This Week at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church
Sun., Sept. 1 10:00am Morning Worship/Holy Communion
Sermon: “The Capacity for Empathy”
Lessons: Jeremiah 8: 18 – 9:1
Matthew 9: 18 – 38
4:00pm Memorial Service for Helen Starke
at the church followed by reception and
Celebration of the Life of Helen Starke
at the Starke home, 68 Bay Road Brookhaven
Sat., Sept. 7 6:00pm “Salute to American Composers”
The first in a planned musical series
Admission $15 donation,
Reception follows in the Post Carriage House
Invite your friends to join you
Sun., Sept 8 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: ”God and Play-Doh”
Lessons : Jeremiah 18: 1-11
Luke 14: 25-30
Sat., Sept 14 12:30pm South Country Peace Group
in the Gallery
Program: Report on summer
“Encampment for Citizenship
Nancy Marr and Jason Neal
Sun. Sept. 15 10:00am Morning Worship
Preacher: Claudia Taylor
Mon. Sept. 16 7:00pm Session Meeting
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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This Week At Old South Haven Presbyterian Church
On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington. Time Magazine in its current issue writes “The speech had established him as the moral leader of the nation.” I was privileged to be at the mall that day and with the thousands of others was greatly moved by it. I returned to the Mall for the 25th anniversary of that speech.
Recently a movie was released and is now playing in many Long Island theaters, including Mastic, that views the whole struggle for civil rights for Blacks through the eyes of a White House butler. It is titled “The Butler”. I saw it. I was deeply moved by it. I highly recommend it.
Sunday, Aug. 25 10 :00am Morning Worship
Sermon: “Martha and Mary
(and Tom, Dick and Harry)”
Lessons: Luke 10: 38-42, Romans 8: 35-39
excerpts from Proverbs 31
Preacher: Linda Majowka
Sunday, Sept. 1 10:00am Morning Worship/Holy Communion
Sermon: “The Capacity for Empathy”
Lessons: Jer. 8: 18-9:1 Matt. 9:18-38
4:00pm Memorial Service for Helen Starke
at the church, reception and
Celebration of the Life of Helen Starke
at the Starke home: 68 Bay Road, Brookhaven
Sat., Sept 7 6:00pm “Salute to American Composers”
Invite and bring your friends
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
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This Week At Old South Haven Presbyterian Church
Friday, Aug. 16 7:00pm Rehearsal for
“Salute to American Composers”
Saturday, Aug. 17 9:00am Finance/Property Committee
Sunday, Aug 18 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: “Set in Stone”
Lessons: Deut.7:6-9 Rom. 8: 37-39
Moment for Mission: Speaker from
Thursday’s Child
CHURCH PICNIC after Morning Worship
Monday, Aug.19 7:00pm Session Meeting
At home of Nancy Best
Thursday, Aug. 22 10:00am Clergy Book Study: Commack
Sunday, Aug.25 10:00am Morning Worship
Preacher: Linda Majowka
Sunday, Sept. 1 10:00am Morning Worship/Holy Communion
Sermon: “The Capacity For Empathy”
4:00pm Memorial Service for Helen Starke at the church
followed by reception and
Celebration of the Life of Helen Starke
at the Starke home: 68 Bay Road, Brookhaven
Saturday, Sept 7 6:00pm “Salute to American Composers”
(see attachment; make copies and
give to your friends)
Friday, August 9, 2013
[news] Death of Helen Starke
Death of Helen Starke
Helen Starke died in the early hours of today. She was 97 years old and the oldest member of Old South Haven Presbyterian Church. Helen became a member of the Church on March 2, 1964. She was ordained a Deacon in 1967 and an Elder in 1982.
Helen was the Long Island Advance’s Woman of the Year in 2006. In making that designation the paper said “In her day she shattered a glass ceiling”. She graduated from Adelphi in 1938 with a degree in chemistry. Her first job was with General Electric where she worked in the lamp research department. There she was busy discovering ways to improve phosphorous for GE’s fluorescent lighting. In 1941 she married Robert Starke. She left GE and traveled with her husband to his job in South Africa.
In 1943 Helen was working at Columbia University in their Division of War Research. She was not aware that the project she worked on was the Manhattan Project, the first effort of the United States to develop nuclear weapons. She left that job when she became pregnant with her first child. Over the next eleven years Helen and Bob had five children and began a life of community service: elected to the Brookhaven Common School Board in 1949 and then the South Country School District Board ; then named as a member of the original board of trustees of Suffolk Community College; a member of the advisory committee to raise funds to build a hospital in East Patchogue (what is now Brookhaven Hospital); and volunteer work at the St. Joseph the Worker Soup Kitchen.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
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This Week At Old South Haven Presbyterian Church
Sunday, Aug.11 10:00am Morning Worship
Sermon: Why Religious Observance
Lessons: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
Luke 12: 32-40
Preacher: Brian Mullahy
Friday, Aug.16 7:00pm Rehearsal for
“Salute to American Composers”
Sunday, Aug.18 10:00am Morning Worship
Service will include a Moment for Mission
with a speaker from “Thursday’s Child”
CHURCH PICNIC following Worship Service
hamburgers, hot dogs, salad, lemonade, ice tea
would welcome desserts and a couple of salads
need help in setting up tables and chairs
Monday, Aug.19 7::00pm Session Meeting
at home of Nancy Best
Thursday, Aug.22 10:00am Clergy Book Study: Commack
Sunday, Aug.25 10:00am Morning Worship
Preacher: Linda Majowka
Saturday, Sept 7 6:00pm “Salute to American Composers”
Featuring: Nancy Loesch, Soprano, Leslie Valentine, Mezzo-
Soprano, Christopher Reames, Tenor, Michael DouglasJones.
Bass, Special Guest: Daryl Jordan, Soprano
Artistic Director and Accompanist: Daniel Ragone
$15 donation, refreshments following in Carriage House