September 13, 2015

PRELUDE:  All Glory Be to God on High, Paul Manz

SALUTATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
* PASSING OF THE PEACE
* Gloria Patri  (pew card)

* CALL TO WORSHIP, Connie Thorsen

Leader:     “Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
People:    What did God do to help us?
Leader:    God placed us as image-bearers in the garden of life to tend and keep it.
People:    God gave us one another- “bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh”- for connection and intimacy.
Leader:    Let us worship the God of creation, maker of heaven and earth.

* HYMN No. 50:  Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above         

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION(unison)     

Author of life, we confess that we find ourselves caught up in other stories telling us who we are and who you are. We confess that we wander from story to story hoping to find meaning and peace. We confess that often we turn from your story in the pursuit of something novel. Forgive us, O Lord. May we again find our place in your story and be showered with your mercy and grace. Amen.

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

JUNIOR SERMON

ANTHEM:  Hear the Voice and Prayer, Thomas Tallis

Hear the voice and prayer of Thy servants which they make before Thee this day: that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place of which Thou hast said, "My name shall be there.  And when Thou hear'st have mercy upon them.

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Genesis 2:4b-25, Pew Bible, page 2

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground— then the LordGod formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Cush. The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner.
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.” Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.

Mark 10:6-9, Pew Bible, page 822

But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

SERMON:  Finding Our Place in God’s Story, Rev. Blaine Crawford

* CONFESSION OF FAITH:  The Apostles’ Creed (pew card)

OFFERING OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS
    Offertory:  If You Love Me, John Ness Beck

If you love me, keep my commandments.  If you love me, heed my law.  If you love me, keep my commandments. If you seek me, you shall surely find me; if you search for me with all your heart.

    * The Doxology(pew card)
    * Prayer of Dedication

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

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
    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. 522: Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

* BENEDICTION
    Response: Sevenfold Amen, Peter C. Lutkin

POSTLUDE:  Rigaudon, André Campra

OUR FLOWERS:  The left vase is given by Sue and Jim Nicholas in celebration of Bob Perless’ birthday.

The right vase is given in loving memory of Harvey Moder by his wife, Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS​

Church-wide BAR-B-QUE immediately after the service.  All are invited.  

OUR APPRECIATION FOR TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS:

Van Driver: Jorge Alamilla
Greeters: Carol Stark and Irma Schubert
Ushers: Sally Ann Castle, Ginny and Hong Chan, Irma Karle, Jeanne and Steve Sarran, Adriene and Bill Toy

BIBLE STUDY every Tuesday this Fall, 7:30 PM, Folensbee Lounge.

Volunteers are needed to assist with the driving of members to church on Sundays. If you can help, speak with Gerry Mendler or call (917) 362-6284 (day) or (718) 464-3464 (evening).

If you need a ride to church on Sunday, speak with Gerry Mendler. 

TO ALL WOMEN: WCC is hosting an ecumenical outreach and brunch, Sept. 19, 10 AM to 1 PM, encompassing all women from North Queens and Long Island churches.  Rev. Liz Testa, who was the liturgist at Pastor Blaine’s installation, is the guest speaker. RSVP to Judie Kellaway today.

COFFEE HOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Please pick a date on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in Gessner Hall or speak with 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 at the back of the sanctuary.  These cards will enable inmates at the Nassau County Correction Center to correspond with their loved ones.                        

PRAYER REQUESTS: Jorel Andaluz, Grace Attanasio, Donald Calfa, Allegra DeMelo, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Lucy Leung-Eng, Rob Gessner, Jenny Hampton, Richard Holm, Robert Keller, Karen Krieg, Fritz Kunisch, Ann McCaffrey-Amalfitano, Rev. John H. Meyer, John Molino, Michael Patras, Keith Pearson, Dorothy Rama, Dorothy Reid, Josephine Rivera, Matthew Schulman, Peter Schumacher, Janice Serra, Carmela Stocchia, Emily Testut

August 30, 2015

PRELUDE:

Prelude and Fugue in d, Johann Sebastian Bach
God's Time is the Best, Johann Sebastian Bach

