GateWay North District of The United Methodist Church

Greater New Jersey Annual Conference

Tina Van Horn
Argentina "Tina" Van Horn, Gateway North District Administrative Assistant, was called to a first-hand experience of God's resurrection power, on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. She is the loving mother of Reverend Linda Van Horn of South Bend, IN and Gloria Bianco & son-in-law Roger Bianco of Cedar Grove, NJ.  She is the cherished grandmother of Alyssa, Sara & Nicholas. 

Tina was born in Cuba and came to this country when she married Albert Van Horn, Jr., who pre-deceased her in 1970.   For the last several years she worked as the Administrative Assistant for the Gateway North Greater NJ Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.  

Tina has been a very active member of the Lyndhurst United Methodist Church for 40 years, acting as the chairperson of many of the church's committees such as the Church Council, Pastor-Parish Relations and Benevolence Treasurer. She has been a long-time member of the United Methodist Women and has served in numerous capacities as officer of the local, district, and conference chapters.  She has been a Member of the Annual Conference and was a Certified Lay Speaker.   She has recently served as a member of the District Committee on Ministry.

Friends will be received at a viewing on Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Stellato Funeral Home, 423 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 

The funeral service will be on Saturday at 11AM at the Lyndhurst United Methodist Church, 250 Stuyvescent Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071.

The interment will take place at George Washington Memorial Park, 234 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652, with a repast at the church, immediately following the services. 

Donations may be made to the Tina Van Horn Memorial Fund at Lyndhurst United Methodist Church, 250 Stuyvesant Avenue, Lyndhurst NJ 07071.  I would ask each church in our district to consider sending a generous contribution in memory of our Sister in Christ.  Condolences may be sent to her family, at the church address.

Please pray for an outpouring of God's comforting Spirit in this time of grief.  Especially remember Tina's family and her close friends at Lyndhurst Church.  She was a wonderful woman of faith, grace, humor, dedication, and loyalty.  Countless people will miss her.  

When we gather in her church on Saturday, we will feel the loss, but we will remember the hope and joy that is ours, through the power of God's grace.  It will be a time for our extended family to gather together to share a celebration of Jesus's resurrection power.

Thanks for making a difference in one another's lives! 

Bob Costello

www.gatewaynorthdistrict.org

Long-time Lay Member at Large to Annual Conference, died on Saturday, March 1, 2008.
Mary served as Chair of the Northern NJ Conference Health Insurance Committee for many years.

A Memorial Service will be held at a date and time yet to be determined.  Memorial gifts may be sent to the United Methodist Homes of New Jersey, 3311 Route 33, Neptune, NJ 07753-3440, or the United Methodist Committee on Relief.

Condolences may be sent to her children, Conni Schuster, PO Box 187,  Glenelg, MD 21737-0187 and Bert Morris, 76 Mountain Avenue Millburn NJ 07041-2115.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." John 3:16
The Reverend Margaret Fullman, Full Deacon of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference serving the Princeton United Methodist Church as an Associate Pastor, died on Sunday, December 16, 2007.

Visitation with the family will take place at the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, New Jersey, on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 from 7 to 9 p.m.

A Memorial Service of Celebration will be held on Saturday, December 22, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., in the Princeton United Methodist Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ  08542. Clergy members are asked to robe for a processional.

In lieu of flowers, please make gifts to the Louise Grow and Peggy Fullman Christian Education Fund through the Princeton UMC or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105.

Messages of condolence may be sent to Reverend Fullman's spouse, Douglas, 84 Parker Rd South, Plainsboro, NJ 08536.

Hello Friends,
 
     Marjie and I again thank all of you who have offered such gracious expressions of sympathy, love and support during the passing of her mother, Marjorie Teat.
 
There will be a viewing at Gardner Funeral Home, located at 126 South Black Horse Pike in Runnemede, NJ on Sunday, December 9, 2008 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
    
There will be a visitation time on Monday, December 10, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, with the memorial service at 11:00 AM, at the Chews United Methodist Church, located at 319 Black Horse Pike in Glendora, NJ.  The interment will follow at the Chews UMC cemetery, with a fellowship time to follow.
 
To reach both the Gardner Funeral Home and the Chews United Methodist Church, just exit the NJ Turnpike at Exit 3.  After the toll booth bear left and travel Eastbound on the Black Horse Pike.  Gardner Funeral Home will be on your left.  The Chews United Methodist Church will be on your right.
 
     Any memorial gifts should be directed to the St. Peter's United Methodist Church memorial fund, Ocean P. O. Box 762, Ocean City, NJ 08226.
 
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Please let me share the news that Jack Plumstead passed on to his eternal reward early Saturday morning.  He was the father of Rev. Wayne Plumstead, Senior Pastor of Park UMC in Bloomfield.
 
There will be a time of visitation from 2:00 to 4:00 PM and 7:00 to 9:00 PM on Tuesday, December 11, 2008 at the Shook Funeral Home in Cedar Grove.
 
The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 12, 2008 at the Park UMC in Bloomfield.
 
The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to Aesthetic Realism Foundation (141 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012).

Thank you for making a difference in our lives!
 
Bob Costello
Rev. Dr. Robert E. Costello
Gateway North District Superintendent
26 Montrose Avenue
Verona, NJ 07044
937-571-0313 Fax 973-571-0315
gatewaynorth(at)gnjumc.org
http://www.gatewaynorthdistrict.org

Lay Member to Annual Conference and 2008 Delegate to Jurisdictional Conference, died on Monday, November 12, 2007.

A Celebration of Life Service is being planned for December at the Covenant United Methodist Church in Plainfield, New Jersey.  A notice of the date will be sent when it is known.

Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the Newton family, 410 Oxford Street, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.  Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Covenant United Methodist Church, 631 E. Front St., Plainfield, NJ  07060