If you would like to get some exercise, have some fun and build some friendships, there is an opportunity to join with some men from other churches in town to form a softball team. This team will play in the North Jersey Christian Softball League, games are on Saturdays at 6:00, mid-April through mid-July. The home field is at Marshall Hill School.

If you would like more information, please contact the church office!

Cheerful Givers, our ministry with children to teach them the importance of serving others, will meet Wednesday at 6:00 pm in Fellowship Hall. Come be cheerful together!

We plan another full morning for our celebration this year-

9:30 join us for our Pancake Breakfast in Fellowship Hall

10:30 join us for worship in the Sanctuary

After worship, join us for our Easter Egg Hunt!

We usually meet in Fellowship Hall for the first Sunday of the month, but because this is Palm Sunday, we will be gathering for worship at 10:30 in the sanctuary.

We hope you can join us for worship!

This past Sunday, about 60 people from Echo Lake took the long trip (joking- it’s right here in West Milford) to Shiloh Bible Camp to enjoy a beautiful afternoon together. We built bird houses, some went for a hike, some did archery, we had a great dinner and finished up with S’Mores around the campfire.

Many thanks to Jon and Sandy Frank, their family and staff for making our afternoon so wonderful!

Please continue to pray for the ministry at Shiloh- especially as they continue to work on the new gym.

Please come join us on Tuesday, March 20 at 7 pm to meet and hear from Tim Long, our missions partner who works in Mexico.

Tim is traveling the country to update churches who are supporting them, it is a privilege to have him join us, please take some time and be encouraged by what God is doing in another part of the world!

We hope you have heard about our Women’s Retreat, but even more we hope you will be able to join us for a great weekend together.

April 20 & 21

Star Lake Conference Center

Our speaker will be Jackie Bauer, and the focus for the weekend will be LOVE. Our sessions will focus on Love That Is Giving, Love That Is Cleansing and Love That Is Releasing.

The schedule for the retreat is:

Friday, April 20, starting at 6:30 pm. Friday evening will include worship, teaching, snacks and even the opportunity to get a chair massage and do some “stroga” (a combination of stretching and yoga led by our own Viola Thomas)!

Saturday will start with breakfast at 8:30 am, and the day will be filled with worship, teaching, discussions, food, going for a walk and we’ll be done by 3:00.

If you’d like to make an overnight of it, the cost is $95.00, if you don’t want to stay overnight, you can take part in Friday evening and all day Saturday for $50.00.

Please send us an email if you plan to attend, or use one of the sign up sheets at church. (Even if you have already signed up, please let us know so we make sure we know who is coming.)

If you have any questions, please contact Laurel Harraka.

We hope you will be there!

You can download a copy of the brochure here: ELBC Women’s Retreat Brochure

PS- we realize that finances are tight for some, and we don’t want money to be the reason you can’t come. If you need some financial assistance, please speak to Laurel, help is available!

Cheerful Givers is a great ministry here at Echo Lake. The main purpose of Cheerful Givers is to teach our children the importance and joy of serving others. We do this by creating a project (from making a craft to baking something), wrapping it up and bringing it to someone– perhaps someone who lives alone or in an assisted living facility. Our children will also be starting a “Pen Pal” program with a church in Montana and supporting a child through World Vision.

The key verse that guides us is this:

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 1 Timothy 6:18

There is an “Open House” for Cheerful Givers this Wednesday, March 7, at 6:00 pm in Fellowship Hall.

Sue and Mark Lynch are going to be sharing about their visit with their “World Vision” daughter, getting our children ready to support a child.

If you have any questions, please contact the church office, we hope you can come out and hear about the joy of serving others!

Don’t forget, we’re heading up to Shiloh Bible Camp (on Burnt Meadow Road) right here in West Milford to see one of our missions partners “up close and personal.”

3-7 pm this Sunday, March 11

We’ll have some fun building bird houses ($5 per house) and have dinner (an offering will be taken) and learn about this great ministry at Shiloh.

If you have not already signed up, please send us an email to let us know you are coming!

We will be heading up to Shiloh Bible Camp on Sunday, March 11

3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Come join us for a fun afternoon and see one of our missions partners in person!

We’ll be building bird houses ($5 per house) and sharing dinner together (an offering will be taken).

Shiloh Bible Camp is located on Burnt Meadow Road right here in West Milford.

Any questions, please call the church office.