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1 Inside this issue: From the Pastor s Heart 2 Odda and Edns and Pictures, too! 3 June Introducing your Session Committees 5 The Night Skies are Waiting for YOU 7 We Need Your Help 7 God s Family Tree 8 June 2017 Volume 24, Number 6 45 Genesee St. New Hartford, NY Phone: Fax: newhartfordpresbyterian.org Rev. Dr. Sue A Riggle, Pastor Hear the Good News!! Newsletter of New Hartford Presbyterian Church June 2017 We Celebrate Our Volunteers! Thank You to all of our church members who volunteered to work with the children and youth this year! We cannot do this without you. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:38 Nursery: James Bisaccia, Harper Callard, Anne Cleveland, Debbie Green, Hannah Mahardy, Hailey Mahardy, Caleigh McQueeney, Ian McQueeney, Gabrielle Higgins, Wendy Morgan, Alayna Painter, Kira Painter, Katie Pine, Shawn Recore, Heather Thomas, Liz Worth. Children s Church: Alayna Painter, Kara Bisaccia, James Bisaccia, Harper Callard, Victoria Cioni, Matthew Cioni, Owen Cleveland, Elaine Cleveland, Katie Hamlin, Martha Lacell, Alex Leuthauser, Adrienne Leuthauser, Amy Mahardy, Rob Mahardy, Hailey Mahardy, Hannah Mahardy, Ian McQueeney, Michelle McQueeney, Jackie Owens, Liz Passalaqua, Kira Painter, Alayna Painter, Katie Painter, Liz Passalaqua, Tracey Pine, Katie Pine, Jillian Powles, Rachel Powles, Anne Powles, Shawn Recore, Debb Recore, Daquon Shields, Mark Thomas, Liz Worth. Candle lighters: Abby Bisaccia, Grace Bisaccia, William Brooks, Isaiah Fancett, Mia Jackson, Elise Leuthauser, Liam Mahardy, Brennan McQueeney, Soren Stevenson, Gavin Thomas, Kylie Thomas, Ryder Winfield. Youth Group: Ed Jeckel, Adrienne Leuthauser, Mark Leuthauser, Pastor Sue Riggle, Liz Worth, The Congregational Life Committee, and The Mission Committee. The Happening : Presbyterian Women for providing the meal and Amy and Rob Mahardy for conducting the musical. Children s Bell Choir: Amy Mahardy and Rob Mahardy. VBS: James Bisaccia, Kara Bisaccia, Karen Barendse, Jill Brekel, Ann Harris, Nancy Keefe, Donna Gentile, Alexandra (Sasha) Gorbachevskaya, Martha Lacell, Hannah Mahardy, Pat Mazza, Ruth Malowicki, Ian McQueeney, Michelle McQueeney, Jackie Owens, Dom Passalacqua, Liz Passalacqua, Tina Passalacqua, Katie Pine, Marge Reese, Pastor Sue Riggle, Joyce Trievel, Rosemary Walters, Hoppy Winfield, Liz Worth. Advent Gift Making: Karen Barendse, Donna Gentile, Howard Heffron, Martha Lacell, Dom Passalacqua, Elizabeth Passalacqua, Tina Passalacqua, Marge Reese, Joyce Trievel, Hoppy Winfield, Judy Winfield. Sunday School: Karen Barendse, Kara Bisaccia, Sarah Brooks, Julie Callard, Barbara Decker, Sandra DeVisser, Jackie Owens, Donna Gentile, Howard Heffron, Gabrielle Higgins, Amanda Hinman, Jill Hinman, Continued on back page

2 Seeds of Hope Open House Join us for the Seeds of Hope Food Pantry Open House on Wednesday, June 14th at 8:30 AM, 1605 Genesee Street, Utica. A continental breakfast will be served. All are invited. From the Mission Committee Presbyterian Home Open House The Presbyterian Home will celebrate 50 years of service on Thursday, June 1, 2017 from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. Please let them know that you will be attending by calling Glimmerglass Bus Trip The Mission reminds you that we will be once again be collecting art and school supplies in late summer. If while you are picking up school and art supplies for kids you know this summer, please think of families less fortunate. We ask that you pick up 1 additional supply when you buy for a loved one, so that you can support a blossoming intellect who is without resources this fall. We will be collecting art and school supplies late August / early Fall to donate the Neighborhood Center for the people they support. There are a few tickets left for the Oklahoma performance