The Goshen Ecumenical Pantry Inc.  Housed in the Goshen First Presbyterian Church at 33 Park Place, Goshen, hands our food to Goshen residents, on the second Saturday of each month from 9:30am to 10:30am.

Goshen Ecumenical Pantry Inc @ The Goshen First Presbyterian Church, 33 Park Place, Goshen, New York 10924. Church Phone # 294-7991 or info at 294-9004.

Goshen Ecumenical Pantry, Inc. is the FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN GOSHEN, ST. JAMES’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH, GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ST. JOHN A.U.M.P. CHURCH, GOSHEN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, TEMPLE BETH SHALOM

The Goshen Ecumenical Pantry, Inc. a non-profit organization incorporated in 1993 is comprised of volunteers from local area Goshen Churches and Temple as well as concerned individuals from the Goshen community.

The purpose of the Pantry is to promote spirit of benevolence and to advance and preserve the welfare and physical well being of the homeless, needy and poverty stricken by means of administering the collection, transportation and distribution of donated food and food products.

The Pantry is funded through Grants from HPNAP (Hunger Prevention Nutrition Assistance Program of New York), and Shoprite’s Partners in Caring Program, Walmart, private donations and our Souper Bowl of Caring Fundraiser.

The Pantry distributes food and food products donated primarily by the members of the local Churches and Temple, with additional donations from area School Food Drives, the Scouting for Food Drive and Post Office Food Drive and area Businesses and organizations. We also purchase food thru the Regional Food Bank in Cornwall.

We distribute food to the needy in Goshen on the second Saturday of each month, at the Presbyterian Church Parish Hall at 9:30a.m. – 10:30a.m. We also distribute food to the Northgate Sr. Citizen Center once a month. We serve approximately 85 families.

The Goshen Ecumenical Pantry, Inc. will gladly accept donations of non- perishable food items and monetary gifts will be used to purchase additional food items.

How much food will I get? Each month when you shop, we will sign you up in the computer, and give you 2, 3 or 4 bags of pre bagged food. (The number will matter on the makeup of your family composition form). You will also get bread, meats and miscellaneous food, in addition to the pre bagged food.

Where or when do I sign up? Come to the pantry on the 2^nd Saturday of the month between 9:30am-10:30a.m. with the required paper work (proof of Goshen residence and proof of each family member) and we will sign you up and give you food.

Donations are ALWAYS welcome! Food Donations: Fresh vegetables, eggs, anything perishable are welcome. These need to be brought to us on or near the time we distribute (2nd Saturday of each month around 9:15am) so they do not spoil. We can always use paper and plastic bags.

Foods to donate are Peanut Butter, Spaghetti Sauce, Jam/Jelly, Tuna Fish, Canned Meals, Macaroni & Cheese, Detergents, Hand Soap, TOILET PAPER, Pancake Mix & Syrup,Rice, Canned Vegetables & Fruits, SOUP, Canned Beans(all types), Pasta, Cake & Brownie Mix, Instant Potatoes, Coffee/Tea/Cocoa, Oatmeal, Puddings, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, etc. Foods can be donated to any Church in Goshen or the Temple in Florida, NY.

We do not want outdated foods, open, rusty or stained cans. In general, if in you wouldn’t eat it, throw it out don’t give it to us. We can’t accept home canned food. We are always looking for help to unload food from the Food Bank pickups, and we could use trucks and drivers to pick up the food at the food bank. Call John Strobl at 294-9004 if you can help or need info.

 The next meeting of the St. James’ Camera Club is February 14  at 7:15pm.

The St. James’ Camera Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the St. James’ Parish Hall from 7:15 pm to around 9:30 pm.  All are welcome.  All levels of experience are welcome.  CLICK HERE , for our Facebook Page.

Visit us on Flickr CLICK HERE, then click on number of photos after Group Pool on the Flickr Screen and then click on Slide Show on the right side of the next screen for a Slide Show of  St. James’ Camera Club Photos.

