Welcome
Footprints Fellowship
A fellowship group of St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church · East Brunswick, New Jersey
Footprints Fellowship is the women's fellowship of St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church — friends who gather, serve, and show up for one another. This January we're heading to the lanes for our Bowl-a-Thon: register to bowl, or sponsor a bowler for every pin they knock down. Simple, joyful, and better together.
Shop the merch
Every purchase supports the fellowship. Orders are handled in our merch store.
Bowl-a-Thon
A January bowling day with our fellowship family — good people, good fun, every pin counts. Sunday, January 10, 2027 · Lucky Strike North Brunswick.
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.
Top bowlers
Ranked by total pledged per pin — the top six get the big cards, and every other bowler is right below them.
Recent activity
The latest pledges across all bowlers — this board moves as sponsors join in.
Pledge Leaderboard
Ranked by total pledged per pin. “Projected total” shows what that rate would raise at each bowler’s typical score — the average they gave at sign-up, or 150 pins — 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.
All 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 total” is an illustration of what that pledge rate would raise at each bowler’s typical score — the average they gave at sign-up, or 150 pins — 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.
About Us
Footprints Fellowship — a fellowship group of St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church · East Brunswick, New Jersey.
About Footprints Fellowship
Footprints Fellowship is a women's fellowship group of St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in East Brunswick, listed among the church's family and group services. Our designated servant, per the church directory, is Ms. Mia Demetrious.
We gather for fellowship — shared meals, conversation, and time together in faith — and for community events through the year, like our January Bowl-a-Thon. Our general meetings are on Saturdays, 9 AM – 1 PM; the next three are Saturday, November 21, 2026, Saturday, December 12, 2026, and Saturday, January 9, 2027. You'll find them with everything else that's coming up in Upcoming Events on the home page.
New faces are always welcome. To ask about joining us, use the Contact Us page, or see the church's Family & Group Services page.
Our church home — St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church
St. Mary is described as the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Central Jersey, and the mother church of most Coptic churches in New Jersey and surrounding states. All are welcome.
Fr. Bishoy Demetrious and a new congregation. Fr. Bishoy was ordained on May 22, 1977 by Pope Shenouda III — the first ordination on American soil by His Holiness — to shepherd the newly formed St. Mary congregation. He arrived on August 15, 1977 and began visiting and serving the congregation, organizing its committees, including the Ladies Committee, Bible Study, Youth, Sunday School, Summer Camp, Servants, and the Annual Festival.
Elevated to Hegumen. In July 1986, Fr. Bishoy's service to the congregation was honored with his elevation to Hegumen.
Fr. Bishoy departs in peace. After almost 32 years of shepherding St. Mary, Fr. Bishoy departed on February 10, 2009 — remembered for his immense love for his flock, his patience, and his good humor.
St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church
433 Riva Ave, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Phone: (732) 821-5310 · Email: church@saint-mary.net
Visit the church at saint-mary.net, see its Family & Group Services page, or watch sermons and services on the church's YouTube channel, Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of East Brunswick.
Contact Us
Questions about the fellowship or the Bowl-a-Thon? Send us a message below — or reach out directly.
Footprints Fellowship: footprintsfellowship@gmail.com
For parish matters: St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church · 433 Riva Ave, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 · (732) 821-5310 · church@saint-mary.net
Blog
Reflections for our fellowship life — drawn from the sermons, teachings, and stories of our church home, St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of East Brunswick. Every post links back to its original source at the church.
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.
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.