July 25 th at Glimmerglass with lunch prior at the Otesaga. $120 includes bus, lunch, ticket, and all taxes and gratuity. Call Janice Young if interested or to check on availability For More Pictures, check out the website newhartfordpresbyterian.org Men s and Women s News Men s Fellowship Breakfast 8:00 a.m., Saturday, June 10, at the Castlewood Café, 1309 Champlain Ave in the Bargain Outlet Plaza(down the road from U.C and St. Lukes) All men from the church are invited to enjoy our fellowship of food, Page 3 camaraderie, and friendly conversation. Hope to see YOU there! For more information contact Jim Fancett Attention all Women of NHPC!! Did you know that the New Hartford Presbyterian Women meet the second Monday of each month? You are invited and encouraged to attend these meetings and offer suggestions and ideas or lend a hand to our events. Our next meeting is on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 7:15 p.m. Hope to see you here! HEAR T HE GOOD NEW S!!

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4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4). God is amazing, always creating, always finding new ways to draw us into closer relationship. Each year during the Advent and Christmas Seasons, I m overcome by the idea of God s immeasurable love coming to us in the form of a vulnerable human baby. At Easter, I m in awe at the depth of God s love for us, that God would choose to experience agonizing suffering, and pain, and grief for us. And just when I think there can t possibly be anything more God can do to connect with us, Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost is the day in the church we celebrate the fulfillment of Jesus promise to his disciples: that he will not leave us alone, that he will send someone to love, and encourage, and guide, and abide with us, so that we will again experience the depth and breadth of God s love for us. Pentecost is the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. During this past Easter Season, we learned from Biblical stories how God draws us closer and closer. In a sermon series beginning this Pentecost Sunday (June 4), we will hear more about God s Creative Connection with us through the Holy Spirit. This same Holy Spirit has been at work from the very beginning, from the creation of the world to the creative ways God works to connect with us today. Come to worship. Come hear from the beginning, from the stories found in Genesis, how God speaks, creates, welcomes, works to redeem what we mess up, and brings us together for lifelong relationships. Come especially on Pentecost Sunday when eight youth make a public profession of faith. Come to support them as they publicly commit their lives to Jesus. Come to renew your own commitment to follow the way of Jesus. Come be amazed at God s creative connection with us. Come; connect. From your pastor s heart as we serve the risen Christ together, Sue From Your Pastor s Heart Happy Birthday June 1 Ralph Grandinette 1 Robert Mahardy 2 Rachael Higgins 6 Bonnie Hyde 7 Janet Blando 8 Katie Hamlin 8 Julie Callard 9 Sally Kulow 9 Shawn McQueeney 10 Raymond Cooney 11 John Bayliss 11 Caleigh McQueeney 12 Rebecca Ruben 13 Katie Pine 13 Nicholas Malowicki 13 Michael Malowicki 14 Jim Fancett 16 Jill Morris 17 Gregory McLean 17 Raychel Sittig 17 Jennifer Waligory-Lee 18 Morag Galloway 18 Samantha Schmatz 19 Karen Cleveland 20 Jeffrey Morgan 21 John Cooper 21 Jenna Hamblin 21 Sara Hamblin 21 Pat Patterson 22 Nicholas Giotto 24 Laura Hopkins 25 Betty Adler 25 Dotty Muller 27 Miles Taube 29 Alyce Demma 29 Stephen Mazza 30 Barb Decker Just a reminder: We are in need of volunteers for Hope House for the months of June, July and August. Can you give a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon? Sign up in Fellowship Hall. Thank you. Page 2 HEAR T HE GOOD NEW S!!

