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UPCOMING EVENTS
Educator/Youth
Worker Gathering,
Tuesday,
October 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
They call it networking in some areas. We gather at the
Prepare
the Way,
Advent/Christmas Preparation
On the Road
Again, Lent/Easter
Preparation,
January
25-27, 2009
Ash Wednesday is February 25. How will Lent begin in your congregation? What
journey will your congregation take to get to Easter? By popular request, this
retreat is designed to help ministers get ready for the season of Lent when
Christians travel the road to
Jerusalem
and into Holy Week. Liturgical and
preaching resources for Lent and Holy Week will be available for perusal. Bring
your own ideas to share! Conversation around the upcoming lectionary texts will
help stimulate thoughtful reflection and sermon writing.Brochure/Information
or Registration
Daughters
of Eve
Two Choices:
Saturday,
November 8th, 2008, 9:00 - 3:00 PM, Niskayuna Reformed Church
or
Saturday, November 15th, 2008,
9:00 - 3:00 PM, Trinity Reformed Church, Rochester
Growing together as women of God,
For
mothers and daughters in grades six through eight. Being together as
Mothers and Daughters; Strengthening relationships; Talking during
changing times; and Celebrating, as Women, the love we have in God.
“Food for Thought”
What A Great Idea!
First Reformed Church of Scotia Gives Us “Food for Thought”. This year Scotia has focused on learning about ways to care for the earth and then putting that knowledge into action. In the winter a book group read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara
Kingsolver. In the spring, seven women attended an Albany Synod retreat at Fowler Camp and Conference Center on the topic “Eating Our Way To A New Culture”. They returned to church to share their excitement about gardening, shopping locally, and looking at ways to make healthy, responsible food decisions. This excitement launched a group named “Food and
Faith" . Member Sunny Baldwin stated, “This group plans to create a culture of sustainable living that fosters a connection between food and faith. In order to do this, plans are under way to teach the congregation about eating healthy, locally grown food using God’s bounty more responsibility.
“1. In June, there was a Creation Day Celebration at the church.
Activities and lessons featured things like the plight of the bees and
rain forests and how to make
natural pesticides and eggshell planters. It was a great day! Check out the pictures.
2. Recently their newly formed canning club picked local strawberries and went back to the church to make jam out of them. They will continue to meet this summer to can and process fruits and vegetables. Future plans include field trips to farmer’s markets and co-ops, bread-making and cheese-making and a harvest meal with locally grown food. Go, Scotia Go. You are a role model for all of us!
From the Albany Synod Churches
Ghent
Reformed Church, West Ghent, New York
Ghent organized and held an Interfaith Memorial Healing Service on
September 11.
Remember.
Grieve. Heal the wounds. Live in peace.
New Baltimore Reformed Church Saturday,
October 4, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
NBRCHURCH@aol.com
info: www.SHAWLMINISTRY.com
If you have an event or ministry you'd like to share, please contactNancy
McNiven at nmcniven@rca.org
ALBANY
SYNOD TEACHING MINISTRY TOURS,
Workshops/consultations
include, but are not limited to:
1. Organizing for effective Christian education
2. Curricula selection
3. Creative activities and tips for active learning
4. Spiritual gifts
If
you have any Questions
or Comments, please contact us at: