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Volume 23 No. 6

Sunday Morning Worship Services are regularly held at 8:30 and 10:00

a.m.

June 2013June 2013June 2013June 2013

Ive loved this anonymous invitation since I first read it: O water-

born, go where the Spirit calls. Its part of an early Christian prayer

(fifth century or older), perhaps used by bishops performing baptisms.

When I Googled the phrase to learn more about it, the search engine

asked if I meant water-borne. No, I didnt: We are born of water and

the Holy Spirit through baptism.

Then it dawned on me: Arent we also borne on that baptismal water

infused with the Word of God? The grace of baptism carries us through

the ups and downs of life. When we rest in it (like floating on our back

in a summer lake), rather than struggling (swimming) against it, we let

the water take us gently wherever Gods Spirit would have us go.

Heidi Mann

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And then there are the kingdoms of the world.

I am persuaded that you and your Father struggled for years to-gether over this issue. Handels Messiah sings the kingdoms of

this world shall become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His God% You and your Father, Ibelieve, decided these kingdoms had to be challenged. They took over your Hebrew Tem-ple in Jerusalem every Passover. It became the most profitable celebration of each year.

I am persuaded that you explored all the complications, the very high risks. Father andSon together. Chose to take the risk. You, Jesus, knew you had enough of believing follow-ing for demonstration. You very carefully planned to act out the role of the Messiah theweek before Passover. It was s demonstration of peace, love, trust, hope. The kingdomswere completely caught off guard. You spent the week in the Temple spreading your Word.

Then you came with a whip. A whip against all the kingdoms of the world. The LegalKingdom, the Religious Kingdom, the Commercial Kingdom, the Banking Kingdom, and

just beyond the walls of the Temple the Military Kingdom of the World Power. You hadrejected their rule in the battle after your baptism. Now They joined forces against you.They thought they had cleared you from the world when they witnessed you nailed to thecross.

But your Father, who witnessed you suffering for all humanity, raised you above all, as

He had promised. You are alive in Spirit, appearing in all todays human world amongevery race, in every nation, in every religion, even among the non-religious. Your Spirit en-ters individuals, groups for a moment, for a time. They act out your Word through a word ordeed for a moment%for months%years with greater or lesser commitment. Your spirit con-tinues to challenge the kingdoms of the world.

I am persuaded. The kingdoms of this world shall become the Kingdom of your Father,and our Father, through you.

Thank you, Jesus, for listening to my present persuasion. Thank you for dropping by

our house on Christmas Eve with appetizers of your Fathers kingdom. Ill try, in these lastdays, to walk in your Kingdoms ways.

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Volume 23 No. 6Good News

Continued from the May 2013 issue...

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Lay Readers, Greeters, and Ushers

June 2 Lay Reader Jerry Ostrander

Greeter Norma Hardenburg

Ushers Maureen Kimmerer

Sue Ferris

Wayne Gannett

Serving Communion

Communion Preparation

Margaret Peck *

Joe Peck

Mike Poelma

Bill Ramage

Gwen Ramage

Betty Koban

Betsy BundayJune 9 Lay Reader Bill Ramage

Greeter/Usher Irma Morris

Ushers Bill Morris

Bill Sarbello

Terry Nieman

June 23 Lay Reader Cindy Schultz

Greeter Dorothy Favitta

Ushers Gwyn Ramage

Bill Ramage

Nelda Polansky

Ruth Ryf

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June 16 Lay Reader Chandra Reis

Greeter/Usher Joanne Wagner

Ushers Joy Harding

Melinda Reilly

Nancy Snyder

* Denotes team leader. The team leader shouldcall the other servers in advance to make sure

they plan to attend church on the designatedday. If not, the server should find a substituteand let the team leader know.

June 30 Lay Reader Fred Sirois

Greeter/Usher June Edick

Ushers Margaret Gardham

Harold Armstrong

Peter McKinney

The Deacon on CallforJune is

_=h~=

WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU!

If you are unable to serve on your

scheduled date, please

FIND A SUBSTITUTE

and

NOTIFY THE CHURCH SECRETARY.

