FAIRFIELD GOOD NEWS

Important Events:

Jan. 4—Worship &

Communion 10 am

Jan. 18— Pizza

Lunch after church

January 27—meeting

of Classis of Passaic

Valley

From the Desk of Pastor

January 2015 “KNOWING CHRIST AND MAKING HIM KNOWN”

Fairfield Reformed Church

360 Fairfield Road

Fairfield, NJ 07004

973-227-5428

Rev. Allan D. Conover, Pastor

Email: fairfieldre-

formedchurch@verizon.net

Web site: http://churches.rca.org/fairfield

One of the main topics of discussion at our annual

meeting in December was the future of the Fairfield

Reformed Church and how our property relates to that

important discussion.

The consistory has decided that we need to make

our property more attractive. We also need to make it

look alive. You will find a list of projects that the consis-

tory will be addressing this year relating to the property.

One of the biggest property concerns remains the

sanctuary. The consistory is establishing a small com-

mittee to obtain bids for the repair of the building, both

outside and in. This committee will report its findings

to the Building and Grounds committee by April 1st. It

is important for us to know the exact costs of repairing

our historic building.

If you would like to work on this short-term pro-

ject, please speak with Pastor Conover or any consistory

member.

God has entrusted us with this wonderful place

where we worship and fellowship and serve. He expects

us to be good stewards of the property and care for it

just as we care about the spiritual things. Please help

us to do that this year.

May this new year be a blessed one for each of us

and for our church.

Allan

BIBLE STUDY/PRAYER

Jan. 4 Matthew 9:36-10:7 God Can Use You

Jan. 11 Acts 1:1-12 The Survival of the

Church

Jan. 18 Acts 2:1-24 The Proclamation of

the Church

Jan. 25 Acts 2:41-47 Signs of the Spirit in

the Church

Cont. from page 1

WORSHIP—January

Jan. 4 9:00 am Change My Attitude

Jan. 6 7:00 pm Prayer

Jan. 7 7:15 pm Galatians

Jan. 11 9:00 am Change My Attitude

Jan. 13 7:00 pm Prayer

Jan. 14 7:15 pm Galatians

Jan. 18 9:00 am Change My Attitude

Jan. 20 7:00 pm Prayer

Jan. 21 7:15 pm Galatians

Jan. 25 9:00 am Change My Attitude

Jan. 27 7:00 pm Prayer

Jan. 28 7:15 pm Galatians

COME AND WORSHIP THE LORD

PAGE 3 FAIRFIELD

EverReady Circle Meeting

There is no meeting scheduled in January.

The next meeting will February 16th, 7:00 p.m.

CONSISTORY ELECTIONS

The following were re-elected at the annual congregational meeting held on

December 14, 2014.

Elders: 1) Jody Boling 3 year term

2) Gus Matarazzo 3 year term

3) Gene Favatella 1 year term

Deacons: 1) Louise Williams 3 year term

2) Carol Sawyer 1 year term

Please pray regularly for all of your consistory mem-

bers.

Pray without ceasing

The more we pray, the more we shall want to pray. The more we pray, the more

we can pray. The more we pray, the more we shall pray. He who prays little will

pray less, but he who prays much will pray more. And he who prays more will

desire to pray more abundantly.

—C.H. Spurgeon

January 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4

Bible Class 9a

Worship 10a

COMMUNION

5

Elders 6:30 p

Deacons 7p

Consistory

7:30p

6

Prayer 7p

7

Bible Study

7:15 p

8 9 10

11

Bible Class 9a

Worship 10a

12 13

Prayer 7p

14

Bible Study

7:15 p

15 16 17

18

Bible Class 9a

Worship 10a

PIZZA LUNCH

19

20

Prayer 7p

21

Bible Study

7:15 p

22 23 24

25

Bible Class 9a

Worship 10a

26 27

Classis of

Passaic Valley

5:30 p

Prayer 7p

28

Bible Study

7:15 p

29 30 31

POTENTIAL PROPERTY PROJECTS FOR 2015

The Consistory is discussing what needs to be done to fix-up our property. Be-

low is a working list of projects that we have identified. Please feel free to sug-

