Pastor's Notes

    This coming week the family and I will be spending time in Ocean City, New Jersey.  Mom and Dad will be there for most of the week.  Jodie and her family will come in on Thursday via the ferry, and Joey and Candace will come in on Friday.  We are looking forward to some time together as a family, and already have a few side trips planned.  We will be going to the zoo, and perhaps the Cape May Lighthouse.

    As I write this, I am excited about the prospect of being on vacation, but already missing being home.  I look forward to coming home on Saturday and being with you on Sunday.  This evening we will be at Hardingville Bible Church in Monroeville, NJ.  I spent 3 and a half years there as an Assistant to the Pastor, preparing to be your pastor.  Recently, one of my college lab partners began attending there.  He is a dentist in the area, and I look forward to catching up with him.  His name is Stephen.  For Organic Chemistry, I had two lab partners, both named Stephen.  I know that one of them, and am pretty certain that we all married Sarah's.

    On October 3rd, we will be having a Combined Church Family Picnic at Maranatha Bible Church.  Time will be announced soon, but we are looking forward to having a time of fellowship and playing games with one another.  Lord willing, we will conclude with a bonfire.  During this time, we will have an opportunity to share testimonies and sing some songs together.  If you would like to help with the planning of games for either children or adults, please let me know.  I am excited about this time of combined fellowship together and hope that you can  come.

- Pastor Stephen Racite