Welcome
Footprints Fellowship
A fellowship group of St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church · East Brunswick, New Jersey
A fellowship of friends in East Brunswick — gathering, sharing meals and faith, and raising funds together for the things we care about.
Shop the merch
Every purchase supports the fellowship. Orders are handled in our merch store.
Bowl-a-Thon Fundraiser
Our big January fundraiser — a bowling day where every pin raises money. January 2027 · exact date & location to be announced.
Upcoming events
Our community
Footprints Fellowship is real people, gathered together — here are a few moments from our gatherings. Photos shared by Lorraine Fam for this site.
Bowl-a-Thon
Our January fundraiser, live. Bowlers collect pledges per pin, teams compete for the top of the board, and every pin raises money for Footprints Fellowship.
Recent activity
The latest pledges across all bowlers — this board moves as sponsors join in.
Participants
Pick a bowler, visit their page, and pledge per pin.
Pledge Leaderboard
Ranked by total pledged per pin. “Projected @ 100 pins” shows what that pledge rate would raise at a score of 100, before any cap.
Fundraising Leaderboard
Ranked by actual amount raised once final scores are entered: score × total pledged per pin, respecting each sponsor’s cap.
Teams Leaderboard
Teams ranked by total pledged per pin across their approved members.
How it works
Start a Team
Create a team and become its captain. You’ll get a team page, an invite link anyone can use to join instantly, and a private manage link for approving join requests.
Your team is live!
Your team page is ready. Here are your three links — save them somewhere safe.
Participants
Every bowler has their own page. Pledge per pin on the bowler you want to support.
Pledge Leaderboard
Ranked by total pledged per pin. “Projected @ 100 pins” is an illustration of what that pledge rate would raise at a score of 100, before any cap.
Fundraising Leaderboard
Ranked by actual amount raised once a final score is entered: final score × total pledged per pin, respecting each sponsor’s cap if they set one.
Past Events
Moments from our fellowship so far — and a look at the church we call home.
Footprints moments
These moments are from our own group, documented in photos shared by Lorraine Fam for this site.
Our church home — St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church
Footprints Fellowship is a group of St. Mary's, so here is a little of our church's story. St. Mary's is described as the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Central Jersey, and a mother church to many churches in New Jersey and surrounding states.
A new congregation in East Brunswick. Fr. Bishoy Demetrious — ordained by Pope Shenouda III in May of that year — arrived in August 1977 to serve the newly formed St. Mary congregation, which he went on to shepherd for decades.
Fr. Bishoy is elevated to Hegumen. In July 1986, Fr. Bishoy's service to the congregation was honored with his elevation to Hegumen.
An Egypt mission trip. Members of St. Mary served on a mission trip to Egypt (Khatatba & El Menya), documented in the video "St Mary East Brunswick Church 2016 Egypt Mission" on the church's YouTube channel, Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of East Brunswick.
For services, events, and more of the church's story, visit saint-mary.net — all are welcome.
Shop Merch
Merch is sold through the Footprints Shopify / Printful store to raise money for Footprints Fellowship. Shop orders are handled in that store.
Footprints Fellowship merch
Browse the merch store, pick your items, and check out there. Every purchase helps support the fundraiser.
Store link is set in CONFIG.shopUrl in this file.
Register to Bowl
Create your personal page, then share your link so sponsors can pledge per pin.
You’re in!
Your bowler page is ready. Now the fun part — share it and get sponsored per pin.
Share your page
Your QR code — sponsors scan it to open your page. Use the buttons to share your link anywhere.
How the Bowl-a-Thon works
Event Admin
For the event team only. Manage bowlers, team approvals, teams, and pledges — and enter final scores. Entering a score calculates each sponsor’s amount due — score × their $ per pin pledge, respecting their cap if set — and updates the Fundraising Leaderboard. No payment is processed here; this creates the pay-later prompt list.