution within the next couple of weeks! So far we have collected   $8000 for Haiti relief and about $900 for Chile!  Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the people!  We are now collecting for the people of Chile. Please be sure to write “Chile Relief” in the memo on your check.  Anyone who has donated since January 11th for Haiti Relief and would like the tax credit for 2009 instead of for 2010, please contact John Kratunis, our financial secretary for documentation.  You can leave a message for him at office@bridgewaterumc.org.    Thanks for your help – feel free to ask your friends, co-workers and your neighbors to donate also as 100% of the donation goes to the work as the administrative costs are paid for through our One Great Hour of Sharing offering each year.

 Children’s Corner Registration

for Fall 2010 has begun.  If you are ainterested in enrolling your child in our preschool,

please contact Jeanne Alusik or Sue Fischerat the Children’s Corner office (908-526-9596) or email us at childbumc@verizon.net for an appointment to see the school. 

You can also visit our website at www.thechildrenscorner.org for more information.

BUMC CARES MINISTRY:  Helping all be purposefully employed!

Are you well connected in business, in human resources for your company, or know of

openings for professionals in your business?  OR Are you

unemployed or under-employed?  The CARES (Christian

Action Resource and Employment Services) ministry of BUMC

is junderway!  The mission of this ministry is to be supportive

of members of the congregation who are looking for meaningful

employment for their lives.  There is a bulletin board for connecting

with one another in the main hallway between the Sanctuary and

Fellowship Hall Check it out! 

If you either have connections that can be helpful for this ministry,

or are in need of finding out about a new employment opportunity,

please email Gerry at gtamburro@aol.com.  Thanks be to God for a church

with so many resources for sharing!

 DROP-IN BIBLE STUDY

Tuesdays at 10am & 7pm 

A study of the book of First Samuel

and the beginning of the monarchy in Israel

BUMC Progressive Dinner

Saturday, March 27   6pm

You're Invited!!

Please come to our church-wide adult progressive dinner.  

The dinner will have three courses with the first and second

at the homes of members and the third (dessert) in the Fellowship Hall. 

You may make your reservation for the dinner by signing up in

Fellowship Hall.  Please also indicate whether you could host the

appetizer course, host or co-host the dinner, make an appetizer,

or make a dessert.  Be sure to include your email so that you can be

notified by March 24th about which house to go to first. 

The cost is $5 per person to defray the dinner host’s expenses. 

Reservations are due by March 21.

Hosts/Hostesses Wanted:

If you would like to be a dinner host/co-host for 8 guests or host

the appetizer course, please email Roni Sawin at ronisawin@aol.com

The recipes for the salad, main dish, and vegetable will be provided.   

Appetizers and Desserts Needed Too

Appetizers may be brought to the first course house when you come at 6:00.

Desserts should be delivered to the church between 3 and 5 PM on March 27.  

For dessert questions, contact the office or Jen Schaber.

Serving This Sunday:

During the Lenten weeks leading up to Easter, Manna will not be serving

dessert or punch as an act of prayerful discipline and overall cost management. 

This allows us to continue to gift to Youth Missions Projects and also give more

to the Pastors Discretionary fund.

 7:45 a.m. at the kitchen window   Coffee, Tea, Juice, fruit and scones

 9:00 a.m. Coffee, Tea, Juice, fruit salad, scones, Irish Porridge with cream and   raisins, sausage links, eggs your way with toast and crumpets.

10:30 a.m. Coffee, Tea, Juice, Fruit salad, Irish Porridge with cream and raisins, sausage links, eggs your way, crumpets, baked potato and cheddar soup, cabbage Salad, potato skins with toppings, Lamb stew.

12:00 noon Coffee, Tea, Juice, eggs your way, crumpets, baked potato and cheddar soup, potato skins with toppings, Cabbage Salad, Lamb stew, Irish soda bread.

CAMP BROCHURES have arrived! 

Want to provide a wonderful week of fun and Christian growth for your child or youth???  Aldersgate and Pinelands offer many opportunities this summer….pick up a brochure outside Pastor Christina’s office or outside the Mission Closet (across from Rev. Vicki’s office).  

Scholarship help is available….in fact, we are receiving an offering for scholarship support in the next few weeks for those who are unable to afford to go!

Children are welcome at all services but Child Care is also available

(for those under 5) at all services