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THE OPEN DOOR

The Briarcliff Congregational Church 30 South State Road, PO Box 290, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510

914-941-4368 www.briarcliffchurch.org

“Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut.” Revelation 3:8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Dedicating a New Year 2

From the Deacons 2

Christian Ed News 3

Notes from Fimi 3

Roof News 4

Butterfly Garden 4

Women’s Society News 5

Puppet Workshop 6

Sunday School Starts 7

Moderator’s Report 8

September Calendar 9

Dear Good People of Briarcliff Church,

Recently I had a conversation with an acquaintance who told me he had “stopped

following the news” because the world’s troubles had begun to overwhelm him.

“I can’t stand it anymore,” he confessed, “because I have no way to respond or

help.” A big part of me sympathized with this fellow’s frustration and fear. Truth

is this summer has been full of wrenching, demanding and exhausting troubles:

Hoards of immigrant children from Central America arriving unaccompanied at

our southern borders; Ebola outbreaks in West Africa; intensified aggression

between Israel and Hamas; a passenger flight shot down over disputed areas of

the Ukraine; outrage in Ferguson, Missouri; more violence in Iraq; wildfires in the

Northwest; the list goes on. It’s no surprise the grievances overwhelm and

threaten us.

The lament of our world moves me to church. Church offers sanctuary, the balm

of respite. Church reminds me that God’s dream and intent for creation may be

frustrated but is not defeated, no matter the news. Church affords opportunity for

response, both in prayer (Karl Barth wrote, “A clasp of the hands in prayer is the

beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world”) and in concrete

service. Church gathers us into a community of shared concern, dialogue, support

and learning. Church assures us we are not alone; so while we may be tempted to

ignore what’s happening around us, we’re strengthened to engage it instead – as

people of faith.

Many of us have been away from church through this turbulent season. It will be

good, therefore, especially good, to gather as a full congregation again, revisiting

and renewing the strength we are blessed to share. I’m looking forward to it and

hope you are, as well.

Thankfully,

The Rev’d Dr. Bonnie Rosborough

Pastor

SAVE THESE DATES

SEPTEMBER

6, 13 Puppet Workshop

11 Women’s Society

14 Gathering Sunday,

Church Picnic

20 B&G CleanUp

22 Church Council

27 W.S. Fall Brunch,

Heim Concert

Contact Us At:

rosborough

@briarcliffchurch.org

AND

church-office

@briarcliffchurch.org

Volume 67 Number 1 September 2014

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DEDICATING A NEW YEAR

Gathering Sunday, to be celebrated on the second

Sunday of September this year, will include a new

liturgical element: All those worshipping will be

invited to dedicate our very busy lives to the

purposes of God. We’ll do this by offering

symbols of our lives to be blessed in the liturgy.

Students are invited to bring their backpacks, for

example. Adults might offer cell phones or

appointment books or anything that represents

how we spend our time and resources in the

world. Whatever symbolizes the occupations, pre-

occupations and commitments of our lives will be

offered up as blessings are invoked and as we ask

God to work through us, whatever our labors, for

good in our world. Remember the teaching of

Jesus: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and

God’s righteousness, and all things will be given

to you as well.” Let’s dedicate our busyness to

God’s realm! And, inasmuch as we’re called to be

a blessing to others, we’re invited to bring school

supplies for others on Gathering Sunday. How

blessed we are to be able to share!

CALLING ALL BAKERS! Desserts are being

solicitated for the Annual All-Church Picnic which

follows worship on Gathering Sunday! Contact

Bev Aisenbrey or Barbara Rink to help!

FROM THE DEACONS

The period between Pentecost and Advent is

known as “Ordinary Time” but somehow the

summer of 2014 has seemed far from ordinary to

the Board of Deacons.

