November 10, 2013

 

PRELUDE:

Choral, Josef Jongen
Solemn Melody, H. Walford Davies

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)

* CALL TO WORSHIP AND SALUTATION, Patrick Mahowald

Leader:    I will call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
People:    Incline your ear to me; hear my words.
Leader:    Wondrously show your steadfast love, 
People:    O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
Leader:    Guard me as the apple of your eye;
People:    Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Leader:    Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen

--Psalm 17: 6-8

* HYMN No. 26: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)  

Eternal God, in whom we live and move and have our being, whose face is hidden from us by our sins, and whose mercy we forget in the blindness of our hearts: cleanse us from all our offenses, and deliver us from proud thoughts and vain desires, that with reverent and humble hearts we may draw near to you, confessing our faults, confiding in your grace, and finding in you our refuge and strength; through Jesus Christ your Son.  Amen.

* KYRIE (pew card)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
* SUMMARY OF THE LAW
    * Gloria Patri  (pew card)

ANTHEM: I Love Thee, arr. Benjamin Harlan

I love thee, I love thee, I love thee, my Lord; I love thee, my Savior, I love thee, my God: I love thee, I love thee, and that thou dost know; but how much I love thee my actions will show.  O Jesus, my Savior, with thee I am blest, my life and salvation, my joy and my rest: Thy name be my theme, and thy love be my song; Thy grace shall inspire both my heart and my tongue.  Oh, who's like my Savior?  He's Salem's bright King; He smiles and He loves me and helps me to sing: I'll praise Him, I'll praise Him with notes loud and clear, while rivers of pleasure my spirit shall cheer.

JUNIOR SERMON

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
    Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
    Prayer response, arr. Robert Shaw

I will arise and go to Jesus, He will embrace me in His arms,  In the arms of my dear Saviour, Oh!  There are ten thousand charms.
Teach me some melodious sonnet Sung by flaming tongues above; Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it, Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Come thou fount of ev'ry blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace. Streams of mercy never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.

* HYMN No. 477: O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus

 

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Job 19:23-27, Pew Bible, page 405

“O that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book! O that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock forever! For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

Luke 20:27-38, Pew Bible, page 855

Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.” Jesus said to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.”

The Word of God for the people of God. Let the people of God say - AMEN!

 

THE SERMON: An Embodied Hope, Rev. Douglas Estella

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
    Offering
    Offertory: Behold Now, Praise the Lord, Everett Titcomb

Behold now, praise the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord. Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord, even in the courts of the house of our God. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the Lord.

 

    * The Doxology  (pew card)
    * Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
    * Apostles’ Creed (pew card)                                                                                     

* HYMN No. 710: We Are Called to Be God's People

* BENEDICTION
    Response, Martin Shaw

And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost be among you and go with you forever and ever. Amen.

 

POSTLUDE:                            Prelude in Classic Style                        Gordon Young

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE WELCOME back the Rev. Douglas Estella to the pulpit.
Rev. Estella, an Elmhurst, native, is an ordained minister in the RCA. He served as pastor of the Sunnyside Reformed Church from 2000 to 2006. For the past seven years, Doug has served as a teacher at the Academy of Urban Planning, a public high school in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn where he teaches English as Second Language. During that period, he continues to assist churches with regular pulpit supply. Doug and his wife, Janet, live in Sunnyside with their daughter, Renee. 

THE FLOWERS are given by the Heckel and Krsnak families in honor of Elaine Good’s birthday.

OUR APPRECIATION FOR TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS:

Van Driver: Gerry Mendler
Coffee Hour Host: Rhoda Jabbour
Greeters: Barbara Andrade and Angela Edward
Ushers: Cindy and Joe Macaluso, Jean and Gerry Mendler and Jerry Good
Children and Worship: Judie Kellaway and Michael Iovale
Childcare: Marie Mark

VAN SERVICE is available for Sunday worship and grocery shopping every other Monday.  If you need a ride to church on Sunday or would like to join them for grocery shopping, speak with Gina Lombardo at (917) 767-2923.

