Children's Garden Registration Information for 2012-2013
Children's garden Registration is on-going. We still have room for the 2012-2013 school year.

Church News

Annual Yard Sale
Cross Keys will hold its annual yard sale on Saturday, May 19^th from 8:00 am till 2:00 pm. The proceeds from the sale will benefit the mission trip to Kentucky, and if anyone has anything they would like to donate to the yard sale, they may contact either Larry Hardwick at 856-262-7868, Tina Hegeman at 609-381-3611 or Karen Johnson at 609-970-8922. Tables and/or spaces are available for $10 each. Just contact one of the above people prior to the yard sale.

Confirmation Class
Our confirmation class will be joining the Church at both services on Sunday, May 20. Make sure you come out and support our young people as they take this next step on their spiritual journeys.

New Members Class
On Sunday, May 20 and May 27 there will be a New Members class after 11:15 am service for anyone wishing to join the church on June 3. Please see Pastor Brian for details.

Eleanor Corbett House
Save the date, and join us on Sunday, May 20^th to hear Manoucheka Emmanuel, the Director of the Eleanor Corbett House, share about her job. The Eleanor Corbett House is a home for approximately 25 homeless women on one side and several homeless families with a single parent on the other. They have been one of our mission projects for the last few years. Manoucheka is a lovely woman with a heart for the ones she serves.

Community Garden
It is planting time again! If you are interested in having a space in the Community Garden, please see Karen Johnson, Russ Fuscia or Larry Hardwick. There is no charge for this opportunity to grow your own fresh produce. Any plots not taken by May 27 will be planted in tomatoes, squash and peppers to help round out the Food Banks offerings with fresh vegetables. Anyone interested in helping to water, weed and harvest those plots would be welcome.

Time for Summer Camp!
If you love lots of bugs, yucky food and too much green Kool-Aid, summer camp is for you! Seriously, summer camp is a great way to grow in your faith, make new friends and have loads of Christian FUN! Cross Keys Church supplies Camperships to help defray the cost of summer camp for our youth. There is a day camp for children as young as 5 or 6 at Haluwasa and there is something for senior youth also. Up to 80% of the cost is supplied by the Church. There will be applications for Pinelands and Haluwasa in the narthex for anyone that is interested. Any Christian camp is eligible. All applications must be submitted by May 31^st to be approved at the June Council meeting. Return them to Karen Johnson or Dawn Jennings.

SunRise English Camp
The Russia VIM team has asked for help in providing items for SunRise English Camp. The Mission Committee has committed to help with the expense of shipping the items. See the list below for requested items. Our team is looking for soccer balls, kick balls, basketballs, frisbees, whistles, ball bags, small cones, colored beads for bracelets (white red, green, black, clear, yellow & purple), colored paper, glitter, glue, string for bracelets, glue sticks, pencils, name tags, bandannas (red, dark blue, green, yellow), stapler, tape, zip lock baggies, paper bags, balloons, large chalk, manual pencil sharpeners, trash bags, beach balls, foot pumps, M&M's, skittles candy, goldfish crackers, and craft supplies from Oriental Trading. See Cheri Lathrop for details and further information.

The Variety Breakfast We are back and will be cooking up some good food for your breakfast on Saturday, June 2nd!!! Come out and enjoy another fabulous meal with your friends and neighbors of Cross Keys. It’s a great time for fellowship and gathering. This will be the last breakfast for the summer. We will resume again in October.

Another Great Breakfast, Supporting Another Great Cause! The Pitman Masonic Lodge 197 F & AM at 334 East Lambs Road, Pitman, NJ holds a charity fundraising breakfast on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 8:00 am till 12:00 pm and has offered to support our mission outreach by donating $1.00 back for each breakfast purchased. You need to tell the person collecting the money that you are from Cross Keys UMC. What a great way to get a good breakfast and support both mission efforts! The cost is $6.00 per person.