Three Reasons to Celebrate

Sunday was a very big day in the life of PCMK and a big day for me.  It started with a wonderful worship service where we dedicated our pledges for 2014.  The music was inspiring and we were almost moving to the beat of our theme song, "Celebrate the Journey."  I'm looking forward to continuing the journey with all of you as we begin another year of ministry together.

After church we enjoyed  a delicious brunch prepared for us by our Stewardship Committee.  Do you realize how rare it is to have such fun with stewardship?  For so many churches it is a stressful time of hand-wringing and anxiety.

The fun continued as Sarah Lucas and I took the high school youth group to a game (actually two games) of laser tag in Elmsford.  I thought I was the expert at this harmless form of combat until I encountered Theo Coutsorous.  He scored more points than our entire team!

After a few slices of pizza with the youth I returned to the church for an amazing dinner of Middle Eastern foods.  It was our Interfaith Dinner with folks from the Islamic School.  The food and fellowship was great and then we enjoyed a fascinating presentation on Islamic Art.  I hope we do this again real soon.

It was a big day.  These three events captured what is so special about PCMK.  We worship joyfully, we have lots of young families, and we reach out to our neighbors in creative ways.  All this is worth celebrating. How about another slice of pizza!

See you in church

An Evening of Music

Saturday evening was the first of our 2013-2014 PCMK Musicale Concerts. Naturally I was thrilled that our son was one of the musicians for the event. He is a member of the Amphion String Quartet and they are an exciting and passionate group of young musicians. We had a great audience of PCMK members and folks from the community. A beautiful reception was prepared, so the evening was a success on every level. There are more exciting concerts planned, the next one being the Baroque Soloists on New Year's Eve. Our own Terry Flanagan plays harpsichord with that group. They are back for their third concert by popular demand. All these musical events provide "points of entry" for people who are not (yet) part of the PCMK family. We can invite friends and folks in the community hear about these events and come. Terry even talked to one woman who was on her way to shopping when she saw the sign out front, decided this sounded better and came on in. I encourage all PCMK members to invite friends to these point of entry events (such as the Christmas Pageant). We want to share all the joy being part of PCMK has brought into our lives as we are "On the Journey Together."