Some of it was quite “normal” if you will. At our

June 4 meeting we welcomed a new/old Deacon,

Bruce Wilson and bade farewell to retiring

Deacons Mel Corbett, Janet Moulton and Sarah

Yergeau. Anna Papayanis was elected Senior

Deacon (Chairman) and Joan Austin Vice

Chairman. The various other tasks of the Deacons

were apportioned out. On June 29, the Church

observed Gay Pride Sunday. In early July the

Deacons enjoyed their annual end of year Dutch

treat dinner at the Briars. Arrangements were

made to welcome guest ministers while Pastor

Bonnie was on vacation. We greeted two old

friends – Lynda Clements and Derrick McQueen –

and Gene Palmore who came here for the first

time. All this was well within the realm of the

routine.

And then there was the roof…. Replacement of

the roof of the Church building made the

sanctuary uninhabitable for the month of July so

the worship service was held in the Parish House.

This necessitated moving hymnals, bibles, and

other paraphernalia across the street to Beebe Hall.

Thanks to the creativity of Pastor Bonnie and Jan

Aiello, we had an attractive, appropriately sized

space to hold our services. However, since the

building is used by the Ossining Children’s Center

on weekdays during the summer, everything had

to be taken down and reassembled every week.

Various people pitched in to take care of this each

week. Camping out in Beebe Hall worked out

well and church went on. We welcomed the

Sounds of Life choir from the Walter Hoving Home

in Garrison on July 20. Their music and their

testimonies were inspiring; the Deacons served

lunch after the service. On July 27, we all rejoiced

in the baptism of Suzie and Geoff Harter’s grand-

daughter, Molly Cowan, who is absolutely

adorable.

The roof was completed on time and by the end of

July we were preparing to move back into the

sanctuary. This was no easy task. The sanctuary

had to be thoroughly cleaned and all the stuff that

had been removed four weeks earlier had to be

brought back across the street and re-arranged.

Again, everyone pitched in and we had the first

service in August back in the usual place. The

church looks wonderful; it is probably cleaner that

it has been in about 100 years!

As summer slips away, the Deacons are making

plans for 2014 – 2015 and looking forward to the

challenges and opportunities which will

undoubtedly present themselves in the coming

year.

Joan Austin, Board of Deacons

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONS NEWS

The CE committee has met over the summer,

continuing to brainstorm our mission. First on the

agenda was to establish a calendar of events,

including Gathering Sunday and Opening Day for

Church School on Sept. 14th, the Craft Advent Fair

- Dec. 7, Christmas Pageant - Dec 21 and the Heifer

Fair - May 10. An emphasis on hunger is planned

for 2014-15. It is also hoped that we will find a part

time youth minister soon. We look forward to

“Opening Day” and once again thank our Sunday

School teachers for their dedication. We are happy

to welcome back Joan Beicke for our first graders.

We would also like to thank Charlotte Bomma for

her many years of teaching our little ones. She will

be greatly missed as she travels in and out of our

lives. I can see the little ones with big smiles as she

played the piano and helped them to learn a song.

David Saliamonas, a concert pianist

who currently lives in Paris, will be

performing in the sanctuary of Briarcliff

Congregational Church on Sunday

September 28, at 8 p.m. Originally from Glen

Ellyn, IL, David received his Bachelors and

Masters degrees from the Manhattan School of

Music.He will be performing music of Poulenc,

Schumann, Brahms, Chopin and Gershwin.

NOTES FROM FIMI

Welcome back! It was a

fantastic summer,

beautiful weather for outdoors. In July I went to a

choral convention at Smith College in

Northampton, sponsored by the American Choral

Director’s Association. This was the first time I

participated in the ACDA convention. It was so

much fun to sing with these guys because these

teachers/directors are mostly singers. The sound

was just wonderful! We started out with a

“Conducting Boot Camp” every morning for an

hour. The workshop was wonderful, the teacher

was funny, encouraging and right to the point.

