the Visitor
April, 2014
First Baptist Church
607-273-5800; www.firstbaptistithaca.org; email: [email protected]
2014 “Leap of Faith”
(Deficit) Budget Passed
At the second, quarterly, congregational
meeting following the March 23rd
worship service, Moderator Tim Dean
first recapped the progress made on the
concerns that had been articulated by
church members. He noted that both
this meeting and the reinstated Visitor
will help improve communication, a
major priority. Secondly, Tim reported
that a number of fruitful, small group
sessions have already taken place.
They will conclude with an all-church
meeting to report the recommendations
that have emerged from the meetings
and to begin to formulate solutions.
Tim further noted that the upcoming
Women’s Retreat and Edie Reagan’s
“Sanctuary of Women” series are
first steps in addressing the desire for
more small group opportunities. Still
to be addressed are: the cultivation of
volunteers and the examination of our
future budgetary needs.
Longtime Friends: Betty Brown (left) and Myra Fincher
share long First Baptist histories (See Myra’s memories on
page 4). Sunday, March 16th, was Betty’s 89th Birthday,
celebrated by the congregation singing Happy Birthday and
cake following the worship service in the community room.
Special Events Calendar
Budget Presented for Remainder of 2014
Treasurer David Caughey then updated
figures in the proposed budget summary
that each member had received, and
entertained questions about the
proposed budget. The 2014 budget is an
extension of the 2013 budget with a 1.5
percent COLA added for staff. Several
members expressed discomfort with
“Leap of Faith”
Bronwyn Evans expressed the feelings
of several when she implored, “It’s a
leap of faith, and I hope we leap.” With
the understanding that the church will
actively solicit additional pledges and
raise funds to balance the 2014 budget,
the budget passed with two abstentions.
• Sunday, March 30, 11.30 am
Small Group Meeting (with Jeff
Shepardson)
• April 4-6th: FBC Womens’ Retreat
at Light on the Hill in Van Etten.
• April 13: Palm Sunday
- Children singing
- Brunch following service
• Maundy Thursday, April 17:
The Maastricht Play followed by
simple meal: 6 pm
• Easter, Sunday, April 20:
- Easter breakfast: 8 am
- The Maastricht Play
- Easter Egg Hunt-DeWitt Park
• July 6th: Annual FBC picnic at
Taughannock Falls Sate Park.
Jason Wilson Baptized: Encircled by the First Baptist congregation March 23rd, Jason Wilson was baptized by Pastor
Rich Rose. John Gross introduced Jason (page 6). Following the congregational meeting, a baptism celebration took place
in the community room to honor Jason and his daughters Zoe and Phoebe. A cake, fruit, vegetable, cheese and cracker
trays were generously provided by friends John Gross, Alice Grow and Michael Clark.
Photo by Tim Dean
Contents
• “Leap of Faith” (Deficit) Budget
Passed
• Longtime Friends:
• Jason Wilson Baptized:
• Message from the Pastor
• Behind the Scenes
• FBC Chorallers Gear Up for
Maastricht Easter Play
• Solar Energy Light Up FBC
• First Baptist — Ithaca Memories
• How Does FB “Do” Community?
• YardWorks Incarnation Team
Forms from Bids, Bees & FBC
• Team Tae Raises Support ...
• Jason Wilson “Always Faithful”
• “Children’s Corner”
• Kudos to: Julie, Jason, Steve,
Andrea, Larissa
• Get your Raffle Tickets!
• March & April: American for Christ
Offering; Kitchen Cupboard’s
Feinstein Grant Months
• African Women’s Initiative Dinner
• Staff / Elected Leaders /
Ministry Teams
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being asked to pass a deficit (~$50,000)
budget, but also noting that the church
had not had an active 2014 Pledge Drive.
Questions were raised about how the
church would go about trying to make
up the deficit. Tim replied that, whether
there were a budget deficit or budget
surplus, some group would have to
propose solutions for the disparity.
Gold of Ophir
By Kathleen Norris
In the dawn, homing
Nighthawks pass
A pale sliver of moon
On the rise.
A horse snorts
In the near-dark,
A killdeer keens, a meadow lark
Embellishes the air.
