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Category Archives: Religion

M’TOWN: NEW MUSIC MINISTER, NEW PROGRAM
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MIDDLETOWN: A new emphasis on music at Westminster Presbyterian includes a public-welcome Crossroads Cafe Coffee House on March 31.
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March 9th, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: SQUARING OFF OVER IMMIGRATION
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RED BANK: Human Relations Committee approves a 'not-a-sanctuary-city' resolution amid an outpouring of support for immigrants.
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February 28th, 2017 @ 1am
RED BANK: SANCTUARY CITY STATUS ON TABLE
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RED BANK: In the face of Trump defunding threat, borough's Human Relations Committee expected to consider seeking sanctuary city status.
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February 1st, 2017 @ 6am
TINTON FALLS: INTRO TO JUDAISM STARTS 11/2
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TINTON FALLS: Rabbi Kline of Monmouth Reform Temple invites the public to a free, 8-week course on the fundamentals of Jewish thought and practice.
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October 31st, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: BROTHERHOOD FOR BREAKFAST
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The Brookdale campus is the scene, as the inaugural Shore Region Interfaith Prayer Breakfast serves up a celebration of a rich and diverse ethnic, cultural and religious community. 
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May 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: GOD + SCIENCE, PERFECT TOGETHER
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Pro-Future Evangelist and best-selling author REV. MICHAEL DOWD visits Rumson's First Presbyterian Church for a talk on the reconciliation of science and religion, in a June 6 presentation of the Monmouth Community Climate Coalition.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 5am
RBR STUDENTS PROTEST RESPONSE TO PRAYER
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According to one account, hall monitor Joel Gray, below, was placed on administrative leave after engaging Jazmin Graham, center above, in prayer. She said she had sought Gray’s counsel. (Photo byContinue reading "RBR STUDENTS PROTEST RESPONSE TO PRAYER"
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May 9th, 2016 @ 4pm
PILGRIM BAPTIST, REFORM TEMPLE HONOR MLK
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A free screening of a documentary on Rabbi Joachim Prinz (left, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) is among the events scheduled during a weekend-long MLK Day observance, presented jointlyContinue reading "PILGRIM BAPTIST, REFORM TEMPLE HONOR MLK"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: FISHMAN TALKS TURKEY, AT CBI
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The nation of Turkey has featured prominently in recent news (as recently as yesterday, when US media editorialized that this past weekend’s election solidified the authoritarian ambitions of President RecepContinue reading "RUMSON: FISHMAN TALKS TURKEY, AT CBI"
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November 3rd, 2015 @ 5am
The Unitarian Meeting House in Lincroft is the setting  — and the Pope’s encyclical on caring for the Earth is the inspiration — when the annual Shanti Peace Lecture takesContinue reading "LINCROFT: A CALL TO ACTION, A COMMON HOME"
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September 14th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARISH CELEBRATES PATRON SAINT
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More than 200 parishioners and friends of Saint Anthony’s Church celebrated the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua with a procession across Red Bank and an outdoor festival Saturday. AfterContinue reading "RED BANK: PARISH CELEBRATES PATRON SAINT"
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June 15th, 2015 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: A GARDEN OF EDEN SUMMIT
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Father Bob Shecker and Rabbi Jeff Sultar join for an interfaith discussion on “The Garden of Eden – Then and Now,” on the evening of May 20. Press release fromContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A GARDEN OF EDEN SUMMIT"
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May 5th, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: A DOC-THRILLER ON THE GREEN
The trailer for “The Green Prince,” screening at Congregation B’nai Israel later this month with a kosher lunch. It’s preceded by “a delicious, kosher Israeli lunch,” according to a pressContinue reading "RUMSON: A DOC-THRILLER ON THE GREEN"
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January 13th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: FEEDING A HUNGRY MULTITUDE
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Laura Pena, center, and helpers prepared a feast for 1,200 guests in the kitchen of Saint Anthony’s Church. Below, every little container of salsa verde was filled by hand.  (Photos byContinue reading "RED BANK: FEEDING A HUNGRY MULTITUDE"
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December 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: MENORAH LIGHTS THE NIGHT
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Congregation B’nai Israel’s menorah lit up the second night of Hanukkah in Rumson Wednesday evening. Rabbi Jeff Sultar led the group of more than a hundred congregants in two prayers,Continue reading "RUMSON: MENORAH LIGHTS THE NIGHT"
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December 18th, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: A PROCESSION, A MASS & A FEAST
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Hundreds of Saint Anthony’s Church parishioners held their annual procession on Red Bank’s West Side Friday night, carrying statues of Our Lady Of Guadalupe and the Virgin Mary, baskets containingContinue reading "RED BANK: A PROCESSION, A MASS & A FEAST"
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December 15th, 2014 @ 6am
LINCROFT: CALL IN THE GOD SQUAD
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Press release from Brookdale Community College “We are living in a age of polarization,” observes Christopher Bellitto — and with religion-based tensions running high throughout the world, trying to makeContinue reading "LINCROFT: CALL IN THE GOD SQUAD"
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December 1st, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: FAITH, COFFEE AND CANDOR
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Press release from Monmouth Reform Temple Ever wonder how it is that so many different religions all expect to heal the world on only their own terms? Every religious denominationContinue reading "RED BANK: FAITH, COFFEE AND CANDOR"
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November 14th, 2014 @ 6am
REFORM TEMPLE WELCOMES NEW RABBI
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Pictured left to right are Monmouth Reform Temple’s new Rabbi Marc Kline (center) with his wife Lori Bernard and the MRT President Jay Wiesenfeld of Lincroft.  Press release from MonmouthContinue reading "REFORM TEMPLE WELCOMES NEW RABBI"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 6am
RBR SENIOR WINS CHRISTIAN ATHLETE AWARD
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Red Bank Regional senior Ryan Lloyd, pictured at his future school, St. Joseph University in Philadelphia,  received the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ Sam Mills Scholarship in the State of NewContinue reading "RBR SENIOR WINS CHRISTIAN ATHLETE AWARD"
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June 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...