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Saturday,
February 21st: Mardi Gras Parade
Join us for Mardi
Gras Craft Carnival and Parade, Saturday, February 21st, 2004 from 1 PM - 3 PM
in the Parish House. Open to all children 2-12 years of age! Donation
appreciated but not necessary...everyone welcomed to celebrate the coming of
Lent with us! We need volunteers for next week's Mardi Gras Kids Carnival!
Please come at 11:30 AM ready, willing and able to help...and if you can, bring
a friend! Let's prepare for Lent together!
Please help the Bensonhurst Volunteer Ambulance
Service
Just as our church needs funds to repair the sanctuary, the Bensonhurst
Volunteer Ambulance Service also needs funds. New Utrecht Reformed Church
is trying to raise $200 for BVAS. Donations of $5-10 are appreciated. Please see
Deacon Rose Lood (or a consistory member) after next Sunday's service.
Thank you!
Thanks to all who made our Lincoln Day program a
success! Thanks also to all who attended Vivian Loew's wake and funeral
yesterday.
Friend of Project Hospitality dies
Richard E. Diamond, publisher of the Staten Island Advance and a friend of the
poor through Project Hospitality,
died Thursday, February 12th at his home in Staten Island of cancer. He was 71
years old. The Rev. Terry Troia attended the funeral service this morning at the
Temple Israel Reformed Congregation in Randall Manor, Staten Island and was not
available to lead preach here at New Utrecht today. Fr. Jack Ryan preached
instead.
Diamond was a recipient of two awards from Project Hospitality: the
Rabbi Marcus Kramer Humanitarian Award in 1992 and the Eleanor Proske Award for
Distinguished Service to the Poor in 2000.
Friday, March 5th: World Day of Prayer
On Friday, March
5th a World Day of Prayer service will take at the Zion Lutheran Church, 6307
4th Avenue. Information: 718-492-5474.
July 22 - 24, 2004: RCA Women's Triennial
On July 22 - 24, 2004, the RCA
Women's Triennial - a Celebration of Faith for Women will take place
at the Crystal Cathedral in
Garden Grove, CA. The theme for 2004 is "Let Us Encourage One Another"
(Hebrews
10:23-25).
- Inspired
Presenters: Comedian Ken Davis - Writer Anne Lamott - Singer Pam Thum
- Dynamic
Worship Leaders: The Rev. Shari Brink - Marcia Minton Kloote - The
Rev. Carolyn Holloway
For online registration
and more information, visit the Triennial website: www.rca.org/triennial.
To get a brochure, email triennial@rca.org
or call toll-free voicemail: 1-800-564-1582.
Please help the day laborers
by buttering rolls
The next tentatively scheduled roll buttering
will take place next Sunday, February 22nd after service. The buttering rolls,
to help the day laborers in Bensonhurst, takes place every other Sunday at the
Parish House and is a joint project with Bay
Ridge United Church.
Pray for...
Anna Schroeder, who is in the hospital;
Fran Erickson, who slipped on ice and broke her
toe and is recovering;
the Rev. Bob Peterson, our organist, who suffers
from Parkinson's Disease;
Marion Hodgman, who had surgery last week;
Eugene Ruotolo at Jewish Geriatric Center;
Alice Hightower who is recuperating at home from
surgery
and Vivian Loew, wife of the
pastor of the Chinese Christian Church, who died on Saturday, February 7th from
cancer.
St.
Valentine's Day
According to legend, St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to
give up Christianity. He died on February 14th, 269 A.D., the same day that had
been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a
farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed
it "From Your Valentine." Other aspects of the story say that Saint
Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emporer Claudius.
Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius
set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine.
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