T he Weathervane. June Worship Services: Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Old First Presbyterian Church. Non Profit Org. U.S POSTAGE. Permit No.

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1 Old First Presbyterian Church 125 Main St, Huntington, NY Rev. Andrew R. Hart Return service requested Non Profit Org. U.S POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 146 T he Weathervane June 2014 Old First Presbyterian Church Worship Services: Sundays at 10:00 a.m. 20

2 From Pastor Andy s Desk Kudos and thanks go to Cynthia Stewart for her diligent work putting together the program in May, It s Happening Here. It is scary to think of the epidemic of drugs here on Long Island from stronger marijuana to heroin to painkillers that will come out soon but make the current strong painkillers look like an aspirin. As I sat there listening to the presentations I kept on reflecting on how things are changing. There was a time when my parents worried only about alcohol at parties, but now I, as a Dad, have to worry about the plethora of drugs available to my kids. Yes, times are changing. Ben Franklin once said that there are only two constants in our lives-death and taxes. Well, Ben was wrong on that one for another constant is change. Our lives change, our families change, and yes the church changes. However, we need to keep something in mind as we witness change whether it is in our lives, our business, the church, or whatever. And that is God, who loves us and watches over us, will simply never change. In other words we can count on God. We can count on God being there when needed, we can count on God to celebrate with us when something great happens, and we can count on God to be with us when something bad happens. Perhaps good old Ben Franklin should have said death, taxes, change, and God. It has been a good year at Old First. Thanks to Katie our youth program is up and flourishing like it never has before. Ken, Diane, and the choirs are doing a great job singing God s praises. Our office staff of Cherie and Ellen are keeping the office running well, and Bob and Jessica are doing a great job keeping the building looking great. I hope that you all have great summers. See you on the beach. August 4 Priscilla Jahier 25 Dorothy & Mark Mandrakos 11 Mary Samuels 19 Ashley Andresen 25 Barbara Macchiaroli 30 Christian Mandrakos Special Days to Celebrate Continued May you be showered with all God s best blessings today and always. If you haven t already submitted the dates for your birthday and anniversary, please let the church office know as soon as possible so we can list them in the Weathervane for the appropriate months. Please note that since there is no Weathervane for the months of January, July, and August, these special days will be listed in the previous months issues. Blessings, Andy 2 19

3 Special Days to Celebrate Birthdays Sing a song of Birthdays Full of fun and cheer And may you keep on having them For many a happy year. (Anonymous) Anniversaries Love begins in a moment, grows over time, and lasts for eternity. (Anonymous) Love never ends... (1 Corinthians 13:8) June 4 Mark Mandrakos 8 Andy & Laura Hart 8 Dorothy Mandrakos 23 Kathy & Robert Porter Regina Conzelmann Katie & Leif Andresen 13 Dave Haddock 27 Roberta & Ed Williams 18 Chris Dragon 29 Martha & Rod Tibbits 19 Zachary Youngquist 25 Benjamin Hart 27 Diane Starost July 3 Allan Stewart 23 Cynthia & Allan Stewart 4 Laura Dragon 12 Judy Gilbert 14 Marilyn Youngquist June Worship Schedule Sunday, June 1-7th Sunday of Easter 10:00 am: Worship with Communion Sunday, June 8 - Day of Pentecost 10:00 am: Worship & Confirmation Sunday, June 15 - Trinity Sunday Sunday, June 22-2nd Sunday after Pentecost 10:00 am: Worship Sunday, June 29-3rd Sunday after Pentecost 10:00 am: Worship The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Huntington, New York, will be held in the Sanctuary immediately following the 10:00 a.m. worship service on Sunday, June 1, 2014, for the following purposes: (1) to elect six members to the Session: (2) to elect seven members to the Board of Deacons: (3) to elect three members to the Board of Trustees: (4) to elect three members at large from the congregation to serve on the Church Officer Nominating Committee: (5) to make a change to our by-laws: (6) to transact any other business which rightly may be raised: (7) a Corporate meeting of the congregation will immediately follow the Ecclesiastical meeting. By order of the Session Thomas Bosch, Clerk ***Copies of the Annual Reports - Final Revision are now available*** 18 3

