The Mission Committee will be sponsoring a Coat drive beginning on December 30th, ending on January 31, 2019. We are collecting “gently” used coats for Men, Woman and Children. The coats collected will be distributed to OASIS, a shelter for woman and children, as well as to the community where Oasis is located. A large cardboard box will be labeled and located in the Chapel. If you have any questions, please email Mary Hadrava at maryhadrava@gmail.com or call her at 201-935-0665. Thank you.

During the month of February the Mission Committee will collect eyeglasses, eyeglass frames, sunglasses, and cataract glasses on behalf of the Lions Club in Rutherford. The Lions Club sponsors a recycling eyeglass program that sends refurbished eyeglasses to developing nations overseas. Locally they provide vision eye exams and eyeglasses free to needy residents. Please start gathering your unwanted and outdated prescription eyeglasses for this worthy organization.

The First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford will explore Hallelujah: The Bible and Handel's Messiah. The six-week program will cover the music of The Messiah Sundays beginning Feb. 24 through April 5. We will explore some of the key Scripture passages about the Messiah.These passages have had a profound effect on the imagination and worship of Christians for two thousand years, leading George Frederic Handel to write one of the greatest expressions of worship and adoration―his oratorio, the Messiah. We hear parts of it sung every year during the Christmas season, but what many listeners fail to realize is that the second part of Handel's Messiah is drawn from New Testament Scripture on the life and preachings of Christ and his death and resurrection. While listening to Handel's Messiah, we will be guided through Scripture passages used in Handel's work that highlight who Jesus is and what he came to do w. It might change the way you listen to the Messiah. The study will take place directly across the street in the Karen Kaiser Parish House at 11:50 a.m. and will last an hour. The study is free and open to all but registration is required by calling 201-438-3569 so we can put a book aside for you.