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1054 West Clinton St, Elmira NY  14905

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607-734-1614

Email Us! 

onepreselm@firstpreselmira.org

 

Mission Statement

To practice and share our faith together based on the foundation of the Gospel and our relationships with God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Church Office Hours:

Monday - Friday  9 am - 3 pm

Please visit or call (607) 734-1614

(July & August - office closed on Fridays)


Peace Pals

Peace Pals

knitting4peace

knitting4peace

Kidshine VBS 2012

Kidshine VBS 2012

Kidshine/VBS 2012 puppets

Kidshine/VBS 2012 puppets

 VBS and Kidshine

VBS and Kidshine

 VBS - Kidshine 2012

VBS - Kidshine 2012

VBS - Sky

VBS - Sky

VBS Sky

VBS Sky

Kidshine painting the set

Kidshine painting the set

VBS - Sky 2012

VBS - Sky 2012

Kidshine VBS performance

Kidshine VBS performance

Flamingos

Flamingos

flamingos

flamingos

NEW MEMBER INFORMATIONAL BREAKFAST MEETING

Sunday, May 19 from 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. in the Hoffman Great Room with a Continental Breakfast. Would you like to explore that option and find out more about what that means to become a member at First Presbyterian Church? Then the New Member Information Meeting is for you! At this meeting you will have an opportunity to ask questions about First Pres and about Presbyterianism as well as about what it means to be an official member.  Please don’t be shy. You are warmly invited!

KIDSHINE PERFORMING ARTS DAY CAMP & VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL  June 24 – 28, 2013

VBS "Kingdom Rock": Where Kids Stand Strong for God!

We look forward to welcoming all children ages 4 through rising second graders to VBS. VBS will take place 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day, Monday through Friday with a short performance of some of the songs the children have learned at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, June 28.

Dear_Parent_of_a_Vacation_Bible_School_Alumnus.docx

2013_Kingdom_Rock_Registration_form.doc

“Traveling Light" - Kidshine Performing Arts 2013 Day Camp

Kidshine is for rising 3rd graders through 8th graders. Kidshine takes place 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day, Monday through Friday with the final performance at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, June 28.  Please register your children and grandchildren as soon as possible.  You can call the chuch office at 734-1614.  If you have no children or grandchildren to register, please find a friend or neighbor to whom you can give the forms.

Dear_KidShine_Camper.docx

2013kidshine_Registration_form.doc

 

 JOB OPENING

Camp Whitman, on beautiful Seneca Lake, is still looking for Camp Counselors for the 2013 summer season. Persons applying must be at least 18 years old and a high school graduate. For more information, call the Presbytery of Geneva (315-536-7753) or visit www.campwhitman.org. Applications must submitted in writing to Presbytery of Geneva, 2472 State Route 54A, Penn Yan, NY 14527.

 

knitting4peace

knitting4peace

Scarves summer 2012

Scarves summer 2012

Peace Pals

Peace Pals

Calling All Knitters & Crocheters!!

The Peace Pod meets on Tuesdays, 3 - 4 p.m. in the Revelation Room.  In 2012, 9,558 items were created!  Personal deliveries were made in communities across the USA and in 24 countries around the world. In December 2012, 1000 scarves were delivered to the Global Dental Relief center in northern India, a remote area near the Pakistan border lacking education and health care.  As Laurie Matthew, the Director says, “It was a daily highlight to watch children solemnly consider the multi-colored pile of scarves. For many of the children, it was the first new thing they had ever had in their lives."   You can check out more stories of how the love of Christ is spread through Knitting4Peace by visiting their website: www.knitting4peace.org

 

 


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FEED MY SHEEP

May 19 - Food Pantry Need

Canned Meat (chicken, tuna, etc.)

