November 2018

Agape Harvest

First United

Presbyterian Church

of Pine Plains 3039 Church Street,

P. O. Box 313,

Pine Plains, NY 12567 Tel: (518) 398-7117

To know the love of Christ; to show the

love of Christ; and to grow in the love of

Christ. • All are welcome to

join us at our weekly Sunday worship

service at 11:00

a.m.

• Church School and childcare are

available during the

worship service.

• Join us for the

warmth of coffee

hours and fellowship following most

weekly worship

services.

• Pastor Carol’s office

hours are by appointment.

Please call her at

(518) 697-0025

(home), (845) 235-3569 (cell) or (518)

398-7117 (church

office).

From Your Pastor:

Inside this issue:

Upcoming Events, Notices 2 Nutrition Corner 6 Prayers 8 Servants Calendar 5 www.pineplainsprebysterianchurch.com

During this past week we saw a beautiful

rainbow in the sky. Rainbows are wonderful

for many reasons, but for me they are

always a sign of hope. In the Old Testament

the rainbow is a sign of the covenant God

made with Noah and his family following the

flood. God’s promise to Noah was “the

waters shall never again become a flood to

destroy all flesh (Genesis 9:8-17).”

Regarded with awe and admiration for its

beauty, the rainbow became a feature of

scenes of heaven. In Revelation 4:3 in his

vision John writes “At once I was in the

Spirit, and there before me was a throne in

heaven with someone sitting on it. And the

one who sat there had the appearance of

jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling

an emerald, encircled the throne.” In the

magnificent Wade Chapel in Lakeview

Cemetery in Cleveland, OH this scene is

depicted in opalescent glass by Louis

Comfort Tiffany.

As Christians we have the ultimate hope in

Jesus Christ who, in complete faithfulness to

God our Father, overcame death and the

grave. In him we have the hope of everlasting

life.

I have found that most of the time I have to

look for the rainbows. In other words, after

the rain I have to go out and search the sky if

I’m going to see the rainbow’s glory. We

have to look not only for hope, but for the

peace, joy and love around us gifts of God’s

grace that we can share with others.

As we go forward in the days and weeks

ahead, may our lives be filled with these

Christian graces that we may continue to

grow in every way to God’s Glory and

praise.

With love in Christ,

Carol

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Upcoming Events, Notices * Events dates & times subject to change

All meetings/events in the Fellowship Hall unless stated otherwise.

Session Mtg: Tuesday Nov. 6 at 6:30 pm. We will meet early to have a light supper as we welcome The Rev. Peter Surgenor and Martin McGeaghy from Presbytery. Bible Study: Thursdays at 7 pm. Women’s Assoc.: Thursday November 8 at 1:00 pm. Council of Churches: Friday November 16 at 10:30 am at Church of the Regeneration.

Looking Ahead:

Pine Plains Senior Club Potluck and Craft: Nov. 7 at

Noon in the Pine Plains Community Room above the Library.

Please bring a dish to share. RSVP Lori at 398-8600 x-202.

Pastor Carol’s Farewell - Open House For all the Church community and others for whom Carol has provided love, support and counseling, we will host an Open House at the Lions Pavilion on Stissing Lake on Saturday, November 17 from 2:00- 4:00 pm. Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome, no RSVP is necessary. Anyone willing to help with refreshments that day should call Kathy Bartles at 398-7568 or leave a msg on the church office phone at 398-7117. Thanksgiving Eve Service We are hosting the service at our church this year. It will be on Wednesday Nov. 21 at 7 pm.

Book Buddies

An opportunity to make a difference for a child. Literacy Connections is bringing a new program to the Seymour Smith school in Pine Plains. They are seeking volunteers to spend one hour a week with 1 or 2 children, reading to them or having them read to you. Men and women welcome! They are working with a contact at the School, and will provide training, materials, etc. You can call them directly at 845-452-8670 and ask for Katherine Stikkers. Several of us have already signed up. Kathy Bartles

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Thank You

Women’s Bazaar

The Women’s Association wishes to thank everyone for their help and support at this year’s Christmas Bazaar. We made a total of $3,584.00 which includes $1,011. made on the bake sale.

There was also a raffle by the Women’s Assoc. at the turkey dinner. Dot Whitaker won a quilt made by Rosann Kemp, and a Nativity scene made by Jan Brooks was won by Janet Fitzgerald. The raffle at the dinner took in an additional $80 for the bazaar sales.

We could never pull off such an accomplishment without help from so many! We thank you!

[Editor: Thanks to Carol Hart and the Ladies!]

