MADISON AVENUE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
921 Madison Avenue
(at East 73rd Street)
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212- 288-8920
Fax: 212-249-1466
(at East 73rd Street)
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212- 288-8920
Fax: 212-249-1466
Camille Cook, a second year student at Princeton Theological Seminary, has joined the MAPC staff as our seminarian for the next two years. A native of Minnesota, Camille grew up Roman Catholic. When Camille began to experience a call to ministry, recognizing that ordination would not be a possibility for her in the Roman church, she began to explore the possibility of another Christian affiliation. Ultimately, Camille became Presbyterian, joining the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is under the care of its session and an Inquirer in the Presbytery of Twin Cities.
Camille
is a 2003 graduate of Vanderbilt University where she received a Bachelor
of Arts in Religious Studies and Psychology, and graduated Cum laude, with
honors in religious studies. While at Vanderbilt, she spent the spring of
2002 at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, engaged in Central
and Eastern European Jewish Studies. An avid sportswoman, she was a member
and Captain of Vanderbilt University’s varsity women’s crew
team. This summer she completed Clinical Pastoral Education at United Hospital
in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her interests include mountaineering, tennis, skiing,
traveling, swimming and rowing.
Camille has been deeply involved in camping through the Salvation Army, having served as Assistant Director and then Director of the Army’s Lakewood Day Camp in Maplewood, MN. She has served as a home school tutor for high school students while in college in Nashville, TN. In the summer of 2001, she participated in the Salvation Army’s Summer Missions program in the Ukraine.
Camille will be working with the children’s worship program on a weekly basis during the 9 am service, and periodically at the 11:15 am service, assisting with Sunday School at various age levels, including helping to teach the Foundations of Christian Faith adult education series, participating in worship leadership at 11:15, and staffing and leading the 20s/30s Group’s twice-a-month Bible studies. She will preach periodically at the Healing and Wholeness services, as well as on Good Friday, do some limited hospital and nursing home visitation, and engage in a program of study in Reformed worship, church administration, evangelism, stewardship and Christian education. Please take time to introduce yourself to Camille and extend to her your own welcome.
At 10 am on Sunday, October 17, the Nubian Gents, a ministry
which utilizes step dancing, singing and acting as their main vehicles of
expression to spread the Good News, will perform at MAPC. Through New Life
of New York City, which is supported by MAPC, the Nubian Gents, and their
counterpart Feminine Fire, will perform for us during the Adult Education
and Sunday School Hour. 
This step team ministry has performed throughout the United States and in Europe and South Africa. Recently, they performed for 500 Pennsylvania high school students and their families, at a half-time show at Hofstra University, at Oberlin College, and at Riker’s Island, bringing their message of hope and redemption. We hope you will be with us to enjoy this moving performance!
If you are the parents of children or youth, please join
us for a wine and cheese reception at the manse on Thursday, October 21,
7-9 pm. You’ll have an opportunity to meet Sarah Lien Finnerty, our
new Director of Christian Education and Youth Ministries, and share your
program ideas and dreams for our young people.
RSVP to Margaret Williamson, 212-288-8920 x271 or e-mail her at mew@mapc.com.
Please follow this link for Sunday morning
CE programs for adults.
The seminar is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about membership at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, the nature of the Presbyterian Church, or the basics of the Christian faith. A continental breakfast is available from 8:30 - 9 am; the seminar begins promptly at 9 am and ends by 4 pm. Dress is casual, and lunch will be provided. If you are interested in attending, please contact Bill Philip at 212-288-8920 x241, or e-mail him at wbp@mapc.com. Professional childcare is available, but needs to be arranged in advance when you contact Bill. Hope to see you there!
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The November Seniors Unlimited event will be a bus trip to the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum on Long Island. The Arboretum began in 1887, utilizing plans conceived
by the architectural firm of Frederick Law Olmstead. This trip offers the
opportunity to walk on the Arboretum’s nature trails, enjoy a light
lunch, and tour the Bayard residence. The cost of the trip, including lunch,
is $30.The bus will leave the church at 9 am and we expect to be back by
5 pm. Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes!
Reservation forms accompanied by a check are required. For more information,
contact Margaret Williamson at 212-288-8920 x271, or e-mail her at mew@mapc.com.
Come learn more about Islam through the Islamic collection
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On Friday, November 12, the Mid-Timers
will sponsor their third museum night, beginning with a guided tour that
will introduce us to the symbols, signs, and history of Islamic art. The
tour lasts about an hour, and the group will dine together afterward. Cost
of the tour is $17, and each person will pay for their own dinner. Please
join us for an evening of learning and camaraderie. RSVP to Margaret Williamson
212-288-8920 x271, or mew@mapc.com by November 9.
(Mid-Timers are all those who feel that they fall between the 20s30s
Group and Seniors Unlimited.)
Yes, now is the time to win - win. Not yesterday or today,
but on Sunday your Hood Library book is due. You win by not having to pay
a 50¢ fine per week overdue. The library wins by having the book available
to loan to the next ready-reader. So please tie a bow around your finger
to remember your borrowed book is due now. Hand your book to a librarian
on duty or place it in the return box on the window sill in the Hood Library.
How else can one win - win? By just visiting the library to look over the
new books on display. Wow! What a choice! Let the library know what type
of book you want: Mysterious? Biographical?, Historical? Spiritual? Psychological?
And more...just ask.
The Library Committee want the Hood Library to be the best Church Library
it can be as a resource for members and friends. You can help by making
suggestions for books and placing them in the new suggested box in the library.
Here are some winning titles of books added this fall: My Life in Saudi
Arabia (Inside the Kingdom), The Accidental Tourist, The Spiral Staircase,
The Cat who Brought Down the House, God’s Secretaries, Big Russ and
Me, and Bound for the Promised Land.
On Sunday, November 21 at 4 pm the St.
Andrew Chorale will present its first concert of the 2004-05 season, performing
the Petite Messe Solennelle by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868).
After many years of “retirement” as a composer, years in which
he enjoyed the tremendous financial and popular success of his vast operatic
output, Rossini composed this outstanding setting of the mass. Naturally,
one hears music similar to that of his operas, but there is also present
a sincerity and power that sets this work apart from the works composed
for the stage. It was composed in 1863 and first performed at the consecration
of the small private chapel of the Countess Louise Pillet-Will. This explains
the unusual accompaniment for two pianos and harmonium, i.e., reed organ.
In our performance, the piano parts have been reduced to one player and
the pipe organ will be used in place of the harmonium, both of these changes
being the modern norm for presenting this work, although Rossini did compose
an orchestral accompaniment four years later.
Rossini jokingly referred to the Petite Messe Solennelle as “the
last mortal sin of my old age.” This frivolous notion is countered
by the inscription that he included in the score: “Dear God - this
poor little mass lies there. Have I written some music that is sacred, or
just some sacred music? I was born to write opera buffa, well Thou
knowest! Scant learning is there contained, but a little of my full heart
is there. Then be Thou praised, and grant me entry into Paradise.”
The word petite in the title is misleading as this is a major work lasting
well over an hour, and many of the choruses are indeed learned,
especially the monumental amen fugues which conclude the Gloria in excelsis
and the Credo.
John Weaver will conduct the performance and Peter Vinograde will be the
pianist. The soloists will be Sarah Pillow, soprano; Desirée Baxter,
alto; Forbes Woods, tenor; and Daniel Alexander, bass. The suggested donation
at the door is $15 (Seniors and Students $10).
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