SALUTATION AND WELCOME, Dorien Day
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)

* CALL TO WORSHIP         

Leader:    By wisdom, the LORD founded the earth and established the heavens.
People:    In Christ are hidden all knowledge and wisdom; in Christ, we live and move and have our being.
Leader:    Wisdom cries out in the street and raises her voice in the square.
People:    Make your ear attentive to wisdom; incline your heart to understanding.
Leader:    Jesus calls out in the village and summons on the hillside:
People:    Let anyone with ears to hear, listen to what I am saying.
Leader:    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
People:    The grace of our LORD is the beginning of faith.
Leader:    Come, let us worship God together.     

* HYMN No. 41:  Stand Up and Bless the Lord

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION(unison)     

Forgive us our sins, O Lord. Forgive us the sins of our youth and the sins of our age, the sins of our soul and the sins of our body, our secret and our whispering sins, our presumptuous and our careless sins, the sins we have done to please ourselves, andthe sins we have done to please others. Forgive us the sins that we know, and the sins that we know not; forgive them, O Lord, forgive them all because of your great goodness. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

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

ACT OF PRAISE:  God is My Shepherd, Antonín Dvořák

Sora Choi, alto

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

* HYMN No. 498:  I Love to Tell the Story

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Proverbs 10:22-32, Pew Bible, page 517

The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
Doing wrong is like sport to a fool,
but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.
What the wicked dread will come upon them,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more,
but the righteous are established forever.
Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes,
so are the lazy to their employers.
The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
but the years of the wicked will be short.
The hope of the righteous ends in gladness,
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
but destruction for evildoers.
The righteous will never be removed,
but the wicked will not remain in the land.
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

James 3:1-12, Pew Bible, page 981

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

THE SERMON:  The Power of Words, Maudelin Willock

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
    Offering
    Offertory:  O Rest in the Lord, Felix Mendelssohn
    * The Doxology(pew card)      
    * Prayer of Dedication

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

* HYMN No. 702:  I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord

* BENEDICTION
      Response

POSTLUDE:  Jesu, Priceless Treasure, Johann Sebastian Bach

TODAY WE WELCOME BACK Maudelin Willock to our pulpit. Maudelin is a recent graduate of New Brunswick Theological Seminary.  She is a member of Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush (Brooklyn), where she leads the Mission and Outreach Ministry. Maudelin and Pastor Blaine are working together on the Commission for Women in the RCA.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

APPRECIATIONS: We thank Sora Choi for sharing her musical talents to enhance our worship service.

OUR WORSHIP HOURS will continue at the 10:00 AM hour through next week, Labor Day Sunday, September 6.

TO ALL WOMEN: WCC is hosting an ecumenical outreach and brunch, Sept. 19, 10 AM – 1 PM, encompassing all women from North Queens and Long Island churches.  Rev. Liz Testa, who was the liturgist at Pastor Blaine’s installation is the guest speaker. RSVP to Judie Kellaway (718) 343-4688 before Sept. 5.

Women’s Homeless Shelter

Our church provides shelter every Friday night, year round, for up to 10 grateful women. This ministry needs your assistance to provide dinner, stay for a few hours or sleepover. The work is easy and fulfilling. Seasonal professional clothes, socks and underwear donations are appreciated as well. Please contact Maureen Saepia-Chen at 917-797-3031 or email.

Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  During the school year, this food will be given to families in need in Jamaica, New York. 