New members are always welcome! Sign up here

 Please bring  photos on a disk or card or print out to show at the meeting.  Don’t forget to bring your photo questions also.

Photographer’s Night.  Any member who wishes to show their images on disc or jump drive as a slide show or printed images, from a vacation or their back yard is welcome to sign up. As many images as you want. A half hour will be set aside for these presentations

Stay posted for field trips

• Learn to take good photos!
• Sharpen and expand your photography.
• Learn more about your camera.
• Members enjoy photography and taking photos.
• Learn new techniques to take better pictures.
• Participate in fun field trips with other members of the club.
• Learn more about photographic composition and content.
• Group critiques are extremely educational.
• Enhance your pictures taken on vacation.

We are open to everyone.

Contact: John Strobl at 294-9004.

The Photographer’s Prayer

God, as I bring my subject into focus and prepare to make each picture,
never let me forget that I am creating treasures for others as well as myself.

Help me, O Lord to be a artist, collecting the beauty of every soul.
Give me the perspective to see my Photographer’s art as a service to others
making life richer and more memorable.

And, Dear Lord, between the lights and the shadows, the ups and downs, and the rolling years,
keep me from getting out of focus or off-center so that my life’s work may be framed with dignity and colored with contentment. Amen

Started in June of 1999, the Community Dinner at St. James’ began as a program to help feed those who could use a free meal and companionship, at the end of each month when funds may be low, and people find it hard to keep food on the table.

The FREE Dinners are open to Goshen residents and are held the last Saturday of each month, with dinner being served from 5:30pm-6:30pm at St. James’ Episcopal Church,1 St. James Place, Goshen, N.Y.

Our goal is to provide nourishment and to strengthen the bonds of community, in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Our dinners are hosted by various community groups whose aim is to foster caring of community in our area.  Come for a free meal and meet your neighbors.

We strive to include all community groups and individuals who wish to be part of this effort. We believe that, by working together as a community on common goals, we can do amazing things in Goshen.

For information about how your group, or you as an individual, can volunteer or get involved in the Free Community Dinners at St. James’ effort, please  email strobl@frontiernet.net or call  John Strobl at 845-294-9004

The Reverend M. Carl Lunden, Rector

In December 2000, St. James welcomed The Rev. M. Carl Lunden as its twenty-second Rector. Father Lunden was sponsored for ordination to the priesthood by Grace Episcopal Church in Middletown.

He studied at The General Theological Seminary in New York City, from which he graduated cum laude in 1997. He spent three years as Priest-in-Charge of Ascension and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in West Park/Highland, New York before being called to St. James.

Father Lunden has two children, Bethany and John. Before joining the Episcopal Church, Father Lunden was a Roman Catholic seminarian and a member of the Conventual Franciscan Friars.

The Reverend Deacon Thomas Mark Liotta, BSG, Minister of Music

The Rev. Deacon Thomas Mark Liotta, BSG, a member of the Brotherhood of St. Gregory, a religious community in the Episcopal Church, became the Minister of Music at St. James’ Church in 1990 after having served in the same capacity in the Roman Catholic Church for many years.

Deacon Liotta began playing the organ while still in high school as substitute organist in the many churches in Troy, New York. He began his formal studies of the organ at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC with Mr. Robert Twynham, organist and choir director of the Cathedral of Mary the Queen in Baltimore, MD.

When he arrived in New York, he studied organ with Dr. Bronson Reagan, organist at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in New York City. He did his liturgical and choral training at the St. Pius X School of Liturgical Music of Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY where Mr. Walter Ehret, noted arranged and choral clinician, was his instructor in vocal methods and choral conducting.

Prior to being received into the Episcopal Church, Deacon Liotta was a member of the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious order.

Genie McMonigle, Secretary

Genie McMonigle has been secretary at St. James’ since February 1995.

She has lived in the Mid-Hudson region since 1986 and presently resides in Walden with her husband Bill. They have two children: Willie is in the Marine Corp and Samantha is attending college at Lock Haven.

Genie & Bill were married at St. James’ and are active members of the congregation.

