Don’t forget: school board elections, including approval of the budget, are April 18, 5-9 p.m., at your regular polling place.
If you plan to be away (the election is once again during the spring school break), pick up your absentee ballot as soon as possible.
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There will be a public forum presented by the New Jersey School Boards concerning the Superintendent Search at Woodbine Elementary School tomorrow.
The forum will be held in the school library beginning at 7 p.m.The community is invited to attend.
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AARP meets tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at the Community Center.
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The sole Borough Council meeting of this month will be tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
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Woodbine Municipal Court will be held Monday at 2 p.m.
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Woodbine Recreation meets April 11 at 5 p.m. at the Community Center.
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Woodbine Municipal Utilities Authority meets April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the building under the water tower.
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Woodbine Planning and Zoning meets April 13 at 8 p.m. in the main meeting room of the municipal building.
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Dismissal for WES is at 1 p.m. tomorrow and Friday for Parent Teacher conferences.
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Sunday is Palm Sunday.
Holy Week services at St. Casimir’s begin with blessing and distribution of palms at St. Casimir’s 5:30 p.m. Mass Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.
St. Elizabeth’s, Goshen: 4 p.m. Saturday and 10:45 Sunday.
Holy Thursday services: Morning Prayer and confessions, 7:30 a.m.
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m., followed by Procession, Exposition, and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8-10 p.m.
Confession will be heard from 8:30-9:30 p.m.
Good Friday services: Morning Prayer and confessions, 7:30 a.m.
Church opens at noon for Meditations and Reflective Prayer, and at 3 p.m. Stations of the Cross followed by confessions.
Solemn Good Friday Liturgy and Communion Service begin at 5 p.m.
Morning Prayer Service and the traditional Blessing of Food and baskets on Holy Saturday begin at 11 a.m., followed by confession.
Confessions will also be heard from 4-5 p.m.
Gathering for the 8:30 p.m. Vigil Mass will be outside the church at 8:30 p.m., so dress warm if the weather warrants.
Easter Sunday Masses are 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., and noon at St. Casimir’s, and 10:45 a.m. at St. Elizabeth’s.
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First Baptist Church of Woodbine presents “S.O.A.R. at The Shore II: A celebration of the Resurrection of Christ” at the Wildwood Convention Center on Easter Sunday.
Praise and Worship will start at 10 a.m.
There will be powerful preaching by Pastor Thomas Dawson, Jr., praise and worship, anointed singing and dynamic praise dancing.
Nursery will be provided.
Over 500 seats are available for the service.
For overnight accommodations contact Hollybeach.com
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Would any other congregations planning seasonal services let us know, so we can share your schedule in next week’s column?
Call me as soon as you read this, since the column for next week will go out to my editor first thing tomorrow morning.
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Any egg hunts, spring fundraisers or related activities and events out there?
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We probably missed mentioning the return of Daylight Savings Time, but we don’t miss the very early sunlight creeping in our bedroom window and waking our little cat to wake us for his first feeding of the day, which he works at so well.
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Today is 04/05/06. I like the look of that.
I used to play a game with the number patterns on the digital clock at hubby’s law office back in the day:
It was a clock/radio, and there was a “back-to-sleep” feature that let you hit a button, and the radio would play for an hour. Actually, 59 minutes.
He set it to go off initially at, say, 8:16, to remind him it was time to leave for court.
Music would play until 9:15.
Hit it again, and 10:14 was the next shut-off time.
Another hit, 11:13.
Next digital end time 12:12.
Hey, that makes a pattern from the daughter’s birthday to her younger son’s.
Coincidence or not?
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