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Wednesday-Friday, January 7-9 Northeast Regional Conference of the National Association of Ecumenical and Interreligious Staff meets at Stony Point Center, Stony Point, New York. Conference Schedule available here. Sunday, January 11, 4 p.m. Three Kings Day Distribution of Toys at St. George's Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 27th Avenue at 14th Street, Astoria. Click here for details and registration. Tuesday, January 27, 5:30 p.m. Dedication of the Christ for the World Chapel at JFK Airport, Terminal 4 (4th floor). This is one of four chapels located in the new International Arrivals Terminal 4 at JFK. Friday, January 30, 5 p.m. Celebration of 73 years of Ecumenical Ministry in Queens at Terrace On The Park, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park. Click here for details.
Wednesday, February 25 – Ash Wednesday
Saturday, March 27, 2004, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. One-day Conference on Insurance Coverage, at First Reformed Church of Jamaica, 159-29 90th Avenue, Jamaica. Local church leaders will learn about Insurance Coverage for their churches – including health and retirement benefits for clergy and lay staff and property and liability coverage for buildings and program. Registration required by March 23 at $15. Click here for more information and online registration. Friday, April 9 – Good Friday Sunday, April 11 – Easter Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bishop Wright Air Industry Awards Luncheon, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, JFK Airport. Two air industry leaders – Dolly DeThomas of Holiday Inn & Hampton Hotels and David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue Airways – will be honored by Christ for the World Chapel at JFK, a ministry of the Council of Churches of the City of New York. Click here for more information and online reservations. Monday, May 3, 5:30 p.m. Organizational meeting of a proposed Protestant Law Guild of Queens County, at the Queens County Bar Association located at 90-35 148th Street, Jamaica, New York. For more information, contact Nelson Timken at (718) 468-6293. Wednesday, May 19, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Council of Churches' Annual Pastors Conference at the Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive, Manhattan. Theme: Pastoral Care & Counseling. Dr. Myron Madden, Director of Pastoral Care, Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, will be the keynote speaker. Contact the Council of Churches of the City of New York for more information at 212-870-1020, or online at www.cccny.net. Friday, May 21, 8 p.m. to Midnight Spring Fling Dinner-Dance to benefit the Queens Federation of Churches. Dine and Dance to the music of Bernadine and Friends at Union Congregational Church, 86-15 114th Street, Richmond Hill. Tickets are $50 per person and may be reserved online. Sunday, May 30 – Pentecost
Friday, September 10, 12:30 p.m. 9/11 Memorial Service at St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway at Park Row, commemorating the victims of the WTC Attack and the March 11 bombing in Madrid. The interfaith service of prayer and music is sponsored by the Commission of Religious Leaders in cooperation with Trinity Parish and the Spanish Consulate.
Saturday, October 2, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. God and Me Day for Cub Scouts, sponsored by the QFC Youth Ministry Committee. Saturday, October 16, 10 a.m. to 12 noon Gospel Brunch at Chef's Orchard, Building 14 at JFK Airport, sponsored by the Christ for the World Chapel. Make reservations online. Tuesday, October 19 FPWA Ministers Conference, sponsored by the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. Thursday, October 21, 6 p.m. Annual Awards Banquet of the Council of Churches of the City of New York, St. Vartan's Cathedral, Manhattan Saturday, October 30, 12 noon to 4 p.m. Twelfth Presentation of the Citation for Faithful Service at the Annual Ecumenical Luncheon. Make reservations online.
Wednesday, November 3, 6:30 p.m. Awards Dinner Dance of the Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home, at Russo's on the Bay. Information and reservations available online. Sunday, November 14, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fall Assembly of the Queens Federation of Churches at Faith Chapel, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens Village. A buffet supper will be provided between the annual business meeting and the 7:30 p.m. Celebration of Ministry. Information and reservations available online. Wednesday, November 17, 7 p.m. 24th Annual Scouting Awards Dinner, The White House, Whitestone, featuring the presention of the Shepherd Emblem and the Interfaith Leadership Awards to adult leaders with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Reserve tickets online. Friday, November 26, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ten Commandments Hike, sponsored by the QFC Youth Ministry Committee Tuesday, November 30, 8 p.m. Robyn Lundy, Executive Director of the Tikkun Community (www.tikkun.org) will speak on "A Path for Healing and Peace in the Middle East: the Palestinian / Israeli Conflict" at All Saints Episcopal Church, 43-12 46th Street, Sunnyside. The church is one block north of Queens Boulevard; take the 7 train to the 46th Street/Bliss Street Station – walk one block north, down the slope.
Sunday, December 5, 6-7 a.m. The Rev. Charles Brewster, moderator of the Presbytery of New York City and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills, will be interviewed on The Interfaith Connection, Sunday morning, December 5, from 6 to 7 a.m. on WKTU, 103.5 FM. He will address the actions of the Presbyterian Church's General Assembly which have drawn criticism from the Jewish Community and which appear to be related to the recent terrorist threat made nationally against Presbyterian Church in an anonymous letter posted from Queens. The Rev. Reuben Gums is host of The Interfaith Connection for Tri-State Media Ministry. Sunday, December 12, 4 p.m. Highlights of the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah will be performed at Our Lady Queens of Martyrs Church, Queens Boulevard and Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills, by the Church's Sacred Music Society and the Oratorio Society of Queens under the direction of Maestro David Close. Admission is $18; seniors and students with ID, $15; children under 12 with an adult, free. Call the Church Rectory, (718) 268-6251, for more information. December 25 – Christmas Day
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