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Jul 7lay leader: Steve Smithgreeter/usher: Katy Waggenerother ushers: Harold Armstrong

Joan NieceyPeter McKinney

Jul 14lay leader: Bruce Williamsongreeter/usher: Mark Hutchinsonother ushers: Trudy Hutchinson

Betty KobanChuck Koban

Jul 21

lay leader: Harold Armstronggreeter: Jean Zelezniakother ushers: Nancy Messersmith

Ron MessersmithGail OstranderJerry Ostrander

Jul 28lay leader: Charlotte Hasselbarthgreeter/usher: Dorothy Riceother ushers: Katy Waggener

Joanne WagnerJoy Harding

Aug 4lay leader: Trudy Hutchinsongreeter/usher: Maureen Kimmerer

other ushers: Bill SarbelloSue FerrisDianna Newman

Aug 11lay leader: Diane Irwingreeter/usher: Laura Smith

other ushers: Steven SmithChandra ReisJon Reis

Aug 18lay leader: Nancy Messersmithgreeter/usher: Trudy Hutchinsonother ushers: Mark Hutchinson

Lynda JacobsenHoward Jacobsen

Aug 25lay leader: Betty Dietzgreeter/usher: Betty Kobanother ushers: Chuck Koban

Nancy MessersmithRon Messersmith

Upcoming Schedule for Lay Readers, Greeters, and Ushers

Mystery LuncheonMystery LuncheonMystery LuncheonMystery Luncheon

The Mystery Luncheon is scheduled, so mark yourcalendar for June 2nd. Sign up in the Fellowship Hall

or rear of the church. More information will be

forthcoming in Church.

- Betty and Chuck Koban

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If you would like your special occasion celebrated in the Good News newsletter,

please contact Hannah Hunter Harris at: 518.371.3103 or [email protected]

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Happy Birthday...

Caroline Gade (June 2)

Megan Reis (June 8)

Bill Hasselbarth (June 11)

MJ Patterson (June 27)

Bill Irwin (June 30)

Happy Anniversary

Terry & Mickey Nieman (June 24)

Ron & Nancy Messersmith (June 28)

(Editor's note: The following is a brief history of the people connected with the stained glass windows in theHUPC building, compiled and edited by Al Deitz in 2008. We will read about a different window this monthand for each of the next eight months.)

(A history of) the church members whose names appear on nine of the stainedglass memorial windows installed in the 1886 Hamilton Union Presbyterian

Church building. They were purchased from Charles P. Davis and Sons, Utica,and William De Ermand, Albany.

Window No. 1 (called Faith, Hope, and Charity).Location: Center of area behind alter and pulpit.Names: In Memory of John and Elizabeth Cromme.

John Cromme was a farmer who operated a 130 acre farm on present day

Foundry Rd. We have a photo of the Cromme Homestead from the Guilderland

Historical Society. John and Elizabeth were confirmed as members of HUPC

on February 1, 1834, church records show. 1834 was the year our second

church building was dedicated. Their son, James M. Cromme, inherited the

farm and became very active in HUPC. James was a member of the Building

Committee for the present church building. He probably donated this window

in memory of his parents.

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Malawi Travelers Commissioning Service

and Strawberry Social

On July 2nd, Carl Hasselbarth, Stewart Pattison and Keni Banda will be traveling to Chituka Village, in

Northern Malawi and staying for three weeks. It is hard to believe that this long dreamed of mission trip is

about to commence and could never have happened without enormous faith and support from the whole

congregation and the Presbytery.

We hope that you will join us on that Sunday as we commission them to represent us as the build a relation-

ship with the congregation of the Chituka Village Church and the Presbyterian Church in Malawi. The

commissioning service will be part of the 10 a.m. service and will be followed an OLD FASHIONED

STRAWBERRY SOCIAL. This is still in the planning stages so watch your email and church bulletin for

additional information. Each of the travelers will bring with him an extra bag of items to share as hospital-

ity gifts with the children and village community. We invite you to bring a small items to share. We are

looking for light, inexpensive items that we know that people either enjoy or need for their work. Here is a

list of possible items to bring:

Writing pads, spiral notebooks

Pencils and Pens

Inexpensive solar powered calculators

Sewing Thread

Needles Chewing gum (very popular)

Wrapped hard candy (also very popular)

Blank CDs and DVDs (for the vestry choir)

Tooth paste, and tooth brushes

Card games (UNO, Old Maid, decks of cards. etc)

Granola bars

Deflated beach balls (to blow up at their destination)

Baseball hats

Please join us for a great send-off on June 30th

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BROOKS CHICKEN AND RIB BARBECUE

TAKE OUT ONLY

THURSDAY, June 6, 2013

4:00 PM thru 7:00 PM (or when supply is exhausted)

Please volunteer to help out with the barbecue. The work is

fun and is only a two hour investment in time. Also,

brownies are needed. Please help out!

