Verse of the Day

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5, ESV)

Readings for May 9, the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Acts 6: 9-15 PSALM 67 Revelation 21: 10, 22—22: 5 John 5: 1-9

Lessons and readings for past and future weeks may be found on The Lectionary Page.

Episcopal Response to AIDS

Sunday, May 16 72nd and 5th Ave. entrance to Central Park.

8:00 am Free continental breakfast; 8:30 am. Pre-walk outdoor Eucharist with commissioning and blessing of walkers; 9:00 am. Parish and team photos, distribution of T-shirts; 9:45 am Begin 10K walk. www.era.org to register; select “Episcopal Response to AIDS – 7881” and put “Church [...]

Interim Pastorate is Coming to a Close

Father Jay Hanson’s interim appointment will be ending at the end of May. Please set aside Sunday, May 16th as a date to help us celebrate his ministry with the Church of Messiah. There will be a commemoration of his works after the 8:00 service and a pot luck coffee hour after the 10:00 [...]

What Are Your Gifts, Strengths?

Fr. Jay will conduct a workshop this Saturday, May 15, in the Parish Hall from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. to help us identify our natural strengths. The tool he will use is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI is widely used in churches, non-profits, businesses, and government agencies to promote self-understanding, understanding of differences, [...]

Graduation is Coming

If you, your child, or grandchild is graduating this year from high school, college, or a trade school, please let the office (876-3533) know so that we can congratulate the graduate. You may leave a message on the machine if no one is there to answer. We will need the graduate’s name, school from [...]

CROP Walk: Organizational Meeting

CROP stands for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty. This annual walk helps raise awareness and funds internationally as well as locally with up to 25% of the monies collected remaining in the Red Hook, Rhinebeck and Tivoli communities. The walk will take place in Red Hook this October. There will be an organizational meeting [...]

Vacation Bible School

Mark you calendars for July 26th -30th for an exciting VBS week at The Third Lutheran Church. We need lots of teen and adult volunteers. Currently we are in need of ‘E-Z Up” canopies or tents to create our marketplace. If you have one we can borrow for the week or want to volunteer, [...]

Angel Fund (Embrace an Expense)

New shrubbery has been purchased for the Memorial Garden. Would you like to be an angel and help offset the cost of these plants? To make a donation, please make checks payable to The Church of the Messiah, write “Angel Fund—plants” on the memo line, and place the check in the collection plate or [...]

Food Pantry and Cuddle Blanket Project

10 a.m., Donegan Hall

Morning Prayer & Healing Service

Tyler Chapel, Friday,  9:00 am

Holy Communion

Thursday, 9 a.m., Tyler Chapel

AA Meeting

Donegan Hall, Thursday,  7:00-8:00 pm

Al-Anon Meeting

Donegan Hall, Thursday, 8-9 p.m.

ESL Classes

Parish Hall, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Vacation Bible School

Mark you calendars for July 26th -30th for an exciting VBS week. The program is “Egypt…. Joseph’s Journey from Prison to Palace.” It will be tons of fun as we’ll be setting up a marketplace with lots of shops, making crafts and costumes, singing and being part of Bible stories. The Third Lutheran Church [...]

Angel Fund (Adopt an Expense)

New shrubbery has been purchased for the Memorial Garden. Would you like to be an angel and help offset the cost of these plants? To make a donation, please make checks payable to The Church of the Messiah, write “Angel Fund—plants” on the memo line, and place the check in the collection plate or [...]

Food Pantry Needs

There are baskets on the Memorial Altar & in the Parish Hall with copies of this list of needs from the Food Pantry. Please take a copy so that you have it when you go shopping. Perhaps you could pick up an item or two or three. If at any time you wish to [...]

Altar Flowers

If you would like to dedicate the flowers on the Altar on a specific Sunday in memory of, in honor of, or in thanksgiving for someone or something, please contact Su in the office. The suggested donation is $30.00 which covers the cost of the flowers. Donations over and above

Mad Dash Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Mad Dash Committee in Donegan Hall this Wed., May 5 at 7 pm. New members are encouraged to join. Please come to the meeting or speak with Joann or Clarence Clark 876-5189.

Annual Progressive Dinner

You can always tell Spring is right around the corner when talk turns to Messiah’s Annual Progressive Dinner. This year’s dinner on Sat., June 5th will begin at the home of John and Laura Austrian with appetizers and cocktails. The party will then move to Bill and Nansi Lent’s home for dinner and dessert. [...]

Mothers’ Day Breakfast

Mother’s Day breakfast will be served between services. Reservations are required so that we know how much food to purchase and prepare. There are sign-up sheets in the Narthex and Parish Hall. You may call Marlene Alexander as late as next Saturday morning to make reservations, but the sooner the better please. Call her [...]

Readings for May 2, the Fifth Sunday of Easter

Acts  11: 1-18 Revelation 21: 1-6 John 13: 31-35 PSALM 148

Lessons and readings from past and future weeks may be found on the Lectionary Page.