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.
Posted May 3rd, 2010 by kcampagna
Back by popular demand, the 2nd Annual Open Your Heart event to benefit CazCares will take place on Saturday May 15th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The public is invited to an evening of fun, food, music and fundraising that will be happening in the Meeting House of the Presbyterian Church off Albany Street in Cazenovia. The Meeting House entrance is on Sullivan Street.
There is no admission charge (donations will be accepted), but bring your check book or wallet for some awesome silent auction items. To date we have cruises around Caz Lake and some crazy opportunities to wake board, water ski or tube; a cord of firewood delivered and stacked at your house; dinner for 6 prepared and served by Colleen Pepe, art by local artists (even a portrait of your family pet); general admission ticket to the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park’s Finding Art In Nature; a special dessert delivered to your house once a month throughout the year; antiques; tennis lessons; art lessons; an afternoon of cross country skiing with dinner to follow, fishing pole rod and reel and even an airplane ride over Cazenovia. There is something to please everyone.
There are also some raffle items including overnight stays at the Brewster Inn, Lincklaen House and a Stickley Mission Clock. Raffle tickets are available from church members, the Lincklaen House or at the website www.cazpres.com
Add some music, wine, great hors d’ourves and you have an evening of total enjoyment.
CazCares is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 Food Pantry & Clothing Closet. For 28 years, CazCares’ mission has been to provide food, clothing, emergency assistance and referral services to low income families in the Cazenovia School District and surrounding areas of Madison County. Currently, on average 160 families visit the site per month.
See you at the Open Your Heart event at the Caz Presbyterian Church on Saturday May 15th. If you any questions, contact Kristin or Kevin Curtis at 655-5836 or interiorsbykristin@gmail.com.
Posted April 30th, 2010 by kcampagna
ARBOR DAY
Last weekend, the village of Cazenovia added a new tree to its plethora of stunningly beautiful trees. We have trees of all sorts: deciduous, evergreens, flowering, scented, old and young, trees that excite and delight our senses and turn spring days into a virtual kaleidoscope of color and scents. This new tree, however, in addition to adding its evergreen beauty to all the others, will have a very special function. In years to come, this tree will grow tall and in time come to symbolize the Christmas Season for many generations of Cazenovians to come.
Looking at our current Christmas tree, standing in front of the manse, still holding its now unlit lights, I wonder about the past it has seen. I imagine the children that have played around its base, the parades that have marched past, the nights it has stood as a sentential in this park in the midst of the village. Maybe it chuckled and waved its branches at the guy who climbed the rope to paint the steeple. Maybe it was amused by the comments of others who stood watching. How many Christmas celebrations do you suppose it has witnessed? How many lovers do you suppose sat in its shadow and chatted with each other?
This Arbor Day, the past and the future come together here on the corner of Albany and Sullivan Streets. We will rightly celebrate and honor the past upon which the village has been built and we will look to the future with hope and anticipation of continuing growth. This sounds like Arbor Day and also Christmas, don’t you think?
Steve
Posted April 16th, 2010 by kcampagna
Open Your Heart Raffle to Benefit Caz Cares
Drawing May 15, 2010 – The First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia Meeting Hall
$5.00 Per Ticket – Do Not Need To Be Present To Win
Print as many tickets as you would like. Fold in half and tear at dotted line. Buyer keeps top. Fill in your name, address and phone number. Make a check payable to the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia. Mail check and completed raffle tickets to Kevin or Kristin Curtis, 4601 Ridge Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035. Prizes were donated. All proceeds benefit Caz Cares.
1st Prize: Dinner for two and one night at Lincklean House; Sunday through Thursday
2nd Prize: One night at Brewster Inn; Sunday – Thursday
3rd Prize: Stickley Bracket Clock
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Posted April 16th, 2010 by kcampagna
“Open Your Heart”
An evening of fun to benefit Caz Cares
Saturday May 15, 2010 ~ 6:00-8:00 p.m.
At the Meeting Hall behind the Church
Raffle, Silent Auction, Live Music
Wine and Cheese
Please Come and Join Us!
