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Last minute AMAZING opportunity!

There are some spaces open for the Churches Learning Change retreat taking place NEXT WEEK October 24 - 26.
 
Pastors and Congregational Leader:10 a.m. Thursday - 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Additional Congregation Members:   5 p.m. Friday - 4:30 p.m. Saturday
The retreat will take place at the BEAUTIFUL Honor's Haven Resort in Ellenville, NY
 
The next round of Churches Learning Change is scheduled to begin Fall of 2020, NOW is the time to start considering your involvement.
 
Can you fit in this last-minute amazing opportunity?  Make it a "Taste and See" to help your congregation consider involvement in the next round.  Lodging and meals are already paid!
 
Already participated in "Ridder" in the past?  Churches Learning Change is a process where programming helps participants dive deeper in their own process, you can participate as many times as you want!!  Form a new team, reinvigorate the old team, dream up something new ecumenically...  Also, as a learning community we are always adding new content.  All are welcome!
 
Contact Ali Stone at the synod office or   CLCBigEast@gmail.com ASAP to register.


Camp Fowler Harvest Gathering
Nov. 4 at 6pm

This annual event brings more than 300 friends of Fowler together for an evening and helps raise over $30,000 annually for our budget. It starts with appetizers and a silent auction, with a dinner and special presentation to follow and takes place at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia.

We'd love have you or your church sponsor a table and then fill it with up to 10 of your friends, family, or members from your church. The Silent Auction opens at 6pm with dinner to follow at 7pm. 



Musician's Workshop
with organ instructor Al Fadek,
vocal instructor Susan Hermance-Fadek,
and Dean of the School of Music, Brett Wery

Saturday, Nov. 9 2pm - 5pm
First Reformed Church of Schenectady
8 North Church Street, Schenectady NY 

Sessions:
2pm: Keyboard Skills for the Church Musician
3pm: Working with Church Choirs
4pm: Getting Certified (Certificates, guilds, and associations)

Brought to you by the SUNY Schenectady County Community College School of Music

Registration is free. Email: schoolofmusic@sunysccc.edu
 

Education and Advocacy Resources 
about Peace in the Middle East


Recently the Albany Synod Executive Committee sent a letter to several upstate U.S. Congressional representatives calling attention to the Israeli military's detention and ill-treatment of  Palestinian children in the West Bank.The letter urges our representatives to support  H.R. 2407, "The Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living under Israeli Occupation Act."  The Reformed Church in America and  Churches for Middle East Peace are also listed as endorsing this legislation.

John Paarlberg  ( jpaarlberg@gmail.com) serves as a volunteer regional coordinator for Churches for Middle East Peace.  He has traveled to Israel and Palestine several times and is available to meet with church groups who want to learn more about the situation in Israel and Palestine and how Christians might respond.  The United Church of Christ Palestine-Israel Network has also produced a  video curriculum on the detention of children. The curriculum and videos can be accessed by churches free over the internet.


Grants are Available for You!

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Do you have a new ministry that needs a little seed money? Is it focused on discipleship, mission, or revitalization?
Apply for a Synod Ministries Grant for up to $1,000. 

The grant for can be found HERE. Once completed, it will be reviewed by the Synod Ministries Board and you will be notified quickly about your request and if your application was approved. Most projects receive funding within a month of their application. 

Questions? Contact Reilly at rsa.comscoordinator@gmail.com

Regional Synod of Albany
1790 Grand Blvd
Schenectady, NY 12309
                   518-374-4573     www.albanysynod.org      synodalbany@gmail.com

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