The Park Church Congregational, UCC

Book Discussion Via Zoom -The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Sponsored by the Center for Racial Justice and the “New & Right...

Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 3 pm The Park Church Elmira, 208 W Gray St, Elmira, NY 14901 $20 suggested donation at the door to support the...

The Park Church Christmas Eve service, Contemporary and Traditional Lessons and Carols celebrating the Nativity of Our Savior, will be...

I’ve been thinking a lot about hospitality lately, over these past six months since Mary Jane moved and I volunteered to be the building...

Volunteers from many area churches established the Community Kitchen (CK) in 1981. I have notebooks dating back to 1984 indicating The...

Holiday Unity in the Community March Saturday December 4, 2021 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm March from Wisner Park to City Hall Elmira, New York...

The Mitten Tree will be placed in the Sanctuary. The congregation is asked to bring mittens, gloves, scarves, and hats to adorn it. After...

December 12 and 16 - Advent-Christmas Organ Recital Sunday, December 12, 2021 10:00 AM during worship Thursday, December 16, 12:10 PM -...

For centuries in the Roman/Western religious tradition, Advent, the four-week liturgical season before Christmas, was considered...

Hanging of the Greens Friday, December 3 at 3 PM We will put lights on the Christmas trees and decorate the chancel and Beecher Hall. At...

Note: Due to an unexpected illness, this special 175th anniversary event has been postponed and will be rescheduled. Once details are...

Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 4:00 PM The Park Church Free Come support the students of the Youth Orchestra and Junior String Ensemble for...

Thanks to the Chemung County Sunrise Rotary Club, who are once again offering Christmas Poinsettias to order. Many of you have someone to...

On October 12th we had two visitors at the church: Reuben Fuller-Bennett, an attorney from Brooklyn, and his mother, Anne Fuller from...

By Organist and Music Director Charlotte Cook Are church organs the same as theater organs? No. The American theater organs of the 1920’s...

A Sacred Instrument In my previous article “Taming the Organ I” (February 2021, Cross Currents) we took a brief tour of the pipe organ –...

Introduction: Since the advent of Covid-19 and “virtual” worship, the church has been making recordings of the worship services that can...

Our 2021 Fall Rummage Sale is coming up and we are busy unpacking and sorting for the sale that will be on: Friday and Saturday, November...

Wednesday, October 27th - The Story of Plastic at 7:00 in the sanctuary of The Park Church in Elmira at the corners of Church, Main, & Gray

We need rummage sorters to work in the basement bagging up sorted items to get ready for our traditional after service “up the stairs we go”