Clinton Township Newsletter

1 4 D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 4 www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com h C d i V i S i o n o f p a R K S & R e C R e a t i o n ' S w i n t e R e V e n t S Location: 1020 Rt 31, Lebanon, NJ 08833 • 908.782.1158 www.co.hunteron.nj.us/depts/parks/parks.htm n e w y o R K C i t y h o l i d a y B u S t R i p Sunday, December 7, 8:30 am to 8:00 pm Location: Leave from Deer Path Park Ages: All (you can bring a car seat and leave it on the bus. Children must be accompanied by an adult) • Cost: $33 per person Hop on our coach bus for a trip into the winter wonderland of Rockefeller Center! Experience the holiday season like never before in historic Manhattan– where the smell of hot chocolate and pine waft through the air! You design your perfect day in the Big Apple. You can brunch at Tavern on the Green in Central Park, watch the skaters on the Rockefeller Center ice rink, shop at Macy's, lunch at beautiful Bryant Park, take a tour bus, or go to the Broadway show of your choice – the options are endless. Our private coach bus departs from Deer Path Park (120 West Woodschurch Road, Flemington) at 8:30 am, and will head straight into the area of Radio City Music Hall. No more dealing with trains and traffic - we provide the transportation and you take it from there. www.Rockefellercenter.com. w i n t e R n a t u R e C l u B S f o R K i d S Our popular nature clubs will introduce your child to many exciting nature topics! A professional Park Naturalist will guide the children during hikes as they discover the diverse field, forest and pond habitats at Echo Hill this winter. Other hands-on activities include science experiments, field games and take-home craft projects. The children will be able to observe the subtle changes from week to week as we progress through the season. Through our explorations, children will also hone their attention to detail as we observe the colors, shapes, textures and sounds of the natural world. Please be sure to dress your child for the outdoors so that the whole group will be able to enjoy our lessons fully. We strongly recommend old clothes and shoes/boots that can get dirty. Nature Clubs meet rain or shine. In inclement weather, we shorten our outdoor adventures to spend more time indoors. w i n t e R n a t u R e C l u B a t e C h o h i l l Eight Tuesdays, January 13 to March 3 Ages 4 through kindergarten • $90 for all 8 lessons Session A: 9:30 am to 11:00 am Session B: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Session C: 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm B a R n e g a t l i g h t B i R d w a l K Saturday, December 13, Time: 7:30 am to 6:00 pm • Cost: $25 Barnegat Light State Park is a great winter birding spot, with lots of sea ducks, gulls and winter shorebirds. Dress warmly; a rigorous two mile walk on a beach and rock jetty is required. We will try and pick up a few other species in the surrounding salt marshes before heading back. Registration for these programs and trip is required and is first-come, first-served. For a registration form, download one from our website at: www.co.hunterdon.nj.us. Click on "Parks & Recreation." For more information, please call the Parks Division at 908.782.1158. o h C o m e , a l l y e f a i t h f u l . . . t o i m m a C u l a t e C o n C e p t i o n i n d e C e m B e R 316 Old Allerton Road w a i t i n g w i t h e x p e C t a n t h o p e • Advent Mission planned for 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 9: So much of daily life involves waiting: in traffic, in line, for news, for results, for change. Advent calls us to a fresh and lifelong way of being, one where we actively wait, paying attention and listening to God in the ordinary moments of everyday life. No matter what is happening in our lives and our world, Advent reminds us that we are not waiting alone: God also waits and desires our coming home. This holy season invites us to partner with Emmanuel, God-with-us, to find the lost, to heal the broken, and to restore the community both here at home and beyond our borders. All are invited to come together to pray and reflect on how our Advent waiting can be a time of healing and wholeness, of deeper meaning, of tenderness and renewed hope for us and for our beautiful, yet wounded world. w a l K - t h R o u g h l i V i n g n a t i V i t y • Sunday, December 21, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Experience the story of the first Christmas by visiting our Walk-Through Living Nativity! The seven scenes of the story of Christmas, as told in the Bible, will be set up for all to visit on the grounds of Immaculate Conception Church. You and your family can also enjoy beautiful music in the church, while hot chocolate, hot cider, coffee, tea, and Christmas cookies, cakes, candy and refreshments will be served in the Parish Hall! Let us not forget the true message of Christmas. All from our community are Welcome! Free-will monetary donations are gladly accepted. m a S S e S f o R C h R i S t m a S • Vigil Mass on December 24 at 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm (Children's Theme) and 8:00 pm The Midnight Mass begins at the midnight hour, preceded by Christmas hymns at 11:30 pm. Solemn Masses on Thursday, December 25 at 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am. iCS p l a n S f o R n at i o na l C at h o l i C S C h o o l S w e e K Open House! Sunday, January 25, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Wednesday, January 28, 8:30 am - 2:00 pm Immaculate Conception School in Annandale will celebrate National Catholic Schools Week during the week of January 25 through 31. "Catho- lic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service" is the theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2015. Immaculate Conception School will observe National Catholic Schools Week with Masses, open houses, and a variety of activities for our students, school families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, ICS focuses on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contribution to our church, communities and our nation. Immaculate Conception School invites prospective students, their families and community residents to one of two open houses at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Sunday January 25 or 8:30 am – 2:00 pm, Wednesday January 28, to learn about the school's educational programs and extracurricular activities, and see the work of our students. Applications for the 2015-16 school year will be available and new families who register during National Catholic Schools Week will be entered into a drawing for one of four $250 scholarships. Immaculate Conception School, a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School of Academic Excellence, serves students pre-k through eighth grade. For more information about ICS or to take a tour please contact the school office at: 908.735.6334 or email :info@icsclinton.org and please mention code CSW15. Visit the school website at: www.ICSClinton.org. " Th the Grch thght sethg he hadn't befe! W hat if Ctm, he thght, don't ce fr a ste. W hat if Ctm... pha... me a li bit me?" –Dr. Se, H the Grch Ste Ctm!

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