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Welcome to The Park Church
Congregational, United Church of Christ

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The Park Church warmly welcomes you to join our Christian family in worship, study, prayer, mission, and fellowship.

 

We hope you will accept our invitation to find a special place among us.

The Park Church works for social justice with a progressive pulpit and caring congregation in a landmark structure. We are an active partner in Elmira's renaissance.

The Park Church

208 West Gray Street

Elmira, NY 14901

607-733-9104

office@theparkchurch.org

www.theparkchurch.org

The Rev. Gary Brinn, Pastor and Teacher

pastor@garybrinn.com

The Park Church hopes you will accept our invitation to join us

SUNDAYS

 

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: thoughtful sermons, gospel and contemporary readings, music including vocal and bell choir, live music played by congregation members and our glorious pipe organ.

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11:00 AM Coffee and Fellowship

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11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Adult Education

ONGOING CHURCH SPONSORED PROGRAMS:

 

  • Community Rummage Sales

  • Adult Education Lectures

  • Meaningful Movies

  • Adult Vocal and Bell Choirs

  • Game Night for LGBTQIA+ Community

  • Lending Library References on Racial and Climate Justice

  • Katy Leary Community Gardens

  • Elmira PRIDE and Women's March Elmira

  • Elmira Community Kitchen Meals

  • Advent and Lenten Recitals and Luncheons

  • Advocating for Housing Justice in Elmira

  • Certified as a UCC Climate Justice Congregation

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES SHARING OUR BUILDING:

 

  • Common Time Choral Group

  • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley

  • Local Artists' Studios, Language and Music Lessons

  • Elmira Little Theatre

  • Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes

  • Cantata Singers

  • Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies

  • Narcotics Anonymous

  • Benefit Concerts and Programs including the Todd Thomas Concert

  • Planned Parenthood of Greater New York

  • People for a Healthy Environment

  • Delaney's Athletic Club

  • Runway for a Cause

  • Bone Builders

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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Here’s a list of groups and organizations in our community that we consider partners.

They join us in social justice work or have been chosen for our direct mission support with volunteers and/or financial support

 

  • Aspire HOPE

  • Beecher Elementary School

  • Beyond Binary by Girl Scouts

  • City of Elmira

  • Chemung Child Advocacy Center

  • Chemung County Health Department

  • Chemung County Historical Society

  • Chemung County Safe Zones

  • Chemung Valley Audubon Society

  • Community Arts of Elmira, Inc.

  • Community Foundation - administrator of the Robert F. Lester Park Church Scholarship

  • Doves Ascending

  • Elmira Community Cycle

  • Elmira Downtown Development Wisner Park Market program

  • EOP - Economic Opportunity Program, Inc.

  • Fassett Elementary School

  • Finger Lakes Health Care

  • Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery

  • Glove House

  • Habitat for Humanity - Chemung Co. Chapter

  • John W. Jones Museum

  • Justice & Peace - Program of Catholic Charities of Chemung/Schuyler

  • Legal Assistance of Western NY (LAWNY)

  • Literacy Volunteers of Chemung County

  • NAACP - Elmira & Corning Chapter

  • Second Place East Inc.

  • Southern Finger Lakes PRIDE

  • SPECTRA

  • Steele Memorial Library and the Southern Tier Library System

  • STIC - Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition

  • Wednesday Morning Club

  • Youth Advocate Programs

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