The Food Pantry at North Presbyterian Church reported that your contributions are making a HUGE difference to people in need in Elmira.  The food we donate supplements the purchases that the Food Pantry makes from the Food Bank of the Southern Tier.  Some items, such as ramen noodles and toilet paper, are not available from the Food Bank, but they are needed and greatly appreciated.  Food stamp recipients are restricted in what they may purchase with their food stamps, so your donations of travel size soaps, shampoos, conditioners and lotions given out at hotels are welcomed enthusiastically.  Next time you travel, use the items supplied by the hotel on the first day and collect the rest to donate to the food bank.  It costs you nothing and helps someone who could use a hand up.  If you are Spring cleaning, the Food Pantry also accepts gently used seasonal clothing in all sizes.  So, keep those donations coming and remember, generosity is good for your heart!     

FAIR TRADE SALE

The Fair Trade kiosk has been completely restocked with many new items, including Café Salvador Coffee, Congo Coffee Project Coffee, Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Organic Chocolate Espresso Bean Chocolate Bars, as well as some familiar favorites such as Ethiopian Ground and Whole Bean Coffees, Organic French Roast Coffee, English Breakfast Tea and Organic Green Tea. Stop by and sniff our coffees and we doubt you will walk away without making a purchase! All proceeds benefit the programs and projects of the youth of our church, as well as the farmers who grow the products. That’s what we call win/win/win!

GROCERY GIFT CARDS

Here’s a way you can support the church without taking any extra dollars out of your pocket: Tops and Weis grocery gifts cards. All you do is to purchase the gift card for the full face value of the card.  You spend the full face value of the card, but the church receives 5% of the value of your Tops and Weis card for having sold it to you.  Cards are available in your choice of “denominations:” $250, $100, $50 or $25.   Look for them at the table in the lobby area after worship each Sunday, or stop in the church office any day during the week.   We regret to inform you that we have stopped selling Wegman’s grocery cards.  Wegman’s no longer will support community organizations in exchange for selling their cards.

Scripcardorderform_5-12.pdf

 

Scrap Metal Drive

First Pres is doing a Scrap Metal Drive to raise money to replace the dishwasher in our kitchen.  We are taking the metal to Shulman’s on Washington Ave. Shulman’s takes any kind of metal. Please think about recycling through the church anything that contains metal. For example, old appliances such as washers, dryers, range/ovens can be recycled at Shulman’s. (Please, no refrigerators unless the refrigeration unit is removed.) Are you replacing the aluminum siding on your house? The old aluminum siding can be turned in for cash. How about the old motors with copper in them that you have lying around? They can be recycled.  Even food cans can be recycled, but please, if recycling tin cans (food cans), they must be cleaned out and labels removed.

We have a bin in the kitchen to collect your cans and smaller metal items, if you want to bring them in to church on a Sunday. There’s just one simple thing that we ask your help on: if you have large items such as appliances or old wood stoves, Norm Schamel will pick them up from your home, but they need to be on the first level of your home. So for example, if you are replacing a washer or dryer in your basement, ask the appliance installers to bring the old one to the first level or put it in your garage or leave it on outside the house. That will help a lot! Thank you!  If you have any questions, please contact the church office at (607) 734-1614.

Flamingo Fundraiser to Fight Famine

The youth of our church will once again be participating in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine to fight hunger across the globe, and is readying our flamingo flock for another successful fundraising year.  Last year our youth raised $1,094 for World Vision in a playful fundraiser that provided entertainment for the community at large. We think we can do even better this year and have set a goal of $1,200, which would feed 40 children for one month.  We are challenging you to think of someone who would enjoy the surprise of waking up to find a dozen, two dozen, three dozen or more pink flamingos in their front yard.  We will swoop in under cover of darkness and place the flamingos per your instructions in exchange for your tax deductible contribution.  Then, after the flamingos have spent a day making people smile, we will collect them and take them on their next mission.  Let the games begin!  The “Flocking Forms” are located as an attachment below, or you can have one sent to you by calling the church office at 734-1614.

Flock-a-Friend.doc