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Join us for a 30-day experiment in practicing thankful- BEIT SHALOM parishioners, former clergy, local faith communities of
ness, kindness, and mercy. Participants will travel these 30 48 Franklin Square, Utica, NY 733-2867 all types, former members of St. Mark’s Episcopal, St.
days with Executive Director Judith Reilly as they all work Rabbi: Stephen Galiley George’s Episcopal, St. John’ Episcopal churches, our
through the book by Kay Willis Wyma, The Peace Project: A Friday Evening Shabbat Services: 7:00 pm neighbors in New Hartford and Greater Utica Masonic
30-Day Experiment. Please buy and bring the book with you Oneg Shabbat families (there at our beginning) members of any group
to the first session. Beit Shalom is a Messianic Jewish Congregation.
Quiet Day with Mother Teresa | June 10th from 9:30 AM All are welcome! who holds meetings at St. Stephen’s people who were
to 3:00 PM married or baptized at the church
Join us for a quiet day of prayer and learning with Rev. Dea- There will be photos to remember our history --
con Barbara Groves who will facilitate an exploration of the who we were (and are), what we have done, how we
spiritual revelations of Mother Teresa, and her life as an an- have celebrated and mourned, learned and taught and
choress. The cost will be $15 per person and includes lunch.
Emmaus House Open House | June 14th from 1:00 to 3:00 honored our faith.
PM. Join us for Emmaus House’s annual Open House, lo- This reunion will be a true celebration of sharing,
cated at 1215 Kemble Street in Utica. Learn more about the listening, rekindling our faith and fellowship- and, of
house and its mission. There will be a raffle basket fundraiser course, a Birthday cake!
as well. TEMPLE EMANU-EL
Art Workshop with Kathy Peters | June 18th from 6:30pm 2710 Genesee Street, Utica, 315-724-4177 Parking is available at St. Stephen’s behind the church,
to 8:30pm. Join us for an evening of fun, laughter, and a teuticaoffice@gmail.com or next door at the Freidel, Williams and Edmunds
unique art project that will be perfectly you! No need to Rabbi Peter Schaktman Funeral Home lot.
have artistic “talent” (although we’ll prove it’s been there all Friday Evening Shabbat Services 6pm.
along). You only need to bring a favorite line from a poem, a All are Welcome Background About St. Stephen’s history:
special scripture verse, or a famous quote that speaks to you. The congregation got its start when the Rev. Amos
We’ll guide you through the rest. Cost is $15 pp and includes TEMPLE BETH-EL Cotton Treadway visited his sister in New Hartford in
art supplies; limit of 20 people. 1607 Genesee Street, Utica June 1824 from his home in Virginia. He found people
Summertime Food Drive | June 26th ALL DAY Rabbi Gustavo Geier
St. Margaret’s will be hosting a special food drive on June In person and on zoom www.tbeutica.org of faith wanting to have a familiar Episcopal faith
26th from 8 AM to 4 PM. Donated food goods will help Fri night - 5:30pm community yet missing a clergy leader. Rev. Treadway
stock the St. Margaret’s Food Pantry at Grace Church which Sat morning - 9:30am offered services starting in early July 1824. Without a
supports community members who are food insecure. Boxes church building, they were hosted and gathered in the
for food collection will be out throughout the month of June ZVI JACOB local Masonic Hall and the Presbyterian Church to say
at St. Margaret’s if another date better suits your schedule. Orthodox Synagogue
Thank you! 110 Memorial Parkway, Utica - 724-8357 Morning and Evening Prayers.
THREE STEEPLES UNITED Services are held Saturday at 9am, and on holidays. By September 1824, St. Stephen’s Church had come
2817 Old State Route 12, Paris, NY 13456 Services may be held at other times if there is a minyan. into being, with New Hartford founder Jedediah
315-368-3416 threesteeples@gmail.com Visit our website www.zvijacob.org. All are Welcome. Sanger serving as one of the original vestry members.
