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Sunday Worship
August 6, 2017
10:00 AM
AUGUST OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Special Music continues through the summer...
"Morning Has Broken" sung by Lisa Waterworth, Barbara Hudock and Martha Binder.
Please click on the image below.
(Many thanks to Lawrence Tsuyuki for this video.)
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Please keep in prayer this week:
Glenda Alvarez-Meyer and her family, on the death of her husband, Georg
The family of Ian Longua
Cindy Combe
Paulin Djomo (Working overseas)
Luke Nammacher
Mary Lou and Tom Larkin
Tom Veres
Barbara Hudock's family, upon the death of Barbara's father, John Simms
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We received a lovely thank you note from Union Japanese Church of Westcester's new pastor, Yoko Ueda...
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Sunday School News
What a great month learning about missions! Last week we learned about how a Presbyterian church in Cuba nurtures friendship with older adults as part of their mission outreach. The best gift we can give our older adult friends is the gift of listening to their stories. Pastelitos
- a sweet or savory pastry - makes the visit complete! Sunday School is on hiatus in August. Get ready for Rally Day (September 10)!!
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We received a note from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance with thanks for the hygiene kits that our Sunday School sent to them in June. "Presbyterian Disaster Assistance appreciates those of you who prepared and supported the Gift of the Heart kits...We believe you are helping to offer not only essential supplies such as personal hygiene - but also hope. The neighbor you helped might be in Syria, Nicaragua, Louisiana, North Carolina, Sierra Leone, among many other area stricken by disaster. We encourage you to pray for these neighbors, that the enduring hope of Christ will be evident to them. Thank you for providing a tangible witness to the compassion of Christ, and for sharing a love that reaches beyond borders and helps to give hope along with kit supplies."
Thank you to all who gave so generously to this collection project!
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The nursery will be open during worship throughout the summer
or children 6 mo. - 4 years old.
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Our upcoming mission trip is a very different kind of trip - an international mission to Haiti in February! Please contact Lesley Pella-Woo (
[email protected]
) for more information and to get your name on the list. $500 deposit deadline: Aug. 13, 2017.
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Haiti Mission Fundraiser: Help send our Sr. High youth to Haiti this February! See our table set up during coffee hour selling goods made by Women of Milot Entrepreneurial Network (W.O.M.E.N), which "works to create sustainable jobs using a cottage style cooperative work structure, practical skill sets and the industrious work ethic of women in Haiti". Half of the proceeds from your purchase goes to Women of Milot, and half goes to supporting the Sr. Highs mission trip. Thank you for your support!
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Opportunities for Mission
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Upcoming Schedule...
Saturday, September 2 (Please note: This
replaces
the August Run)
Saturday, September 30
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Ecumenical Food Pantry of White Plains
Summer's here! We just delivered 15 bags of donated food to the Pantry last week. So, our cupboard is bare! Hunger doesn't take a break during the summer, so please remember to bring in your non-perishable food items. Let's keep the larder filled! Thank you for your support of the Food Pantry!
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Calendars for Prison Ministry
The Hudson River Presbytery Prison Partnership is collecting 2018 Calendars to distribute to men and women incarcerated at Sing Sing and Bedford Hills correctional facilities. PLEASE DONATE the calendars you may receive from non-profits at this time of year... our sisters and brothers on the inside love getting the calendars, and appreciate your thoughtfulness. Please bring your calendars to the church office for collection. Thank you!
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Haiti
Donation of School Supplies
Tracey Tsai visited Jackzil in March 2015, there were no school supplies in any of the classrooms and teachers used small pieces of chalk for teaching. With the help of Greenacres, Quaker Ridge and Hitchcock Church we have been able to change that sad reality to a new one.
We are collecting leftover and new school supplies for Haiti for the fall. Please put them in the collection bins opposite the elevators. Any supplies that your children have brought home and they do not want to keep please put them in the bins.
Items can be gently used or new.
Exercise Books
paper
Markers
Tempura Paint
construction Paper
White Chalk
Pens, Pencils, Crayons, Markers.
Children's Underwear 2T - 12 Years for boys and girls
Children's Vitamins
Puzzles
small board toddler books
rulers, protectors, etc.
backpacks
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Thrift
Monday Mornings
Every Monday morning, the Thrift Shop is open from 10 AM until 12:30 PM! Why not stop by and browse the racks of clothing for all ages, handbags, lovely china and glassware, toys and much, much more? We also hold two big Tag Sales a year, one in the fall and one in the spring.