Sign-up sheets are in the back of the church. For more

information please see Mike Poelma or any member of the

Outreach Team.

Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church

2291 Western Avenue

Guilderland, New York

456-5410

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From the Stewardship Team

Last month we introduced the expanded agenda for the Stewardship Team for 2013 and beyond.

This month we would like to be a bit more specific.

By now most, if not all, of you know of the annual Stewardship Campaign in which we invite you to share

Gods bounty with the body of Christ (i.e., the Hamilton Union church community). At HUPC we have been

blessed the last few years with sufficient support from the church to fund (and even to expand a bit) our

mission, not only in the local Guilderland community but around the world with our upcoming mission trip to

Malawi. We on the Stewardship Team are profoundly touched by this continuing support of the church, both

financially and through your gifts of time and talent.

Did you know, however, there are several ways you can support the life of the HUPC family beyondthe annual

campaign?

We have identified a number of these opportunities and will be exploring them in the coming months. In this

installment we want to introduce you to two opportunities:

1. Including HUPC in your will. A bequest to HUPC will provide ongoing support long after you have

passed on to be with Christ.

2. Naming HUPC in a Charitable Annuity Trust. Creating a Charitable Annuity not only provides the

church with a legacy when you die, but also can provide income for life AND an immediate tax

deduction.

We will describe these and other options in more detail in the coming months, but for now please feel free to

contact any member of the Stewardship Team for further details.

The Members of Your Stewardship Team,

Darlene Bauer, Sue Ferris, Bill Morris, Mickey Nieman, and Bill Ramage

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Schoharie Flood Relief Where did our Money go?

In February, the Hamilton Union Family was extremely generous in support of the victims of Hurricanes Irene and

Lee. Gary Riggi, our guest preacher on February 10th has been working with many families who were directly

impacted by the high winds, floods and rain from the hurricanes.

We collected over $2,200 for flood relief, and I asked Gary to give me some idea of how the funds would be used. Hehas identified several families who will directly benefit from our generosity:

1. A new septic system for Tony and Denise of Middleborough, who will receive a new septic system at a cost of

$1,300. Major repairs were made to their home, which was extensively damaged in the floods, but this

extended family of seven has been living in the home without indoor plumbing since the flood. Our gift has

allowed them to use internal plumbing after almost 20 months.

2. Dave and Robin, also from Middleborough needed a hot water heater to enable them to return to their

house. Our gift allowed them to return to their home.

3. The balance will be used to provide dumpsters for removal of debris from tearing down two homes in

Blenheim. This will be completed by the time you read this. After the houses are removed the land will beused to erect a food pantry on the site.

In addition to the funds we have given to flood relief, on April 20 of this year 14 volunteers from HUPC traveled to

Schoharie County to provide hands on support to the community. We helped plant trees and clear debris along the

Schoharie Creek in the morning, and filled a dumpster with debris from a house that will need to be demolished in

Schoharie.

Thank You for all the support to this continuing effort to help the people of the Schoharie Valley as they recover from

Hurricanes Irene and Lee.

Bill Ramage

Hamilton Union Film Club - June Session

The Hamilton Union Film Club will gather on June 9th and then

again on June 23rd. Our movie is the seasonally appropriate Field

of Dreams. Field of Dreams is an adaptation of a novel by JP

Kinsella and tells the story of an Iowa Farmer who builds a base-

ball diamond in his cornfield at the direction of a voice that tellshim If you build it, they will come. Besides just being a great

story, it is loaded with theological insights. Whole families are

welcome to this movie followed by discussion. We will watch and

discuss the first half of the film on June 9th and the second half on

June 23rd (so that you can take your Dad to a baseball game on

Fathers Day!!)