PRAYER REQUESTS: Jorel Andaluz, Grace Attanasio, Donald Calfa, Allegra DeMelo, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Lucy Leung-Eng, Rob Gessner, Jenny Hampton, Richard Holm, Robert Keller, Karen Krieg, Fritz Kunisch, Ann McCaffrey-Amalfitano, Rev. John H. Meyer, John Molino, Michael Patras, Keith Pearson, Dorothy Rama, Dorothy Reid, Josephine Rivera, Matthew Schulman, Peter Schumacher, Janice Serra, Carmela Stocchia, Emily Testut

August 23, 2015

PRELUDE:  Adagio, Felix Mendelssohn      

SALUTATION AND WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)             

* CALL TO WORSHIP, Emerson Chen

Leader:    By wisdom, the LORD founded the earth and established the heavens.
People:    In Christ are hidden all knowledge and wisdom; in Christ, we live and move and have our being.
Leader:    Wisdom cries out in the street and raises her voice in the square.
People:    Make your ear attentive to wisdom; incline your heart to understanding.
Leader:    Jesus calls out in the village and summons on the hillside:
People:    Let anyone with ears to hear, listen to what I am saying.
Leader:    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
People:    The grace of our LORD is the beginning of faith.
Leader:    Come, let us worship God together.         

* HYMN No. 9:  Sing Praise to the Father

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION(unison)     

God of everlasting love, we confess that we have been unfaithful to our covenant with you and with one another. We have worshiped other gods: money, power, greed, and convenience. We have served our own self-interest instead of serving only you and your people. We have not loved our neighbor as you have commanded, nor have we rightly loved ourselves. Forgive us, gracious God, and bring us back into the fullness of our covenant with you and one another. Amen.

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

ACT OF PRAISE:  Thy Perfect Love, John Rutter     

Maureen Saepia-Chen, soprano
Sora Choi, alto
Emerson Chen, tenor
Phil Chin, baritone

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
    Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
    Response:  Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord, Felix Mendelssohn

* HYMN No. 399:  O God, Who Gives to Humankind

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Proverbs 10:1-12, Pew Bible, page 516

The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
but righteousness delivers from death.
The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
A child who gathers in summer is prudent,
but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
The wise of heart will heed commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,
but the one who rebukes boldly makes peace.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.

James 5:1-6, Pew Bible, page 982

Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten.Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days. Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.

THE SERMON:  Wisdom for the Righteous Community, Rev. Blaine Crawford

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
    Offering
    Offertory:  How Lovely are the Messengers, Felix Mendelssohn
    * The Doxology(pew card)      
    * Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 107

Q.    Is it enough then that we do not murder our neighbor in any such way?

A. No. By condemning envy, hatred, and anger God wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves,
to be patient, peace-loving, gentle, merciful, and friendly toward them, to protect them from harm as much as we can, and to do good even to our enemies.

* HYMN No. 669:  God of Grace and God of Glory

* BENEDICTION
      Response:  The Lord Bless You and Keep You, Peter C. Lutkin          

POSTLUDE:  Chaccone, Louis Couperin

ANNOUNCEMENTS

APPRECIATIONS: We thank Maureen Saepia-Chen, Emerson Chen, Phil Chin and Sora Choi for sharing their musical talents to enhance our worship service.

OUR WORSHIP HOURS will continue at the 10:00 AM hour through Labor Day Sunday, September 6.  

TO ALL WOMEN: WCC is hosting an ecumenical outreach and brunch, Sept. 19, 10 AM – 1 PM, encompassing all women from North Queens and Long Island churches.  Rev. Liz Testa, who was the liturgist at Pastor Blaine’s installation is the guest speaker. RSVP to Judie Kellaway (718) 343-4688 before Sept. 5.

Women’s Homeless Shelter

Our church provides shelter every Friday night, year round, for up to 10 grateful women. This ministry needs your assistance to provide dinner, stay for a few hours or sleepover. The work is easy and fulfilling. Seasonal professional clothes, socks and underwear donations are appreciated as well. Please contact Maureen Saepia-Chen at 917-797-3031 or email.

Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  During the school year, this food will be given to families in need in Jamaica, New York. 

