First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown (FPCP)
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Our church is closed . . . but our hearts are OPEN!
Enjoy our LIVE, online Sunday services with Rev. Dr. Doris Chandler. Join our email list (below) and we'll send you a Zoom link each week! Learn more about online worship here. We're finding new ways to stay spiritually connected online. Read below to learn about our online activities and education programs. Explore this site find out about our critical missions and outreach to the Philipstown community. Our warm, welcoming In-person services will resume when social distancing is no longer necessary to fight COVID-19. In the meantime: Enjoy the resources on our web pages, and visit us on Facebook! Let's stay connected. #aparttogether |
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Stay spiritually connected with us -- now, and always.
We're finding creative ways to connect with you while we are all staying apart, together, to combat COVID-19. Try them out! Worship with us on Zoom: Join our LIVE, online worship services at 10:30 am on Sundays with Rev. Dr. Doris Chandler, featuring Director of Music Tom McCoy on piano. Join our email list (see below) and we'll send you a Zoom link each week to click on Sunday. Learn with us on Zoom: Our Sunday morning Study Group (top right) is one of the friendliest groups you'll meet online! Drop in at 9 am on Sundays for meditation, lively discussion, poetry, and much more. To request a link, email Lynn here. Connect with us on Facebook. If you're on FB, like/follow us! Our Facebook page is a great place to find comfort and stay connected with friends and neighbors. You can also meet Cole! (bottom right) Rev. Dr. Doris's beloved pup is quite a social media star, and a sweet source of inspiration to us all. Enjoy video services: We offer 3 video worship services led by Rev. Dr. Doris Chandler, with Tom McCoy on piano and Lynn Brown on flute. Don't miss Rev. Doris's amazing series of youth sermons, "Ask the Animals." Watch all 3 videos on FPCP's Facebook page. Phone & email: FPCP volunteers make calls each week to chat, check in, pray, and help in any way we can. We also email folks weekly with good news and helpful info. Sign up to receive emails or request a call! Fill out our contact form by scrolling down this page a wee bit -- or email us here. Visit the Pastor's Porch: You'll often find Rev. Dr. Doris on her "virtual porch" with folks who just want to spend some time with the pastor. You can share private concerns, request prayer, or simply pull up a chair and say "Hi!" Email Rev. Dr. Doris right here to fix your time on the Pastor's Porch! Be well, stay safe, and as Cole says: Just do what you can. |
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Doing all we can. In the midst of this health and economic crisis, we are thankful that FPCP is able to continue to serve our neighbors in need through critical mission and outreach programs, including the Philipstown Food Pantry and the Midnight Run.
If you feel called to support our outreach work, we warmly welcome your contributions, including food for the Pantry, volunteer efforts, and tax-deductible donations. To donate online -- by credit card or PayPal account -- just click the gold "Donate" button at the left. And: You can tell us exactly where you'd like to direct your donation. Just click on the words: "Add special instructions to the seller." This provides you with a box to fill in. You can tell us to apply your gift to the "Midnight Run," the "Food Pantry," the "Children's Nursery School Scholarship Fund," "General Support," etc. Thank you for your sharing what you can! |
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When our worship services resume:
Come and see us one Sunday morning! Bring the whole family to our 10:30 am service. All are welcome! Your children and grandchildren will enjoy: * Nursery Care: Always available for babies and toddlers during Sunday services in our library, just steps away from the service * Children's Sermon: Beautiful stories and life lessons, as children of all ages join in a conversation with our pastor * Coin collection for the Goat Bank: A children's mission to collect quarters that will help buy essential livestock for families in need * Sunday School: Joyful learning and sharing with our Sunday School teachers during the second half of the service Sunday services are just one way to come and see us. Explore this site and you'll find many days and many ways to engage and learn, to celebrate and heal, to help and serve others at FPCP. Like and follow us on Facebook to meet our wonderful online community. And: Join our email list! Just complete the handy form at the bottom of this page, and you will receive our weekly e-blasts and our bi-monthly newsletters. |
Our Sunday School is a creative, child-centered, thoughtful, and fun way to learn about being kind and loving to ourselves and each other. All children and youth are welcome to drop in any Sunday.
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FPCP is The Church of the Open Door.
Knowing that all community is a gift of God, we affirm there can be no exclusiveness about the body of Christ. We welcome into our community and membership all people of God regardless of ethnic heritage, national origin, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic standing; and we encourage the full participation of all people in the life of our congregation.
Our congregation is a member of the Presbyterian Church USA. FPCP is also a member of More Light Presbyterians and Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Click the logos below for information. And: We have a Green Team! Learn how we care for the Earth here.
Meet Reverend Dr. Doris Chandler here: Our Pastor.*
Knowing that all community is a gift of God, we affirm there can be no exclusiveness about the body of Christ. We welcome into our community and membership all people of God regardless of ethnic heritage, national origin, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic standing; and we encourage the full participation of all people in the life of our congregation.