Then we broke into different classes each day,

including reading sessions for church music,

children’s music, world music, and reading shape

notes from mid 1700s. The shape-notes hymns

were very interesting. We learned a couple of

African songs, and skyped a professor in South

Africa who coached us on movements and

pronunciations. It was pretty cool!

The Senior Choir sang for Rev. Martha Jacobs’

installation service back in June at the First

Congregational Church of Chappaqua. Their choir

loved our choir so much that they invited us to

sing with them in November. But since our choir

doubles the size of theirs, I invited them to come

for a Christmas concert instead. They gladly

accepted the invitation. Therefore during Advent

season, we will have a choir concert with our

Senior Choir, Christmas Choir and FCC Choir,

accompanied by a small string ensemble for a

Christmas concert. I am really looking forward to

it.

On Saturday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m., we will

have our first Heim Concert, featuring soprano

Naomi Merer, clarinetist Eric Drucker, and me on

the piano. The program includes solo piano music

for the first half as I have several concerts this fall,

including the Chaminade Music Club, Sacred

Heart Univ. and Sea Island Presbyterian Church in

South Carolina. The second half of the program

will feature Naomi Merer, a soprano living in

Chicago but from Westchester originally, and Eric

Drucker, one of the most prominent clarinetists in

Westchester. For the last two years we have had

several out of town groups performing. This

season I am going to use more local musicians to

bring more audience.

I am looking forward to another musically active

year at the BCC. I hope you are all well rested

from the summer and ready to start the year!

Blessings, Fimi

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ROOF NEWS FROM THE TRUSTEES

This has not been a quiet summer for the Trustees

or Buildings and Grounds Committee given the

new roof project during the month of July - it was

a HUGE job! We were fortunate to have two

talented people oversee the project: Dave

Gasparik, outgoing trustee and chair of B&G

provided continuity, and Keith Austin provided

daily monitoring and worked with our roof

consultant, Russ Watsky, in evaluating the project

as it went along. Canopy Roofing, our contractor,

is an excellent company; numerous issues arose

which could have been stumbling blocks, but

Keith and Canopy Roofing overcame them as if

they were low hurdles. Others involved were

Brian Lewis, new B&G chairman, and Barry Bosak;

both were constant visitors and helpful in

decision-making.

Needless to say, the new roof is beautiful, and

with a completely new under-roof, it should last

for decades. Certainly the copper gutters provide

an artistic touch and are functional as well.

Retaining the painted aluminum downspouts

saved money and perhaps wisely thwarts theft

since copper is a prized material. While most of us

do not see the Norman Tower roof, the option to

replace it and its rotted underpinnings was a wise

decision since we had the expert craftsmen on site.

In addition, the old wooden louvers in the tower

were refurbished.

When the roof work was complete, the inside

cleaning and removing of all the coverings in the

sanctuary began - another gargantuan job.

Cleaning involved the ceilings, lights, windows,

carpeting, altar and uncovering and cleaning the

pews, cushions, piano and organ. Many thanks to

Pastor Bonnie and the deacons, Rosalie Matsuoka,

and Yasna, who all toiled mightily for a week to

have everything ready for worship on August 3. In

addition, front lawn recovery is underway with

Keith Austin and the Buildings and Grounds

committee coaxing new growth watering.

We are still finalizing numbers but it looks like the

total cost of the roof work was about $150,000,

including asbestos abatement, and sanctuary

cleaning. We have borrowed about $17,800 from

the Endowment Fund, a temporary loan to be

repaid with interest as soon as possible. We are

extremely grateful for several directed gifts for the

roof which lessened our borrowing. Any further

gifts would be greatly appreciated.

Barry Bosak, Carol Mickel, Trustee co-chairs

PLANTS WANTED FOR BCC

BUTTERFLY GARDEN

Allie Herskovitz has planted a

Monarch Waystation Garden

beside Beebe Hall as part of her Girl Scout Gold

Award. The habitat for Monarchs has been

severely affected in recent years by pesticides,

mowing and crop field conversion. The numbers

of these beautiful butterflies are dropping steadily.