And the sun,
Thunderous silence,
Touches trees and rooftops
With gold.
Barefoot in the morning chill,
My neighbor stands smoking
On her back porch, teenager
With a newborn,
The father in jail.
Bewildered and proud,
Dazzled by new passion,
She takes me in
And shows me her daughter,
Who sleeps grandly,
Like a queen.
“Message from the Pastor”
Extracted from the sermon delivered by Rev. Rich
Rose March 2 at First Presbyterian Church, Ithaca
The House of the Lord: Gen 1; Psalm 23
I see skies of blue and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night,
And I think to myself…what a wonderful world.
...The preface to the Green Bible states,
“Our role in creation’s care may be a
new question unique to our place in
history, but the Bible turns out to be
amazingly relevant. In fact, it is almost
as if it were waiting for this moment
to speak to us.” Today’s texts are
representative of thousands of others
which speak to the interrelatedness
of all of creation, as well as our call
as humans to care for and steward
God’s wondrous, beautiful, fragile and
interrelated gift.
The Bible is bookended by the
appearance of the Tree of Life, so aptly
named as trees provide us with the
oxygen we need to live. We first read
of the Tree of Life in the Garden of
Eden and then it is featured at the end
of the Book of Revelation as being at
the center of the city of God the New
Jerusalem, a tree whose leaves are for
the healing of the nations. Now, I’m not
a Biblical literalist, but I sure can take
that literally!
God’s Call to CONSERVE Resources
Our God our faith and our Bible call on
us to conserve the resources which God
has charged us to steward. CONSERVE
means to serve with – in other words to
be in relationship with.
Our challenge as God’s children is not
only to mindfully benefit from, but
to live for the benefit of the world
we have been gifted. Although often
referred to as so, nature is not our
mother. She is, as St. Francis has said,
our sister and our brother – and just
as we would never sell our sister into
slavery, or decimate our brother for our
personal economic gain, so we are called
to conserve (serve with) our brother sun
and sister moon.
Crabapple sprays decorate
First Baptist’s basement door..
Photo by Bill Abeles
Our texts for today speak to the scope
of the House of the Lord. God’s house
encompasses the earth, the planets,
the stars, the sun and moon, green
pastures, still waters, our souls, the
darkest valleys, even the presence of our
enemies. In a word – everything.
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Marianna Morse arranges irises and pussy willows for
the March 16th FBC worship service.
“Behind the Scenes”
Before each worship service a member
of the Flower Ministry Team brings in
and arranges flowers for the communion
table and sanctuary. Our thanks go
to Barbara Fry, Tina Hilsdorf, Andrea
Staffeld or Marianna Morse for their
behind the scenes commitment that
brightens our sanctuary and worship.
...Yes, when the psalmist says, I shall
dwell in the house of the Lord my whole
life long, he or she is speaking literally.
In fact, the next Psalm in the cannon,
the 24th Psalm, begins with these words,
“The earth is the Lord’s and all this is in
it, the world, and those who live in it.”
... Throughout the creation story, God
gives creation the opportunity to create
life as it sees fit. “Let the earth put forth
vegetation” rather than “let there be
vegetation.” God trusts creation with the
task. God gifts creation with the right
and responsibility to bring forth life, to
sustain and CONSERVE it.
“The Arts at First Baptist”
FBC Chorallers Gear Up for Maastricht Easter Play
Photo by Bill Abeles
On Maundy Thursday, April 17th, and
Easter Sunday, April 20th, First Baptist
choralers, under the direction of Dr.
Baruch Whitehead, will perform the
12th-century Maastricht Easter Play, a
half-hour liturgical drama The Maastricht
Easter Play was first performed at First
Baptist in 2010. Janet Cotraccia will again
sing the lead of Mary Magdalene.
The Maastricht Easter Play is considered
a masterpiece of musical and dramatic
unity. It builds to a climax at the end of
the fourth scene when Mary Magdalene
recognizes the risen Saviour. The following three scenes continue the dramatic
and musical tension, culminating in a
liturgical climax with the singing of the
Surrexit and the final Te Deum.
