News and events

All are welcome at Sunday worship services and the Special Services and  Special Events throughout the year. The annual Tailgate Festival is held in August.

For information about joining our Youth Group and about its year-round activities, or our Men's Club (men of faith in the area are welcome), Women's Association, or Praise Band opportunities, call the church office at 252-3861. To contact the pastor, call the church office: 315-252-3861 or Rev. Winter 315-209-8383 (mobile).

This week's events

Sunday May 13
Sixth Sunday of Easter
10:00 AM Worship Service, Communion Rev. Eileen Winter
Children welcome in worship
Nursery facilities available with audio of service
11:00 AM Fellowship

Monday
12:00 PM Men's Club
5:30 Scholarship committee meeting
6:00 PM Prayer Group
7:00 PM Book study, Chapter 4, "Seven Things that Steal Your Joy", Joyce Meyer

Tuesday
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Wednesday
10:00 AM Children's music class
12:30 Staff meeting
7:00 PM Bell Choir practice
8:15 PM Choir practice

Thursday
6:00 PM Girl Scouts

Friday
6:30 Mother-Daughter Banquet, for all daughters and their mothers and the women dear to them. Speaker from the Women's Rights National Historical Park

Saturday
10:00 AM Girl Scouts
1:00 DAR

Next Sunday May 13
10:00 AM Worship Service,  Bells Rev. Eileen Winter
Children welcome in worship
Nursery facilities available with audio of service
11:00 AM Fellowship, Session meeting

Hearing devices are available in the sanctuary. Please feel free to use one and ask if you need help.

Coming events

Friday, May 18, 6:30 PM, Mother-Daughter Banquet, for all daughters and their mothers and the women dear to them. Speaker from the Women's Rights National Historical Park

Saturday, May 19, 7:00 PM, Calvary Building, 90 Franklin Street, musical benefit for the Calvary Food Pantry with Susan May

Sunday, May 20, Service, Bells playing; Session meeting follows

Announcements

Visit the updated Vanderkamp website

Vanderkamp, our Presbyterian retreat center and Christian camp, has updated its website and begun a new marketing program, with a new director. Learn about the offerings of Vanderkamp on the updated website.

Church news and information
If you would like a tape or CD of the Sunday service, you can sign up in the Narthex. There is no charge.

Please volunteer to host or co-host a fellowship hour after a Sunday service. Sign up in the Narthex.

If you would like to donate flowers for a Sunday worship service, please call the church office, 315-252-3861 or sign up in the Narthex.

Prayer Chain
If you have a request, contact Sheila Lee or the church office.

Calvary Food Pantry
The pantry is experiencing very high levels of need during this difficult economic period, with a record number of families served each month. Special ongoing needs include items people can not obtain using food stamps: laundry detergent, dish detergent, paper towels, shampoo, bath soap, tooth paste, deodorant, disposable razors, sanitary products, toilet paper, diapers especially sizes 3 and 4. Ongoing needs for food include canned fruit, tuna fish, spaghetti sauce, juice, and cereal. Financial contributions are welcome as the pantry buys significant quantities of food; there is a lock box for donations in the Narthex. Your contributions are blessed in our Sunday service, in the prayer of dedication for all offerings.

Friends in Service Here
The FISH Program is our congregational care program. Friends in Service are those who are willing to connect with a member who would benefit from that connection. Each relationship is different and each is a gift! If you would like to be a Friend in Service, if you would like to have a Friend in Service, or if you know someone who might benefit from such a relationship, please fill out the FISH card and put it in the offering plate. Contact Mary Shayler with any questions. Thanks!

Church History Key Dates
September 17, 1810, Founding of the First Congregational Society of Auburn, our church corporation.

Sunday, July 14, 1811, Founding of Auburn First Presbyterian Church

Sunday, March 7, 1869 Last service in the Old First Church, before it was moved to 90 Franklin; March 7, 1976 Last service in the Chapter House at 1 Franklin

Sunday, March 14, 1976 First service in the present church at 112 South Street. The church was dedicated in June, and acquired the Case Mansion that month also, as the home for Unity House.