Riverside-Salem UCC

Program/Schedule mid-April to mid-June 2003

At the church cottage/environmental chapel, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, 4-6 p.m.

unless otherwise indicated. Call 773-1426 (June) or 646-9834 (Shirley) for information.

Apr. 13        [Palm Sunday] "Immigrant Issues in a Post-9/11 World."  Mary Kay Jou is the Training Director for the International Institute of New Jersey. She has worked with immigrant and refugee communities for several years. As a volunteer, she visits at Elizabeth Detention Center and is very active in the many ethnic communities in Jersey City.

April 18             Good Friday Service at St. Stephen's RC Church, 2100 Baseline Rd., Grand Island, 12:15 p.m.

Apr. 20        EASTER [celebratory/welcoming ceremony for new members]; for morning service:  Rev. Marjorie Neal, First UCC, 1940 Clinton Street, 10:00 a.m.

Apr. 27        ENVIRONMENTAL SABBATH: re-chip path; walk labyrinth; make peace cranes, dedicate Peace Pole, 2-4 p.m.  Please join us for an afternoon of family fellowship and fun! Dress weather-appropriate and bring fruit or bread to share. Soups will be provided. For further information call Nancy Savoy, 773-1563, or Roger Cook, 773-1426.

Apr. 30              "Globalization and World Debt: It's All in Our Hands," by Maureen Heffern-Ponicki at Catholic Center 2d Floor Conference Room, 795 Main Street, Buffalo, 7:00-8:30 p.m.  Sponsored by WNY Coalition for Debt Relief and American Friends Service Committee. For information: 847-5531.

May 4          BUSINESS (4:30 start time); Western New York Churches In Covenant (WNYCIC) Meeting at St. Paul's/St. Mark's UCC, 185 Niagara in Buffalo (Amistad focus), 1-5 p.m.; "A Taste of AVP" (Alternatives to Violence Project) session at Penelope Prentice's house, 639 Lafayette (1-4 p.m.), 882-6176.

May 11            [Mother [Earth]'s Day] "You Can Contribute to a Hopeful Future Free from Smog, Acid Rain, and Climate-Changing Greenhouse Gases"!  In 1997, Derek Bateman went to work for the Energy Cooperative of New York and has seen it grow from 28 members to almost 5,000 energy accounts using over $20 million dollars worth of energy last year.  He has been a co-op, community, and credit-union organizer since the 1970's and community-based economic development person since the 1990's.

May 18        Plant Exchange with Quality Quest [VOICE, 3:00 p.m., Convention Center]

May 23-26            Work weekend at Dunkirk (Jean Coffey, 649-0741, for information).

May 25            Sharing Our Gifts/Growing in the Spirit:  "The Wildness of God's Mercy," third discussion & possible decision regarding affiliation with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

June 1         BUSINESS

June 8              June 6-8 NY Conference UCC (Binghamton)

June 15        [Father's Day] ANNUAL PICNIC, 2-6 p.m.  Bring food, games to share.  Bag Auction!

July 14-18          Vacation Bible School (T, W, or Th afternoon - Eveline, Nancy, Angela Diebold) - Call Nancy, 773-1563, for information.  (Probably will be Thursday, July 17^th, from 12-2, but call to confirm!)