We offer services every Sunday at 10AM! A centennial booklet prepared at St. Stephen’s in
Three Steeples is a Presbyterian-United Church of Christ THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 1924 describes Sanger as instrumental in the church’s
hybrid that offers a traditional foundation for progressive 2310 Oneida Street, Utica - 733-2343 founding and as a staunch friend in its early history. He
thinking and growth and is open to engaging with all faiths. Provides programs for seniors and recreational activities
Three Steeples United is an inclusive and member-driven for all ages. Open to people of all races, religions, and purchased the lot on which St. Stephen’s stands in 1825
faith community of active individuals and families who nationalities. for $150 and contributed $2,000+ to the building fund,
connect with and care for their neighbors and one another then a hefty sum.
through worship, education, and culture. We challenge our- Historic St. Stephen’s Episcopal “Our little band, like an army clad with strength, have
selves and others to discern, embrace, and act upon a rel-
evant understanding of Christ’s message in today’s world. Church in New Hartford is celebrating pushed their pious purpose till victory has crowned
its 200th birthday in 2024 the mighty effort”, the Rev. Treadway, who became
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, whose roots go back to the church’s first rector, wrote upon completion of the
building.
New Hartford founder Jedediah Sanger, is celebrating
its bicentennial in 2024. St. Stephen’s has been blessed with the leadership of 36
The congregation is making this 200th year a rectors and countless laypeople over 200 years, with the
celebration of gratitude for God and for our faithful Rev. Kathlyn Schofield currently serving as rector. Our
ancestors and our present-day community of worship current parish family is grateful for all of our ancestors.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH of and fellowship that supports community endeavors They did what was theirs to do. May we now do what it
UTICA such as Ashes To Go on Ash Wednesday. is ours to do.
10 Higby Road, Utica 315-724-3179 uuutica.org
Join us for Sunday service at 10:30 AM followed by Coffee Prayers and events this year are focused on reflecting Angels Among Us
Hour. on our roots while looking to the future as St. Stephen’s
Also streaming on Zoom. For details: uuutica.org begins a third 100 years ministering to our people, to
Minister: The Reverend Karen Brammer our community and to our world. Food Pantry
May 5: Rev. Ed Townsend – “Wading In – Reflections on the
other side of the tracks.” Rev. Ed’s guest musician will be The centerpiece of the bicentennial year celebration June 8 & 22
Ken Meyer, classical guitarist. is a Celebration of Gratitude Service starting at 2 p.m. July 13 & 27 • Aug 10 & 24
May 12: Rev Karen Brammer – “Five Smooth Stones for Sunday, June 2nd, gathering at St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Mother’s Day” Five Smooth Stones – a gift from one of our Church, 25 Oxford Road, New Hartford. Sept 14 & 28 • Oct 12 & 26
20th century theologians, James Luther Adams. Rev. Karen
learned this perspective and theological notation from two of All are invited with a special outreach to those who have Nov 9 & 23 • Dec 7 & 21
the most powerful UU mentors in her life, both women, both any connection with St. Stephen’s: parishioners, former Hours of Operation: 10am - Noon
mothers. She will share why the Five Smooths Stones are a
lovely mother’s day present to us all. The food pantry is located at: St. John The Evangelist
May 19: Rev. Karen Brammer – The Chalice and the Flower. Church, 66 Oxford Rd, New Hartford, NY. Follow the
In a month our Unitarian Universalist Association will vote signs to the driveway in the back during open hours. In
on whether to evolve once again our 7 (and for UUUtica, our
8) Principles. No matter the outcome of the vote, our faith the event of food emergency issues, please contact the
will not lose the chalice, nor bury the principles. However, St. John’s rectory from 9AM to 2 PM Monday through
we may gain a flower in which the core is love and each petal Thursday at 315-732-8521.
an expression of that love in action. It is a flower designed to Our pantry provides services to all residents of New
faithfully respond to the times we are living in. Hartford (btw Rt 8 and Rt 12), Washington Mills,
May 26: Ken Drake – UUUtica Social Justice Initiatives Celebrating our 150th Chadwicks, Sauquoit, Cassville and Clayville.
If this is your first visit, please bring proof of address.
year of business!! If you do not have a permanent address, just come in. We
Come have lunch with us! will assist. If you are unsure of eligibility, just come in.
Coffee House We will assist.

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