March 19, 2010
by Keith Robellard

Twice a year for more than 35 years, the First Congregational Church of Chappaqua Chancel Choir has performed a significant choral piece in lieu of the Sunday sermon. This Sunday, March 21, during morning worship from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., the choir will perform Francis Poulenc’s Gloria. All are invited to share in this special Sunday worship service and join us for Sunday brunch afterwards in the church hall.

by Reverend Tom Lenhart 

On Sunday, March 21, after the morning worship service, The First Congregational Church will recognize and celebrate at a special brunch the membership since 1953 of Gordon and Marj Hale, long time residents of Chappaqua.

Visit three slide shows in our Photo Gallery
November 27, 2009

Editor’s note: On Sunday, November 22, a Thanksgiving Interfaith Service was hosted by St. John and St. Mary’s Catholic Church.  It began with music and prayers sung and read by representatives of all the Interfaith Council member groups, and ended with a feast in the parish hall.  Here we reprint The Reverend Tom Lenhart’s opening remarks, followed by notes from some of the participants, and last, some film.

“On behalf of the Interfaith Council’s members I want to welcome you today to this thanksgiving service. We have much to be thankful for. Among our blessings is the legacy of remarkable ideals—equality, liberty, and freedom of religion—established by those who have gone before us. This is a land where a church and a temple and a mosque can share the same street; where children of different races, nationalities and religions can play and learn together. In that spirit we gather together in interfaith worship this day . . . 

More photos of St. John and St. Mary’s in “Read more”
November 20, 2009
by Candace Downing

The Chappaqua Interfaith Council will hold its annual Thanksgiving Service at St. John and St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 30 Poillon Road, Chappaqua, this Sunday, November 22 at 4:00 p.m.. A community meal will follow the service. Everyone in the community is welcome. Prayers, readings, music and song will be performed by members of all the participating faith communities. The Kittle House will again be providing the main portion of the meal. D’Agostino’s supermarket has also provided a generous donation.  There is no charge for the meal.

October 30, 2009
by Mark R. Banschick, M.D.

It is a special time of year. The senses are treated to brilliant colors, cool breezes and sweet smells.  It is autumn and the days are getting shorter.  The air no longer carries the heaviness of late summer; it is now crisp and light. On the best days, the sky is somehow cleaner – a beautiful endless blue. And after the past few weeks of unusual warmth, we feel the change even more strongly.

April 10, 2009
by Susie Pender

Put on your Easter bonnet, and your running shoes, and come to the Easter egg hunts at the First Congregational Church of Chappaqua and the Reader’s Digest property this Easter Sunday, April 12.

PCMK, a familiar landmark on Route 133
March 20, 2009
by Hugh Sigmon

If you’ve just been waiting to be asked, we’re asking!

On Sunday, March 29, the Presbyterian Church of Mt. Kisco, or PCMK, will sponsor “Invite a Friend Sunday.”  Neighbors from throughout the community are invited to visit, worship and get acquainted with the church and its programs Services begin at 10 a.m. and will be followed by refreshments. An informal talk, “Hospitality for the Alien,” will begin at about 11:45 am and will focus on immigration issues.

Challenges for the International Community and the United Nations

Part of an ongoing series of lectures at the First Congregational Church
February 20, 2009
by Christine Yeres

Brian Gorlick, Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, will speak Sunday, March 1, at 4:00 p.m at the First Congregational Church on UN efforts to protect not only refugees, but also humanitarian workers. Gorlick has worked with asylum-seekers and refugees from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin American and Europe, and has traveled throughout the world representing the UN.  New Castle resident Bela Hovy, Chief of Migration at the UN, will introduce Mr. Gorlick. 

January 30, 2009
by Christine Yeres

On Saturday, January 17, WESPAC Foundation led a demonstration on South Greeley Avenue in Chappaqua to call attention to the suffering of the people in Gaza. See “Chappaqua hosts respectful demonstration for peace,” NewCastleNOW.org, Jan. 10, 2009. 

More photos inside
January 16, 2009
by Susie Pender and Christine Yeres

Last Saturday, around 1:30 p.m., as a thick snow fell, 50 members of WESPAC Foundation began a silent vigil demonstration along the east side of South Greeley Avenue in downtown Chappaqua to protest civilian deaths in Gaza. As word spread of their protest, especially among the various synagogues in the area, around 30 pro-Israel counter-demonstrators soon gathered on the east side of the street in front of Pizza Station and Dunkin’ Donuts.

December 26 2008
by Joseph Enzweiler

Because we wanted much that year
and had little. Because the winter phone
for days stayed silent that would call
our father back to work, and he
kept silent too with our mother,
fearfully proud before us.

Because I was young that morning
in gray light untouched on the rug
and our gifts were so few, propped
along the furniture, for a second
my heart fell, then saw how large
they made the spaces between them

to take the place of less. Because
the curtained sun rose brightly
on our discarded paper and the things
themselves, these forty years,
have grown too small to see, the emptiness
measured out remains the gift,

fills the whole room now, that whole year
out across the snowy lawn. Because
a drop of shame burned quietly
in the province of love. Because
we had little that year
and were given much.

December 5, 2008
by Joann Campbell Moskowitz

Come this Saturday to the Christmas Fair at the Church of St. John & St. Mary’s to find the finest handmade Christmas items in town!

August 1, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon

At their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday July 30, the New Castle Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed Temple Beth El’s proposal for a 21,000 square foot addition.

June 27, 2008
by Rachel Rosin

On Sunday, June 1, Temple Beth El celebrated Cantor Dana Anesi’s twenty five years of service to the congregation. A special concert to mark the occasion, featuring the choir of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s School of Sacred Music, was held at the temple.

June 13, 2008
by Carly Stern

Genocide: the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political or cultural group.