gest other projects to consistory members. (We are aware that we have not in-

cluded the basement in the list

Projects that may require contractor

1. Sanctuary repair

2. Siding Fascia Fellowship Hall

3. Kitchen door repair/replacement

4. Parsonage fence replacement

5. Power wash house

6. Power wash plexiglass over stained glass

7. Replace Steps to Memory Room

8. Fix garage door opener

Electrical projects

1. Re-light sign board in front of church

2. Lighting the front of church

3. Fix Tower lights

4. Check power for Carillon

Projects that could be done by volunteers

1. Painting front chain and posts

2. Paint white doors on sanctuary

3. Paint porch over door into fellowship hall

4. Painting Fellowship Hall rooms

5. Replace Planters

There is much work to be done. We will be asking for volunteers to sign-up for

some of these projects. We will provide the materials and you can do them when

your schedule allows. Please help us care for this wonderful resource that God

has entrusted to us.

Communion Dates

January 4

March 1

April 2 (Maundy Thursday)

June 7

August 2

October 4

December 3

Consistory Meeting Dates

January 5

February 2

March 2

April 6

May 4

June 1

July 6

August 31

October 5

November 2

December 7

Meetings are on Monday evenings:

Elders – 6:30 p.m.

Deacons – 7:00 p.m.

Full Consistory – 7:30 p.m.

Important Dates

February 18 – Ash Wednesday

Covered Dish Supper 6:00 p.m.

Worship Service 7:00 p.m.

April 2 – Maundy Thursday

Worship 7:00 p.m.

April 5 – Easter Sunday

Sunrise Worship Service 6:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

November 25 – Thanksgiving Eve

Worship service 7:00 p.m.

November 29 – First Sunday of

Advent

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

December 13 – Congregational

Meeting

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Lunch followed by Meeting 11:00 a.m.

December 24 – Christmas Eve

Candlelight Worship Service 7:30 p.m.

FAIRFIELD REFORMED CHURCH – 2015

OFFERING ENVELOPES 2015

You can pick up your box of 2015 offering envelopes in the

Fellowship Hall. We encourage you to use the envelopes. It

is one way to help us fulfill our stewardship responsibilities to

our church and to the missions we support.

Special Offering

February 1, 2015

Super Bowl Sunday is February 1st. On that day we

will receive a special Souper Bowl of Caring

offering for a local charity of our choice.

The Missions Committee has chosen the Good Shepherd Mission in Paterson

this year to receive our offering.

FELLOWSHIP HOUR

Fellowship Time refreshments—As we did last year,

there will be a calendar by the kitchen door for you to

sign-up for refreshments and clean-up for our after wor-

ship fellowship time. The Fellowship Committee thanks

you for your continued involvement and support.

The Fellowship Committee will meet after church on

January 11th. All are welcome to join.

Sunday, January 18th—We have planned a pizza lunch-

eon for after church. More details will be in the bulletin.