COFFEE HOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Please pick a date on the Sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in Gessner Hall or see Rhoda Jabbour.

YEAR-ROUND COLLECTIONS –

·         Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  This food will be given to families in need in Jamaica, New York.

·         Donations for pets brought to the church office will be given to Worthy Pause to be distributed to local animal shelters.   

·         Christmas cards (with Forever Stamps on the envelopes) are collected in a basket in Gessner Hall.  These cards will enable inmates at the Nassau County Correction Center to correspond with their loved ones.   

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Fritz Kunisch, Ann Martin, John Molino, Ed Moores, Josephine Rivera, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright, Joan Werbel. 

November 3, 2013 - Communion Service

 

PRELUDE, Kathryn Schneider

 

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* Gloria Patri  (pew card)                   

* CALL TO WORSHIP AND SALUTATION                                          Vivian Sclafani

Leader:  How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
All:  My soul longs for the courts of the Lord, my flesh sings for joy to the living God.
Leader:  Happy are those who live in the house of the Lord, ever singing your praise O God.
All:  Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion!
Leader:  Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Adapted from Psalm 84

* HYMN No. 20:  Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

* PRAY ER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Merciful God, hope of our people in every age, we confess that we have sinned against you. We have wandered from your pathways, turned towards idols, lived without compassion, and disregarded the well being of your creation. Do not turn away from us O Lord, but renew your covenant, for only in you will our lives be healed. Guide us and lead us in your ways, for happy are those who live in your house.  Amen.

* KYRIE (pew card)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
* SUMMARY OF THE LAW                       

JUNIOR SERMON

ANTHEM:  The Gift of Love, Hal H. Hopson

Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire, and have not love; my words are vain, as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess, but not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin.
Come, spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole, let inward love guide every deed.  By this we worship and are freed.  Amen.

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Psalm 32:1-7, Pew Bible, page 440

Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them.
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah

Luke 19: 1-10, Pew Bible, page 854

He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

THE SERMON:  Selah, Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
        Offering
        Offertory:  Sine Nomine, Ralph Vaughan-Williams

For all the saints who from their labors rest, who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.  Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou wast their Rock, their fortress and their might, Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight, Thou in the darkness drear their one true Light.  Alleluia!  Alleluia!
O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold, fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, and win with them the victor's  crown of gold. Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!
And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia!  Alleluia!
From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia!  Alleluia!

        * The Doxology  (pew card)
        * Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
        * Apostles’ Creed (pew card)                                                                                    

SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
        Remembering with Love and Hope  (pew card)
        Invitation
        Communion Prayer
                Sanctus  (pew card)
                Mystery of the Faith (unison)
                        Christ has Died, Christ is Risen, Christ will come again.
        Words of Institution

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING & INTERCESSION
        Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
        Prayer response, John Yarrington

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

*HYMN No. 648:  Jesus, I Have Promised

* BENEDICTION
        Response, John Yarrington

The peace of God which passeth all understanding, be with you now and evermore. Amen.

POSTLUDE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE WELCOME DONNA MARIE FIELD to the pulpit.  Donna graduated from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary with a Masters in Divinity degree.  She will be leading our worship services until a permanent minister is in place. 

OUR APPRECIATION FOR TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS:

Van Drivers: Gina Lombardo
Coffee Hour Host: Rhoda Jabbour
Greeters: Nina and Bill Proschel, Dorothea Zelnick
Ushers: Ginny and Hong Chan, Nancy Gessner, Irma Karle, Buck Kellaway, Rhoda Jabbour, Jeanne and Steve Sarran and Jerry Good
Children and Worship: Sharon Rivilli and Sarah White
Childcare: Jayne Halley

VAN SERVICE is available for Sunday worship and grocery shopping every other Monday.  If you need a ride to church on Sunday or would like to join them for grocery shopping, speak with Gina Lombardo at (917) 767-2923.

COFFEE HOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Please pick a date on the Sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in Gessner Hall or see Rhoda Jabbour.

YEAR-ROUND COLLECTIONS –

·         Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  This food will be given to families in need in Jamaica, New York.

