b'literature,andshe LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS washorrifiedby MorrowsSunday MAPLEWOODSchoolliterature thesameliterature Open:2 - 7 p.m. Mondays, June 5 - November 20 shehadhadasa Location:1866 Springfield Avenue (corner of Yale Street andkid. Springfield Avenue) Shewanted Contact:Herminia Davila; 973-762-1175 ext. 2; hdavila@twp. tohelpmovethe maplewood.nj.us churchoutofthe SOUTH ORANGE StoneAgeandso Open:2 - 7 p.m. Wednesdays, June - October got appointed to a Location:Sloan Street Parking Lot committee looking Contact:southorangedowntown.org; lisa@southorangedown- foranewdirector town.orgof education. TheyThe Ehlers family: L-R: Charlies wife, Juliet, husband Bill, Brenda, MONTCLAIRfound no one. Charlie, Jane, Harry, and Janes fianc, Jason. Open:8 a.m. - 2p.m. Saturdays, June - November Finally,some-Location:86 Walnut Street (train station parking lot) onerecommendedthatEhlersapplyScherer is now a daily walking partner Contact:montclairfarmersmarket.org for the role. but got to know Ehlers when her girls SUMMIT She has not looked back. were middle schoolers. Open:8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sundays, April 23 - November 19 The irony, she says is that as soonScherer remembers a Sunday School Location: Park & Shop Lot #1, Corner of Deforest Avenue andasIstartedworkingwiththeyouthlesson Ehlers taught in the large hall of Woodland Avenue groupsIrealized,Itaintaboutthethechurch.Therewerethreetables, Contact:908-277-6100; summitdowntown.org curriculum. It became really clear toone piled high with donuts, a second CHATHAM me that it was about people. with some rice and a pail of clean wa-Open:8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturdays, June 17 - November 18 Ehlershadalreadydecidedsheter, and a third with nothing but dirty Location: Railroad Plaza South would begin seminary at Drew Uni- water. The tables represented the first, Contact:973-635-0674; chathamborough.org versity,althoughthejobdidnotre- second and third worlds, and the kids quire her to be ordained. She gradu- were randomly assigned to the tables in ated in 2008, choosing to be ordainedproportion to the number of people in as a deacon rather than an elder. In thethe world living in each category. Most Methodist Church, a deacon was notof the kids ended up huddled around traditionally in line for senior pastorthetablewithonlydirtywater.The roles. But the work of the deaconser- kids lucky enough to be assigned to the vice, compassion, justicewas centraldonuts, had five a piece.to Ehlers conception of pastoral care. The lesson stuck, for middle school-Over her many years, in addition toers and parents alike. the mission trips that have shaped gen- Morrowsengagementwithyouth erations of Morrow kids, she has coun- is exceptional and Ehlers hopes to find seled teens of all stripes, with all sortsa way to continue to do similar work of problems. Her work in restorativein Montclair, although, because it is a justice began with a simple request tosmallchurch,shewillspendhalfher help a young person who had gottentime as a chaplain.into trouble.OthersatMorrow,however,are To many adults, she has been nothoping she guides the creation of the onlypastor,butfriend.MaryBethprograms, but leaves the daily work to others. Says Sunday school teacherMaggieTuohy, Im so happy that after so many years of spending her Fridaynightswithour teens, shell be able to sit at homeonherowncouch and relax. Tia Swanson will be forever gratefulthatherchildren benefitedfromallthelove Pastor Ehlers gave them, and Pastor Ehlers with her last confirmation group thisthe experiences she so joyfully spring. shared.28/ matters magazine / summer 2023'