51 Sickletown Road, Pearl River, NY 845-735-4565

A Spiritual Community Where You Can Live Your Faith
A More Light Congregation where we joyfully welcome ALL people who worship God through Jesus Christ

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BRING FRUIT!
Bring fruit every Sunday for the Spring Valley Interfaith Breakfast Program. Back to Top

HELPING HANDS UPDATE:
As you are aware, Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church is actively involved in the Helping Hands ministry. Ruth Wainwright has become NPC’s Helping Hands Coordinator. Back to Top

CONSERVE ENERGY:
This is just a reminder to be aware of energy use around the church so we can keep our utility bills under some control this winter. Look out for open windows or doors when you leave the church. Make sure lights are off in areas of the church that are not in use. Thanks for your vigilance. It'll help all of us! Back to Top

INTER-CHURCH YOUTH GROUP
5th-8th Grade Students

Nauraushaun and Greenbush Presbyterian Churches along with the Tappan and Piermont Reformed Churches have launched a new middle school age youth ministry. The group meets on Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm-7:00 pm for three nine week cycles throughout the academic year.

Each meeting includes a meal, a time for recreation, and relevant discussion about the life of faith and the teachings of scripture. In addition to weekly meetings, each session will include a fellowship event and service project. The cost for each nine week session is $50 per student which covers the cost of meals and a few other program related expenses. This is an exciting new ministry and Nauraushaun is proud to be part of it!

Sponsoring Churches:

Greenbush Presbyterian Church
614 Western Highway
Blauvelt, NY 10913
845-359-4666

Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church
51 Sickletown Road
Pearl River, NY 10965
845-735-4565

Tappan Reformed Church
32 Old Tappan Road
Tappan, NY 10983
845-735-359- 359-1694

Piermont Reformed Church
361 Ferdon Avenue
Piermont, NY 10968
845-359-4637 Back to Top

CHILDREN'S CHRISTIAN EDUCATION:
Please take a minute to look at the new bulletin board in the Great Hall, which features what's going on with our kids. Back to Top

SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
You can share announcements of upcoming events in two ways: You can have them printed in the bulletin or you can have Pastor Laura offer the announcements during the Activities of the Community of Faith portion of worship for you. To have your announcement in the bulletin, please call the church at (845-735-4565) or email the office (npcpearl@verizon.net) by Wednesday of the week you want the announcement printed. To have Pastor Laura offer your announcement, you can email the church office, or give her a note on Sunday morning. Back to Top

SATURDAY FOOD PROGRAM:
If you or your children are interested in an enjoyable way to help other people, you might want to be involved in the Saturday Food Program run by the Salvation Army in Spring Valley. The Salvation Army truck goes out every Saturday at about 11 AM, with food preparation starting around 9:30AM. We are usually done by abut 12:30 PM. If you're interested in participating with us, please call Jim Waters. Back to Top

 

 

FROM THE PASTOR

June 2009
Pastor Laura

Dear Friends,

What a Sunday we had last week! If you missed our Pentecost picnic and rededication of the columbarium, you missed a beautiful day and wonderful fellowship on the lawn. Special thanks go to all who made it possible – from those who were on the committee to those who worked on our grounds to those who brought food for a delicious meal!

The same Spirit moving in the lives and memories of those whose ashes rest here hasn’t stopped. As a church, we are at a stage of scouting out what new things the Spirit is doing among us. A compelling fable describes a group journeying together through the woods. They had a dependable map. Every time they needed to get somewhere, they would look at the map, follow the path, and without too much disagreement, arrive at their destination. The group enjoyed traveling together, and usually got where they needed to go.

One day, the path stopped at a clearing that wasn’t on the map. The group looked around and saw several paths leading out of the clearing, but wasn’t sure which one they would need to take. The map no longer made sense; the old directions no longer worked. The people were going to have to find new ways to get where they needed to go, so that they could continue to share the joy of the journey.
We at Nauraushaun – at mainline churches everywhere – have come to such a clearing. Changing times, changing generations, changes in our own “traveling group” mean that much about the maps we’ve always used as a church will no longer take us where we need to go – as a vital church that seeks to be both deeply spiritual and focused on mission. We to need consider the directions ahead, not just where we want to go, but where God’s Spirit is moving in us and in our larger community.

Our session has approved Nauraushaun’s participation in “The Clearing,” a group of five churches from around our presbytery who are using a common process of seeking what God is doing, in our church, and in our community. Sarah Chauncey, Kathleen Fahmi, Juli Schaefer, and Jim Uleman have agreed to serve as our guiding team, meeting together and with teams from the other churches. This summer they will be conducting listening interviews, asking some members of our congregation and community to share their stories of their experiences of God. This process will continue for the next eighteen months; you will hear more about it from the group and from me, as we continue to grow in our awareness and understanding of our needs and challenges.

Leadership in these times requires different skills. All of us pastors participating in The Clearing will go through our own process, identifying our own areas of focus. Our session has also endorsed my pursuit a Doctor of Ministry degree in Church Planting and Transformation through Columbia Seminary in Atlanta, a process that will allow me to study churches with other pastors on similar journeys, but will also require me to work with our church to implement a project that reflects what I’ve learned. My continuing education time will go towards two-week seminars over the next four or five years, and culminate in the final ministry project; although I will be doing the academic work, as one session member said, we will all be in this process together. The first seminar will be July 5-19, and I look forward to “reporting back” on July 26.

This degree work is a great opportunity for scouting, for seeing how God is at work, and to discern where God is calling our church to follow new trails. The prospects are exciting, and as any unknown trail, a little daunting. I am grateful for each person among us as we continue on the path. Thanks be to God that we are not on the journey by ourselves, but that we follow One who walks with us, all by the power of the Spirit.

Grace and peace,

Laura

 


OFFICE HOURS ~ Directions
The church office hours are from
9 AM until 1 PM, Monday through Friday. If anyone needs to contact the church outside of these hours, please leave a message on the church voice mail, which is checked regularly.

If the need is urgent, contact one of the lead elders:
  George Ellestad ~ Worship
845-735-6771
  Carolyn Russell ~ Stewardship
845-623-5817
  Mary Lee Wainwright ~ Mission
845-425-3249
  Betsy Phelan ~ Evangelism
845-480-5620

DIRECTIONS
Take the upper level of the George Washington Bridge to the Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) going north

OR

Get onto the New York State Thruway going toward the Tappan Zee Bridge. Take Exit 13S (Palisades Parkway - South)

THEN

Take Exit #7 (Townline Road) off the PIP. At the end of the exit ramp there will be a sign for Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church ahead of you. Follow the directional arrow and go to the end of Townline Rd. (2-3 city blocks).

Turn right onto Sickletown Rd. (There will be another sign). NPC is on Sickletown Rd. a couple of miles down. To mark the way, you will go through a single lane tunnel and then over a bridge going over the PIP. After the bridge, there should be a golf course on your right. After the gold course, look for Van Houten Farms ( a garden center) on the left. Right after Van Houten's you will see the sign for the church on the right. We have a modern brick building and a large sign with the blue and red Presbyterian seal on the top of the sign.


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