the Church of the Annunciation on a summer's day with clear blue sky
'Worship', showing the red double doors of the Church entrance.
'Children', represented by smiling faces of two boys.
'Service', represented by Habitat for Humanity volunteers around a picnic table
'Fellowship', - a gathering at a long buffet table at a church function.

Welcome to Annunciation

If you want to know Jesus as Lord, come join us. You're a precious child of the loving God who created you. We're all sinners, redeemed by Jesus. We have no delusions about being perfect, except in the eyes of our divine Lord. You may be surprised to become precisely the person God's Holy Spirit has inspired to open us to know God even better.

We are a community of baptized Christians and seekers — all ministers of the Gospel, called to work and pray for the spread of God's kingdom. Annunciation offers a variety of ways to serve other people and the world around us.

In the Episcopal Church, ordained clergy serve the congregation by preparing individuals for their own ministry in the world. You are most welcome to join us in whatever form[s] of ministry you wish in this outpost of God's Realm — the Church of the Annunciation, gathering in Oradell.

Worship Services

Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Our Sunday worship is usually the Holy Eucharist (also called the Mass, the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion). Occasionally, we alternate this service with Morning Prayer, another beautiful and particularly Anglican form of worship.

Our services begin with the Ministry of the Word, which includes prayer, scripture, and an interactive sermon, leading to a confession of faith in God. We offer our prayer concerns and share in the Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then we center on the Ministry of the Table, celebrate God's redeeming love, and receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion. All are welcome to receive the Sacrament of our risen Lord's Body and Blood.

Younger members of the congregation will lead worship at the almost-monthly Children's Service, normally the first Sunday of the month during the academic year.

Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.

Join us Wednesdays at 11:00 am in the Annunciation Chapel for a simple, informal service of Holy Communion. You'll find prayer for healing, with the laying-on of hands and anointing if you wish, as well as prayers for wholeness. Check our online calendar for specific information about the "focus" person of the day. We discuss how s/he may inform our own walk with the Lord.

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Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. (September - June)

Children gather in the church with their families for the opening of the Sunday morning service. After the first hymn, they and their teachers go to their classrooms for brief, child-oriented worship. Then they work on a lesson, project, or story - using age-appropriate materials geared to the scriptures for the day. They rejoin their parents in time to receive Communion. During the coffee hour, they meet with the interim minister on the parish hall stage and try to "stump the chump."

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Our Parish Community

Our community is multi-generational and diverse in every respect. Our worship is our opportunity to offer thanks for the many blessings God has bestowed on us and ask for God's continuing blessing and help, for ourselves and for others.

You belong here at Annunciation, no matter who you are or where you have been. What matters is where you are going — and that you travel with God. Join us as we stumble along the Way of the Cross, which is none other than the way of life and peace, leading us to salvation and eternal bliss.

Friends for Life

The Church of the Annunciation shares its space with Friends for Life, an organization that provides a vital, safe, supportive community for men and women infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Since 1992, Friends for Life has offered an inclusive alternative to the isolation caused by illness and discrimination.

Volunteers Needed: If you are looking for a way to fulfill the baptismal promises to "seek and serve Christ in all persons" and "to promote the dignity of every human being", then please consider helping the staff and volunteers of Friends for Life to prepare and serve meals and distribute bags of groceries for our wonderful group of Friends. Contact Doug Craig or Nelson Rivera for information.

Alleluia Fund

The Alleluia Fund is an opportunity to express our gratitude to God in a tangible way. The Alleluia Fund is designed around the fundamentals of Christian stewardship: people's need to give, as opposed to an institution's need to receive.

The Alleluia Fund gives individuals and families across the diocese the opportunity to give into a large pool of funds—and therefore make a significant and collective impact and witness in areas of human need.

Last year the diocese raised over $100,000. This year we hope to do the same.

All of the monies go to outreach—and where it goes is determined by a diocesan committee that reviews grant applications from ministries in the diocese—or international ministries connected to the diocese or the wider church.

The international portion of the Alleluia Fund will go to Nets for Life (www.netsforlifeafrica.org/), a remarkable initiative sponsored by Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD), in which $12 buys not only a malaria-preventing net, but also a community education component that has made the ERD's ministry in this area the international model for malaria prevention.

You can contribute online by going to www.dioceseofnewark.org/Alleluia/ and clicking the yellow "Donate" button on the right, or by mailing a check payable to the Diocese of Newark with "Alleluia Fund" in the memo line to: The Alleluia Fund, c/o Diocese of Newark, 31 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Say "Alleluia" in a tangible way.

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