4 WEATHERVANE DEADLINE Kevin Behrens (Brian s Son), Paige Burkeholder & Family (Melissa Terc s sister & family), April Chung (friend of OFC), Regina Conzelmann (member), Kerry Degnan (member), Lucy Fetterolf (member), Lee & Gail Forker (Melissa Terc s parents), Dave Haddock (member), Else Haddock (member), Janet and Bill Higby (former OFC members), Pat Horner (member), Edith Jahier (member), Priscilla McGuire (member), Kim Myers (member), Emmanuel Obeng (member), Frances Templin Olson (sister of Winifred Templin Slater), Robert and Cindy Raynor (Brett s parents), Rebecca Raynor (Brett s sister), Norma Richards (former OFC member), Dan Rooker (Laure McKenna s brother), Lawrence Salzano (member), Mary Samuel (member), Fred Schult (Gerry s brother), Winifred Slater (member), Peter and Daphne Storey (members), Ruth Terc (John Terc s mother), Diane Walker (member), Grace Youngquist (member) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (Philippians 4:6) Prayer List Requests If you would like to place someone on the Prayer List, please fill out forms located in the Narthex, and return to the Church Office. Additional forms are located in the hallway between Parish Hall and the Sanctuary and in the office. 4 You are invited to contribute to the news and newsworthiness of our congregation! The Weathervane is published by Old First Church and distributed to members and friends of Old First Church. The deadline for the September issue of the Weathervane is August noon. Please mail, hand deliver, or submissions to the Church office at cheriecornell@oldfirstchurchhuntington.org or office@oldfirstchurchhuntington.org Weathervane assembly will be the last Wednesday of each month. Any one who is available and would like to help out, please let the church office know. Thank you Also, If you do not want to receive a paper copy of the Weathervane so we can reduce postage cost, please let the office or me know. Thanks. Blessings, Andy If anyone has not been receiving the weekly updates, please let the church office know. Thank you. Keep in Touch...When going to Huntington Hospital, be sure you list Old First Presbyterian Church as your church. Hospital workers provide lists of Protestants and Presbyterians, but often do not know what Old First s affiliation may be....if you are aware of a member in the hospital, please let us know. Many people are admitted through emergency and will not appear on any church lists. Your minister is there often and wants to call on you. Please help by informing the church. We care. 17

5 Vacation Bible School Old First Presbyterian Church Huntington, New York Participant's Full Name : Full Address : Home Phone : Daytime emergency telephone (if different from above) PARENT/GUARDIAN PERMISSION Date of Birth : In signing this application, I hereby certify that the information is correct and my son or daughter has my permission to attend the Old First Church activity as stated above, and for the release of medical records in case of illness. In case of medical emergency, I understand that every effort will be made to contact parents or guardians of participants. In the event that I cannot be reached, I hereby give permission to the physician selected by the advisors to hospitalize, secure proper treatment for, and to order injection, anesthesia or surgery for my son or daughter, as named herein. Name of family physician or clinic : Telephone : Is participant in general good health and able to participate in all normal activities? Yes No (If not, please submit a statement indicating limitations.) Any other important information we should know about your child? Parent s Signature: Date: Happy Father s Day. Youth Ministry Update What Is A Dad? A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again. A dad is someone who wants to keep you from making mistakes but instead lets you find your own way, even though his heart breaks in silence when you get hurt. A dad is someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines with pride when you succeed, and has faith in you even when you fail... With Memorial Day past and Father s Day in the near future we are all anticipating the beginning of summer. Throughout the summer we will continue Youth Group activities. Please look for the beach and kayaking day which will be held at Centerport Yacht Club. Furthermore, in June, we will be having a pizza/ movie evening and will be showing FROZEN. We will also have our Car Wash/ Bake Sale. We are excited about a new youth committee consisting of Doug Buffone, Anne Gunthner, and Gretchen Hargis. THANK YOU! The committee has been discussing a Confirmation Reunion evening. Also, we are in the process of organizing a Senior High Youth Council. Congratulations to all of our Confirmands- Morgan Cody, Kat Montenero, Ryan Glazier, Erich Gaitings, and Sarah and Nancy Glascock. We are all very proud of them. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any comments, questions, or concerns. With kind regards, Katie 16 5

