Posted August 31st, 2010 by admin
On Sunday, August 30th, the weather was wonderful, fun was had by all and over $3,000 was raised to support Project Cafe. The generous donations of tournament participants and a matching grant from the Outreach Committee of Cazenovia First Presbyterian combined to help benefit Project Cafe with a check for over $3,000.
The tournament was held at The Pompey Club. This was the third annual tournament sponsored by Cazenovia Presbyterian. Each year, a worthy cause is designated for the proceeds by the church’s Outreach and Evangelism & Fellowship Committees. This year’s beneficiary was Project Cafe at Common Grounds. Project Cafe provides a range of activities for local youth and a meeting place for those of all ages in the Cazenovia Community.
Project CAFÉ is offers programming for youth and families in our area. A non-profit, initially formed in 1995, it was granted independent 501(c)(3) charitable status by the IRS in 1998. It runs an after-school program based at Common Grounds along with mentoring, tutoring, forums for live music, local art and more. It is a major vehicle for community service and leadership development for local students. Project CAFÉ students perform hundreds of hours of service per year and have taken on major leadership roles in cherished community traditions such as July 4th, Winter Festival, our 9/11 observance and Earth Day.
The winning foursome is pictured (left to right): Steve & Darlene McEntee, Larry Shipps & Bob Hood
Winners of the longest drives were:Ray Elliott (men's) & Lisa Schaffner (women's)
Closet to the pin honors went to Dave Dibble
Posted August 31st, 2010 by admin
Hey, do you hum in the shower and can you count to four? Then you are a candidate for one of our choirs. Listed below are the choirs and their rehearsal times. If you are interested please just come to rehearsal. We have choir for every age group!
SENIOR CHOIR: This choir meets on Thursdays at 7:30pm and sings every Sunday in church from September until June. Our first rehearsal of the season will be on Thursday the 16th of September.
THE SOUNDS OF CHIME CHOIR: This choir is for adults who would enjoy playing handbells and handchimes. They play in church about once every six weeks and have a lot of fun in rehearsal. The church has three octaves of handbells and three octaves of handchimes and we use both sets of instruments. This choir rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30pm and their first rehearsal of the season is also on Thursday the 16th of September.
JUBILATE CHOIR: This choir is open to all youth in grades 5-12. It consists of a singing and a ringing choir. Both choirs rehearse after church at 11am in the music room under the direction of Cathy Wheat. The choirs sing/ring in church about once every six week and also take their music and smiles to a neighboring nursing home at least once a year. The first rehearsal for this group will be on Sunday the 19th of September in the Music Room and there is pizza involved. Please feel free to join this group!
CHILDREN’S CHOIR: This choir is open to youth in grades k-4 and meets in the Wendell house on Sundays after church at 11am under the capable direction of Virginia LaRose. They sing in church several times a year. The first rehearsal for this group is Sunday the 19th of September at 11am and I believe that there is also pizza involved in their first rehearsal! Sounds like you hadn’t better miss this one.
Posted August 31st, 2010 by admin
SEPTEMBER 19TH is becoming a Celebration Sunday!! Sunday School will officially start on that date. The Jubilate and Children’s Choir will have their first rehearsals of the season. To assist us with this air of Celebrations Nathan Kaercher will be here with his marvelous trumpet to play for us during worship. Nathan teaches in the Chittenango School system and has his Master’s in Music from Ithaca College. Nate has played for us several times before and his music always makes our worship service a very special occasion. I hope that you will be able to join us for this very special Celebration Sunday!
Posted June 27th, 2010 by admin
The First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia is proud to announce the third annual Evangelism & Fellowship Committee Golf Tournament.
Please mark your calendars on Sunday, August 29, 2010, at 2:00 p.m., to ensure that you do not miss the third annual captain and crew golf tournament sponsored by your Evangelism and Fellowship Committee. The tournament will be held at the Pompey Club on Route 91 in Pompey. Please plan to arrive by 1:30 p.m. for check in.
This year, the meal will be the famous Pompey Club New York strip steak dinner with all of the trimmings. The cost will be $60.00 per person for nine holes of golf, riding cart, and dinner; and $30.00 per person for dinner only.
We plan to again feature the fabulous beverage wenches who will be circulating throughout our tournament field with an impressive assortment of drinks to keep the golfers refreshed and playing their best.
The Evangelism & Fellowship Committee has specified that at least two members of each participating group must be congregants of our church; but that is no setback since our church congregation is stacked with golf talent.
As is our custom, we plan to provide financial benefit to a local charity with the proceeds from our tournament. Accordingly, the Outreach Committee has designated Project Café as this year’s recipients.
There will be a sign up sheet and bulletin board set up in the Meeting House beginning in July, 2010; so please sign up your groups, or if you do not have a group, we will find a place for you. Checks should be made payable to First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia; cash payments should be made to Candy Riley, OP, at the church office weekdays from 8:00 a.m. ‘til 1:00 p.m. Remember, you do not have to be an experienced golfer to participate and have a good time with your church family while supporting a worthy cause.
Any questions should be directed to any member of the Evangelism & Fellowship or to Scott Campbell, who in a moment of advancing senility, agreed to set up the tournament.
Posted June 27th, 2010 by admin
Vacation Bible School will be held the week of August 16th thru August 20th, here at First Presbyterian Church. It will commence with registration on Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. and end with a celebration and pizza party on Friday evening for the youth and their parents.