To learn more about this growing threat, go to

http://pollinator.org/monarchs or

www.monarchwaystation.com. If you have any of

these plants (or other pollinator plants) in your

home garden, please consider donating some for

the BCC Waystation:

Milkweed, Lanceleaf Tickseed

Pale Purple Coneflower, Common Boneset

Joe Pye, Common Sneezeweed

Stiff Sunflower, Blazing Star, Asters

FOOD BANK OUTING:

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Come join a lively group of BCC volunteers on

Saturday, October 4th from 9-12 noon at the Food

Bank of Westchester in Elmsford. This is a

wonderful opportunity for families, singles,

couples, youth group members and anyone who

cares about the issue of hunger in Westchester to

spend a few hours repacking bulk food into

smaller, more manageable sizes for use by local

food pantries and soup kitchens. Come learn more

about the important work that the Food Bank does

to reduce hunger in Westchester. There will be a

sign-up sheet in Beebe Hall. We are limited to 12

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volunteers so sign up early! Mature youths are

welcome with an adult to accompany them. No

upper age limit!

WOMEN’S SOCIETY NEWS

Summer has seemingly departed, the fall season

has begun but before we start the new year, the

Women’s Society wants to thank Wicki Martin for

her generous hospitality in opening her home for

the June luncheon. The food was fine and the

company excellent. Thanks also go to Carol

Mickel who was the organizer and to everyone

who brought food.

We also want to say how much we appreciate all

the ladies who watered the troughs in front of the

church this summer even while the roof

replacement went on. It is a long list but good

work should be acknowledged. Trough tenders

included Joan Austin, Joan Beicke, Helen

Buerger, Lowen Bush, Carol Mickel, Barbara

Reese, Barbara Gasparik, Penny Wolf, Jill

Benzenberg and Valerie Nelson.

A few words about the Women’s Society:

meetings are open and welcome to all women of

the church and community. Our meetings are

usually on the second Thursday of the month

(September-May) at 9:30 a.m. in the Eastman

Room. Business meetings are followed by a

program or speaker on a topic of interest. Other

gatherings are advertised in the Open Door and

Sunday bulletin and are scheduled so that women

not available on Thursdays can attend.

September 11th Meeting, 9:30 in the Eastman

Room. The theme of the meeting will be “I’m

Human Too,’” embarrassing moments, funny,

surprising, or useful that you’re willing to share.

These sharing meetings are always great fun. As

always, if you’d rather not share, just come and

enjoy. Also at the meeting, Valerie Nelson will

have samples of the yarn we’ll use to knit an

afghan to be raffled at the Heifer Fair in the spring.

We’ll need volunteers to knit 30 squares that

Valerie will sew into the afghan.

Fall Brunch, Saturday, September 27: 9:30-11:30

in the Eastman Room. This is our welcome-back

annual event. Helen Buerger and Mary Alenstein

will present a program, “Rags to Rugs,” describing

the history and process of rug hooking. There will

be a demonstration and examples of contemporary

rugs that look nothing like what may have been on

your grandparents’ floors. Everyone is welcome;

this is a good event to bring a guest to.

Looking ahead: Craft Shop, Saturday, November

15. A craft to be taught by our resident artist Jan

Aiello, 9:30-noon, in Beebe Hall. Details will be

revealed later.

JAN BYERS MEMORIAL FUND

INAUGURATION

The Benevolence Committee recently received an

endowment from the estate of Jan Byers. After

much discussion and deliberation, it was decided

that the Committee would invest the money and,

with the proceeds from the investment, establish

the Jan Byers Memorial Fund. Jan Byers was very

committed to the local community and provided

generous gifts to people and organizations in

need. The Benevolence Committee would like to

honor Jan and the work she did by awarding a

worthy organization approximately $2500.

