november 2024
CALENDAR
Nov. 3 All Saints’ Sunday; Holy Communion
Nov. 6 The Gathering @ Hope UMC – 6:30 meal, 7 PM worship
Nov. 7 Bible Study
Nov. 10 Noisy Offering for Habitat
Nov. 14 Bible Study
Nov. 17 Stewardship Sunday
Nov. 20 Thanksgiving Service at Grace UMC at 4:00 PM
Nov. 21 Bible Study
Nov. 24 Christ the King Sunday; Parish-wide worship at Gardnertown UMC;
lunch and Charge Conference following worship
Missions
Thank you to members of Grace UWF for hosting a wonderful Baby Shower at the October joint meeting. We wrapped 103 baby gift boxes plus diapers and wipes too. Each gift had at least a cute little outfit, plus additional baby accessories including socks and hats. We had so much fun wrapping, talking and laughing. The gifts were delivered to Montefiore St. Luke’s NICU. Thank you to all the members of VGUMC that donated baby items and money for the shower.
We are collecting items for the Midnight Run through the end of October to be delivered at the beginning of November.
We will be collecting items for the Newburgh Ministry during the month of November and continue our missions through December with the Christmas Joy baskets for Project Life and the Mitten Tree for the Newburgh Ministry.
From the pastor
FROM PASTOR CARLOS
We Have a Cemetery?!
And that is a good thing… Cemeteries meet a need of families and individuals surrounding the death of a loved one. Cemeteries are unique receptacles of history, preserving diverse yet personal histories. Losing a loved one is one of the most heartbreaking experiences in anyone’s life – how we memorialize these loved ones create some of the most heartfelt, emotional, and sometimes detailed records of that person’s life. Is this history worth keeping? I would say, yes.
Additionally, in providing a consecrated place for burial, we treat the deceased and their families with dignity and respect, while offering a spiritual and physical environment that encourages frequent visitation - where faith is strengthened, hope is awakened, and remembrance is accomplished through perpetual care. It is theologically good that we have a cemetery because through its care we represent a Church family unbroken by death, and point towards the promise of eternal life.
Please enjoy the following history of George Clarke Morton a Major Colonel I of the 5th Regiment NY Calvary, interred in our cemetery:
George Clarke Morton, 6/27/1828- 5/27/1894 participated in the battle of 1st Bull Run, Cedar Mountain. This was the first major battle of the American Civil War. He also participated in the battles of Bank’s Retreat in Shenandoah, 2nd Bull Run, Winchester Sept. 19, 1864, near Middletown, VA, Cedar Creek Oct. 19, 1864, Mount Jackson, Kelly’s Ford as well as 13 skirmishes under Kilpatrick and 12 additional skirmishes under General Sheridan. George was the son of Charles and Henrietta (Ellison) Morton. He was born in Mortonville now Vail’s Gate. He was a farmer. His father was in the war of 1812 and both grandfathers in the Revolutionary War.
By Glenn Marshall, Town of New Windsor Historian