TEACH. LEARN. GROW.

We are committed to always enhancing our knowledge,

to sharing what we have learned,

to never stop growing.

Dave Baldauf: Caring for Creation

We strive to teach good environmental practices through events and programs

that lead to more sustainable mindsets and lives.

Our goal is to help protect and cherish all that God has created.

SOLAR ENERGY FOR THE CHURCH

Hallelujah! The church began lighting with solar energy in March of 2020!

The Caring for Creation Committee was instrumental in signing up the church

for Community Solar, wherein we receive our electricity from solar panels

in a remote installation provided by the Nexamp Corporation.

This is achieved at no cost to the church,

with the power provided via the usual Central Hudson channel.

Using solar panels to generate our electricity eliminates the need

for Central Hudson to burn fossil fuel, which disperses carbon dioxide into the atmosphere --

a key contributor to climate change.

Signing up through the Community Solar program encourages companies

to invest in more solar arrays, which other homes and businesses could utilize.

It is a model of what our congregants could do as well for their homes.

HEROD THE GREAT AND THE POLITICS THAT DIVIDE US

An enlightening lecture series from Dr. Bruce Chilton of Bard College

Part 1: How Rome Made Herod into the King of the Jews

Part 2: Slaughter of the Innocents

Part 3: Roman Power Politics and Why Herod's Son Antipas Sought to Execute Two Jewish Teachers - John the Baptist and Jesus

Click here for the accompanying handout.

Part 4: The Roman Trial of Saint Paul and

How Herod's Great-Grandson Agrippa

Tried to Save His Life

Click here for the accompanying handout.

Part 5: The Jewish Empress in Waiting

The Little-Known Story

of Herod’s Great-Granddaughter Bereniké

WOMEN OF FAITH

An important lecture series from Dr. Bruce Chilton of Bard College

Part 1: The Biblical Period

Miriam, the sister of Moses

Mary Magdalene

Part 3: The Early Modern Period

Francesa Sarah of Safed

Theresa of Avila

Part 2: The Medieval Period

Hildegaard of Bingen

Inés Esteban

Part 4: The Twentieth Century

Eleanor Roosevelt

Trude Weiss-Rosmarin

LIBERATION THEOLOGY

Dr. Bruce Chilton of Bard College offers a four-part series on Liberation Theology

Part 1:

Exodus and the Demand for Liberation

Click here for the accompanying handout.

Part 2:

Crucifixion, Resurrection, and the Power of Liberation

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Part 3:

FDR'S Vision for Liberation

with special guest Paul Sparrow

FDR Presidential Library & Museum

Paul Sparrow is the Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, which is part of the National Archives. Before moving to the FDR Library, he was the Deputy Director and Senior Vice President for Broadcasting and New Media at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. He was a founding partner in the University of Maryland’s Future of Information Alliance, and a pioneer in interactive digital media. Prior to his work at the Newseum, Sparrow was an Emmy-Award winning television producer. He began his television career at KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco.

Part 4:

Practical Liberation

Jim Leyritz:
Going All In

Reverend Doctor Leonard Sweet

PENTECOST

Dr. Bruce Chilton of Bard College offers a four-part series on Pentecost

RESURRECTION LOGIC

Dr. Bruce Chilton of Bard College offers a series of video lectures on the resurrection

PRAYING WITH JESUS

Dr. Bruce Chilton of Bard College

offers a two-part series on the Lord's Prayer.

TEACH. LEARN. GROW.

Dave Baldauf: Caring for Creation

Jim Leyritz: Going All In

Reverend Doctor Leonard Sweet

Jim Leyritz:
Going All In