·         Christmas cards (with Forever Stamps on the envelopes) are collected in a basket in Gessner Hall.  These cards will enable inmates at the Nassau County Correction Center to correspond with their loved ones.                                                                  

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Fritz Kunisch, Ann Martin, John Molino, Ed Moores, Josephine Rivera, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright, Joan Werbel. 

October 27, 2013 - Reformation Sunday

PRELUDE:

Prelude and Fugue in d minor, J. S. Bach
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord, J. S. Bach

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)  

* CALL TO WORSHIP AND SALUTATION, Ray Durney

Leader:  O come, let us worship and bow down,
People: Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
Leader:   For he is our God,
People: And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Leader: Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

-- adapted from Psalm 95:6-7

* HYMN No. 43 A Mighty Fortress is Our God

* Prayer of Confession (responsively)

Leader:  Lord, our lives fall short of your glory.
People:  Have mercy and forgive us.
Leader:  Lord, you have given your life and poured out your Spirit, yet at times we fail to return your love with all our heart.
People:  Have mercy and change us.
Leader: Too often we ignore you, Lord, and neglect others.
People:  Have mercy and cleanse us.
Leader:  Lord, when we do not truly trust you, we are often overwhelmed by self-pity, fear and worry.
People:  Have mercy and deliver us.
Leader:  In Christ we are given hope and love, yet at times we follow the false hopes and desires of this world.
People:  Have mercy and guide us.
Leader:  Loving God, through your Son on the cross, your Spirit that moves through us and your word that speaks to us, transform and renew us so that we may follow you with joy.
People:  All this we ask, confident in your unchanging faithfulness.   Amen.

* KYRIE (pew card)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
* SUMMARY OF THE LAW
     * Gloria Patri  (pew card)

ANTHEM:   Make Me a Channel of Your Peace, arr. Tom Fettke

Make me a channel of Your peace.  Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love, where there is injury, Your pardon, Lord, and where there's doubt, true faith in You.  
Make me a channel of Your peace.  Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope, where there is darkness, only light, and where there's sadness, ever joy.
O Master, grant that I may never seek so much to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand, to be loved, as to love, with all my soul.
Make me a channel of Your peace.  It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, in giving of ourselves that we receive, and in dying that we’re born to eternal life.  Amen.

JUNIOR SERMON    

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
Lord’s Prayer (pew card)

Prayer response                            Alois Kaiser

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable  in Thy sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.  Amen.

* HYMN No. 304 Come Down, O Love Divine!

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Luke 18:9-14, Pew Bible, Page 853

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”

2 Timothy 4:6-8, Pew Bible, Page 968

As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

The Word of God for the people of God. Let the people of God say - AMEN!

THE SERMON:  A Posture of Humility, Monica Schaap Pierce

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offering

Offertory:  With a Voice of Singing, Martin Shaw

With a voice of singing declare ye this, and let it be heard, Alleluia.  Utter it even unto the ends of the earth.  The Lord hath delivered his  people, Alleluia.  O Be joyful in God, all ye lands, O sing praises to  the honor of his name, make his praise to be glorious.  

* The Doxology  (pew card)  
* Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH  from Heidelberg Catechism Q&A #1

Question:   What is your only comfort in life and in death? 
Answer:    That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. 
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.
He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven: in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. 
Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.

* HYMN No. 723 Revive Us Again

* BENEDICTION 
Response:  Fivefold Amen, Frederick Piket

POSTLUDE:  Voluntary, John Stanley

ANNOUNCEMENTS
OCTOBER 27, 2013

We welcome back our guest preacher, Monica Schaap Pierce, who has joined us in worship several times and is familiar to many of us.  She is a Teaching Fellow in Theology at Fordham University and resides in Manhasset with her husband Steve and daughter Campbell.  

OUR APPRECIATION FOR TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS:

Van Drivers: Gina Lombardo (AM), Roger Bow (PM)
Greeter: Joan Pearson
Ushers: Gina and Sal Lombardo, Nina and Bill Proschel and Jerry Good
Children and Worship: Kathy Bracken and Michael Iovale
Childcare: Nancy Gessner

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Fritz Kunisch, Ann Martin, John Molino, Ed Moores, Josephine Rivera, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright, Joan Werbel.