Our congregation is a member of the Presbyterian Church USA. FPCP is also a member of More Light Presbyterians and Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Click the logos below for information. And: We have a Green Team! Learn how we care for the Earth here.
Meet Reverend Dr. Doris Chandler here: Our Pastor.*
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Opportunities to learn, grow, and share -- to do good, and to feel good at FPCP!
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YOUTH EDUCATION
Our Sunday School welcomes all children and youth in our community from Pre-K to Grade 8 from September to June. You do not have to be a member of our church, or any church, to participate! We invite your children to "drop in" any Sunday. Classes meet during the second half of our 10:30 worship services at 10 Academy Street in Cold Spring. This spring, our Sunday school students will also create and participate in a very special Easter pageant. We also welcome new teachers! You don't have to be a parent or grandparent to teach. Everyone has stories and wisdom to share! Volunteer teachers can sign up right here. Thank you! To learn more about Sunday school, contact Carolyn at pchamsia@gmail.com or (845) 265-3969. Or, click here. |
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ADULT EDUCATION
Adult Study Series: Drop-ins welcome every Sunday at 9 am!
Our Adult Study Group enjoys lively, informal gatherings in the church library at 9 am on Sundays, just before the 10:30 am service. Join us! For more information about our Adult Study program, contact Lynn at lebnab@optonline.net.
MEDITATION
Contemplative Prayer Group: Weekly early-morning meditations
Drop-ins welcome every Wednesday at 7 am!
Community members are invited to drop in to this quiet hour of prayer and meditation in our library at the First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown. Take time for grace in the middle of the work week. The core concept of Contemplative Prayer is to "Be still and know I am God" (Psalm 46:10). All are welcome. For more information, contact Lynn at lebnab@optonline.net.
Adult Study Series: Drop-ins welcome every Sunday at 9 am!
Our Adult Study Group enjoys lively, informal gatherings in the church library at 9 am on Sundays, just before the 10:30 am service. Join us! For more information about our Adult Study program, contact Lynn at lebnab@optonline.net.
MEDITATION
Contemplative Prayer Group: Weekly early-morning meditations
Drop-ins welcome every Wednesday at 7 am!
Community members are invited to drop in to this quiet hour of prayer and meditation in our library at the First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown. Take time for grace in the middle of the work week. The core concept of Contemplative Prayer is to "Be still and know I am God" (Psalm 46:10). All are welcome. For more information, contact Lynn at lebnab@optonline.net.
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WORSHIP & ARTS
Volunteer your voice and make a joyful noise! Drop-ins welcome at rehearsals every Thursday at 7 pm! Our Chancel Choir invites you to come and sing with us! This lively group of music-lovers rehearses at 7 pm on Thursdays at 10 Academy Street. They sing at our 10:30 am services on Sundays from September to June, and at holiday services, too! Our Director of Music Tom McCoy is a well-known jazz pianist, and he curates a wide range of music for the choir including spirituals, folk, contemporary, and classical works. Special music as well as beloved carols and hymns are a highlight of every Christmas and Easter season. Join us whenever the spirit moves you! For info about Worship & Arts, contact Cathy at carnevalevmd@aol.com. You can also click here! |
Come sing, and smile, with this great group of friendly people!
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OUTREACH & COMMUNITY
Love to Read? Join FPCP's Book Club! Our Book Club (photo, left) meets monthly to share insights about inspiring books. Upcoming books include Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. Past selections include: Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America by Ayaz Virji; The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami; Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens; Becoming by Michelle Obama, the former First Lady; and Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Ann Lamott. Field trips and lunches could be in our future plans! For more info, including details on our next meeting, contact Susan at jpsusan@yahoo.com; or the church office at 1presbyterian@gmail.com or (845)-265-3220. |
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Like to Dine Out and Socialize? Join the "Lunch Bunch"!
Every month, FPCP's Lunch Bunch gathers one of our fantastic local restaurants to enjoy good food and conversation. All are welcome to join in the fun! For information about Lunch Bunch events, please email the church office at 1presbyterian@gmail.com or call (845)-265-3220. 
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Meet us. Join us. All are welcome!
FPCP: We are the Church of the Open Door.
We seek to live out the truth of God's love.
Worship is inclusive and inventive.
Joy is found in nurturing one another.
We seek to bring comfort to all people.
Discover more about FPCP: The Church of the Open Door.
Read our Weekly Email & Newsletter! Click here: News & Info.
FPCP: We are the Church of the Open Door.
We seek to live out the truth of God's love.
Worship is inclusive and inventive.
Joy is found in nurturing one another.
We seek to bring comfort to all people.
Discover more about FPCP: The Church of the Open Door.
Read our Weekly Email & Newsletter! Click here: News & Info.
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First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown (FPCP)
10 Academy Street Cold Spring, NY 10516 Telephone: (845)-265-3220 Email: 1presbyterian@gmail.com |
Spring is here! As we shelter apart, take a moment each day to stop, look, listen, and feel gratitude for this season of renewal and growth. Trees will still bloom at our historic church at 10 Academy Street, Cold Spring!
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