6 SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS Greetings to All! As the current school year comes to a close, I would like to thank all of our teachers, staff, families, Deacons, PW, and members who have generously shown love and support for our Sunday school children and all the Christian Education programs. We could not have such great programs without all of your help! I feel honored and blessed to have been a part of these wonderful programs and I thank all the parents for entrusting their children to our care. On June 8th at 9:15 am, we will have our final CE meeting until the Fall. Please join us as we plan next year s curriculum. Also on June 8th, immediately following Worship, please join us as CE celebrates our current class of Confirmands. They are Morgan Cody, Erich Gaitings, Nancy Glascock, Sarah Glascock, Ryan Glazier and Katherine Montenero. We welcome them all to our church family! June 22nd is our Teacher Appreciation day and we invite the whole congregation to join us after worship on the front lawn (weather providing) for our annual Church School BBQ/Picnic! The Hargis family graciously offered to organize this wonderful fun family event and we hope you can all join us. Please contact Gretchen Hargis if you are able to help set/up and cook on that day. Please join me as we show our appreciation to the following teachers: Jolie Andreoni, Linda Heidenfelder and Rachel Feltman for PreK/K; Susan Amend, Amy Girimonti and Tim Youngquist for 1st-3rd grade; Gillian Plastaras, Melissa + John Terc and Maggie Warren for 4th-6th grade; Tom Glascock, Gretchen Hargis and Laure McKenna for 7th-8th grade; our assistant Charles Beers and Nursery/Crib Room volunteer Grace Youngquist. We would not have had such a wonderful Sunday School year without all these caring and dedicated individuals! Vacation Bible School will be held from August 25th August 29th. This year s theme is SonWest Round/Up. Please join Bob and Pat Miller for this fun-filled camp experience. We are currently looking for anyone interested in teaching Sunday School next year and to fill the role of Superintendent. If you are able to join our wonderful CE family, please contact Pastor Andy or myself. (Continued on page page 9) Old First Presbyterian Church 125 Main Street Huntington, N.Y Monday, August 25 Friday, August 29, :30 am to 12:00 pm Vacation Bible School Registration Date: Last Name: Address: Mother's Name: Father's Name: Member OFC: (Y/N): Member OFC: (Y/N): Phone: (Home) (Work) I would like to help with Vacation Bible School. Grade Completed Child's Name Age as of 6/30 this year Registration fees: $10 per child (maximum $30 per family) Total enclosed: $ Please return to Church Office by August 18, 2014 There will be no registration at the door. 6 15

7 I want to thank everyone involved in making this a truly wonderful and spiritually uplifting, faith filled journey. Your beautiful children are our future and I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to know them and I thank you all! In Peace, Blessings and Gratitude, Marilyn Youngquist Old First Church Mission Thrift Store VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Members from our congregation We are always looking for more volunteers to work - AM shift is - 11:00am to 1:30pm PM shift is - 1:30am to 4:00pm If you have any time to volunteer, please call ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are open Tues., Thurs., & Fri. from 11am to 4pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Look for us on FaceBook The Clothesline Thrift Store ( We accept clothing donations during hours of operation. Community Food Council The Community Food Council is in need of donations of non-perishable food items, canned goods and items such as toilet paper, which are not covered by food stamps. Please bring in your donations on Sundays Most in need for the Month of June are Tomato Sauce, Coffe, and Tea Thank you for your generous donations SAVE THE DATE June 22nd End of year Church School BBQ/Picnic 11:00am Immediately following The Church Service Everyone is invited 14 7

8 The Hours Ring Out Again Coordinating Team Meeting Moderator: Priscilla Jahier ( ) Co-Moderator: Beverly Elliott ( ) No Meeting in June PW Board Luncheon will be held at Heather Tucker s home on Wednesday, June noon ***You must be a member of the Board to attend*** Please contact Heather to tell her whether you are bringing a salad or dessert. Our installation will take place at that time. Circle 1 (Evening Circle) Co-Leaders: Leslie Schult ( ), Priscilla Jahier ( ) May program will be Sunday, June 1st from 1:00pm to 3:00pm HorseAbility, located at SUNY Old Westbury. We will have an escorted tour of the campus, including the horses, and see the various programs. Do visit their website and see the many programs they provide, Everyone is invited, including our youth and families. We will meet in the Church Parking lot at 12:30pm and car pool. The tour will run from 1 3 pm. There is no cost. They can accommodate a group of 20. We ask that you give your reservation to Priscilla or Leslie before May 25. They are very happy to have us come and I'm sure we will have a good turn-out. This is an event open to everyone, including the guys! The Annual end-of-year dinner will be held at the home of Heather Adams. It will be on June 30th at 6 pm. Please call and RSVP and let Heather know what you will be bringing for dinner. Please check your directory for phone and address Bible Study Circle 3 Co-leaders: Holly Baptista ( ) and Gloria Burgess ( ) Tuesday, June (?) at 12:30pm in the Fiske Room Keep watch in the Sunday Announcements for any information about meeting in June. Quilting Circle 4 Leader: Asenath Fuchs ( ) Thursday Mornings at 9:30am in Room 101 After standing silently in the corner of the Fiske Room for many years, our beautiful cherry tall case clock is again marking time ringing a bell on the quarter hours and gonging on the full hour. The clock has a cherry case and was probably made in Connecticut in about As is typical of many American clocks, the works have wood gears, are European, and probably date to the late eighteenth century. The back panel of the works has a hole in its top center, suggesting that it was originally intended to hang on the wall. The clock strikes on the quarter hour and gongs on the full hour. The mechanism is an eight day movement and is driven by three weights. The restoration of the clock was done by Chris Hansen of Centerport. Chris is a member of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors and has for many years collected and restored clocks. He has been active in both the Huntington and Greenlawn/Centerport historical societies. Chris also serves on the Huntington Landmarks Preservation Commission. Chris has long admired our tall case clock and volunteered this winter to restore it to working condition. The clock was a gift to Old First about forty years ago by Virginia Potter Jacobsen and Vlademar F. Jacobsen in memory of Virginia s parents, Ruth Alden and James S. Potter. Mrs. Jacobsen s parents were members of Old First for many years. Her mother was a soprano soloist in the choir and her father was also an active member of the choir. The congregation remembers with sincere thanks, the gift of this beautiful clock by Val and Ginna Jacobsen and wishes to thank Chris Hansen for generously volunteering to put it back into working condition. Crafts Holiday Shoppe Leader: Kris Colbert ( ) Fridays, 9:45 am in the Craft Room. 8 13

