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Church Family
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Publications
January's Parish Paper can be found as a .pdf file in the "Publications" section of our web site.
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Heifer Project
The Sunday School children will begin collecting pennies for the Heifer Project on Sunday, January 22. Please bring any pennies you might want to contribute to their collection. Thank you. |
Presbyterians Today Subscription Several people signed up to purchase their own subscription of resbyterians Today. If you were one of them, please submit $7.00 (cash or check made payable to the Church) to the secretary no later than Sunday, January 29th. If papying by check, it would be helpful if you DO NOT include payment in your contribution checks to the the Church - a separate check would be much appreciated. Thank you! |
Helping Hands Needs
The Food Pantry at Helping Hands has some immediate needs: pasta, spaghetti sauce, canned fruit, tuna, juice, jam or jelly, canned stews, canned meat, crackers and shampoo. Donations can be dropped in the Helping Hands Collection box in the hallway outside the church office. Thank you for your support.
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Nursery Clean-Up
We have been blessed with a congregation full of young children and we are pleased to be able to provide them with a nursery to play in. Recently we agreed to allow the Headstart program to use the nursery in the mornings Monday through Friday to work with a special needs child. Therefore, we are asking for your help in making sure the nursery is picked up each Sunday after the church service. Thank you for your help.
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Community Dinners
There are now TWO Community Dinners each month in the Church Center (on the 2nd and 3rd Thursdays). In January the dates are: Jan. 12 and Jan. 17. The second Thursday's dinners will be prepared and served by Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity of Clarkson College. (If you see a Sig Ep brother, be sure and thank him for his service to the community.) We hope to see you at these dinners. Feel free to bring a friend or neighbor. |
College Student Dinners Anyone who would like to host college students for dinner during 2005-2006 can sign up on the sheet in the Center? If there are questions you can contact Martin and Amy Walker, Eleanor Hopke, or other previous hosts. (More...)
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Fair Trade Coffee
Thanks to the Session and the Membership and Congregational Life Committee, we now serve Equal Exchange Fair Trade coffee during coffee hour and at our community dinners. (More...) |
Learn to knit
There is a knitting class now to teach anyone who wants to learn to knit. We hope there are many kids as well as adults interested. We have a couple of mission related knitting projects in mind to work on as you learn, so that you'll have practice and results all at the same time; and once you learn to knit, there are all kinds of possibilities. Let us know if you're interested by calling the church office, Sharon Pickard (265-4129) or Jane Wells (265-5325).
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Offer Transportation Assistance
Again this year the Deacons will be establishing a list of folks willing to give assistance transporting members and friends to and from worship services or other church activities. If you can help with this ministry please sign up on the sheet outside the conference room bulletin board or on the table in the rear of the Church. Those needing rides please contact a Deacon or the church office with your name, phone number and address.
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Wanted: Used VHS/DVD Movies
A collection box has been place in the Center for collecting old VHS/DVD movies. John Carey of Wilkes-Barre, PA, is doing a project as part of becoming an Eagle Scout; he is assembling a library of movies for use by patients of the Wilkes-Barre VA Hospital. Dave Wells will see that donations will be delivered to John. No "X" or "R"-rated movies will be included in the library. Thank you.
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Sign Up to Bring Flowers
If you would like to provide flowers for the altar on any Sunday(s) throughout the year, please sign-up on the new "flower chart" on the bulletin board outside the church office. (Please specify if they are in "honor of..." or "in memory of.." etc.) Volunteer today: sign up. |
At Coffee Hour |
Sunday, January 15, 2006
 
Today, after the church service in the Center, we celebrated Petr Zuman's 80th birthday with a surprise birthday cake.
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Sunday, November 13, 2005
 New church member Shirley Baylash, dressed in a stylish bright red and purple outfit, livened up coffee hour today. |
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
Karen Easter and her group from "Reachout" were at Coffee Hour today to tell us of their work at the crisis center.
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Sunday, July 24th, 2005
 
Kim (Osterberg) and Lori (Schaberg), with their own families in tow, return home to Potsdam to visit their parents, stopping in to visit with our church family too. |
Sunday, July 17th, 2005
 
The Schabergs served up coffee today, but not to the youngest member of the Walker family. |
New 50+ Year Members Honored
 Two new inductees into the group of 50+ years of membership in this church, Robin Sisson Wilkinson and Marcia Reutershan, stopped at the coffee table on June 5th to get their share of the cake baked especially for Heritage Sunday. (More...) |
Former Interim Pastor Virginia Murray Visits
The Reverend Virginia Murray, our former interim pastor, paid us a surprise visit on Sunday, May 29. She has concluded her interim work in Dubuque, Iowa and is now pondering what she will do next. We enjoyed talking to her at the coffee hour after church.
(Check the calendar to find out who the coffee hour hosts are this month; check the "Coffee Hosts" list to find out when you have coffee hour |
Prayer Concerns
Please keep the following people in your prayers:
- Brittany, niece of Bob & Sharon Pickard, for healing from serious illness
- Shirley Baylash who is recovering from surgery.
- Miranda Britt for health concerns
- Dorothy Gordanier’s granddaughter, Heidi, who is experiencing some personal problems.
- Frank
Wangler's son, Tom, while he continues his recovery.
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- Matthew Dodson
- Patrick Van Kirk
- Melissa & Maurice Kellison
- FC1 Michael Deon
- SSG Joshua Deon
- Maj. David Nicholson
- Adam McKeown
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Of Special Note
Visit the Congregational Milestones page to find the...
- Birthdays this month
- 50 years (or more) membership list
- Special milestone events
Web Site Briefing
Our church web site has two main purposes: to reach out to our neighbors, telling them who we are and what we do; and to be a resource of information for our own church community. The left-side navigation headings help our web site visitors find general information about our church; many also proclaim to the world those things our church holds most dear: Spiritual Life, Worship and Music, Serving Others, God's Church, Education, Youth, and College. Navigation links to our church community information pages (i.e. links to Session, Deacons, Committees, and Groups) can be found on the page "Who We Are." Announcements (from bulletin inserts, the "Parish Paper," etc.) are found on the "Church Family" page. Events are noted both on the "Home" page (linked from the Presbyterian logo in the upper left corner) and also on the "Calendar" page (linked from the calendar in the upper right corner). The link "More…" wherever it appears, takes you to more information. Use our website: bookmark this page or the home page! Help keep it current and relevant: e-mail corrections, changes, information, pictures to rkreuzer@stlawu.edu.
News from our Groups
Youth group activities are in full swing. (More...)
The College Group monthly Sunday dinners are going strong. (More...)
The Book Group most recently read A Violent End by Maggie Wheeler. The story is a murder mystery set in the villages flooded by the seaway. They met to discuss it on Monday, January 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Kathy Allott’s house.
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The Movie Group met at the movie theater in Potsdam on Saturday, December 10, and viewed the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe." The previous film we viewed was "Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks". Read reviews and background information on both these (and the other films we've viewed this fall, on the Movie Group page. ( More...) We will view our next film some time in February.
The Ladies Guild is looking for new members. Ladies, please consider joining this group! (More...)
January Coffee Hour Hosts
January 1 - Bonnie Bruno & Dawn Bartow
January 8 - Jim & Pam Whittet and Bud & Betty Skiff
January 15 - George & Ann Davis and Bonnie Bruno
January 22 - Larry & Elizabeth Eno and Eleanor Hopke
January 29 - Jerry & Brenda Gravander and Devon & Debbie Shipp
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