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

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.

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.

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!

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.