Allocation from the fund will be determined by

the Committee. There will be an opportunity for

congregants to submit a simple application for

consideration of how the recipients would benefit

from the gift and how their purpose enhances

and/or reflects the ministries of the Briarcliff

Congregational Church. Applications will be

made available on the table at the back of the

church, in the church office or from any member

of the Benevolence Committee. The chosen

recipient will be announced in the coming months.

If you have questions regarding this very special

award, please contact Martha Yergeau or any

other Committee member. We are excited about

this new opportunity to sponsor worthy

organizations in memory of a remarkable woman.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL SPONSORS

PUPPET WORKSHOPS

On Saturdays Sept 6 & 13

from 9 a.m. – noon the Sunday

School will run a program

open to the public called Using Puppets to Teach

Social Skills & Life Values. The workshops are

free and geared to K – 4th grade. We are inviting

our Sunday School children of all ages to attend.

Our older kids will help our teachers run the

program. The younger children will be making

puppets and creating little skits and stories for the

puppets.

The workshop and program will be run by our

own Jan Aiello who is a high school teacher and

has received grants to run educational puppet

programs at her high school. Jan’s last project

taught her students how to get along with people

of different backgrounds. She used a gang of

puppet cats who invited mice to Sunday dinner.

Fortunately for the mice they brought their friend

Bruno the dog along so the cats were forced to

alter their plans and the menu. As luck would

have it Bruno was a friendly dog but did provide

enough of a presence so the cats got to actually

meet the mice and appreciate them. In the end

they all got along fine.

Puppets allow kids to talk about difficult but

important issues such as bullying, fears, concerns

and problems in their everyday lives. Puppets can

also be used to teach important values and to help

build character through stories and skits. The

Sunday School has used games, crafts, stories and

fund raisers in the past to help build character and

teach good citizenship. Adding puppets to our set

of tools will help us better teach our children to

deal with an increasingly challenging and

complicated world.

The workshops will take place in Beebe Hall and

you can call the church office at 914-941-4368 or

send an email to BCCpuppets@Gmail.com if you

have any questions.

YOUTH GROUP PLANNING MEETINGS

Our Senior Youth Group Planning meeting

(grades 9-12) is scheduled for Sept 21, 2014 after

the church service. There is lots to talk about, from

movie nights to fundraisers to mission trips and of

course, the Westchester Youth Alliance calendar of

events. We hope to see all our youth as well as

their parents at this meeting.

The following week, Sept. 28, we will hold the

Junior Youth Group Planning meeting (grades 5-

8). Some of the subjects, such as movie nights and

Dear Church,

Elsewhere in this newsletter you’ll find the Pastor’s

September letter, which I first wrote when Drea,

our faithful “Open Door” editor, reminded me

September copy was due. Since I wrote that

missive, it’s occurred to me the letter represents

“more of the same.” More me, trying to reflect

pastorally on some subject and connect our parish

and faith tradition to what’s happening around us.

It’s occurred to me, as well, this model of an

opining, serious pastor is dreary and tiresome.

Moreover, try as I may to change it, my copy and

voice always tends to the somber and convoluted. I

can’t help but bet you’re weary of it. I certainly am.

It feels like weightiness and burden when our faith

teaches if not levity then, surely, light!

So, as we embark on a new year of The Open Door,

I’d like to change things up some. Given that it’s a

rare, rare occasion when any reader responds to

what I write, no matter what, I wonder: Will

anyone care if I ex-change the “blah, blah, blah” for

something else? Could we, maybe, use the first

page of the newsletter for some sort of dialogue?

Are there questions, perhaps, that might be raised

or subjects to be explored? Does anyone have other

ideas for a lead? What about interviews?

Just wondering,

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fundraisers will be the same but the events will be

different. Additionally, we are also looking at an

ice skating date and a trip to the animal shelter for

this age group.

