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1 Special points of interest: The Easter Season is over, but a lot is still happening here at NHPC; Check it out! May 17 Letty Umidi s last Sunday with us May 18th Rev. Riggle begins her ministry with us May 24: Pentecost Sunday; Rev. Sue Riggle s first Sunday in our pulpit Hear the Good News!! Newsletter of New Hartford Presbyterian Church May 2015 It s Happening in May! Special Days!!! May 17: Join us as we say Thank You to Letty Umidi for her service here over the past months. May 17 will be her final Sunday here at NHPC. May 18: The next chapter in NHPC s ministry officially begins on Monday, May 18, when the Rev. Sue A. Riggle assumes the duties of pastor. She will lead worship for the first time on Sunday, May 24. We look forward to welcoming Pastor Sue and her husband, Rev. Rick Riggle, into our New Hartford Presbyterian Church family. Note that May 24 is also Pentecost Sunday and the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, so the day promises to be another very special one at NHPC. The NHPW Spring Rummage Sale will be held on Thursday, May 7, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed for set-up on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as well as clean-up on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Please see the sign-up sheet in Fellowship hall. Donations will be accepted Sunday, May 3 until Tuesday, May 5 at 4:00 p.m. Bring clean, seasonal (spring & summer) items, electronic equipment in working order, furniture and household items, and books (no Reader s Digest or textbooks, please). Not accepted: Computers/ accessories, suitcases, curtain rods, and sharp kitchen utensils. And don t forget the Attic Treasures! May 2015 Volume 20, Number 5 45 Genesee St. New Hartford, NY Phone: Fax: newhartfordpresbyterian.org Interim Pastor: Letty Umidi, C.L.P. Called Pastor, Rev. Sue Riggle Inside this issue: The Month of April in Pictures 2 From the Worship Committee 2 Calendar 3 A Letter from Letty 4 Community Forum 5 Bibles for 1st Graders 5 News from the Presbytery 6 Special points of interest: VBS News page 4 Happy Birthday page 4 Post a greeting page 4 Nursery School News page 5 Something to Think About Daffodils Are Loud!! - page 6

2 The Month of April in Review Welcoming New Members Easter Sunday Celebration! Palm Sunday March 29 Choir Cantata For Your Information The worship committee works with the Pastor to plan and coordinate all aspects of worship appropriate to the season and at special times other than Sunday mornings. We are responsible for preparing communion elements. Our deacon representative makes sure there is a volunteer scheduled every month. She also is our liaison with the board of deacons. Have you noticed the different paraments and banners throughout the year? We determine a schedule every January that tells us when these need to be changed. This is in the Worship Committee closet. The Sanctuary is straightened, candles are filled, and supplies are ordered, all ongoing weekly. The wedding and funeral policies have been reviewed and updated. We couldn t run the services without the help of some wonderful people who do the sound system. Coming up in May we have our Mother s Day festivities and Memorial Day weekend (Our new minister s first time with us) is on Pentecost Sunday when the church will be decorated in red and we encourage the congregation to come wearing flame colors! Page 2 HEAR T HE GOOD NEW S!!

3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 3 Communion Worship Happy Mother s Day Newsletter Articles due today 5:00 Forum 24 Pentecost Sunday Hope House Meal 31 Noisy Sunday 4 7:00 P.M. Deacons 11 6:15 Girl Scouts 7:15 NHPW 5 7:15 AM Prayer :15 AM Prayer 7:00 ADK 18 7:15 AM Prayer 25 Memorial Day Office Closed May 2015 Set Up For Rummage Sale 7:00 Session 13 9:00 Presbytery Event 7:00 Committees :15 AM Prayer 27 9:00 Newsletter 7 9:00 Rummage 14 Sale All Minutes Are Due Today :00 a.m Men s Mother s Day Breakfast M AY Page 3

4 Preparations are underway for NHPC Summer 2015 Vacation Bible School! Mark your calendar now for July 6 10, 9-11:30a.m. Registration forms and more info to follow! At SonRise National Park your kids will be pointed right to Jesus! Children will have a great time singing songs, creating crafts, listening to Bible stories, eating delicious snacks, and playing games. But most important, they'll discover Jesus provides what they truly need in every challenge of life. A Letter From Letty I really have no words for this month s offering, only Thank You! For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 Peace be with you, my dear friends. Post a Greeting The Mission Committee has a Welcome bulletin board in Fellowship Hall for Pastor Sue and Rick. We would like as many members of our congregation as possible to place a note or card of welcome with their name and a brief greeting on the board. Materials for this purpose will be available near the bulletin board during coffee hours or any time during the month of May. Thank you for your participation. Happy Birthday May 2 Dawn Hamlin 3 Justin Hamblin 3 Kristin Hopkins 5 Jennifer King 5 Emily Steates 5 Marlene Williams 7 Grace Friedel 7 Tina Passalacqua 7 Joe Tierno 9 George Moore 9 Les Cortright 10 Paul Keefe (sr.) 11 Jeff Huey 11 André Paradis 11 JoAnn Wilkinson 12 Bob Jones 13 Greg Eisenhut 14 David Kulow 14 Shawna Recore 14 Jackie Romano 15 Patti King 16 Amanda Hinman 16 Martha Lacell 119 Lauren Cupp 20 Daniel Hopkins 22 Allison Philo 23 Jeff Gornick 26 Price Morris 26 Doris Johns 26 Sarah Brooks 27 Robert Lacell 28 Matthew Taube 30 Dylan Owens 31 Cherie Huey Is your birthday in May? Are you on our list? If not, please contact the church office. Page 4 HEAR T HE GOOD NEW S!!

