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With churches located in Watkins Glen, New York, and Odessa, New York (Town of Catharine)

The�Seventh Sunday of Easter -�20 May 2012
The Holy Eucharist:�8.45 am @ Saint John's Catharine; 10.45 am @ Saint James' Watkins Glen
Daily Morning Prayer:�8 am @ Saint John's Catharine

Saint James' Church Watkins Glen - Spring 2012

Handicapped Accessibility

Saint James' Watkins Glen.� The Church has a ramp that can be installed to allow accessibility to the Church.� It is not a permanent fixture.� The Parish Hall has a ramp to its front door.� The Parish Hall has an accessible rest room.� There is no audio loop.

Saint John's Catharine.� The Church does not have a ramp to the church.�� Persons who can manage several steps down to the Parish Hall from the parking area can utilize a stair glide chair to access the church.� There is no accessible rest room.� There is no audio loop.

Saint Paul's Montour Falls.� The only building is the Parish House.� There is a ramp to the main floor.� There is no accessible rest room.� There is no audio loop.�

Coming down NYS 414 to Watkins Glen and Seneca Lake in the Spring. You can just see Saint James' Church's Tower if you look very carefully.

Read Day by Day every day right here.� And you can read the Daily Office every day right here.�

Costs of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Weekday Services: May 14^th -�May 19^th

^{Daily Office of Morning Prayer: 9 am Monday at Saint John's Catharine and�Friday at Saint James' Watkins Glen}

�^{The Holy Eucharist:�9 am Friday (observing the Feast of the Ascension) at Saint James' Watkins Glen}

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION INFO

Bible Study: Mondays, following 9 am Morning Prayer

At Saint John's Catharine, Church School is convened by Sue Hawley.� Children begin in Church and go to their class after the Collect of the Day is�prayed.� They come upstairs for Holy Communion.

At Saint James' Watkins Glen Church School�convenes (when there are children)�with a team teacher team of Kate Lamoreaux and Betty Ferri.� The class�convenes at 10 am and continues until Church time at 10.45 am.�

Special Sunday Papers which correspond with the liturgical readings for the Sunday are provided for children at every service .�

Kids are welcome, always.� We love our kids.�� They are welcome for the entire service no matter what.

200 YEARS FOR SAINT JOHN'S CATHARINE

Saint John's Catharine celebrated 200 years of Mission and Ministry on October 3rd.� Bishop Prince Singh preached the sermon - and a representative of the Schuyler County Historical Society, Carol Fagnan, presented a history of the Catharine Settlement in the 1800's.� The Silver Altar Service, a gift of the Lawrence Family in the mid-1800's, was displayed on the Altar.�

Just Foreign Policy Iraqi Death Estimator

For the�fifth year in a row we�hosted the county-wide distribution of food and gifts to needy families that have been 'adopted.'� The Episcopal Parishes of Schuyler County sponsor the 'Labor of Love' effort for the entire County.� In total more than 600 families received Christmas Outreach in conjunction with the county food pantry, Schuyler Outreach. [That's Father Michael waving from amid the donated food and presents piled high on the tables in the foreground.]