John Hertzler is joining Baruch as stage
manager for the production. Ensemble
members include Anne Farrell (Mary
Jacobi), Beth Wolfer (Mary Salome), Rich
Barron, (spice merchant) David Caughey
(angel, disciple, pilgrim), Bill Fry (disciple,
Cleophas), Marlene Sack (angel) and Tony
Lister (Savior).
Tomb (Sepulchre) Dramas
Easter dramas, such as the Maastricht
Play, originated in Flanders in the 10th
century. Performed primarily by the clergy, they sought to dramatize traditional
Christian biblical stories for monks, students, noblemen, artisans and peasants.
After the 13th century, their popularity
waned as audiences demanded more
spectacle and the more elaborate Mystery and Morality plays took center stage.
Manuscript Discovered in 1947
The Maastricht Easter Play was discovered
in 1947 in the Royal Library of the Hague
among the papers of Our Lady’s Church
in Maastricht, a flourishing Middle Age
trade center in southern Holland. Shortly thereafter, an earlier manuscript was
found in a Hymnarium, reputed to be
from the Benedictine Abbey of St Adelbert at Egmond in northern Holland.
Dr. Baruch Whitehead is professor of music
education at Ithaca College, Whalen School and
is currently serving as interim director of music at
First Baptist.
John Hertzler, a Trumansburg councilman, has
attended First Baptist for the last year and has a
vast repertoire of acting experience.
Beth Woffler and Janet Cotraccia
prepare for their respective roles as
Mary Salome and Mary Magdalene.
Group Prayer and Hug: Concluding a pre-worship practice on March
16th, the musicians join in a prayer and group hug..
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Please kept in your thoughts
and prayers:
• Nancy Sokol
• Frank Mudrak
• Ramona Brown
• Emily Young
• Gladys Diemond
• Barney Unsworth
• Naomi Hollister
• Ossie Heath-Crump
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Anne Farrell practices her role as Mary
Jacobi in the Easter Play production..
Solar Energy Lights Up First Baptist
Two capital projects prioritized by the
congregation a couple of years ago were:
to have the church become more energy
efficient and “green” by having solar
panels installed on the roof; and to have
more energy-efficient windows installed
throughout the building.
The Trustees requested and received
approval from the Ithaca Landmarks
Preservation Commission (ILPC) to have
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solar panels installed on two flat,
unobtrusive sections of the roof.
The panels were installed by Solar
Liberty, a Buffalo-based company, a
couple of months ago. The church leases
the panels from Solar Liberty with the
hope and expectation that the cost of
leasing the panels will be offset by
energy costs savings.
First Baptist Church, Ithaca Memories By Myra Fincher
I was born the year that the Brown
family, William, Grace, Betty and
Janet came to live in Ithaca from West
Winfield, NY. My two sisters were in high
school. They walked down east hill from
Delaware Ave. Betty and Janet walked
also from their home on Mitchell Street
to the high school, now the DeWitt
Building. Joyce, my sister told our mother
that two girls who were attending
our church were walking down on the
opposite side of the street. Mother told
Joyce to walk with the new girls and
both Joyce and Esther began a friendship
with Betty and Janet!
“Do you think God took a vacation?”
My mother taught the Kindergarten class
for awhile. One of the boys often ran
out of the room (now the nursery) into
the community room. This was before
the upstairs rooms above the community
room were added. Mr. Brown, the
Superintendent of the Sunday School,
who took attendance, was at his desk
there and brought the boy back to class.
In summer, my mother asked for time off
from the class. Mr. Brown asked her, “Do
you think God took a vacation?”
Santa on the Rooftop
Before 1956, at the Christmas party for
the Sunday School, Rev. Dr. John D.W.
Feter, Baptist student pastor from 19161956, climbed on the eastern roof and
opened one of the long narrow windows,
peeked in with his Santa suit and a pack
over his back and called out “Merry
Christmas.” Each child was given a small
cardboard box of hard candy. That event
was always so special!
Photo by Bill Abeles
What does the Lord
require of you?
To do justice,
Love mercy and
Walk humbly
with our God
Micah 6:8
As young people we had several
classrooms. Mrs. Ruth Lacy was the
teacher in the room which is now the
library-lounge. You would not believe it,
but that west wall was made of folding
doors which opened into the community
room. Mr. Henry Shirey was our teacher
when the class was held in what is now
the Evans Room. About 1953-1954 we
had a class now in the upstairs... the
smallest room on the east side.