5 Community Forum May 17, 2015 For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; Matthew 25:35 Please join us in welcoming our own Bill Pfeiffer and Sarah Miller- Locke on May 17 th at 5:00 PM in Fellowship Hall. Sarah Miller-Locke is the Director of Agency Relations at the Food Bank of Central New York (FBCNY). The FBCNY is a not-for-profit organization working to eliminate hunger through nutritious food distribution, education, and advocacy in cooperation with the community since They partner with 252 emergency food programs in the counties of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and St. Lawrence. Their partnering agencies include soup kitchens, food pantries, emergency shelters, child-care agencies, and neighborhood and senior centers. Bill is a volunteer who will speak about the Seeds of Hope Food Pantry. Seeds of Hope, an agency of the Food Bank of Central New York, is located at the First Presbyterian Church in Utica. They provide nutritional food and food products to individuals and families living in the region around the church, and is the result of the cooperation and work of several local interdenominational churches, including New Hartford Presbyterian Church. This presentation will be inspirational as well as informative. A light supper will be served. Look for the sign-up sheet in Fellowship Hall. Bibles to 1st Graders Nursery School News Attention Parents of 1st Graders! The first graders will be presented with a bible on May 10 during worship. The names of the 1st graders are: Liam Mahardy, Brennan McQueeney, Gavin Thomas, Mia Jackson, William Brooks and Grace Callard. If we've missed anyone, please contact Mark Thomas at mthomas@nhart.org. During the month of May the children in Mrs. Zalewski's pre-k class are going to be running a lemonade stand on the village green on Friday mornings from 10:00-11:30. Proceeds from the stand will be donated to the Thornwell House for children One of my students thought that there must be a way that we could help children who have less than we have, particularly orphans. Her family found the Thornwell House and they were pleased that it is a Presbyterian-based center. This is how our project came to be. Please stop by and enjoy a glass of lemonade! Inside Story Headline The Men s Fellowship group will be having breakfast on Saturday, May 9th at 9:00 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Utica to celebrate Mother s Day with the women who light up our lives. Mark the date on your calendar and invite that special woman or mom in your life to join us at the Radisson to share time together while enjoying a fabulous Breakfast Buffet. The total cost is $17.00 each/ $34.00 per couple. (Exact change is appreciated.) Come join us for what has become a tasty and fun-filled tradition loaded with plenty of good conversation and Christian fellowship. For planning purposes, please let Dominic Passalacqua know by Thursday, May 7th, if you will be attending. Let him know in church, by phone ( ), or by at dpassal@utica.edu. Thank you. M AY Page 5

6 HEAR THE GOOD NEW S!! New Hartford Presbyterian Church 45 Genesee St. New Hartford, NY NON-PROFIT O R G. U. S. P O S T A G E P A I D N E W H A R T F O R D, N Y P E R M I T N O. 3 5 May 2015 We re on the web! newhartfordpresbyterian.org News from the Presbytery HOPE HOUSE VOLUNTEER DINNER All members of the church who have volunteered their time at Hope House are invited to attend a Volunteer Dinner on May 13, 2015 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the New Hartford Methodist Church. The staff at Hope House have asked that everyone, please come. VANDERKAMP SCHOLARSHIPS Vanderkamp summer camp will have five camping sessions in Vanderkamp is a Christian retreat and sum- mer camp run by the Presbyterian and Lutheran Churches and is located at 337 Martin Road, Cleveland, NY The first session starts Sunday, July 5 th for all youth ages 7 through 17. The cost per camper is $ per week. Scholarships will be made available through the Presbytery of Utica, Committee on Equipping and Empowering Christians. For more information about Vanderkamp, call Bill or Penny James at or them at vkcenter@vk.org. For information about scholarships, contact the Utica Presbytery at Think About It! Daffodils are loud! Have you ever noticed how they shout when they've arrived? Narcissus meekly greet you, too delicate and refined to yell their Hellos, Almost wishing they would not be noticed, Shyness is their style. Crocus, so determined to drill up through frozen ground and snow, Arriving, they're too tired except to quietly face the day. But Daffodils are brash, Resting for fifty weeks, No wonder they have such energy. Here I am, they shout. Now Spring can come!