PROPOSED BUDGET 2015

2014 Budget Actual 2014 Proposed 2015 Budget

Missions

Deacon's Fund 3000.00 1273.00 3000.00

Evangelism 1650.00 1400.00 1650.00

Ministry of Mercy 1850.00 1355.00 1850.00

Total $6,500.00 $4,028.00 $6,500.00

Allocated Funds

Operations and Maintenance

Building 6500.00 4648.00 6500.00

Snow plowing 2000.00 805.00 2000.00

Cemetery 2000.00 1600.00 2000.00

Choir 1000.00 0.00 1000.00

Classis Assessment 3000.00 3134.00 3200.00

Cleaning Service 2400.00 2600.00 2600.00

Evangelism 500.00 150.00 500.00

Fellowship 1200.00 633.00 1200.00

Gas, electric, oil 17500.00 10132.00 15000.00

Multi-peril insurance 10000.00 7799.00 10000.00

Office supplies 3500.00 3145.00 3500.00

Sunday School/Youth 500.00 0.00 250.00

Telephone 1800.00 1367.00 1600.00

Water and sewer 1800.00 1360.00 1800.00

Allocated gifts

Total $52,800.00 $37,373.00 $51,150.00

Salary & Administration

Ministry of the Word 35000.00 35635.00 37000.00

Car Allowance 4200.00 4260.00 4500.00

Study Allowance 700.00 0.00 700.00

Major Medical 18000.00 21548.00 22000.00

Pianist & Organist 4000.00 3825.00 4000.00

Pulpit Supply 810.00 405.00 750.00

Pension 6500.00 6456.00 7500.00

Secretary 3300.00 1800.00 2400.00

Worker's Comp 800.00 511.00 800.00

Taxes (SS tax) 4400.00 4103.00 4400.00

Total $77,710.00 $78,543.00 $84,050.00

Budget Grand Total $137,010.00 $119,944.00 $141,700.00

2015 Proposed Missions Budget & Mission of the Month

2015 Budget - $6.500

Evangelism $1650

Campus Crusade for Christ - West ............................................. . . $600

Classis of Passaic Valley ..... . . . . ... . .... . ........... ................ . ............................ $100

Gideons International . . . . . . . .......... . ... . . .... . ... .. .. ................ . ............... . . .......... $150

Global Gates - DeCicco . . . .. . . . ... ... .... . ......................... .......... ....., . . ...... . ..... . $800

Mercy $4850

Compassion International . ...... . . .. . .. . . . . ... ................................................. … $400

Deacons Fund ....... . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . ..... . ....... ........... . ........................ . ... $3,000

First Choice Women's Resource Center .. . ............................ . ...... ....... … $1,000

Good Shepherd Mission ........................................................................... $450

Samaritan's Purse ....... ...... ........ . ... .......... .... .. ................. ........... . ... . as collected

Souper Bowl of Caring ..... ..... .... . . . . ....... .......... . ........... . . . . . . . . ... . ....... as collected Given to a ministry of the church's choosing

Mission of the Month

January .. . ............ ... . ...

February .......... .......... Souper Bowl of Caring

March .. ..... . . . .. . . .. . ... . .. Classis of Passaic Valley Mission

April ......................... Gideons International

May ............... . .......... Global Gates - DeCicco

June .......................... First Choice Women's Resource Center

July ............ . ........ ...... Compassion International

August .... . . . . . . .. . ..... . . . . Eveready Circle Mission Project

September . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Campus Crusade for Christ - West

October ..... . . . . .. . . ... . ... Samaritan's Purse

November ... ........ ...... Samaritan's Purse

December ........ .... . .. ... Good Shepherd Mission

January Birthdays

OPERATION CHRISTMAS

CHILD

Our Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes were delivered to children in Zambia , see re-port at http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child-countries/zambia/. Read how an 11 yr. old girl had been wanting a specific toy that her parents couldn’t afford and see how God an-swered her wish. AND Zimbabwe, see report at http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child-countries/zimbabwe Read how an 11 yr. old boy needed specific school supplies and how a girl shared what her shoebox contained and brought two neighboring families together after years of hatred. Now we need to pray for the 50 children who received our shoeboxes and all the other children who will be blessed this year with shoeboxes from others as well as the Bible lessons the children will hear. You can read more stories about how God uses people and shoeboxes to bring children and families to Himself by go-ing to the Samaritan’s Purse website at http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/occ-stories/.

January

Wedding Anniversaries

4 Gene and June Favatella

11 Guido and Anna Leone

2 Emily Petersen

Carol Sawyer

4 Stephanie Gist

A.J. Montone

8 Gus Matarazzo,

Jackie Fessman

9 Shannon Sullivan,

Jessie Nadal

18 Dot Snider

19 Glenn Snider

23 Dan Tarantino

24 Ed Abrams

27 Bret Clark