Auditorium-style Seating
Before 1978, the sanctuary had
auditorium-style seating with a slanting
floor to the east facing a raised pulpit
area with the baptistry behind the organ
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and choir loft. The first pastor
I remember was Dr. Alfred E.
Boutwell, who served from
1929-1949. He wore a long,
dark waist coat. During his message
he
Myra Fincher
walked back and
forth between two pulpits with the
tails of his coat flapping behind him.
There was no children’s table then, so
the children stayed with family or other
adults. My mother kept me occupied by
asking me to fill in all the o’s on the pew
bulletin!!
Baptized at Twelve
When I was 12, I was baptized by Rev.
William S. Hicks. We had an active young
people’s group and all of us studied
several weeks with Rev. Hicks before the
service. In the arched opening of the
baptistry on the wall was a stained glass
window of the River Jordan. We could
always see this window during weekly
services. Several years ago, this beautiful
window was taken to a Binghamton
auction house to be sold.
Over my teenage years, activities at
church, such as the mother-daughter
dinners, the youth choir, the Baptist
Youth Fellowship with Rae Graham and
Guild Girls with Miss Maynard, are long
ago fond memories.
During my college years away from
Ithaca, Rev. Christian B. Jensen, pastor,
met with me in his First Baptist office
which was where the library-lounge is
now. His wife, Helen was church secretary
for many years. Her tiny office was where
the music office is now!
1977 Renovations, A Surprise
When I returned to Ithaca in l977,
after being away and attending
Baptist churches wherever I lived...
Oneonta, Schenectady, Washington, DC,
Haddonfield, NJ, it was a surprise to see
First Baptist under renovation. Rev. David
M. Evans held services at St. John Parish
House....and the story goes on.
Myra’s Ministry
Myra, an unsung First Baptist saint, prepares the sanctuary
before each service by placing or replacing bulletins, pew
hymnals, hearing aids and supplies, removing the piano
cover and seeing that a fresh glass of water is on the
pulpit. After each service, she picks up, returns items to
their rightful places and recycles the bulletins.
Thank you Myra for your devotion to First Baptist.
How Does First Baptist “Do” Community?
How wonderful, O Lord, are the
work of your hands!
The heavens declare Your glory,
the arch of sky displays Your
handwork.
In Your love You have given us
power to behold the beauty
of Your world robed in all its
splendor.
The sun and the stars, the
valleys and hills, the rivers and
lakes all disclose your presence.
The roaring breakers of the sea
tell of Your awesome might;
the beasts of the field and the
birds of the air bespeak Your
wondrous will.
The second in the series of three small
group conversations met Saturday
morning, March 15th to address the
topic, “How Does First Baptist “Do”
Community? — or “How do we get to
know one another and interact as a
church community.” The meeting was
facilitated by Jeff Shepardson from the
Tompkins County Community Dispute
Resolution Center (CDRC).
The group first listed some of the ways
we already “Do” community at First
Baptist. The length and breath of the list
that included both intentional (formal)
and unplanned (informal) activities that
foster community was impressive.
Formal Activities
Family-friendly worship services with
passing of the peace, joys and concerns,
and announcements headed the formal
In Your goodness You have
list with other Sunday activities including
made us able to hear the music brunch, doorstep receptions also noted.
of the world. The voices of loved Small groups gatherings such as the
ones reveal to us that you are in choir, Bible study, book group, dinner/
discussion group, meetings of boards
our midst.
and committees, teaching teams, worker
A divine voice sings through all bees, the annual Women’s retreat and
creation.
communications by the weekly emails
and the Visitor, were also offered.
JEWISH PRAYER
Spontaneous Activities
On the more informal level, the
spontaneous fellowship in DeWitt Park
in summer, task-oriented jobs such as
prepping and doing the dishes before
and after events, care giving and other
Second Sunday Brunch: Ella Dean, on the left, and
others make their selections from the bountiful brunch
offerings where First Baptist members and friends gather
for a meal and conversation.
