Saturday, June 16, 2012. Tours run from 9am – 4pm. Starting at St. James’ Episcopal  Church. There will be two luncheons from 11am – 12:30pm & 1:00pm – 2:30pm (luncheon time will be decided the day of the Tour). The advance ticket price, is $40.00 and will be $45.00, if still available on the day of the Tour. You will receive a Tour Guide and Road map on the day of the Tour. This is a rain or shine event.

Purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win many garden related prizes. They are 6 for $5.00 at the front desk.

Have your gardening questions answered by Dan Daly of the Times Herald Record & Hudson Valley Landscaping and Cornell Cooperative Master Gardeners. 

The Menu :Cranberry Chicken Salad Served in Lettuce Cups, Garden Vegetable Quiche, Quiche Lorraine, Greek Orzo Salad, Lola’s Southern Bean Salad, Asian Slaw, Pea & Bacon Salad, Deviled Eggs, Tea Sandwiches, Viennese Table, Coffee, Iced Tea, Lemonade, Water with Lemon Slices, and of course the wonderful Dessert Table.

Do you know of a Goshen Garden that you would like to see on next years Garden Tour ? Call Terry at 845-294-9470.

Advance tickets for the Tour may be purchased at the Church Office for $40.00.  Phone the office at 294-6225. Remember day of Tour tickets are $45.00 if still available.  

Select # Of Tickets To Purchase

Single Ticket $40.00 USD 2 Tickets $80.00 USD 3 Tickets $120.00 USD 4 Tickets $160.00 USD 5 Tickets $200.00 USD 6 Tickets $240.00 USD 7 Tickets $280.00 USD 8 Tickets $320.00 USD

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Click here for photos of past Gardens of Goshen Tours.

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(September - June)

• 9:00 am – Family Eucharist Rite II
• 10:15 am – Holy Eucharist Rite II (choir and pipe organ)

Wednesday Service (Year round)

This service is held in the St. Francis, St Clare Chapel

• 12:00 pm – Healing & Holy Eucharist
• 12:30 – Fellowship Lunch 

Holy Days – As Announced

 The term means “the fiftieth day.” It is used in both the OT and the NT. In the OT it refers to a feast of seven weeks known as the Feast of Weeks. It was apparently an agricultural event that focused on the harvesting of first fruits. Josephus referred to Pentecost as the fiftieth day after the first day of Passover. The term is used in the NT to refer to the coming of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1), shortly after Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension. Christians came to understand the meaning of Pentecost in terms of the gift of the Spirit. The Pentecost event was the fulfillment of a promise which Jesus gave concerning the return of the Holy Spirit. The speaking in tongues, which was a major effect of having received the Spirit, is interpreted by some to symbolize the church’s worldwide preaching. In the Christian tradition, Pentecost is now the seventh Sunday after Easter. It emphasizes that the church is understood as the body of Christ which is drawn together and given life by the Holy Spirit. Some understand Pentecost to be the origin and sending out of the church into the world. The Day of Pentecost is one of the seven principal feasts of the church year in the Episcopal Church (BCP, p. 15). The Day of Pentecost is identified by the BCP as one of the feasts that is “especially appropriate” for baptism (p. 312). The liturgical color for the feast is red. Pentecost has also been known as Whitsun or Whitsunday, a corruption of “White Sunday.” This term reflects the custom by which those who were baptized at the Vigil of Pentecost would wear their white baptismal garments to church on the Day of Pentecost. The BCP provides directions for observance of a Vigil of Pentecost, which begins with the Service of Light (p. 227). The Hymnal 1982 provides a variety of hymns for Pentecost (Hymns 223-230) and the Holy Spirit (Hymns 500-516).

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 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 501 (c)(3) Charitable organization, was 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 June 12, 10  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. Membership is $5.00 a year.

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

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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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