PRAYER REQUESTS: Jorel Andaluz, Grace Attanasio, Donald Calfa, Allegra DeMelo, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Lucy Leung-Eng, Rob Gessner, Jenny Hampton, Richard Holm, Robert Keller, Karen Krieg, Fritz Kunisch, Ann McCaffrey-Amalfitano, Rev. John H. Meyer, John Molino, Michael Patras, Keith Pearson, Dorothy Reid, Josephine Rivera, Matthew Schulman, Peter Schumacher, Janice Serra, Carmela Stocchia, Emily Testut

August 16, 2015

PRELUDE:  Second Sonata, Felix Mendelssohn

SALUTATION AND WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)             

* CALL TO WORSHIP, Maureen Saepia-Chen

Leader:    By wisdom, the LORD founded the earth and established the heavens.
People:    In Christ are hidden all knowledge and wisdom; in Christ, we live and move and have our being.
Leader:    Wisdom cries out in the street and raises her voice in the square.
People:    Make your ear attentive to wisdom; incline your heart to understanding.
Leader:    Jesus calls out in the village and summons on the hillside:
People:    Let anyone with ears to hear, listen to what I am saying.
Leader:    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
People:    The grace of our LORD is the beginning of faith.
Leader:    Come, let us worship God together.

* HYMN No. 2:  Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION(unison)

Lord, we have sinned, without considering how much you love us. You see our sins more clearly than we can ourselves. You know when we are untruthful and when we think evil of others. You see our anger and unfairness to others. You know how hard it is for us to forgive. Forgive us and make us clean, so that we can obey your call to take up your cross and follow you. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

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

ACT OF PRAISE: The Prayer, Sager and Foster

Maureen Saepia-Chen, soprano
Emerson Chen, baritone

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

* HYMN No. 353:  For the Beauty of the Earth

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Proverbs 9:1-6, Pew Bible, page 516

Wisdom has built her house,
she has hewn her seven pillars.
She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine,
she has also set her table.
She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls
from the highest places in the town,
“You that are simple, turn in here!”
To those without sense she says,
“Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.
Lay aside immaturity, and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”

Luke 14:15-24, Pew Bible, page 849

One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” Then Jesus said to him, “Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets.’ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my regrets.’Another said, ‘I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.’ So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ And the slave said, ‘Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.” Then the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.’”

THE SERMON:  Take a Seat at Wisdom’s Table, Maudelin Willock

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
    Offering
    Offertory:  The Prayer Perfect, Oley Speaks
    * The Doxology(pew card)      
    * Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

    * The Apostles’ Creed (pew card)        

* HYMN No. 520:  'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

* BENEDICTION
      Response           

POSTLUDE:  Fugue, Felix Mendelssohn

WE WELCOME Maudelin Willock to our pulpit today.  Maudelin is a recent graduate of New Brunswick Theological Seminary.  She is a member of Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush (Brooklyn), where she leads the Mission and Outreach Ministry.

APPRECIATIONS: We thank Emerson and Maureen Chen for sharing their musical talents to enhance our worship service.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OUR WORSHIP HOURS will continue at the 10:00 AM hour through Labor Day Sunday, September 6.  We hope you will give our worship your support through prayer and attendance. 

TO ALL WOMEN: WCC is hosting an ecumenical outreach and brunch, Sept. 19, 10 AM – 1 PM, encompassing all women from North Queens and Long Island churches.  Rev. Liz Testa, who was the liturgist at Pastor Blaine’s installation is the guest speaker. RSVP to Judie Kellaway (718) 343-4688 before Sept. 5.

Women’s Homeless Shelter

Our church provides shelter every Friday night, year round, for up to 10 grateful women. This ministry needs your assistance to provide dinner, stay for a few hours or sleepover. The work is easy and fulfilling. Seasonal professional clothes, socks and underwear donations are appreciated as well. Please contact Maureen Saepia-Chen at 917-797-3031.

Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  During the school year, this food will be given to families in need in Jamaica, New York. 

PRAYER REQUESTS: Jorel Andaluz, Grace Attanasio, Donald Calfa, Allegra DeMelo, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Lucy Leung-Eng, Rob Gessner, Jenny Hampton, Richard Holm, Robert Keller, Karen Krieg, Fritz Kunisch, Ann McCaffrey-Amalfitano, Rev. John H. Meyer, John Molino, Michael Patras, Keith Pearson, Dorothy Reid, Josephine Rivera, Matthew Schulman, Peter Schumacher, Janice Serra, Carmela Stocchia, Emily Testu