Photo by Bill Abeles
Recommendations Emerge
The group then turned to the more
challenging task of “How Can We Do
Community Better.” Skillfully summarized
by CDRC’s Jeff Shepardson, the fertile
conversations led to recommendations
that were forwarded to the Steering
Committee for consideration and report
to the congregation.
Final Small Group Meeting March 30th
The third and final small group meeting
will be held Sunday, March 30th after
church in the library or community
room. The topic is Diversity and Identity:
clarifying the characteristics that define
this covenant community. All are invited
and encouraged to attend.
YardWorks Incarnation Team Forms from Birds, Bees & FBC
On March 16th, Professor Josh Cerra
and his Cornell landscape architecture
students demonstrated how our tiny FBC
yard can become a welcoming habitat for
birds, bees and critters. The presentation
sparked interest in forming a YardWorks
Incarnation Team to enact the vision,
while redeeming our land and our spirits.
The concolour (white) fir was
planted years ago by Ruth Lacey
and now stands tall next to
First Baptist’s steeple. It forms
the over-arching canopy for
the YardWorks design and is
considered a notable Tompkins
County tree.
Photo by Bill Abeles
Professor Cerra is seeking an intern
with whom the team could work to
understand the requirements of the
project in terms of soil, plants, labor
and costs. The team would also like to
explore what tools our faith tradition
gives us for undertaking this joyous work.
Contact Louise Mudrak or Nancy
Menning to join the Incarnation Team.
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A YardWorks Studio conception of First Baptist’s small
front yard by Cornell Landscape Architecture students. To
participate in the YardWorks Incarnation Team, contact
Nancy Menning or Louise Mudrak.
Team Tae Raises Support for Special Olympics
Team Captain Tae Hemsath
Plunger Tina Hilsdorf
Supporters Norm and Mary Rollins
Polar Plunge: Team Tae (Hemsath) Plungers (Tae, Lars and Erika Mudrak, John Mazzello and Tina Hilsdorf) joined more
than 200 others March 22nd at Taughannock Falls State Park to plunge in 37º frigid Cayuga waters to support the
Special Olympics. More than $23,000 was raised in this first Ithaca event to help defray housing, travel and uniform costs
for ten Ithaca area Special Olympians who are slated to attend the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games on June 14-21
in Princeton, N.J. Tae had represented the United States in snow shoe racing last year at the Winter Olympics in South
Korea. In the first row of the picture above, Louise and Frank Mudrak flank exurberant Tae. In the second row, from left
to right, are Erika Mudrak, John Mozzello, Lars Mudrak, Anna Kate Cornelius, Tina Hilsdorf and proud mom Sue Hemsath.
Jason Wilson: “Always Faithful”
Excerpted from remarks by John Gross after Jason Wilson’s baptism March 23rd at First Baptist.
I am both pleased and honored to
introduce you to my friend Jason Wilson
whom I have known ever since I returned
to Ithaca and to FBC about four years
ago. Jason and I share many things in
common, but before I touch on that, I
would like to say the two words that
describe him best for me, which are
from the Latin motto Semper Fi, ”Always
Faithful”...
Betty Brown was feted with a
birthday party at the Dinner/
Discussion Group March 21st.
Jason is faithful. Most of all he is faithful
to his two children Zoe and Phoebe, but
he loves all the children in this church
and does not hesitate to stop and play
with any and all of them whenever
he can. Jason is also a faithful, helpful
and loyal friend. He helped me move
here from Princeton, doing most of
the driving, packing and lifting...When
you ask, Jason will do whatever he can
to help you. He can always be seen
helping with labor intensive jobs at
First Baptist, such as moving tables and
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chairs or setting up for events. When the
unusually cold winter froze the pipes
coming into the church, Jason practically
lived here trying to solve the problem
until the water was flowing again.
...Jason is also a natural comedian and
entertainer, as you all know. He can
lighten a serious moment with the snap
of a finger, which is a true gift. Jason
and I are both interested in magic and
comedy, which has been fun to share.
Jason is a seeker of truth and justice
in the Christian faith. He is endlessly
curious, wanting to learn and wanting
to know what you think about things —
deep things, hard things.
