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...

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

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...

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

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,...

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...

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...

I had the opportunity to offer a Mission Moment on June 23 and repeat it here, hoping it will inspire you to action: The sign in the...

Proud – You Bet, and Grateful! Happy Pride Month as we kick off numerous weekend activities this month with our second annual Elmira...

Have you noticed the beautiful spring flowers all around the church? Memories of past Easter Sundays -- and like those perennials, here...

Spring is popping up all over! With an early Holy Week behind us, we roll quickly into spring with many exciting projects ahead. The name...

Thank you all for your attendance last week at our Chicken & Biscuits church lunch. We raised $350 to donate to our mission partner, the...

Thank you all for your attendance yesterday at our Annual Meeting! We had forty-six in attendance and passed the budget and our 2024...

I’m putting my thoughts together for our 2023 Annual Report and find that we are truly living into our Vision: The Park Church works for...

Have you noticed? Can you feel the energy? If you’ve attended worship lately, you’ll see numbers in the sixties each week! We’re planning...

This year’s UCC Stewardship theme is “Because of You, Our Church Changes Lives.” And we liked that, but we shortened it a little for our...

Checking Our Vision One of my favorite parts of my work at the Church is giving tours of our building. I have to admit I love history and...

And September takes off..... Isn’t it always the way -- that everything starts off with a bang in September? And it’s no different this...

AND WE’RE BACK! In the past I’ve heard the caution “Be careful what you wish for...” And I am guilty of wishing for lots of things at The...