Advent and Christmas Services Across Local Churches
CHESTER hosting Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Advent at St Pauls Episcopal with a new liturgy and a third advent candle. Highland Mills holds church school program at 3 and supper at 6 at Mountainville Methodist. Newburgh features John Peterson cantata Love Transcending at 7 pm at Oak Street Baptist. free admission. Maybrook bake sale today at IGA 10 noon and parish hall after Masses Sunday. Hamptonburgh services at 11 plus 7:30 pm church school Christmas program with gift food drive. Washingtonville noon luncheon at First Presbyterian then 2 pm pageant and Santa. 5 pm caroling. Goshen ecumenical Christmas choir festival at 4 pm Sunday.
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Chester
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Newburgh
Oak Street Baptist Church
John Peterson
Maybrook
Church of the Assumption
IGA
Hamptonburgh
Presbyterian Church
Sunday Church
Washingtonville
First Presbyterian Church
Donald Cooper
Holy Land
Santa Claus
Church of Christ Scientist
Grove Street
Middletown
N.Y
West Main Street
Grace Espiscopal Church
Matthews
Mitchell
Waldron
Black Rosary group lists homes for weekly prayers
The Black Rosary for Russia conversion and world peace will be said at various homes this week. Activities run Monday to Friday at St. Teresa's Guest House and other addresses including Jones & Martin Nursing Home and 130 Highland Ave, with numerous residents named. A note invites interested residents to join or contact Mrs Julius Levatich at 82 Commonwealth Ave Middletown NY to start a local group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
St. Teresa's Guest House
Highland Ave
Jones & Martin Nursing Home
East Ave
Herman Lust
Prince St
St. Teresa’s Guest House
Vincent Barone
Beattie Ave
Peter Gillen
Washington St
Anthony Barber
Ogden St
Francis Maloney
Knapp
Edward Craig
Grand Ave
Hazel Trumbul
Roosevelt Ave
Clement Ostrowski
Albert St
James Finneran
LH. Fuller
Wisner Ave
St. Teresa’s
Chester
Mary Moran
Parishioners uncover rare church fresco at St. Joseph’s
About 75 Greenwich Village parishioners cleaning St. Joseph’s Church in a 140 year renovation uncovered a fresco possibly America’s oldest wall painting. Restorers found a 1835 bill noting the mural in the sanctuary showing the transfiguration of Jesus between Moses and Elijah above a blue mountainscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Latour
St. Joseph’s Church
Greenwich Village
David L. Shirey
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
St. Joseph's Church
America
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Jesus
Moses
Elijah
Warwick Choral Service Promises Christmas Music
The Warwick Women's Chorale and the Queen Village Glee Club present their 25th Christmas choral service at Warwick Reformed Church. Directed by Kenneth L. Durland Jr, the program includes Fanfare for Christmas Day and The Messiah excerpts with Joan Durland accompanying. Jennifer Rettig performs an organ prelude and a piano duet by Durland and Rettig after offertory. The audience may join in carol singing and a fellowshiphour follows the 8 pm concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Warwick Women's Chorale
Queen Village Glee Club
Warwick Reformed Church
Kenneth L. Durland, Jr
Joan Durland
Jennifer Rettig
Messiah Performance at Otisville Mt Hope Church
The Christmas portion of The Messiah will be performed Christmas Eve at Otisville Mt Hope Presbyterian Church directed by Angelo Pagano music director of the church and Warwick Valley High School band director The candlelight service starts at 7 30 led by Rev James A Stuckey The church choir and an instrumental ensemble of professional musicians participate The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otisville
Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
Angelo Pagano
Warwick Valley Central High School
James A. Stuckey
Circleville church hosts Ambassador Marionettes program
The Circleville Presbyterian Church will present the Ambassador Marionettes John and Joan Patterson at 9:30 a.m. Sunday to tell the Christmas Story. The 11:00 a.m. worship sermon will be The Spirit of Christmas by Rev. Lyle Brown. A carol sing led by Dr. Carl Illian is set for 7:00 p.m. Sunday. Youth groups will carol at the Maranatha Children's Home Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
Circleville Presbyterian Church
John
Joan Patterson
Lyle Brown
Carl Illian
Maranatha
Crystal Run
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Highland Mills
United Methodist Church
Mountainville Methodist Church
Goshen
Choral Service
Community Baptist Church
Cottage St. Middletown
ALL Welcome
Walter McNeill
Mt. Vernon, N.Y
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Monroe, N.Y
Henry C. Schroeder
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Little York’ Rd
Pine Island
Rev
Schoo
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
West Main
Latimer
Neate Assoc
Minster
David C. Mut
Scotchtown Presbyterian Church
Blumet Road
Robert W. Hoag
The
Salvation Army
West Main St
Cast L Roby
1St Baptist Church
Mulberry Street
RW. Dutton
Lyle & Brown
Trinity Assembly of God
Cottage St
Orchard Street
Ralph E. Lamar
Armen
Covenant of Loyalty
Lamar
Prasching
Central Valley
Unitarian Universalist
East Main & Orchard Streets
Leonard Helie
Serman
the Alliance
North Street
Nelson W. Conk
Young People's Fellowship
First Congregational Church
East Main St
Hubert A. Brown
Brown
St. John's A.M.E. Zion Church
Genung
Jerome H. French
Faith Baptist Church of Montgomery
Searsville Rd
Montgomery
Albert H. Damon
Servis Sunday School
Independent Fundamental Missionary
Craigville
All Saints Church
Dansen
Pine Bush
Second Baptist Church
Roberts St. Middletown
S.A. Hodge
Our Lady of
Harmony Baptist Church
Walter E. Minto
Wailsall Town Hall
St. John's Lutheran Church
Linden Avenue
Henry W. Levio
Trinity Lutheran Church
Walden, N.Y
Raymond Cummings
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