9 Hygiene Kits...fathers make known to children your faithfulness. ~~~ (Isaiah 38:19) Origins of Father s Day The campaign to celebrate the nation s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm perhaps because, as one florist explained, fathers haven t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have. On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday. The next year, a Spokane, Washington woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation s first statewide Father s Day on July 19, Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father s Day. However, many men continued to disdain the day. As one historian writes, they scoffed at the holiday s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and giftgiving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products often paid for by the father himself. To read more Father! to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dad, you re someone to look up to no matter how tall I ve grown. ~Author Unknown This year Old First responded very generously to the Church World Service Gift of the Heart kit drive. Our members donated material for 116 hygiene kits, each consisting of a comb, toothbrush, nail clipper, bar of soap, and several band aids. Presbyterian Women added a hand towel and a washcloth to each kit, packed them all up and delivered them for shipment in April. We found about 50 kits that had been donated from a previous Confirmation Class, and want to thank them for their hard work. In addition many generous monetary donations helped us buy supplemental items and to defray Church World Service s shipping costs. These kits will be used to help people in our own country and around the world where there have been disasters and people are in need. According to Church World Service in 2013 there were about 80,000 kits distributed last year alone! Check the PW bulletin board for detailed information. Thank you, Presbyterian Women and all members of Old First Church! Holly Baptista Thank You Thank you to all who visited me in the hospital and rehab facility. Thanks, too for all the cards, food and company while I was mending. It meant so much to me and really buoyed my spirits. Edie Jahier 12 9

10 June 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat :30a Prayers 10a Comm. Worship w/k&y Chs. 10a Sun. School 11a Congregational Meeting 12:30p PW Circle 1 HorseAbility 6:45 p AA 7:30p NA 1:00p AA 7:00p Deacons 5-7p Kids & Youth Club 6:30p Sr. High Youth Group 7:15p AA 9:30a PW Quilting 6:30p Worship Comm. 9:30a Al Anon 9:45a PW-Circle 6 Crafts 8 Pentecost :15a CE Meeting 9:30a Prayers 12 p PW Board Luncheon 10a Worship - Confirmation 5-7p Kids & Youth Club Kids/Youth Choirs 6:30p Sr. High Youth Group 10a Sunday School 7:30p Trustees 1:00p AA 7:15p AA 2-4:30p LI Ballet Theater 7:30p NA 7:30p Session 7:30p BS Troop 32 6:45p AA Flag Day 9:30a PW Quilting 9a Al Anon Ann. meeting 9:45a PW-Circle 6 Crafts 15 Trinity Sunday Father s Day 9:30a Prayers 10a Worship 10a Sunday School 6:45p AA Summer Begins 5-7p Kids & Youth Club 9:30a Al Anon 7:30p NA 12:30p PW-Circle 3 6:30p Sr. High Youth Group 9:45a PW-Circle 6 Crafts 1:00p AA 7:15p AA 7:30p BS Troop :30a Prayers 10a Worship SS Teacher Rec. 10a Sunday School 11a BBQ 6:45p AA 7:30p NA 1:00p AA 7:15p AA 7:30p BS Troop 32 9:30a Al Anon July 1 July 2 July 3 Independence Day July 4 9:30a Prayers 10a Worship 11:15a Outreach Meeting 6:45p AA 6p PW Annual Dinner 7:30p NA 1:00p AA 7:15p AA Church Office Closed July