Just To Remind You About Saturday

by Rev. Iovine on May 16, 2012

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Posting Issue

by Rev. Iovine on May 16, 2012

I think I finally figured out what was preventing updating the blog this week — an odd bug associated with the date and time aspect of each post. Apparently, upon clicking “Publish,” the background WordPress host was sending my posts way into the past, back a couple of years. Finally this morning, I think I figured it out.

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Saturday and Sunday

by Rev. Iovine on May 12, 2012


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The Crooked Little Yellow Hat

by Rev. Iovine on May 11, 2012

Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to officiate a special marriage renewal ceremony of a couple of members here at Saint Matthew’s and two couples with whom they’ve been friends with for many years (if you want to know who, you’ll have to come to church and ask). Since the ceremony was celebrated in the midst of a Cinco De Mayo party, they had little hats and lots of wine and stuff to consume.

A picture was taken of me wearing one of those little hats while holding a glass of very good red wine – I forgot the name of it and must remember to inquire about it. And here it is:

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Weekend Updates

by Rev. Iovine on May 11, 2012

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Starting this weekend, I have made the decision not to post new items here on the blog. That means, from Friday evenings through Monday morning, this blog will go dark. However, that doesn’t mean I will be out of communication. Over the past several weeks, I have started using Twitter throughout the day to post quick messages, news article links, photos from church meetings, and funny items I find throughout my day. On weekends, I will be posting my Twitter feed in the featured blog post here on the site. You can check out what I am thinking and doing and reading anytime during the weekend.

However, if  you follow me on Twitter @RevIovine, you don’t have to jump over to the blog on weekends to find me.

A sample of what you’ll see on weekends is after the jump.

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Mornings in the Lord

May 10, 2012

Here at church, we’ve started sending out a daily bible verse from our church’s Twitter account @SaintMatthewsNJ. Called “Morning in the Word,” each day by 7am we send out a short (sometimes a little longer) bible verse that helps focus the day ahead in the blessings of our Lord. Please sign up to receive it [...]

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Meetings And

May 10, 2012

Today, by some quirk of the calendar, is a day of meetings. From 9:30am through our Elder’s Meeting at 7pm, my day will be going from one meeting to another. Thankfully, most of these meetings will take place in different settings. For example, our noontime church Vision-Food Pantry-Health Group trifecta meeting is taking place at [...]

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Buckman Update

May 9, 2012

As you know, Saint Matthew’s has been supportive of Pastor James Buckman and his ministry here in our New Jersey District. We’ve prayed for his House Church ministry that is just getting off the ground here in the Garden State and for those house churches that have already been established. This morning, Pastor Buckman has [...]

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It Wasn’t a Vacation

May 8, 2012

Flying out to Phoenix on Sunday afternoon with an early Tuesday morning turn around does not amount to a vacation. Catching a hockey game in the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale was a nice benefit of the quick trip, though the Nashville Predators losing to the Coyotes and thus ending their Stanley Cup campaign run was [...]

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A Taxing Thought

May 4, 2012

This week, Saint Matthew’s received its very first tax bill. Oh, the Borough of New Milford says they are just “passing along a sewage fee,” but in all reality, they are forwarding a tax bill. When I was growing up over in New York, the property tax bill was always a big motivator when it [...]

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