Karen Jayne, Sexton

Karen Jayne is the new St. James’ Sexton

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St. James’ Camera Club

ECCO (Episcopal Community of Central Orange)

Fr. Carl, chairperson

An acolyte is a lay person who assists in worship by carrying the processional cross or crucifix, lighting and extinguishing candles, holding a torch at the reading of the gospel, and assisting the priest and deacon during holy communion.

At the present, St. James has nineteen acolytes. They range in age from students in the sixth grade up to and including high school seniors.

If you are a boy or girl in the sixth grade or older and would like to become an acolyte, just give your name, address, and telephone number to the Parish secretary.

Altar Guild

Marci Hanners, Jeanne Healy co-chairpersons

When Jesus visits Martha and Mary, Mary sits at His feet while Martha prepares the supper and cleans the dishes. When Martha complains that Mary is not helping, Jesus explains that there are different types of ministry…by sitting at His feet and learning, Mary pursues her ministry and by preparing the meal and cleaning up afterwards, Martha pursues hers.

The women and men of St. James’ Altar Guild are very much like Martha. Their ministry of service is to take care of the altar, the linens, frontals, vestments and the vessels. The group is divided into five teams who meet each week to set the Lord’s table, preparing the altar according to liturgical season, polishing the brass and silver of the church, and overseeing the ongoing care of the liturgical vestments and appointments.

Two times a year the entire group comes together to clean the interior of the church and decorate for the Christmas and Easter seasons.

If you are interested in this activity, it requires about one hour on Saturday and before and after one service on Sunday once a month.

Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers

St. James’ has a large dedicated group of 23 Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers. A lector is a person chosen to read the lessons at the Eucharist.

A Eucharistic Minister in the Episcopal Church is a person licensed by the bishop of the diocese to administer the chalice at Holy Communion. This group meet on a quarterly basis with the Rector to plan the the EM Schedule and to go over details of the liturgy.

The shield was adopted by the General Convention of 1940 and is rich in symbolism.  The red cross on a white field is the St. George Cross, an indicator of our link to the Church of England, the mother church of the Anglican Communion.  The miniature crosses in the blue quadrant symbolize the nine original American Dioceses that met in Philadelphia in 1789 to adopt the constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.  They are: Connecticut (established in 1783), Maryland (1783), Massachusetts (1784), Pennsylvania (1784), New Jersey (1785), New York (1785), South Carolina (1785), Virginia (1785), and Delaware (1786).   The blue field in the upper left is the color traditionally associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary and is  symbolic of  Jesus’  human nature, wich he recieved from his mother.

The outline of the miniature crosses is in the form of St. Andrew’s Cross in tribute to the Scottish church’s role in ordaining the first American Bishop, Samuel Seabury, in 1784.  The colors red, white and blue symbolize, respectfully, (Red) the sacrifice of Christ and Christian martyrs,(White) the purity of the Christian faith, and (Blue) the humanity of Christ received from the Virgin Mary. In duplicating the colors of the American flag, they also represent the Episcopal Church’s standing as the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion.

God, as I bring my subject into focus and prepare to make each picture,
never let me forget that I am creating treasures for others as well as myself.

Help me, O Lord to be a artist, collecting the beauty of every soul.
Give me the perspective to see my Photographer’s art as a service to others
making life richer and more memorable.

And, Dear Lord, between the lights and the shadows, the ups and downs, and the rolling years,
keep me from getting out of focus or off-center so that my life’s work may be framed with dignity and colored with contentment.Amen

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Why Join Our Camera Club?

• Learn to take good photos!
• Sharpen and expand your photography.
• Learn more about your camera.
• Members enjoy photography and taking photos.
• Learn new techniques to take better pictures.
• Participate in fun field trips with other members of the club.
• Learn more about photographic composition and content.
• Group critiques are extremely educational.
• Enhance your pictures taken on vacation.

Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:15pm, St. James’ Church Parish Hall

Open to all members of St. James’, their family and friends.

Contact: John Strobl at 294-9004.

You can also sign up online here!

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