Though, he has been an active,
contributing friend at First Baptist
for years, Jason is now seeking to be
formally baptized into the Christian faith
and membership at First Baptist Church.
“On A High Note”
God, Great Spirit, Sacred
Mystery, Ground of all Being,
You who created the Earth and
called it “very good,”
You who formed us, Earth
creatures, and placed us in the
good garden “to tend and keep
it,”
You who call us to build
communities where all have
enough – enough food, enough
water, enough health, enough
dignity,
We gather in hope that we may
yet live out this calling.
We thank you for our fellow
travelers on this journey
to become the keepers –
keepers of Earth, keepers of
sister and brother – that you
call us to be.
Now, as together we seek to
discern a faithful response to
the reality of climate change,
Open our eyes, to see the suffering of your people and your
Earth, Open our ears, to listen
to each other, Open our minds,
to bold and creative ideas,
Open our hearts, to be moved
to action, And open our hands,
in willingness to join Your
work of reconciliation with all
Creation, in which we will find
both our highest purpose and
our greatest joy. Amen.
From In the Sanctuary of Women
by Jan L. Richardson
New Creation Singers: (left to right) Danny Scott, Marlene Sack, Shella Chace, David Caughey & Kris Scott (not visible)
brought special music to the March 23rd worship with “Lord, I Come to You,” by Bullock/Arr:DAC and “God’s Counting
on Me,” by Lorre Wyatt & Pete Seeger.
Kudos to:
Jason Wilson, Julie Costie:
For quickly alerting the city when they discovered that our pipes had frozen March
8th so water was restored in time for the
dish-to-share brunch March 9th.
Steve Hilsdorf:
For keeping the pipes unfrozen.
Andrea Mooney:
For being selected by the Women’s Bar
Association of New York to receive the
Stephanie E. Kupferman Juvenile Justice
Award for her outstanding achievement in
legal matters involving juveniles.
Larissa Wolfer
For earning her Green Belt in Soo Bahk Do.
John Gross and Barbara Pease joined Pastor Rich Rose
in reading the Parable of the Good Samaritan from
John 4:5-42 during March 23rd First Baptist worship.
“Children’s Corner””
American for Christ Offering Being
Collected through the End of April
Though the end of April, the annual America for Christ Offering is being collected.
“Seeking Justice” is the theme of this year’s
appeal. Envelopes for the offering are in
the pews and are on the back table.
March & April: Kitchen Cupboard
Feinstein Grant Months
During March and April, any food or
monetary donations to Ithaca’s Kitchen
Cupboard will increase the Cupboard’s
share of the annual Feinstein million dollar challenge grant.
Get Your Quilt Raffle Tickets!
Betty Brown was feted at the
Dinner Discussion Dish-to-Pass
gathering March 21st.
See Julie Costie or Marlene Sack for packets of raffle tickets to sell for the Noah’s
Ark Quilt. Tickets are $2 each, 3 for $5, and
7 for $10. The winning ticket for the beautiful quilt stitched by First Baptist women
will be drawn in the fall. Proceeds will go
to the Parable of Talents.
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Frank Schermerhorn presents his granddaughter
Larissa Wolfer, daughter of Matt and Beth Wolfer and
granddaughter of Lil and Rich Barron, her Green Belt
in Soo Bahk Do in March. Soo Bahk Do is a Korean
martial art.
Visitor Submissions
As our Baptist tradition calls all of
us to be ministers of the church,
each of you is invited to be a
contributor to our Visitor. Please
send announcements, news articles,
features, pictures or other items of
interest to:
[email protected]
by the 20th of each month.
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African Women’s Dinner
First Baptist was well represented
at the African Dinner Series
sponsored by the Ithaca African
Women’s Initiative, held at GIAC,
March 22nd.
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, Education
Director for Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., received an authentic African
Womens’ welcome as they sashhayed behind her up to the podium.
Dr. Cotton said that she had to tell
the White House to welcome their
guests this way. During her remarks,
Dr. Cotton sang a marching song
and recounted several formative
experiences she had growing up in
the segregated South.
