STAFF APPRECIATION BRUNCH

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13th

Catered by CIRCA Restaurant

in the Meeting House

11:30am

Adults: $15    Youth (ages 6-12): $8 

children 5 and under are free

for reservations please contact Leigh Garber

The event will take place on Sunday, September 11 at 7:30pm at the Presbyterian Church Meeting House on Albany Street in Cazenovia, immediately following the annual Community 9/11 Ceremony that will begin at 7:00pm across the street in Memorial Park. This Caz Forum event is free of charge and light refreshments will be served after the reading.

In 2001 Flynn was a producer for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, living in lower Manhattan near the corner of 10th Street and Sixth Avenue. When the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center, he grabbed a pen and notebook and rode his bike to the scene, arriving at about the time the second plane hit the South tower.

“Bikeman,” published in 2008, is Flynn’s account of his experiences in the midst of the disaster, including his struggle to both cover the story and survive it.

In his foreword to the book, Dan Rather wrote “what Tom has set down here are the reports of the journalist as poet, or poet as journalist. The two are not so far apart as some may think, nor are the experiences limned in our cultural touchstones so far removed from our contemporary headlines. These dispatches in verse tell the story of a journey into a modern underworld, and of the escape that made it possible to tell the tale. Here is a survivor’s lament, related by one who ‘did not live through it’ but ‘just did not die.’”

In addition to working for the CBS Evening News, Flynn was a founding member of 48 HOURS and a producer at 60 Minutes for Steve Kroft. He currently writes and produces for Dan Rather Reports on cable broadcaster HDNet.

He’s been honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with 15 Emmy Award nominations, winning six. And he was honored with the prestigious Peabody Award for his work on 48 HOURS.

Cazenovia’s Presbyterian Church was designed by renown Albany architect Philip Hooker.  The church (actually a meeting house) was built in 1806 on the north side of Emory Avenue, facing the Green which is now where the Middle School is located.  When it became apparent that the activity and commercial center of the village were concentrating on the Albany Street, the church fathers had the church picked up in 1826 and moved to its present location on Albany Street.  The church sits back and commands a presence over the green with its tall timber framed steeple seemingly suspended above the slender timber columns.  The classically inspired building with pediment front, engaged tower and clapboard siding was typical of early nineteenth century churches built in the popular Federal style.  By the end of Civil War the Presbyterians sought to upgrade their place of worship and in 1868 added a layer of improvements on the building in the then popular Italianate style and again in 1889 another layer was added and yet both series of improvements retained the basic building plan and structure.  With the Italianate style changes came the round tower windows, tall arch topped leaded stain glass windows, roof brackets, paneled front doors and major alterations to the interior sanctuary.

This Open House will be one of many Open Houses of religious institutions throughout New York State commemorating the 25^th anniversary of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites program.  Since 1986 The New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites program has supported more than 660 religious institutions throughout the state which have received over $6.7 million in matching grants.  Sacred Sites is the country’s oldest and largest statewide grant program to help landmark religious properties.  The Cazenovia Presbyterian church has received 2 grants from Sacred Sites: a $4,000 grant to help pay for repairs to the church steeple and belfry and a $3,000 grant to repair the stained glass windows.

The New York Landmarks Conservancy is dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing New York’s architecturally significant buildings. Through pragmatic leadership, financial and technical assistance, advocacy, and public education, the Conservancy ensures that New York’s historically and culturally significant buildings, streetscapes, and neighborhoods continue to contribute to New York’s economy, tourism, and quality of life.

For more information about the programs of the Cazenovia Presbyterian Church call 655-3191 or visit the website www.cazpres.org.  For more information about the 25^th celebration of Sacred Sites visit www.nylandmarks.org.

Childcare is available during worship on Sunday for children three and under.  The nursery has moved to the Wendell House.  Please join the other children and caregivers there.