The profits from the sale of merchandise are given out to organizations that support women and children, both here and abroad. At our Fall Happening we raised $4,200, which we divided between Midnight Run and El Centro Hispano. Just from our Monday Morning operations we were able to write two checks, each for $1000, to Beyond Borders and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. Beyond Borders is on the ground in Haiti helping villages rebuild from the devastation of Hurricane Matthew. PDA is working with communities in the southeastern United States as they too rebuild after Matthew.
So, please visit the shop - you will find bargains and treasures - and help support a very important mission of PW. And if you would like to get involved, we are ALWAYS looking for extra hands to help sort and price - just show up and we will put you to work!! SEE YOU ON MONDAY MORNING!
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Living in America
Thursdays/Beginning in September
YOU COULD HAVE FUN TEACHING IN LIVING IN AMERICA
You, too, could be a LIVING IN AMERICA (LIA) teacher. LIA, Hitchcock's Thursday morning English conversation program for international adults, is planning for its
42nd program year which will start in September 2017. Volunteering in this weekly church outreach program is rewarding and requires
no knowledge of a foreign language. To get a good idea of what fun it is to teach, talk with one of the current or recent teachers: Margaret Black, Linda Camp, Jean Chang, Veronica Cocchiaraley, Marthe Czufin, Diane Ghari, Diane Gismond, Juliet Gopoian, Kathy Gray, David Griffiths, Silchen Lee, Susan Lee-Chong, Barrie Mabie, Eleanor November, Dan Smith, Gertrude Traugott, Tracey Tsai, Rene Thiel or Heather Thorp.
If you are interested in being a regular or substitute teacher, please contact Diane Gismond. For more information about the program, call Diane Gismond (723-9286), Linda Camp (997-7468) or Eleanor November (305-3481).
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Mondays/Weekly
Saturdays/Monthly
Please join us for...
Weekly MONDAY morning prayer
Mondays (except holidays)
at 8:15 AM in the Chapel
and
Monthly SATURDAY morning prayer
next meets
August 19
at 8:30 AM in the Hancock Room
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Lunchtime Yoga
Thursdays / 12:30 PM
Thursdays at 12:30 PM in the Children's House (for the summer). Please
join us! $20 per class. Beginners welcome. (Questions? Call Jeanne in the church office, or email her at [email protected].)
Please call (723-3311) in advance to let us know you're coming!
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Book Club
Sunday, September 17
The Hitchcock Bookclub's next book is Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. This #1 New York Times Bestseller is a novel with richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will prompt readers to question what they know about privilege, power and race.
Please join us on September 17, 2017 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. to discuss our first book of the fall session.
The other books lined up for the fall session are: Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg, on October 15, 2017, and the classic Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, on November 19, 2017.
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Good Food Farmers Network
Deliveries Underway
Are you looking for really good food?
Do you want to directly support local farms?
Good Food Farmers Network (GFF) could be the answer for you! GFF was founded in 2014 by
Hilary
Corsun, an active member of HPC during her Scarsdale days (SHS '02). She is now a farmer in Columbia County, NY and coordinates GFF, a farmer-owned enterprise working to support sustainable agriculture and beginning farmers.
Deliveries are fully customizable and delivered directly to your home or office. Everything offered is produced without genetically modified organisms, without pesticides, and without synthetic fertilizers, and with the highest degree of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Available items include organically grown vegetables and fruit, grassfed meats, pastured poultry and eggs, and more! For more information, please visit
www.GoodFoodFarmers.com or call or email
Hilary: 914-874-4459 (cell),
[email protected]. Many HPC members participate, so be sure to ask around! Deliveries began May 10th.
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The Hitchcock School Has Openings
If you are interested in enrolling your child in the 2017/2018 school year, please call Heather Miller at 723-0922 for additional information. Tours are offered on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:15 until 11:30.
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Douglass Reitter lights the tower this week for her mother, Phyllis Walsh, who would have celebrated her102nd birthday on August 5th of this year.
For a suggested donation to the church of $50 or more, you can "light" the clock tower each week in memory of a loved one, or in celebration of a special event (wedding anniversary, birth of a child, etc.) Please contact the church office if you are interested in "lighting" the tower.
Photo by Lawrence Tsuyuki
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This Coming Week at Hitchcock...
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The Rev. Pete D. Jones
Pastor
Dr. John T. King
Minister of Music
Lesley Pella-Woo
Director of Christian Education and Youth Ministry
The Rev. Dr. William Weisenbach
Parish Associate
Ryan Kennedy
Organ Scholar/Music Intern
A. Jeanne Billings
Office Manager
Christine Lee
IT Manager
Patricia Murphy
Bookkeeper
Jennifer Smith
Parish Health Team, Chair
Alexander Galindo
Facility Manager
Heather Miller and Sue Grant
Hitchcock School Co-Directors
"Nurturing & Learning," ages 6 months to 4 years
[email protected]
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STAY CONNECTED:
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