LAWN PARTY ~ SATURDAY MORNING,

SEPTEMBER 20, 9 a.m. ~ noon

The Building and Grounds

Committee is hosting a church

beautification/cleanup party on

Saturday morning, Sept. 20. There will be coffee

and goodies and fun and fellowship as we prune,

clean and mulch; there will be inside work as well.

We believe that a well-cared for church gives us all

pleasure and is welcoming to visitors, too. Come

one hour or three, whatever fits in - we will have

extra gloves and clippers. We look forward to

seeing YOU!

SUNDAY SCHOOL STARTS SEPT 14TH

Everyone is excited about the new Sunday School

year. All our teachers are returning with one

exception and we’re looking forward to a

wonderful school year. We will be adding puppets

to our classrooms as a new teaching aid. You will

be seeing and hearing more about that soon. We

will also be integrating fundraising and youth

activities with the Sunday School and using these

events as teaching experiences.

We are welcoming back Joan Beicke who will

teach the first grade class this year. On a sad note,

we will be saying goodbye to Charlotte Bomma

who will be moving south before year end.

Charlotte has been a teacher at the kindergarten

level both professionally and here at BCC for more

years than she will admit to. She has been the

person anchoring our pre-K and Kindergarten

program. Most of our children have been

introduced to a loving and kind classroom setting

where they could always feel safe by Charlotte.

We at BCC will always be grateful to her and we

thank her for many years of dedicated service and

wish her only the best in her new life.

TRUSTEES’ SUMMER REPORT

The Trustees met in June; our newly constituted

group includes: Barry Bosak, Kevin Beicke, Karen

Sharman, Anita Eddy, Carol Mickel, Robyn Wild,

Brian Lewis, Gail Rosselot, and Henrietta Porter

with Treasurer Sally Lewis and Pastor Bonnie also

included. Carol and Barry were elected as co-

chairs of the group.

A most important project this summer was, of

course, the new roof. It was a monumental task

and we were blessed to have had such a positive

experience the whole month of mess and well-

organized activity. Many people made it all work,

inside and out, and including worship in Beebe

Hall. We are still refurbishing the lawns which

took the wear and tear of construction.

We’ve had other good things going on. The

Hearing Enhancement System for the sanctuary

was installed in August, under the leadership of

David Schofield. Funds from the 2013 Christmas

offering were used for this worthy project. We are

waiting for the signs and for it to be tested. It will

be very helpful! More information will be

forthcoming!

Please notice our handsome entry! This

refurbishment project is underway with money

from the Van Porter memorial fund; it is

progressing beautifully - note the new pieces

already in use, with more good things to come!

A bathroom for the disabled in Beebe Hall is in the

information gathering stages. Many thanks to

Mary Alenstein, Helen and Ted Buerger for their

planning work. They have been in touch with the

village regarding rules and regulations involved,

and made visits to the Heilman Room, a possible

location.

Allie Herskovitz, who is working on her Girl Scout

Gold Award, is establishing a butterfly garden

along the south side of the Parish House. We look

forward to plants and butterflies in our future!

Under facilities summer rentals, The Ossining

Children’s Center occupied the whole Parish

House (about 50 children) for 2 months, thanks in

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part to the financial help of our Benevolence

Committee and anonymous donors. It is always a

fun experience to observe this group which is so

boisterous and happy, and it is a special joy to

work with their dedicated teachers.

In September, we have a special concert on the

calendar: Emily Sack is renting the sanctuary on

Sunday evening, September 28, 8 p.m., for a piano

concert given by her nephew David Saliamonas, a

world-class performer. She invites us all to come.

And we are always pleased to welcome the

Hudson River Potters who will be in Beebe Hall

Nov. 7, 8, & 9. For your calendar: the BCC

beautification event, sometimes called Cleanup

Day is Saturday morning, September 20 at 9 a.m.

for trimming, clipping and chipping the garden

beds in our large 2+ acre expanse. It takes many

hands to keep the church grounds looking well-

kept and inviting.

