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Contact Us!

office@theparkchurch.org
Phone: 607-733-9104
Open: Tue - Fri: 9 am to 2 pm

New and Notable

Cross Currents Newsletter

July - August 2010
June 2010
May 2010




Healthy Christianity Blog

Read and comment on Rev.Wayne Gustafson's blog: Healthy Christianity at Park Church.

2009 Lenten Meditations

What I Want to Say to God

Understanding Holy Week Online!

Audio recordings and notes Understanding Holy Week

Praying the Lord's Prayer Online!

Audio recordings and notes of the eight session series: Praying the Lord's Prayer

Online Calendar

Second Place East Collection

In need of pots, pans, dish & laundry soap and toilet paper. Baskets are available at either entrance.

 

Welcome to The Park Church, Elmira, New York
A United Church of Christ Congregation!

Sunday Worship Services

SUMMER HOURS 9:00 AM Beecher Hall

SUMMER WORSHIP: Until - September 12, 2010. Informal worship in Beecher Hall at 9:00 a.m. We are looking for people/teams for planning and particiaption. Please contact the office if you are interested in helping.
CHURCH PROFILE:
please click here to see a copy of the Church Profile

PASTORAL SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE:
TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE PARK CHURCH:
Full Profile for the Reverend Felicity Wright
. Rev. Wright's profile

Upcoming Events:

UPCOMING WORSHIP SCHEDULE:
8/1 - Worship with Holy Communion led by Pastor Felicity
8/8 - Worship led by Pastor Felicity or Rob Hovey
8/15 - Worship led by Pastor Felicity or Rob Hovey
8/22 - Joint worship at Tanglewood Nature Center with
Corning United Church of Christ
8/29 - TENTATIVE: Worship and Blessing of the Animals in Wisner Park
9/5 - Worship led by Pastor Felicity
9/12 - Welcome Back Sunday: Worship and picnic in Wisner Park
9/19 - Worship in the Sanctuary

Meaningful Movies at Park
Co-sponsored by Pax Christi and The Park Church, the Meaningful Movie group invites all to attend the Films for Thought on the second Wednesday of the month at The Park Church. The next movie will be Trouble the Water, a documentary about Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, on Wednesday August 11th. Potluck dinner at 6:00PM, and movie at 7:00PM.

Endless Mountains Music Festival - August 12th
"An Evening in Elmira" Festival Orchestra Concert, featuring Rodney Mack on trumpet. Bohemian Folk Music and Elvis Presley's Blue Suede Shoes swing through The Park Church with Dvorak's Symphony #8 and Peter Breiner's concerto gross, "Elvis Goes Baroque", including "All Shook Up" and "Don't Be Cruel". For more information and tickets, please contact Endless Mountains Music Festival at info@endlessmountain.net or by calling the box office at (570) 787-78

Tours of The Park Church
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Joseph Barber, Director of Music and Organist of The Park Church will be leading tours of the church on the first Thursday of each month through September, at 11:00AM. The tour will include viewing the old library of The Park Church which has the original pool table that Mark Twain and Rev. Thomas Beecher played on, as well as the church sanctuary and Beecher Hall. Also, a demonstration of the melodeon that once belonged to Harriet Beecher Stowe and also of the magnificent 3 manual Schantz pipe organ will be given. We encourage anyone who is interested in history or who is just curious to come for this informative and interesting tour.

Yoga Class:
Is continuting through the summer each Tuesday from 5:15-6:15. Led by Bonnie M. Raniewicz, a registered yoga instructor with the Yoga Alliance, and member of the International Association of Registered Yoga Therapists. Beginners are welcome! $30 for 6 classes or $7 drop-in fee.

Seekers Lunch:
The Seekers Lunch - Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, 12:10-12:50 Are you a seeker? Do you have have questions? Do you just want a place to talk about spiritual, religious, or other matters? Then come to The Seeker's Lunch! Bring your own lunch, we'll provide the beverages. Call the office (733-9104) for more information.

Congregational Interest Survey

Our governance structure depends on being able to plug people into their areas of interest. The Congregational survey information makes that possible. Please complete a survey and send it to the church office if you have not already done so. Thanks.

Click here for a copy of the survey

 

 

As an "Open and Affirming" congregation we, the members of The Park Church, embrace people of every ethnic origin, race, class, age, ability, gender and sexual orientation. We welcome into Christian worship, membership, leadership, friendship, and employment all who covenant with us to seek God's truth and to follow Christ's example.