Pastor Carol’s Farewell Luncheon

Dear Members and Friends, Thank you so much for the wonderful retirement party. It was a blessing to me and a very special gift to have you there as well as folks from Ozone Park, Fr. Cartier and his wife and my family. Thank you for all your love and support at this time of transition into retirement. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your pastor these last eleven years. With love, Carol

Turkey Dinner The final $$ tally has not yet been calculated but we sold 175 meals (63 sit-down and 112 take-out) which is less than usual but there were several other big events going on that night which probably drew people away from ours. Still, the dinner went like clockwork and the food was delicious, thanks to our wonderful volunteers who baked and cooked and worked so hard to make it a success, including the help of two students from the high school. Thanks also to everyone who donated items for the dinner which help lower our costs. --- Jeanne and Dyan

Some Photos from Turkey Dinner - Saturday Morning Prep

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Saying Goodbye to Pastor Carol (photos from the Women’s Association farewell and the farewell luncheon at Lia’s – thanks to Roberta Cerniglia and Laura Dennis for the photos)

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Liturgist Schedule for November – December 2018

November 4 November 11 November 18 November 25

Lynne Clinch Margo Jackson Scott Chase Roberta Cerniglia

December 2 December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30

Carol Hart John Hart Scott Chase Doug Hart Dyan Wapnick

Communion: December – Linda Wendover Session Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month Next Session Meeting: Tuesday November 6 at 6:30 pm

SESSION: Kathy Bartles, Bob Clinch, Jeanne Valentine-Chase, Scott Chase, Jim Jackson, and Linda Wendover.

Treasurer: Scott Chase Clerk of Session: Kathy Bartles Moderator: Pastor Carol Miller

DEACONS: Roberta Cerniglia, Lynne Clinch, Dora Hage, Carol Hart, and John Hart.

Deacon Schedule: 1st Sunday: John Hart 2nd Sunday: Carol Hart 3rd Sunday: Lynne Clinch (Roberta covering for Lynne - January, February, and March) 4th Sunday: Dora Hage 5th Sunday: Roberta Cerniglia

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By Lynne Clinch

Two Recipes You Should Make

It’s November! And the air has a chill. Time for hearty cooking so

bring out that crockpot and let’s get started. This month’s nutrition

corner hold recipes made by our Fabulous cooks/bakers who helped

the kitchen component for the woman’s association break a record

thousand dollar sale effort at their annual Christmas Bazaar.

Susan Newland McCarty made a delicious chili that I was told was

delish! So I take it on good authority that this is a recipe to put into

use on chilly weekends. Make before church service and come home

to good smells and your halftime meals are solved. This recipe was a

sell out so just saying….

Black Bean ‘n’ Pumpkin Chili Crockpot on low 4-5 hours, 2 ½ quarts (10 servings)

2 T. olive oil

1 medium onion

1 Medium yellow pepper (but red or green would do)

3 garlic cloves minced

2 cans black beans rinsed and drained

1 can solid pack pumpkin

1 can diced tomatoes, juice included

3 c. chicken broth

2 ½ c cubed chicken (turkey ok too)

2 tsp. each dried parsley flakes and chili powder

1 ½ tsp. each ground cumin and dried oregano

½ tsp. salt

In a large skillet heat oil. Add onion and pepper and cook until tender. Add garlic and cook a minute

more. Put all in crockpot and add all remaining ingredients. Cook covered 4-5 hours on low. Serve and

enjoy. Top with avocado and/or green onion chopped. Think Thanksgiving leftovers!

Elizabeth Beier can always be counted on to make a treat, wrap it and tie with a bow! This year did not

disappoint. Her Oatmeal nut and raisin cookie was a hit. I ‘loved’ them and so promptly sent her an

email requesting the recipe and asking her to share in the newsletter. She was happy to do so and

included the story behind the cookie. I felt I had to share that too. So here goes….

“They’re not a family recipe, but have a nice little story behind them: I edited this recipe in Tate’s Bake

Shop Cookbook almost fifteen years ago. Do you know Tate’s Cookies? They are sold all over the place

now (in a green paper package), but when we did this cookbook they were just starting that side of the

business and were a small and beloved bake shop in Southampton, NY started by Kathleen King.

Kathleen grew up in a farm family in Noyak, New York and made money to put herself through SUNY

Binghamton by making chocolate chip cookies and selling them at her father’s farm stand. Her first

business after graduating was called Kathleen’s Cookies, but later, after a split with investors, she needed

a new company name and chose Tate’s after her father’s nickname, Tater (he was mostly a potato

farmer).

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Anyway, Kathleen’s a runner and fitness enthusiast in addition to a baker. She likes to make energy bars, trail

mix, etc., and this cookie is inspired by that aspect of her life while still being a full-on cookie. You are right:

there is healthy stuff in them!

Here’s a snap of the recipe from Tate’s Bake Shop Cookbook (St. Martin’s Press, 2005). I used dark brown

sugar and altered just a bit by using pecans instead of peanuts (I’m from Texas, after all!), and best quality

chocolate (I used Callebaut—the closest brands available at Peck’s are Sharffenberger and Ghirardelli), with

half the quantity in semisweet chocolate and half the quantity in bittersweet chocolate (so 1/2 cup

bittersweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips). It’s not important that they be chips—if

you can’t find bittersweet chips, which can be elusive, get a bar or chunk of bittersweet chocolate and hack it up

roughly with a knife or pulse it in a food processor to make enough to fill a half cup measure). That half

semisweet/half bittersweet chocolate is one of the best baking tricks I’ve come up with!”