5 Celebration Sunday The children and youth of the church will be conducting our worship service on Sunday, June 11 th. We will celebrate our children and youth and the many volunteers who work with them. Howard Heffron and Susan Sady have been busy directing the children s presentation this year. Rehearsals are during the last 20 minutes of Sunday School each week. Following worship, everyone is invited to the Celebration Sunday Picnic on the front lawn, weather permitting, hosted by Presbyterian Women and Church Life. Celebrating Our Graduates! Abby Morgan will be graduating from Clinton High School, where she was president of the Model UN and member of the National Honor Society and the Environmental Club. She will be attending the NY State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the fall, where she will major in environmental biology. Patty Rudolph s grandson, Julian Joyce, is graduating from New Hartford High School and will be attending Reed University in the Fall. Jessie Taylor will also be graduating from NHHS and will continue on to Champlain College in Burlington Vermont. Rusty Roseen has three grandchildren graduating this Spring. Giuseppe Purpura has graduated from the SUNY- Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor s Degree in Business. He will be returning there to obtain his Mater s Degree. Alessandro Purpura will be graduating from Frankfort-Schuyler High School and will attend MVCC or SUNY in the fall. Daniel Roseen will be graduating from Mount Markham High School and will be attending Morrisville State College in the fall. Congratulations to all of our graduating Seniors. Well done! Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a cropone bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold. Mark 4:8. The Night Skies are Waiting for You! FAMILY TRIP TO THE BARTON-BROWN OBSER- VATORY IN WATERVILLE: We will meet as a group behind the Waterville Public Library located at 206 White Street in Waterville on June 17 th at sunset (9:00 pm), weather permitting. Recommended age group: 3 rd grade through adult. Dress warmly (bring a blanket just in case), and bring bug spray, folding chairs, and flashlights with red plastic film covering the lens, for better viewing. Feel free to bring your binoculars and telescopes. When I was there in August, I saw the rings of Saturn, a double blue star, constellations, the Milky Way, shooting stars (meteors), the International Space Station and an Iridium Satellite flare. This event is open to the public, so arrive early for parking purposes. What will YOU see? -observatory/about/ We Need Your Help You can help us improve our online presence by rating and reviewing us on Google and Facebook! To do so, go to Google.com and search on New Hartford Presbyterian Church. Google: You should see a box that says, Google Reviews. Click on the Write a Review but- ton and rate us from 1 to 5 stars. You then have the option to describe your experience. Facebook: On the same Google search page, you should find a link near the top that says, New Hartford Presbyterian Church - Home Facebook. Follow this link to our Facebook page. Please feel free to Like, Follow or leave a post about our church. Positive ratings and reviews are appreciated. They will help us reach more people - young people especially - throughout our community. JUNE Page 7

6 Session Committees of New Hartford Presbyterian Church Below are brief descriptions of the committees responsible for the good of our church. Please contact the moderator if you have a question or a concern about any of the committees or if you wish to serve on a committee. The Christian Formation Committee is responsible for the Christian education of the congregation. We provide Christian educational opportunities for those ages pre-k through adult. Liz Worth, Dom Passalacqua, Co-Moderators The Church Life Committee encourages fellowship, cares for the needs of members and welcomes visitors. We, along with other church committees, provide monthly fellowship events for the entire church family such as the family picnic in June and packaging of food donations for our community through Your Neighbors. Church Life coordinates assistance of transportation and meals when needed by members and pairs children with adults in the ministry of prayer through the Prayer Partner Program. We welcome all to stop by our Information Table in Fellowship Hall. Betsey Weaver, Jim Weaver, Co-Moderators The purpose of the Communications Committee is to foster and facilitate the timely flow of information about NHPC s programs and events within the church and to the community. Rayna Schneider, Moderator The Finance