The Trustees are beginning work on the budget for

next year. We have budget requests from several

committees and Boards - time to get all requests

in! If we have working numbers early on

committees’ needs and programs for 2015, we do

not have to find last minute solutions.

Carol Mickel and Barry Bosak

ANTICIPATING

the FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS

St. Francis, the patron saint of animals and

ecology, is remembered by the church especially

on his feast day, October 4th. We at BCC have

celebrated Francis’ legacy with a Blessing of the

Animals on the first Saturday of October for

several years. And we will do so again this

season, noting that the fourth actually falls on that

day! Don’t know if this means our animals will be

especially well behaved or if our blessings will

have special meaning, but … it’s a fun fact.

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And welcome to newborn Alexa Ann Lewis,

daughter of Danielle and Brian and little sis to

Niki! Arrived August 19th at 9:41 p.m.

MODERATOR’S REPORT

There a bustle in the air as we look forward to fall

and the resumption of our Sunday School and

committee meetings. Our first Church Council

meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on September 22.

All members of BCC may attend these meetings

where church-wide issues are discussed by the

representatives chosen by each committee. This

year, we are undertaking a review of our By-Laws,

which happens every five years. Copies of the By-

Laws are available to all in the office and I

encourage you to read them and let us know if

there are any areas that you feel need to be

updated. We have a number of issues up for

review already.

We continue with our Vitality movement and are

learning more about the needs of our community.

We did take one action related to this effort and

provided a “hot dog fest” to the Ossining

Children’s Center summer camp children on

August 15. A good time was had by all.

A big “Thank You” to all who have agreed to chair

committees this year. I look forward to working

with you.

Beverly Aisenbrey, Moderator

CELEBRATIONS

At birth all people are soft and yielding.

At death they are hard and stiff.

All green plants are tender and yielding.

At death they are brittle and dry.

When hard and rigid, We consort with death.

When soft and flexible, We affirm greater life.

Written by Lao Chu several thousand years ago

Happy September birthdays

to our friends:

John Mickel September 9

Barbara Vincent September 12

BRIARCLIFF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH TEL: 914-941-4368 FAX: 914-941-1513 EMAIL: church-office@briarcliffchurch.org

SEPTEMBER 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Childcare is

available during

worship.

Sunday School

meets

simultaneously.

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LABOR

DAY

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3 Deacons

7:30 p.m.

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6 Puppet Workshop

9 a.m. - noon

7 WORSHIP, 10 a.m. Peanut Butter Sunday

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Benevolence

8 p.m.

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11 Women’s Society

9:30 a.m.

Senior Choir

rehearsal, 8 p.m.

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13 Puppet Workshop

9 a.m. - noon

14 WORSHIP, 10 a.m.

Gathering Sunday

All-Church Picnic

Sunday School starts

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18

Senior Choir

rehearsal, 8 p.m.

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20 B&G CleanUp

9 a.m. - noon

21 WORSHIP, 10 a.m.

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Church Council

7:30 p.m.

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Trustees

7:45 p.m.

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Senior Choir

rehearsal, 8 p.m.

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27 Women’s Society

Fall Brunch

9:30-11:30 a.m.

Heim Concert

7:30 p.m.

28 WORSHIP, 10 a.m.

David Saliamonas

piano concert, 8 p.m.

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COMING IN OCTOBER

October 4 Blessing of the Animals

October 9 Women’s Society

October 24/25 Career Closet Sale

Briarcliff Congregational Church presents

Hui-Mei Lin, piano

Naomi Merer, soprano

Eric Drucker, clarinet

Piano compositions by Bach-Busoni, Mozart, Schumann-Liszt

Art Songs by Schubert, Wolf and Frost

Saturday, September 27, 2014 7:30 pm

30 South State Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York

Free will offering benefits Ossining Children’s Center

Made possible by the Heim Memorial Music Fund

914.941.4368 www.briarcliffchurch.org