Category: Independent Calendar

United Methodist Homes of New Jersey Foundation announced Samuel B. Preston was recently elected the chair of its Board of Trustees. Preston is an adjunct professor of business ethics at the Stern School of Business at New York University and has over 35 years of experience in banking and consulting in the U.S. and abroad.…

Shulem Deen, author of “All Who Go Do Not Return,” a memoir about growing up in and then leaving the Hasidic Jewish world, will speak at Shabbat evening services at Temple Shalom of Aberdeen, 5 Ayrmont Lane, on Dec. 18. Deen will answer questions following services. Services begin at 7:45 p.m. Temple Shalom is located…

The United Methodist Churches of Atlantic Highlands and Navesink will host a Live Nativity on Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. The event will be held at the church located at 96 3rd Ave. in Atlantic Highlands. The Rev. Jill Hubbard-Smith will read the Christmas story as children of the community don costumes and accompany live…

The Keyport Recreation Commission will be sponsoring awards for outdoor holiday decorations. The judging will take place on Dec. 17 from 6:30-9 p.m. Make sure your lights are turned on to be included in this event. Winners will be announced New Year’s Day at the reorganization meeting, held at the Keyport Central School in the…

Sisters Shoppe will hold its final monthly craft show and its first Holiday Shoppe on Dec. 13 to announce to the public the opening of the new shop on Jan. 4 in the Airport Plaza Shopping Center, 1390 Route 36, Hazlet. The non-profit will offer free tutoring, performing arts classes and health and wellness seminars…

The United Methodist Churches of Atlantic Highlands and Navesink announce their 2015 Advent Season services. On Dec. 13 the church will host its annual Blue Christmas Service at the Navesink location. This is a night set aside for those who may feel alone during the holiday season; those who struggle and mourn rather than celebrate.…

The holiday season is currently under way at the Monmouth Museum. “Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Oh My!,” an exhibition on transportation, is this year’s holiday exhibition at the museum which will run now through Jan. 3, 2016. The Main Gallery at the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on…

The annual Middletown Township PBA Local 124 Toy Drive is under way. New, unwrapped toys for boys, girls, tweens and teens can be brought to Police Headquarters at 1 Kings Highway or any of the township’s 11 fire houses. Donations can also be given to any Middletown police officer. Toys are distributed to Middletown Helps…

Come ring in the Christmas season with the congregation of Cross of Glory Lutheran Church at its eighth annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Carol Sing, to be held rain or shine at 5 p.m. on Dec. 13 at 95 Cambridge Drive in Aberdeen. On top of carol-singing and lighting the church’s Christmas tree on the…