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THANK YOU...THANK YOU..THANK YOU

I dont know where to begin to say Thank You to everyone who

pitched in and volunteered their time and energyto make ourGrand Garage Sale the success that it was.If I were to start mentioning names I would need

two more pages. I will tell you that there were 52 names onthe list of volunteers. Whether it was helping

out in a booth, publicity, parking, office/financial, signs,baking goodies, donating stuff to sell or helping

with the massive cleanup THANK YOU from the bottom

of my heart.

Vi McKaigVi McKaigVi McKaigVi McKaig

PS. The total as of the end of the sale at 4 PMon Saturday, May 18th was $4,409.

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SAVE THIS DATE

HUPCs Congregational Life Ministry Team is sponsoring an evening at The Joe for

you, your friends and family. Hope you can join us for:

BASEBALL & Fireworks!

TRI-CITY VALLEY CATSvs.

Jamestown Jammers

Fri. Aug 9 (7:00 pm)

Joseph L. Bruno Stadium

$7.50 (group rate)

For details: See your next newsletter, church bulletins, or

Contact: Ann McKinney 356-1934 or [email protected]

Reservations accepted now

SEE YOU AT THE JOE

This year, by popular demand, there will be a July issue and an

August issue of the Good News. That mean this year you get

twelve issues for the price of eleven!

Of course with an extra issue comes an extra deadline to keep in

mind. The deadline for the July issue is June 13th, and the deadline

for the August issue will be July 11th.

Remember that, as always, email submissions to the Good News

can be sent to [email protected]

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NEWS OF PRESBYTERIAN WOMENNEWS OF PRESBYTERIAN WOMENNEWS OF PRESBYTERIAN WOMENNEWS OF PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

The balance of Gade Farm Days are May 31, June 1 and 2. On these days, a percentage of purchases made by

all church members will be given to Presbyterian Women. All church members may use the slip previouslyshown in an earlier newsletter to record their purchases.

In June, the Mission Minded Meal will be held at Parkland Gardens, home of Bertie Chesebrough, on Tuesday,

June 11 at 6:00 p.m. A light menu is planned. Contact Betty Deitz @ 456-4193 if you have not already signed

up.

There will be no regularly scheduled circle meeting in June. In Sep-

tember, on September 24, both circles will meet jointly for a potluck

supper and beginning of a new Bible study,An Abiding Hope: The

Presence of God inExodus and Deuteronomy, led by either Stewart

or MJ Pattison.

The Coordinating Team will meet on Tuesday, September 10 at 9:30

a.m. to plan fall activities.

Please feel welcome to join HUPC Presbyterian Women at anytime.

GADE FARM DAYS 2013

Friday, Saturday and Sunday: May 17, May 18, May 19Friday, Saturday and Sunday: May 31, June 1, June 2

Amount: $_________________________________________________________

Name: __________________________________________________________

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D = Downstairs L = Lounge S = Sanctuary M = Multipurpose Room C = Choir Corner

JUHamilton Union Happenings

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

2 Communion8:30am Early Worship Service (S)

10am Worship Service (S)

11:45am Handbell Choir Practice (S)

37pm Session M eeting (L)

43:30pm Brownie Troop 1495 (M)

57pm Boy Scouts (D)

7pm Webelos Scouts (D)

7pm Poking Brook Dancers (M)

7pm Chess Club (L)

6$pm Brooks Barbecue

7

98:30am Early Worship Service (S)



6:30pm HUPC Film Club (L)

10 113:30pm Brownie Troop 1779 (M)

7pm SCA Chorus (M)

127pm Boy Scouts (D)



7pm Chess Club (L)

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7pm Chess Club (L)

20 21




6:30pm HUPC Film Club (L)


7pm SCA Chorus (M)

7pm Mission and Social Witness (L)




7pm Chess Club (L)

27 28



11:30am Strawberry Social

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HAMILTON UNION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

2291 Western Avenue

Guilderland, New York 12084-9747

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FAX: (518) 456-0002

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E-mail: [email protected]

Website: HamiltonUnionPresbyterianChurch.org

Ministers: The People of Hamilton Union

Our Staff:

Rev. Stewart Pattison, Pastor

Rev. Douglas Gray, Pastor Emeritus

Rev. Mary Jo Pattison, Parish Associate

Charlotte Palmeri, Director of Music

Cheryl Cootware, Church Secretary

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Thursday, June 13

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