8:30 am - Choir rehearsal in the sanctuary. Join in! Contact Amir.

10:00 am - Worship service in the sanctuary.

11:00 am - Coffee and conversation out front ... and enjoy the new show in The Donald Gallery

Sunday worship is also streamed on South Church's Facebook page at 10 am. Services are archived in the video section of our Facebook page.

We are thrilled to welcome new members Chris Bolger, Roubi Eliopoulos, Katy Gravenor and Kay McCoy!!

CORRECTION: Last month's Miscellany incorrectly stated that Molly Rodriguez had finished her term as Deacon and was rotating off. Molly is continuing as a Deacon. Maria Harris and Maureen Buckley Fox have completed their terms and we thank them for their service.

Saturday, June 3, 8:00 pm: The LAB Presents a Workshop Production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” in Fellowship Hall. FREE. INFO

Sunday, June 4, 10 am: 🏳️‍🌈 Pride Sunday and Communion Sunday followed by soup together in Fellowship Hall

Saturday, June 10, Greenburgh Pride Rally 🏳️‍🌈 South and HRPqueer will have a table at the Rally at the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park 1-3 pm. INFO

Sunday, June 11, 10 am: Guest preacher Reverend Dorothy Muller

Sunday, June 18, 10 am: We welcome our new members, install our new Deacons and Session member, and recognize our graduates. Plus, our annual picnic following church! Look for the signup sheet in Fellowship Hall 🥗 🥧 🍇 🌭

Sunday, June 25: Roots & Wings CSA begins 8:30 am - 10 am. You can still sign up. Our relaxed summer worship begins; we'll focus on "Hidden Wholeness" by Parker Palmer throughout July.

Our belief that we can make this world a better, kinder, more just, more whole and more connected place has inspired several programs at South. We thought an introduction might be helpful as you look for ways to be involved, or for a program that meets your needs.

Community Nursery School is the longest running of South Church's programs. Founded in 1945, at a time when high quality childcare outside the home was virtually nonexistent and totally inaccessible to lower income families, CNS began with an impulse towards feminism and economic justice and continues to a be a warm and loving place for preschool children to play, learn, participate, share and grow.

How you can be involved:

Parents of preschoolers: tour for the fall or consider CNS Summer Session. It runs June 26 - July 28 and is open to all 3s and 4s (not attending K in the fall).  Contact Director Linda Jo Platt at cnsdobbsferry@aol.com

cnsdobbsferry.com

IG: @cnsdobbsferry

FB: @csndobbsferry

On any Wednesday morning in front of South Church, clients of the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry step into a world that we’ve created together—volunteers helping clients, folks dropping off donations, and people in need of food looking out for each other.   

The Pantry first welcomed clients in 2011. South sponsors the Pantry and provides the space for storage and distribution.

How you can be involved:

Volunteers raise money, write blogs, write grants and spread the word so that our neighbors know that we are here to help. "You can work as little or as much as you want—we’d love to hear from you so shoot us an email at dobbsferrypantry@gmail.com."

dobbsferrypantry.org

IG: @dobbsferrypantry

FB: @dobbsferrypantry

The well-traveled space between South Church’s sanctuary and Fellowship Hall serves as a popular Rivertowns gallery representing local artists. The Donald Gallery is named for its founders, longtime South Church members and artists Robert and Elizabeth Donald. The Gallery mounts six shows a year and has featured local painters, photographers, sculptors, and even a fiber artist.

How you can become involved:

The Gallery needs volunteers to help out with PR/social media and hanging shows.

Anyone interested in getting involved, please contact Curator Donna Thompson at healinginteriors@gmail.com 

southpres.org/donaldgallery

FB: @theDonaldGallery

IG: @DonaldGallery

Roots and Wings looks for ways to support sustainability--from growing food to composting, connection and community. Volunteers grow food for themselves and the Food Pantry in the Kitchen Garden, behind South, and care for the labyrinth of pollinator-friendly native plants in front of church. Roots & Wings also runs a summer CSA and has offered guided foraging walks, making Shiitake mushroom logs, and cooking, preserving and sourdough bread-making classes. And more.

How you can be involved:

We garden together on Fridays at 3:30 and Saturdays, 10 to noon.

Join us to learn or to teach. Have an interest or idea? Let's discover, together. info@rivertownscommunitygardens.com

rivertownscommunitygardens.com

FB: @rivertownscommunitygardens

IG: @rivertownscommunitygardens

Our program for children and teens explores the link between faith and justice, art and self. Grades 1 – 5 is the Faith and Justice Learning Lab. In the middle and high school years, our focus turns to leadership. Those years are the Faith and Justice Leadership Lab.

How you can be involved:

Enjoy the Workshop Production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” this Saturday! The Learning Lab is looking to connect with families with children ages 5 -12! Contact Learninglab@southpres.org

southpres.org/learninglab

rivertownslab.org

IG: @the_lab_openmic

South Church is in the (Mead) House! Some of us at the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society's 5th Annual Spring Thing, an event which continues Ernie and Jean Howell's 50 years of Memorial Day gatherings. Ernie is a long-time member of South; he and his late wife Jean raised their five children at South Church and he is much-loved part of our community.

Two special events this month: Friday, June 9, 6 - 7 pm: Dancing Home, conscious dance gathering with Lucia Rich, and Saturday, June 24, 4:30 - 6 pm: Summer Solstice Sound Bath with the Hudson Sound Healers. MORE

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