June 2025: Two weekends in a row of activities! The Elmira Pride Festival attracted even more that our first two years and created an...

As the New York Times recently noted, it is getting harder (and more expensive) to be a sports fan in America. Athletes and their agents,...

Busy month ahead at our busy little church! Of course we're celebrating Pride Month, but we're als rosting a free OSFL Chorus Concert,...

I am grieving. If you are reading this column, you already know that. I might mention it in conversation on occasion. And I took some...

Here's something I shared five years ago, but bears repeating: "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always...

Do you know how much I treasure being your council president? I feel like I'm on the home stretch, one more year to go in my six-year...

On the next page, you'll find Jenny's monthly "President's Message," where she reflects on an important discussion at our recent Church...

Women's History & The Park Church Rachel Dworkin, archivist at the Booth Library of the Chemung County Historical Society, invited me...

I grew up long before kids were hiding under desks to avoid shooters with assault weapons, and after people finally figured out that a...

And we’re off…...thanks for your participation in the Annual Meeting on Jan. 26th, we had over 50 members attend to vote in the 2025...

During my time at Harvard Divinity School, I noticed a number of classmates who arrived as members of other Christian traditions, but...

What a busy and delightful month of December we had! From the Hanging of the Greens, Near Westside Open House, Advent Organ Recitals,...

One of our close ecumenical partners in the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ is the Evangelical Church of Hesse and...

This month, Rev. Gary and I will merge our “columns” in Cross Currents – reflective of the partnership we share in the leading of our...

Adding them up! In preparation for the text on this year’s pledge brochure, I was asked how many events happened at the church in 2024,...

By the time you read this, the World Series will probably be over. As of this writing, before I leave on vacation, we know who is going...

Summoned by Joy I love how we do church. Most of you know, I like to sit under the balcony steps at the back of the sanctuary where I can...

“The Word of God stands alone and is inerrant!” This is the mantra of so many selective literalists, dishonest folks who claim to follow...

Jesus was not a free-market Neo-liberal capitalist. Obvious, right? There were both small-hold and commodity economies in Galilee and...

There’s been a huge crane blocking egress in our parking lot for most of the summer. If you come down very early some morning you can...