Celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of a new season together! After worship on Sunday, join us on the patio to reconnect with friends, welcome one another home from summer, and enjoy delicious apple treats. All ages are welcome!

Join us in Fellowship Hall to pack 10,000 meals for people facing hunger. All ages are welcome!

Can’t join us in person? You can still be part of the impact by helping cover the cost of ingredients with a donation.

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Join us on the front lawn for fun, friendship and food! Help us celebrate packing 10,000 meals with Rise Against Hunger to help feed those most in need. You do not need to have packed meals to celebrate with us. All ages are welcome!

Help Wyoming Presbyterian Church in Millburn, NJ, launch its pumpkin patch. Set up the yard, unload the pumpkin truck, and sell pumpkins until the last one is gone. All ages are welcome.. SIGN UP HERE to help.

A 5-part educational series exploring hunger in our community – its nature, its causes, and what can be done about it.

October 4: Six Dimensions of Food Security with Mark Dinglasan, Executive Director, New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate

Bring the whole family for a fun fall day of pumpkin painting in the patch sponsored by Open Door Nursery School! Enjoy creativity, community, and autumn fun—and while you’re here, help a neighbor in need by bringing a gently used coat for our community Coat Drive. Join us for this family-friendly fall event and make a difference while you celebrate the season!

Everybody Eats: Food Security and Justice

A 5-part educational series exploring hunger in our community – its nature, its causes, and what can be done about it.

October 11: Where Health Begins: The Role of Food, Equity, and Social Conditions in Community Well-BeingCounty

Dr. Veronica M. Jones, PhD, MPH, CHES, is an Assistant Professor with Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. With more than 15 years of experience, she advances health equity through community-engaged scholarship, translational research, and policy advocacy focused on addressing social determinants of health.

Children activities provided

Everybody Eats: Food Security and Justice

A 5-part educational series exploring hunger in our community its nature, its causes, and what can be done about it.

October 18: Rutgers Healthy Harvest: Growing Food Security from Campus to Community

Dr. Cara L. Cuite is the Associate Director for Community and Student Engagement at the Rutgers Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health and an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology. She is trained as a health psychologist, and her professional work focuses on community food security, public risk communication, and public perceptions of food-related issues.

Children activites provided

Everybody Eats: Food Security and Justice

A 5-part educational series exploring hunger in our community – its nature, its causes, and what can be done about it.

November 1: Urban Agriculture

Claudia Urdanivia, Agriculture and natural Resources, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County

Discussion: How Can We Lessen Hunger in our Community?

Join us as we put it all together and focus on how we each can play a part in ensuring that “everybody eats”.

In WPC’s Fellowship Hall. All ages welcome, childcare provided.

Gather together in fellowship as we prepare turkeys and side dishes to be served the next day to neighbors experiencing hunger at House of Mercy Mission. Enjoy time together while putting our faith into action and answering Jesus’ call to feed the hungry.

Join us for this fun, free, family-friendly event to make Christmas ornaments and decorations Bring your neighbors, friends, and families for some Christmas cheer – all are welcome!

Donations of new or gently used warm clothes or a new Christmas toy will be gratefully accepted!

Prepare lunches for House of Mercy Mission