Christmas Eve Services 4:30, 9 and 11 pm.

Golf Outing Fundraiser

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!! The 1st BBPC Golf Outing fundraiser will take place on October 15th at Royce Brook golf course in Hillsborough. The golf committee needs your help NOW in identifying sponsors to make this a successful fundraiser for the church. How can you help??????????????? Can you identify anyone who would be willing to sponsor a golf hole, a foursome, door prizes or raffles, advertisement, drinks, gift baskets, breakfast or anything else to contribute to this fundraiser? Sponsorships are the key to a successful fundraiser. We are counting on you to help us. Schedule: 8-9 am: player registration, practice facilities open, breakfast 9 am: shotgun start 1pm: lunch Golfer Fees: Includes use of driving range with pro available from 8-9 am, a voucher for return golf (2 for the price of 1, M-Th), a bag tag, yardage book, cart, greens fees, breakfast, lunch, awards and prizes. $175 per Golfer ($200 after Sept. 25 deadline) $600 per foursome ($650 after Sept. 25 deadline) Non-Golfer Fee for Lunch & Awards Only: $40 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES $900 Platinum: golf, breakfast and lunch for foursome, hole/tee sponsorship, program recognition $500 Gold: golf, breakfast and lunch for twosome, hole/tee sponsorship, program recognition $350 Silver: hole/tee sponsorship for longest drive, closest to the pin, pot of gold, hole-in-one or straightest drive, program recognition $175 Bronze: hole/green sponsorship, GPS advertising on cart, program recognition $125 Par Sponsor: yardage book advertising, program recognition $150 Beverage Cart: company name on beverage cart as sponsor, program recognition Checks are payable to BBPC with “golf” on the memo line. Mail check and registration to Kipp Case, 128 Sunnyvale Court, Somerset, NJ 08873 We hope you save the date (golfers and non-golfers) to participate in this event and help make it a success. Please contact any of the following people on the golf committee for more information:   Kipp Case, Doug Rayner, Laura Shreve, Jeff Willard, Cheryl Dolida Susan Anderson, Nancy Birdsong

Appalachia Service Project - Update

We are just weeks away! Please continue to support us! You can help us reach our goal by attending the following: Breakfast at Applebee’s Saturday, June 16, from 8-10 AM, cost $10 for a set menu. Car Wash Saturday, June 23 from 9-2 We will be leaving July 7th and heading to Warfield, Kentucky in Martin County. The population of Warfield is approximately 269! We will be staying at the Warfield Middle School. The county seat of Martin County is Inez. In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson declared his War on Poverty from a front porch in Inez. Currently the per capita income in Martin County is $14,785. 33% of the population lives below the poverty line. ******************** You can follow our trip by reading our daily blog on the church’s website at www.bbpc.org.

Platelet & Blood Drive

ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF SOMEONE YOU MAY NEVER MEET? - NEXT BBPC PLATELET DRIVE IS ON SUNDAY, JULY 1, 8 AM - 2 PM As you may know, platelets are the blood component that is especially needed by cancer and other seriously ill patients. Donating platelets is similar to donating whole blood, but takes about 2 hours to do. You must reserve a slot to donate. Please contact Steve Yacik at steveyacik@optonline.net or 908-500-0907--BUT YOU BETTER ACT FAST. We have 12 donation slots--6 of which are already filled. If you've never donated before, now is the perfect time to try. fyi: On June 5, our church will be awarded the "Outstanding Community Platelet Donor Site" of the year by the Red Cross.

A Work Of Love

A.W.O.L.: A Work of Love: June 24-29! Students finishing grades 5-8 are invited to a week that they will NEVER forget. We have some AWESOME things planned including woodworking, trips locally including a Friday trip to Ellis Island, and a guest speaker who survived the holocaust. You don’t want to miss this. We will be looking at stories that have changed lives and changed the world. AWOL meets Monday through Friday from 9:30-AM—3 PM. The cost for the week including lunches, t-shirt and the trip to Ellis Island is $60. (If you don’t plan to go to Ellis Island the cost is $40). Registration forms are outside Linda’s office.

Catay Cancer Foundation

Give the gift of independence to cancer patients in need of prosthetics. Recycle!! Bring your cell phones, inkjet cartridges, and iPods to the church and place in the specially marked boxes. The Catay Cancer Foundation is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping patients who have lost a limb or who have decreased function of a limb as a result of cancer. Your donation will help the Foundation’s fundraising efforts and the environment at the same time.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

August 20-24 from 9 – Noon Children ages 3 through 4th grade welcome. Older students and adults are needed to volunteer! Let’s make this a blast for our kids!!!!!!! Contact Linda Owens if interested in helping! Planning Meeting: Get on board for the adventure! Those interested in organizing this event will meet Sunday, May 12 at 10:15 in the Cave.