Posted June 27th, 2010 by admin
Beginning July 11th thru Sept. 5th
Curriculum from Amazing Science Devotions For Children’s Ministry “How is a rainbow formed?” “Why are my fingerprints different from anyone else?” “What makes popcorn pop?” Kids are fascinated by the way the world works, and they love to learn about the science behind everyday phenomena. Kids especially enjoy experimenting with objects and scientific properties as they discover firsthand how these things work. This natural fascination is a wonderful jumping off place to help kids learn about the powerful God who created all of nature as well as learning about God’s plan for each of His children. Kids will experience many different areas of scientific exploration including biology and the natural world; physics; earth science properties of gravity, magnetism, and light and lots more. Every Sunday’s lesson is an independent stand-alone lesson, so kids came come whenever they are available.
Posted June 27th, 2010 by admin
Pastor Steve Thomas of the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia presents a check for $10,096 to support CazCares to Tom Seeley, Co-Chairman of the Board of CazCares.
The donation represents all the proceeds from the second annual Open Your Heart event held at the church’s Meeting House in May. Several event organizers and volunteers were on hand for the check presentation. From left to right are Hugh & Sue Henderson, Kathy Campagna, Diana Markowitz, Frank Campagna, Sharye Skinner, Jennifer Bailey, Kristin & Kevin Curtis, Amanda Furco and Jim Perry.
The other morning I picked up a copy of the Republican and after a minute realized that the guy smiling back at me in the picture was me! (I was grateful they cropped enough of the picture to hide most of the girth of my waistline!)
Seriously, what I felt was great sense of pride for the smiling group of people in the picture with me and the wonderful work they had accomplished with the Open Your Heart silent auction this year. The work they did, along with others not pictured, will feed many, many people throughout the Cazenovia community. Whether you worked with this smiling group, donated something for the auction, hung kites in the Meeting House, prepared or served food, bought something or work with CazCares, thank you. You all brought much joy to many, as well as, food to the hungry. Good for you!
Posted June 27th, 2010 by admin
July 4, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ II Kings 5:1-14 NT Lesson ~ Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Reverend Thomas preaching: “A Double Portion?”
Special Music: Flute Solo ~ Emma Henderson
July 11, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Amos 7:7-17 NT Lesson ~ Luke10:25-37
Reverend Thomas preaching: “Don’t Prophesy Here?”
Special Music: Vocal Solo ~ Russell Grills
July 18, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Amos 8:1-12 NT Lesson ~ Luke 10:38-42
Reverend Thomas preaching: “What Do You See?”
Special Music: Vocal Duet ~ Leigh Garber and Sharye Skinner
Guest Pianist: Mary Coburn
July 25, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Hosea 1:2-10 NT Lesson ~ Luke 11:1-13
Reverend Thomas preaching: “The Great Day of Jezreel”
Special Music: Violin Solo ~ Rae Tobey
Guest Pianist: Mary Coburn
August 1, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Hosea 11:1-11 NT Lesson ~ Luke 12:13-21
Reverend Thomas preaching: “They Did Not Know That I Healed Them…”
Special Music: Vocal Solo ~ Shelley Brooks
Guest Pianist: Mary Coburn
August 8, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 NT Lesson ~ Luke 12:32-40
Reverend Thomas preaching: “Wash Yourselves; Make Yourselves Clean!”
Special Music: Vocal Quintet ~ Carol Buckhout, Kathy Campagna,
Kristin Curtis, Robin Curtis, Beecher Graham
Guest Pianist: Mary Coburn
August 15, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Isaiah 5:1-7 NT Lesson ~ Luke 12:49-56
Reverend Thomas preaching: “The Vineyard of the Lord of Hosts”
Special Music: Vocal Solo ~ Kate Ball
August 22, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Jeremiah 1:4-10 NT Lesson ~ Luke 13:10-17
Reverend Thomas preaching: “I Do Not Know How to Speak”
Special Music: TBA
August 29, 2010 – OT Lesson ~ Jeremiah 2:4-13 NT Lesson ~ Luke 14:1, 7-14
Reverend Thomas preaching: “Where Is the Lord?”
Special Music: Vocal Solo ~ Lesley Roberts
Nursery care is provided for children 4 and younger.
Summer Sunday School for school-age children, at the Wendell House starts July 11th.
Call the church at 655-3191 for more information.
Posted June 3rd, 2010 by kcampagna
YOUNG LIFE is hosting a bake sale and yard sale Saturday, June 19th, in the Sullivan Street side yard of the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia beginning at 9:00 a.m. The money raised will be used to take teenage kids from Cazenovia High School to summer camp in Virginia for a week in July for a life changing experience. Young Life is accepting donations, so CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSETS, YOUR BASEMENT, YOUR ATTIC AND YOUR GARAGE! Please contact Kelly and Jason Hyatt (655-8338) or Jean Ball (256-3061) for more information or to arrange to have your donations picked up. Thank you for your continued support of Young Life!
Posted June 1st, 2010 by kcampagna
Vacation Bible School will be held the week of August 16th through August 20th, here at First Presbyterian Church. It will commence with registration on Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. and end with a celebration and pizza party on Friday evening for the youth and their parents. More information will be available in the Summer Newsletter.
