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Cancellations, Changes, Late Notices, and Items of General Interest


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Presbytery of Hudson River

Sunset Cruise


Friday, July 23rd- 7-10 pm

WHERE

Sail up the river from Peekskill to West Point and back

WHO
Everyone, Any age-welcome
WHY
A Jubilee Year Party - pure fun and fellowship for our
Presbytery family-celebrating The River That Runs Through Us
HOW MUCH

$15 per person, children under 12 FREE

WHAT TO BRING
Snacks to share – Non-alcoholic Beverages
Note: Alcoholic beverages available only at the cash bar
FUTHER INFORMATION-
Cathy Talbot @ Hudson River Presbytery

 
R.S.V.P.

with payment by July 10th to: Cathy Talbot

Presbytery of Hudson River

655 Scarborough Road, Scarborough, NY 10510

Sunset River Cruise




Haiti 


Friends. In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, we as people of the resurrection must ask how we can support the relief efforts already underway there to see hope rise out of chaos.
 
Here are some suggestions:

1.     Pray for the people of Haiti, the relief workers and the efforts to bring aid.
2.    The Mission Commission will be collecting donations at Church over the next two weeks and sending it to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
3.    Go to    Presbyterian Disaster Assistance     to learn how our denomination is responding to this crisis. You can donate online if you wish.
4.    Consider how you, our church and the people you know can do something together. Go to Get Involved with   PDA   to learn more.
 
God of compassion, please watch over the people of Haiti,
and weave out of these terrible happenings
wonders of goodness and grace.
Surround those who have been affected by tragedy
with a sense of your present love,
and hold them in faith.
Though they are lost in grief,
may they find you and be comforted.
Guide us as a church
to find ways of providing assistance
that heal wounds and provide hope.
Help us to remember that when one of your children suffers
we all suffer;
through Jesus Christ who was dead, but lives
and rules this world with you. Amen.
~Bruce Reyes-Chow, Gradye Parsons and Linda Valentine
 
Chip Low, Pastor



Haiti Update

Our Moved by the Spirit Sunday School class has put together more than 70 health kits and the 6-8th grade class has also put to-gether more than 40 kits. They will be sent to the Presbyterian Dis-aster Relief Assoc (PDA) in Louisville, Kentucky.

They will ship them down to Haiti with oth-ers that are being collected. We hope to have a dedication/prayer time in worship and in the Sunday School gathering time in early March to bless the kits before they are sent. We will try to have photos available when they are ready to go.
 Haiti Blog

Mark Hare (Stephanie Hare's cousin)   is a PC(USA) mission worker in northern Haiti and offers first hand accounts on his blog.


In his post dated January 14th, he makes a very important point about how the damage in Port-au-Prince will probably create a serious ripple effect for the entire country.
 

Progressive Dinner June 12

Save the date of Saturday, June 12 for our annual Progressive Dinner. Sign-up sheet is in the Gathering Place. This is a great event to meet new people or become better acquainted with other church members. Appetizers/ Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Frank and Louise Fang. Different hosts will serve dinner for 8-12 people in their homes at 7:30p.m. Everyone will meet again for Dessert at 9:30p.m. in Fel-lowship Hall. Cost is $8.00 per person.

We will need approximately 8-10 host homes for dinner. You provide the house and your guests will bring the dinner. More details will follow. Please note the correct date for the event is Saturday, June 12. The date in some bulletins was incorrect. You can contact any of the progressive Dinner Committee Barbara Humphrey, Louise Fang, Trish Dineen, Lisa Eliasson and Karen Gerth if you have any questions.


La Oroya , Peru


A Journey to Peru and Back

On May 29th, I will be embarking on an 11 day journey to Peru with a small group from our Presbytery under the leadership of Chris Shelton. We will be meeting up with Jed Koball, formerly of our Presbytery and now serving as a Mission Co-Worker with the PC USA in Peru.

Jed will be leading us on a journey to encounter and engage with Peruvian partners in ministry as we deepen our understanding of the challenges faced by our Peruvian brothers and sisters. Our objectives will be ―to dig deeper into a globalized world and political and economic systems in order to better understand the root causes of poverty; dig deeper into ourselves in order to hear God’s calling and share our faith in responsible ways; dig deeper into the role of the church in world mission today in order to un-derstand our role in international church partnership.‖

Among our planned encounters, we will visit an urban youth run radio station address-ing local issues of poverty and the environment; coastal communities recovering from an 8.5 earthquake; Andean alpaca farmers and artisans responding to the urgent crisis of global warm-ing and La Oroya, the most polluted place in the Western Hemisphere where 99% of the chil-dren have lead poisoning. Our church school children have written cards and letters for me to deliver to the children in La Oroya. I will be bringing photos of our church and of our church family along with me as well.

It is my hope that this may become a connection from our community of faith to their community of faith. I am hoping that you will keep us actively in your thoughts and most impor-tantly in your prayers.

Jean Post-Winget
Memorial

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

June 28 to July 9, 2010. 9:00 to 12:00 Monday through Friday.

Every year our church joins with St. Andrews Lutheran and the United Methodist Church for two weeks of songs, bible stories, snacks and games. This year we will be at the United Methodist Church in Yorktown. Classes are available for preschool through grade 6 and the cost is $20 per child, $45 max per family. Teachers and helpers are always needed and child care is provided for volunteers with younger children. Enrollment forms will be coming out in April. Come join the celebration !!

Questions? Contact Barbara Santagata (914) 528-5226 or Liz Gilbert (914) 739-4235

Click Here to see More of Our Mission



Blood Drive


Blood Drive May 22, 2010

9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.  

in Fellowship Hall 

This year's annual Blood Drive will be held on Saturday, May 22nd from 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Our goal this year is to collect 55 pints of blood. The Blood Drive is run to benefit the Hudson Valley Blood Bank, located right here in Northern West-chester.

 All blood donations are used to help those in need within the local are of West-chester, Putnam, and Rockland Counties. Anyone 17 -75 years old and in good health can give blood. Even if you are not sure if you can donate, come by and the people from the Hud-son Valley Blood Bank will give you a pre-screening to see if you are eligible.

If you are in-terested in being a blood donor please contact Ryan Mulcahy at (914)603-3324 in the evening or send him an e-mail at Ryan Mulcahy

. If you are on any type of antibiotic you cannot donate blood. Remember, it does not cost anything to donate blood other than a little bit of time, and we will even give you juice and cookies. We look forward to seeing you on May 22nd for this worthy cause.

Blessings
Deacon Louise Fang




NY Blood Center


Concert Series... Thank You!

Many thanks for the scrumptious refreshments provided by members of the congregation for the Concert Series receptions. The treats were an extra special way to end the concert and enjoy a bit of friendship with the congregation and the community.

Thanks again to: Terri Froehlich, Lisa Tomeny, Deanna Collins, Ellen De Jong, Carol Myers, Shawn Cribari, Maxime Travis, Nancy Caswell, Diane Hawik, Patricia Wilkens, Kathy Anderson, Christine Lazarus, Delores Roy, Lynn Shulman, Ann Everingham, L. Fang, Rich-ard Hsieh, Angelyn Forbes-Freeze, Lynn Shulman, Ann Everingham and Jill Pagliettini.

-Louise Fang and the Concert Task Force

September 2010 Disciple

The cutoff date for the Sept  Disciple is    August 15 .

There is no issue for July or August
Email to the link below.
 
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