Worship
Sundays
- Worship starts at 10:00am. (9:30am in July and August). The Church, as well as the Church Center, is handicap accessible, and there is handicap parking near the back entrance to the church (more...). Assisted hearing devices are available during worship services (ask a greeter for one). Nursery care is available during the service. Children are always welcome in worship; we provide "worship bags" with quiet activities for the children, and there is a special Children's Sermon for them during the service. Following the Children's Sermon, there is a class for 3 to 5-year-olds held in the Church Center.
- Sunday School with classes for children and adults is
at 9:00-9:45am (childcare is provided for the youngest children so that parents can attend the adult class).
- Coffee Hour follows the worship service
- Finding
Potsdam First Presbyterian
- Sample Worship
Bulletin Oct 16, 2005 (.pdf)
- Most Recent Sunday Sermon
- Sunday Readers and Greeters
Emerging Worship
 - In addition to our Sunday services we occasionally have an Emerging Worship service. This type of service is described in the
following excerpts, taken from the website http://www.emergingworship.org:
"Emerging
Worship refers to any practice of worship that is expressive, faithful to tradition,
and attentive to local context. The name "Emerging Worship" itself suggests
a cutting edge of growth and change, for its broad scope and organic nature set
it apart from earlier, more defined movements. People from different denominations,
liturgical traditions, theological perspectives, musical backgrounds, social and
geographical contexts, are included in Emerging Worship. Thus, Emerging Worship
is not a label for a specific form, liturgy, or style of music. Emerging Worship
is intentionally ecumenical and multi-cultural, in purview, celebrating the broad
expressions of worship that are continually growing and developing. Emerging Worship
is a way of recognizing, articulating and developing worship that seeks to be
authentic to our ancient faith while being appropriate to our current context.
Along with new technology, internet resources, global and local artists, musicians,
and poets, the Book of Common Worship and its supplemental material, the
Presbyterian Hymnal and its supplemental material are examples of important resources
for Emerging Worship."
- Next Date: TBA
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Music
During the school year, The Westminster Choir  sings most Sundays, and The Handbell Choir and the Orchestra each plays usually once a month. During the summer, worship service music is provided by soloists and ensembles. Invited musicians often lend their musical talents to our church services. Special musical programs have included such things as choir workshops, organ recitals, and choral performances such as...
 "A Festival of Hymns: The Writers Tell Their Stories"
by Hal Hobson
Westminster Choir
The Westminster Choir is continuing to grow! Our newest members
are Kellianne Kingsley (soprano, music ed major at Crane), and Janet Learned (alto,
who has been worshipping with us for some time). The "Clarkson guys"
(Steve, Norm, and Peter) are fine singers, who add lots of youthful enthusiasm
to our men's section.
- For Teens and Up
- Weekly Rehearsal:
Wednesday evenings, 7-8 p.m. in classroom 4
- Warm-up Rehearsal:
Sundays, 9 a.m. in classroom 4
Handbell Choir
- For
Teens and Up (We will train new ringers, but ringers must
have some music reading skills)
- Rehearsals:
Sundays, following worship, in the balcony
Philhymnonic
Orchestra
The Philhymnonic is under the direction of Art Frackenpohl, who
arranges the music for any combination of instruments and voice! Please contact
Art if you would to participate. Playing in the Philhymnonic is a delightful intergenerational opportunity
to enhance our worship.
- For all ages, all instruments, any level of skill
- Rehearsal: just before the service (music is distributed beforehand and practiced at home)
- Next Date to Play during Worship Service: December 11
Church Organ
We have an exceptionally fine pipe organ and we are striving to build an interest in learning how to play the organ. We invite the community to come to our organ programs. We encourage the Potsdam High students to continue to take field trips to our church to meet the "King of Instruments." Three young musicians associated with our church have won  scholarships from the American Guild of Organists. They are continuing their studies on our organ, contributing their talents to our worship services from time to time. Organ lessons are available; contact Laura Toland.
If you have questions
about any of these groups or the music program at Potsdam Presbyterian, please call Laura Toland at 265-0650.
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