Committee prepares the annual budget, authorizes unbudgeted expenses, oversees the endowment fund, signs checks, and appoints session members for counting and depositing money. It supervises the bookkeeper, works with the treasurer, oversees the annual stewardship campaign, provides for an annual audit, and prepares the annual financial report presented at the annual meeting. Jim Stewart, Moderator Mission Committee distributes money to organizations on behalf of the church, giving preference to local service groups that help our community and have ecumenical support. We also help with larger interests like the Presbyterian Mission Agency which helps with disaster assistance, hunger issues, and self-development programs by participating in One Great Hour of Sharing and the Christmas Joy offering. We will sometimes coordinate a larger mission project for the church, such as a mission trip. Some of June 2017 Page 5

7 our focal areas are hunger, at-risk youth, homelessness, disasters, and counseling. Hilda Pomeroy, Moderator The Personnel Committee supports and provides oversight and guidance for church staff by reviewing and updating job descriptions, reviewing salaries and benefits, and managing the departure or hiring of staff, when necessary. (Moderator position currently vacant) The Property Committee maintains and preserves the church and manse and all other property belonging to the church. They direct and coordinate all maintenance of the buildings and equipment, which includes assessing physical needs, reviewing insurance policies and service contracts, reviewing requests for use of church by outside organizations, supervising the custodian, and providing for the opening up and securing the church building. Dave Kulow, DeForest Winfield, Co-Moderators. The Worship Committee ensures that the sanctuary is prepared for worship including the changing of the paraments and banners as scheduled, the preparation of communion for all services where it will be celebrated, the presence of sound operators to assist for all services. In addition, this committee orders worship supplies, assists in planning services appropriate to the season, selects the liturgist for the last Sunday of each month, assists with Children s Worship Bags, reviews and updates wedding/funeral policies and oversees the music budget. Ginger Emmert, Moderator Clerk of Session Duties Record the minutes of the session and the congregation, keep its rolls of membership, maintain registers of ordination, baptism, weddings and funerals, preserve the records, and furnish extracts from them when requested. Prepare various reports. Obtain pulpit supply in pastor s absence. Coordinate assignment of elders for serving communion, serving as liturgist and opening and closing the church. Harry Young, Clerk of Session VBS Update Snacks Needed Our VBS program called Hero Central begins on June 26 th and runs to June 30 th. It is from 9 am to 11:30 am. We are in need of some items for our Hero themed snacks. These are a list of needed items: boxes of Rice Krispies treat bars, sprinkles (red, blue, yellow), cans of vanilla frosting, boxes of microwave popcorn, bags of apples, bags of M&Ms in the colors of red, yellow and blue (You can purchase individual colors at Party City. ), boxes of fruit by the foot. There is a sign up list in Fellowship Hall. I have put the number of each item needed. Please help our wonderful VBS program with a donation! Page 6 June 2017

8 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 We re on the web! newhartfordpresbyterian.org Volunteers Coming Soon! God s Family Tree Continued from page 1 Martha Lacell, Adrienne Leuthauser, Mark Leuthauser, Ruth Malowicki, Michelle McQueeney, Gordie Pine, Tracy Pine, Marge Reese, Mark Thomas, Betsy Weaver, Jim Weaver, Liz Worth. Celebration Sunday: Howard Heffron, Pastor Sue Riggle, Susan Sady, Liz Worth, and the Deacons. Confirmation Class: Lindsey and Matthew Taube, Pastor Sue Riggle. Bottle Returns: Jim Fancett has been recycling bottles and cans on behalf of Youth Group all year. SAVE THE DATE: Family Beach Picnic at Verona Beach State Park on August 12, weather permitting Lakeshore Road South, Route 13, Verona Beach NY. Look for details in the July / August Newsletter. details.aspx Have you noticed the new tree trunk in Fellowship Hall? The 2-5 grade Sunday school children made a family tree in Sunday school. There are leaves, markers and masking tape on a chair under the tree. Please write your name, or the name of a friend or family member, on a leaf and we will add it to the tree over the coming months. Please help God s family tree bloom, grow and flourish in Fellowship Hall.