A 24-hour event that unites HUNDREDS of charities across 7 counties in 1 common goal: Give Where You Live! Hudson Valley Gives was created by the Community Foundation of Orange, Sullivan and Rockland, Inc. (CFOSR) to provide nonprofit organizations in Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Westchester Counties with a platform to reach online […]
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‘waste not…want for everything!’ April 3, 2022 Scripture: John 12:1-8 Just a week before the final Passover dinner Jesus would share with his disciples, and just prior to his arrest and trial, he came to Bethany, to the home of his dear friends Mary and Martha. They were the sisters of Lazarus whom Jesus had
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An open letter to our town… ‘…a tale of two communities’ July 10, 2020 It struck me just recently that the unease I have been experiencing of late, is partly due to the feeling that the temptation to ‘fear’ or to ‘worry’, was once again knocking on the door of our church. For a
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The earth itself is shedding a tear at the loss of a truly gifted and wonderful friend. Walter McSpedon went on to be with our Lord Friday night after a long struggle, and our deepest loss is surely Heaven’s richest gain. Services are at Beecher Funeral Home in Brewster, N.Y. on Saturday, January 11. 2020.
‘of the increase of our faith…’ October 6, 2019 Scripture: Luke 17:1-6 For a while now Jesus had been teaching in a way that caused a significant amount of tension and conflict with the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law. Jesus had been very blunt of late and had called out the religious authorities’
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…what can I give? January 6, 2019 Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and
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A Christmas Story… Joseph and the ‘angel’ -Christmas 2018- For a number of years now I have tried to look at the story of Jesus’ birth in new and creative ways each year. And each year I have tried to focus on a different person or character in the unfolding drama, holding close to the
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The song Mary sang…and Jesus repeated December 16, 2018 Scripture: Luke 1:35-55 The reading I selected for this week is one that has always intrigued me. The reading recounts the Magnificat, or the Song of Mary. As our reading indicates, Mary sang this song upon being greeted by her cousin Elizabeth whom she had
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