October 20, 2013

PRELUDE: 

Prelude and Fugue in C,  J. S. Bach
Have mercy on me, O Lord God, J. S. Bach

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)  

* CALL TO WORSHIP AND SALUTATION Giovanna Antonucci

Leader: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of God’s name.
All: How awesome are your deeds, O God! We sing praises to your name.
Leader: Come and see what God has done: turning the sea into dry land; bringing us across the river Jordan.
All: How awesome are your deeds, O God! We sing praises to your name. 
Leader: Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

-- adapted from Psalm 66

* HYMN No. 29 O Worship the King

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)  

Even when we are faithless, Christ remains faithful. Trusting in grace, let us confess our sins together.
O Lord, have mercy on us. We keep our distance from you, for we are broken and sinful. Yet you see us, and cleanse us, and make us whole. Forgive us when we forget to return to you, have mercy when we fail to praise your name, and help us to exude the faith that makes us well. Amen.

* KYRIE (pew card)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
* SUMMARY OF THE LAW
     * Gloria Patri  (pew card)

ANTHEM:  Shalom Rav, Benjamin Steinberg

The Chancel Choir; Elizabeth Mahowald, soprano

TRANSLATION: Grant peace to Your people because You are the King of all peace. It is good in Your eyes to bless Your people at all times and every hour with Your peace. Blessed are You, Lord, who blesses His people with peace.

JUNIOR SERMON    

ANTHEM:  All Night, All Day, Traditional Spiritual

The Junior Choir

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
Lord’s Prayer (pew card)

Prayer response                                   Felix Mendelssohn

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee; He never will suffer the righteous to fall: He is at thy right hand. Thy mercy, Lord, is great and far above the heavens: let none be made ashamed that wait upon thee.

* HYMN No. 328 God's Holy Ways are Just and True

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Psalm 111, Pew Bible, Page 490

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.
Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever.
He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds; the Lord is gracious and merciful.
He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.
He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.
They are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

Luke 17:11-19, Pew Bible, Page 852

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.” 

The Word of God for the people of God. Let the people of God say - AMEN!

THE SERMON:  At the Edge, Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offering

Offertory:  Gloria, F. J. Haydn

TRANSLATION:  Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to all men.  We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we adore Thee, we glorify Thee.

* The Doxology  (pew card)
* Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH  John 1:1-4

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.  Amen. 

* HYMN No. 661 Be Strong in the Lord

* BENEDICTION 

Response, Harold W. Friedell

Day by day, Dear Lord, of thee three things I pray: to see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly day by day.

POSTLUDE Jesu, Priceless Treasure, J.S. Bach

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE WELCOME DONNA MARIE FIELD to the pulpit.  Donna graduated from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary with a Masters in Divinity degree.  She will be leading our worship services until a permanent minister is in place. 

TODAY’S COFFEE HOUR is hosted by the Congregational Care Committee in honor of the October birthdays.  All are invited to join us.

OUR APPRECIATION FOR TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS:

Van Drivers: Bill Proschel (AM), Simon Walsh (PM)
Ushers: Elaine Ho, Loretta McCaffrey, Barbara and Richard Niebergall and Jerry Good
Children and Worship: Judie Kellaway and Michael Iovale
Childcare: Joan Wagner

LARGE PRINT BULLETINS are available.  Ask an usher if you need one.

YEAR-ROUND COLLECTIONS – 

  • Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  This food will be given to families in need in Jamaica, New York. 
  • Donations for pets brought to the church office will be given to Worthy Pause to be distributed to local animal shelters.   

VAN MINISTRY: We offer van service for Sunday worship and grocery shopping every other Tuesday.  If you need a ride to church on Sunday or would like to join them for grocery shopping, speak with Gina Lombardo at (917) 767-2923. 

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Fritz Kunisch, Ann Martin, John Molino, Ed Moores, Josephine Rivera, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright, Joan Werbel.