Posted March 30th, 2010 by kcampagna
All men are welcome to gather for breakfast!
April 14th, 7:30 a.m. in the Meeting House
Chef: Chris Schierer and team will be doing the cooking.
Posted March 30th, 2010 by kcampagna
Easter is a quiet, reflective time for me. Outside the flurry of the season’s special worship opportunities and celebrations, my mind and heart strive to “just be still” and ponder the reality of the object of our worship, the resurrection, as well as its meaning to human beings such as us.
“Reality” may seem an inappropriate word in referring to events of faith such as Lent and Easter. “Reality” TV in our day and time would have us believe in factual, intense, winning at all cost, self-centeredness. This is their “reality”. This is their norm. By their standards, it should be ours as well and people strive to be winners like all those other winners they see from business to sports to entertainment. Easter presents a different “reality”.
This God of ours is not in the business of beating us. Winning is the last thing on his mind, if there at all. This God of the cross is willing to loose everything, even life, to demonstrate his love for us and his desire to be in relationship with us. This God is willing to serve us, not force us into serving.
Scripture tells us that our strength lies in our weakness. The Christ demonstrates this reality as he arises from the failure of the tomb to the glory of life; bringing you and me along with him. No competition here. No self’-centeredness here. But Oh the intensity of God’s love and power.
Happy Easter, Steve
Posted March 23rd, 2010 by kcampagna
A Celebration of the Resurrection with Trumpets, Anthems, and Sermon
First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia will offer a celebration service of Easter at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, April 4th. Easter is the most joyful time of the church year. celebrated against the background of the shadows and darkness of Lent and Holy Week, this season truly becomes a living expression of the hope that God has brought into the world through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Probably the most traditional way of celebrating Easter is through special music and song. At the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia, Music Director Catharine Wheat has planned a program of special music. The Prelude will be “Baroque Alleluia” by Bach and “Rejoicing” by Handel with trumpet and organ.
The Introit will be “Jubilate Deo” sung by all three choirs of the church from all parts of the sanctuary and accompanied by handbells.. The Senior Choir will sing “Alleluia Christ Is Risen” by Patrick M. Liebergen accompanied by the trumpet and a chorus from Bach’s Cantata No.15 “Be Joyful Together” arranged by Hal H. Hopson
The center of the service will be the sermon by The Reverend Dr. Steven R. Thomas Jr., “Be Glad and Rejoice Forever.”
The Postlude will be “Allegro and Finale by Vivaldi with organ and trumpet.
If you are looking for an open and friendly place to celebrate Easter, Pastor Thomas invites you to worship at the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia. Child Care and Sunday School are available during the service. For more information contact the church at 655-3191
Posted March 21st, 2010 by admin
The First Presbyterian Church in Cazenovia will celebrate a Palm Sunday worship service at 10:00 a.m. on March 28th.
Catharine Wheat, Director of Music, has planned a significant service of music. The organ prelude will be “Allegro Con Brio” from Sonata IV by Mendelssohn. There will be special music from the Sounds of Chimes Hand Bell Choir as well as music from all the vocal choirs of the church. The Senior Choir will sing the anthem “The Palms” by Faure.
The Reverend Dr. Steven R. Thomas, Jr. will deliver the sermon entitled “The Lord God Helps Me!”
The children from the Sunday School will distribute Palms.
Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, is the Sunday before Easter. Palm Sunday remembers Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem near the end his public ministry. When Jesus entered the city with his entourage, people laid palm branches in the road before him and greeted him as the long awaited Messiah. They shouted “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.”
After the Palm Sunday service there will be a gourmet brunch at 11:30 a.m. in the church’s Meeting House. The brunch will honor the new people joining the church, but the event is free and open to anyone wanting good food and good fellowship.
If you are looking for an open and friendly place to celebrate Palm Sunday, Pastor Thomas invites you to worship at the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia. Child Care and Sunday School are available during the service. For more information contact the church at 655-3191 or visit our website at www.cazpres.org.
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!