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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 Schenectady Synod Office on a monthly basis to share resources and ideas, learn about what’s happening in the teaching ministry of the church in the local settings, and encourage each other. Call Nancy McNiven at the synod office for more information and to set up a gathering in your area.

Prepare the Way, Advent/Christmas Preparation , October 26-28, 2008
Take a break and make time and space to “prepare the way” for Advent and Christmas. Walking in the Fowler woods, breathing in the brisk October air, and sitting near the fire in Chi Rho House helps clear the mind and generate fresh thinking about familiar texts for preaching and teaching.
Brochure/Information  or Registration

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

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.

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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:
Regional Synod of Albany
1790 Grand Blvd.
Schenectady , NY 12309

518-374-4573

800-311-4573
Fax 518-374-4996

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