Compassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization working to release children from poverty by meeting their right-now and long-term needs in partnership with the local church. Learn more in worship on May 3 & 4.
Lace up your walking shoes and join our team for Villages in Partnership’s Water Walk. Our team, the PCTR Water Walkers, is aiming to raise at least $2000 in support of VIP’s work in Malawi. Join our team and walk with us or donate to one of our team members. Find more info on how to participate at pctr.org/waterwalk or grab an FAQ sheet in the Welcome Center. Walk & fundraise throughout the month of April!
Grab your work gloves, some gardening tools, and help us spiff up the grounds at our next PCTR Clean-up Day on April 5th. We’ll get started at 9 am and will wrap up by noon. There’s plenty of work for everyone, no matter how green your thumb is!
Speaking of eggs…come help us stuff all those plastic eggs with candy after worship on March 30 (about 12 pm)! This is a great opportunity for volunteers of all ages to pitch in!
It takes a lot of candy & plastic eggs to host our annual Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt – 8,000 stuffed eggs to be exact! You can help make it happen by donating candy from the list in the Welcome Center between March 9-30th. Please note, we need individually wrapped, single serving sized packages of the following candy which has been selected to avoid common allergens: Skittles, Starbursts, Double Bubble Chewing Gum, Hi-Chew, Jolly Rangers, Swedish Fish, Sour Patch Kids, Laffy Taffy.
There are 123 honored guests, plus their families, buddies, and an assortment of other volunteers headed our way on February 7th for Night to Shine, a prom for individuals with special needs sponsored by the Tim Tebow foundation. We need YOUR help in getting our spaces prom ready for them! Join us after worship on February 2 (about 12 pm) to start decorating and transforming our rooms into a spectacular winter wonderland! Can’t make it on Sunday? Connect with us in the office as volunteers are needed for other set-up times during the week and…
Let’s make some music together! Handbells, (6 pm) Women’s Ensemble (6 pm) and Sanctuary Choir (7 pm) will return to a regular rehearsal schedule starting this Thursday. New voices are always welcome! Kids’ choir returns January 26 at 9:45 am. Our Worship Team practices on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm.
We’ve got plenty of wonderful opportunities to grow in groups, go and serve, and worship in 2025! If you didn’t receive one, grab a January/February booklet from the Welcome Center, or check out a copy of it online at pctr.org/booklet.
Can you believe there’s just about a month left to Night to Shine, a prom for Special Needs individuals age 14 years and up, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation! Help us through an EPIC bash by volunteering (pctr.org/nighttoshine) or donating something from our Amazon Wishlist which you can find at pctr.org/shinelist
Join us on January 25 at 11 am for presentation from NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking to learn more about the growing problem of human trafficking in our state. This is part of our Deacons efforts to better understand the problem and consider how God may be calling us to serve those at risk.
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