President's Message - September 2022
Hurrah for the culmination of our first 175 years! Our August 7th program: Jack Waddell Presents Mark Twain’s America with Deborah...
Following current CDC guidelines, masks are optional. Vaccines, if eligible, are required for in-person programming. 📢 We are delighted to announce the return of Coffee Hour ☕ 🥐 after worship! Join us after the service and enjoy a cup of coffee and a little fellowship with old and new friends!
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Pastor's Message - September 2022
Conservatives were freaking out, organizing book burnings, and passing bans. This wasn't Nazi Germany in the 1930's, but instead was the...
Jenny Monroe
- Aug 6
President's Message - August 2022
Feel a little bit like you’re caught in the movie Groundhog Day? With the continuous stream of bad news abounding related to global...
Pastor's Message - August 2022
It is a good thing I am not in charge of much of anything. I'd be bombing Moscow, which is probably the wrong answer, banning imports...
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- Jun 24
Pastor's Message - July 2022
This month, we celebrate America's independence from Great Britain, a statement of intention more than fact when it was signed in 1776....
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- May 25
Pastor's Message - June 2022
The best funerals are the ones where there are smiles and laughter amidst the grief and tears. By that standard, a recent memorial...
Park Church Web
- May 1
The Artists Upstairs
Meet Phyllis Bishop and Jon Knight When and how did you two become part of the “artistic renaissance of downtown Elmira”? In 2017 we...
Jenny Monroe
- May 1
President's Message - May 2022
Wow! Have things really opened up – and not just the daffodils at the church’s front door. Like the robins outside my open window – the...
Pastor's Report - May 2022
You don't have to know me very long to know how I feel about charlatans and cons. You've all heard me rail against “cryptocurrency,” and...
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- Mar 30
Pastor's Note About Holy Week
Holy Week stands at the heart of our Christian story. Jesus, a religious radical, spoke for the poor and the oppressed, and called for a...
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- Mar 30
Pastor's Report - April 2022
With apologies to my vegetarian friends, I begin with a quote from a wise woman, a Unitarian Universalist physician, who told me thirty...
Jenny Monroe
- Mar 12
March 2022 - President's Message
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving... we must sail sometimes with...
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- Mar 12
March 2022 - Pastor's Message
When the UCC adopted the “God is still speaking” ad campaign in the early years of this century, we frequently used a quote from Gracie...
Jenny Monroe
- Nov 30, 2021
President's Message - Hospitality
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...
Jan Butts
- Nov 30, 2021
Park Church and the Community Kitchen
Volunteers from many area churches established the Community Kitchen (CK) in 1981. I have notebooks dating back to 1984 indicating The...
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- Nov 29, 2021
Advent: Anticipation and Preparation
For centuries in the Roman/Western religious tradition, Advent, the four-week liturgical season before Christmas, was considered...
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- Aug 26, 2021
On Monday, I was at the DMV
On Monday, I was at the DMV, doing the things one needs to do when you move to a new state, getting New York plates, a New York driver's...
The Rev. J. Gary Brinn
- Aug 15, 2021
I love sports. I hate sports.
Take the Olympics, now underway in Tokyo. The cost to host countries is enormous. I bristle at the idea that professional athletes...