The original idea was to make a trail mix into a cookie. The name corp was a nickname her friend gave them.

Corp Cookies 350 degree oven 15-17 minutes

½ c flour

¾ tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

½ c. unsalted butter room temp.

½ c. packed light or dark brown sugar

¼ c. sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp. vanilla and 1 tsp. water

1 ½ c. rolled oats

1 c. total chocolate chips semi sweet or a mixture (See above article)

½ c. peanuts

½ c raisins

Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Cream butter and the sugars. Add the egg. Add the vanilla and water.

Mix until combined. Next add the dry ingredients and combine. Then add the chips, raisins and nut.

Remember Elizabeth used pecans but I imagine walnuts would work as well. Drop by ¼ cup full 3 inches

apart on cookie sheet then bake. Dropping by normal smaller heaping teaspoon size would work too, but

adjust the baking time. Check at 10 minutes. I think this recipe could be doubled without any problems.

Well, I was going to add my pie crust recipe but there is always next month. If you have a recipe to share pass

it along.

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During the coming weeks, please remember the following people in your daily prayers: our pastor, our congregation,

all our children, our loved ones, and all of those who have lost loved ones in the past year.

At home: Patricia A. Bommicino (Cindy and Roberta), Judy Parliman, Cathy Fitzpatrick, Linda Bartolomeo, the Miller family

(Millerhurst Farm), Betty Jackson (Dorothy’s sister), Dot Whitaker, Bob Clinch, Roanne MacPherson Farina, Betty Peck

whose niece Jean died, Caeden Boyce (Cindy and Roberta) small child with leukemia, Michael Tacti (Linda Wendover’s

cousin), Anthony Silva, the Lopez family, Emo #4 (Rosanne’s son-in-law’s aunt), Paul Koppenhaver (Dot Whitaker), Jack

Pulver (Kathy Bartles), Sylvia Schultz, Laura Clark, Lynn (Linda Wendover’s sister), Antonio Gonzalez (Dyan), Cathy Geleta

(Carol H.), Ray Wendover, Casey Henderson (Steven & Dylan’s mother, Linda Wendover’s granddaughter), Melissa and

Anthony, Hank (Betty’s brother), Karen Pineda, Cookie Pecorella, Robert Wendover, Jeannette Bartles (Don’s mother), Walter

Krummenacher (Deb Jackson), George Koch, Marge Palmer, Gene Jernigan, Barbara Gurbel, Ron Osofsky, Cliff Goldsmith,

Lauren (Judy and Ron’s granddaughter), Daniel Hegarty III, Alyce Larkin, Chrissy McBeth, Bridget and Aylee, Dave Filipe,

Steve Bracey, Lauranne Oliver, Jeanette Finkle, Harriet A’Brial, Marietta (Linda Rosado's daughter), Arlene Brower, Whitney

and family (Susan), Chun Ok Blackie (Jim and Margo Jackson’s sister-in-law), Caitlin Edge (Deb), Elaine Hage, Joann

Amelio, Mort Jackson, Luane Ballantine, Mary Douglass, Debra Rose, Laura Dennis, Trudie Wilson, Marge (Laurie), Marjorie

Bright, Lisa Spear, Karen Lane (Marva), Judy MacMorran (Barbara Gurbel’s daughter), Debbie (Laurie), Shirley and Walden

MacPherson, Brittany, Debbie Kinney, Lottye Kate (Barbara Gurbel's great-granddaughter), Jennie Clark, Mikayla Clark.

At Ferncliff Nursing Home: Virginia Kemp, Room 2036, Floor 2B

At Thompson House: George Dennis

At The Manor at Woodside: Helen Travis and Rod Davis

At Noble Horizons: Rev. Herb Day, RuthAnn Pulver

At Geer Village: Phyllis Ronner

At Sharon Health Care Center: Marion Doyle, Vinny Masarelli.

At The Pines: Muriel Swart

At the Baptist Home: Mary Jo Glozier, Betty Clinch, Dolly Thorpe

In the military or Reserves: Garrett Pendleton (South Korea), Zane King (South Korea), Keith Jackson (Saudi Arabia), Lewis

and Denzel Jackson (Keith Jackson’s sons), Garrett Cummings, Daniele Casazza, Kyle Moskowitz, Matt Cade, Zach

McDonnell - Reserves, John Cort, Mark Hall, Jacob Coons, Danny Hoysradt, Brian Montross, Nathaniel Chase - Reserves

(Marge's grandson), Eric Wiltsie (Tom and Renee Strudwick’s nephew).

And all those who have served in our military.

Share a Blessing!

Next issue: Submission deadline: Send submissions to: December 2018 November 25, 2018 dyanwapnick@optimum.net

Pine Plains Food Locker: The monthly drive item for November are toothbrushes and toothpaste for adults and children. Toiletries are always welcomed.

Please send $ donations to the Pine Plains Food Locker

2852 Church Street Pine Plains, NY 12567