Photo by Bill Abeles
Sunday School Windows: Steve Farrell reported at the February cabinet meeting that the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation
Commission (ILPC) has given the go-ahead to replace the Sunday School windows on the south side of the church with
more energy efficient and safe windows. Because First Baptist Church is a designated historic building, any renovations
must be pre-approved by the ILPC, established in 1971 by the City of Ithaca to safeguard Ithaca’s historic structures.
First Baptist Staff
Pastor: Rich Rose
Secretary: Shella Chace
Christian Education
Coordinator, interim: Renee Rose
Choir Director, interim:
Dr. Baruch Whitehead
Organist: Christopher Morgan Loy
Custodian: David Hopkins
African Women’s Initiative
President Maïmouna Phelan serves
up African fare at dinner.
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, was the guest
speaker at the African Dinner
Series sponsored by the Ithaca
African Women’s Initiative.
Nominating Committee
Debbie Allen, Susan Eymann
Personnel
Anne Farrell, Dave Putnam,
Tim Hembrooke
Ministry Teams
Hospitality Ministry
Anne Farrell: chair; Shella Chace,
Meg Gillard, Alice Grow, Tina Hilsdorf,
Barbara Noyes
Circle of Care
Sue Hemsath, Louise Mudrak,
Amanda Ufford, Lou Carlucci,
Elizabeth Pia-Miller
Worship Ministry
Barbara Fry: chair; Andrea Mooney, Bill Flower Committee
Abeles, Debbie Allen, Bill Staffeld, Josie Barbara Fry, Marianna Morse,
Elected Leaders
Zanfordino, Edie Reagan, Michael Clark Tina Hilsdorf, Andrea Staffeld
Moderator: Tim Dean
Education
Library
Vice-moderator: Alison Coluccio
Meg Gillard, Renee Rose, Carol
Jan Butler, Sarah Murray
Membership Clerk: Tina Hilsdorf
Flemming, Janet Cotraccia, Leslie
Recording Clerk: Shella Chace
Schultz, Michelle Williams, Laurel Hester, Parable of Talents
Treasurer: David Caughey
Sarah Schneider, Mark Lawrence, Sarah Jan Butler, Shella Chace, Marlene Sack,
Assistant Treasurer: Marlene Sack
Janet Cotraccia
Zipfel, Jason Williams, Lou Carlucci,
Financial Secretary: Julie Costie
John Harty, Michael Clark, Joseph
Facility Planning
Board of Trustees
Rayle, Debbie Allen
Tim Dean, Dan Lamb,
Steve Hilsdorf: chair; Bill Fry, Mark
Louise Mudrak, Mark Lawrence
Lawrence, Bronwyn Evans, Steve Farrell, Cristian Concern Ministry
John Harty, Tim Dean, Alison Coluccio, Steve Farrell: chair; Bill Phelan: co-chair; Myra’s Ministry
Myra Fincher
Sandy McCarthy, secretary; Louise
Tony Cotraccia, David Caughey, ex
Mudrak,
Baruch
Whitehead,
Lynne
officio
Interior Decoration
Glase, Susan Eymann, Tony Lister, Ange, Barb Fry, Julie Dean, Tina Hilsdorf,
Delegates
Jameson & Izzy Romero-Hall, Amanda Bill Abeles, Anne Farrell, Andrea
Rochester Genesee Region:
Ufford, Beth & Matt Wolfer, Dana
Staffeld, Susan Eymann
Ossie Heath-Crump
Murray-Cooper
Library Refurbishing Team
Kitchen Cupboard:
Creation Care
Anne Farrell: chair; Julie Dean, Barbara
Amanda Ufford, Sue Hemsath
Louise Mudrak: chair; Linda Nicholson, Fry, Andrea Staffeld, Linda Caughey
ACT: Susan Eymann
Anne Farrell, Barbara Noyes, Lynne
Protestant Ministry at Cornell:
Kitchen
Glase, Tony Lister
Sarah Schneider
Liz Wilkinson, Mary Rollins
Pastoral Relations
Finance & Endowment
YardWorks Incarnation Team
Josie Zanfordino: chair; Steve Farrell,
David Caughey, Marlene Sack,
Louise Mudrak, Nancy Menning, Tony
Rich Barron, Jan Butler, Susan Eymann Lynette Rayle, Curt Ufford
Lister
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