Join us to worship God as we celebrate his coming in the flesh! 7 p.m.

On Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. starting October 3rd, we’ll be reading together The Good and Beautiful Life, by James Bryan Smith. If you would like a book for $23 from an independent bookstore, let us know.

Check out what is happening in our newsletter. (pdf)

Our 2024 Winter Newsletter can be found here.

Here is our fall newsletter.

Take a look at our Spring Newsletter.

Bulletin for Sunday March 19th.

Join us for our annual Christmas Eve worship with hymns, scriptures and candle lighting service. All are welcome, 7 pm.

The sanctuary is accessible by a ramp, has a hearing-induction loop. bathrooms are accessible as well, along with diaper changing tables. Kids of all ages are also welcome (with permission to be active), we have activity bags for them as well. A nursery is available, though unattended this year.

You are welcome to take this survey about what you think about our congregation and its relation to the RCA. It is just one of the ways that I hope we’ll be talking about discerning how God is calling us forward. If there are enough responses, I plan on sharing the results. The survey is anonymous.

Survey can be found here.

thank you!

– Pastor Jeff

Upcoming Sundays

July 3^rd: Worship with the Lord’s Supper.  

July 10^th: worship, 11 a.m.  potluck lunch after worship

July 17^th: worship 11 a.m. 

July 24^th: Community Worship Service on the Middleburgh High School Lawn, 11 a.m. Join others for a community worship service, music led by Kim Harris and Reggie Harris.

Adult Christian Education will pause for July and resume August 7^th.  

Potluck Lunch following worship on July 10^th, bring a dish to share, your own place settings, drinks provided. 

Consistory Meeting: July 14^th, 6:30 pm.   

Trash & Treasure Sale– Saturday July 16^th, 9 am-3 pm. 

Three ways to participate:

1. Donate your stuff ahead of time starting after June 12^th (see flyer for what is not welcome)
2. Help Setup on Friday (7/15), anytime
3. Help with the sale 8 am- 2 pm, then clean up.
   See flyer for more details. 

Band Concert Ice Cream Social: July 22^nd. Help us host the community. See the signup sheet in the foyer or contact Donna Wynia with questions. 

Hannaford Supermarkets is donating $1 to the Food Pantry of each reusable shopping bag purchased ($2.50) at the Esperance store during the month of August. So if Hannaford is your store and you need a reusable bag, buying one will benefit food pantries in the area, including ours.

Pastor Jeff will be gone July 4-11 for vacation, and July 18-31 for a two-week break supported by the RCA, the 2^nd week being a pastor’s retreat. 

Sign up for weekly reminders and prayer requests at the website: www.middleburghreformed.org

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The Benevolence Fund is available to help with material needs. If you have a need or know of a need, contact a Deacon. 

The Middleburgh Ecumenical Food Pantry is open Saturdays 9-11 a.m. and by appointment, 518-827-7121. 

News from Operation Christmas Child

Where to Find Great OCC Stories.

The OCC website is a wonderful resource for shoebox packers.  One of the things you will find there are stories of children whose lives were changed as a result of receiving a shoebox gift.  To find these stories, go to www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.  Scroll down to the bottom the page where you will find a number of headings.  Under “About,” click on “Latest Stories” or “Videos.”

Shoebox Goals for 2022

• 307 gift-filled shoeboxes
•  “love note” to be included in each shoebox
• a photo of our church family in each shoebox
• variety of quality WOW gifts
• sponsoring children who receive shoeboxes to take The Greatest Journey discipleship course*

*For a donation of $5 toward providing teaching materials and training for teachers and workbooks for students, your name will be entered in a drawing for a Christmas quilt!

School Supply Pledges

Summer is the best time to purchase school supplies to go in our shoeboxes.  There are pledge sheets in the foyer where you may indicate what you will purchase.  The simple school supplies we send make it possible for some children to attend school!

2022 Harvest Bazaar

Save the date of September 17 to serve with your church family to raise funds for the $10 donation to send our shoeboxes and the Good News to children around the world!  You may also participate in the bazaar by providing items to sell or by donating a basket filled with gifts for the Basket Raffle.  

Thank you for supporting Operation Christmas Child with your prayers, resources, and talents!