Lori was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Savannah, Ga. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelors
Some Sheep are in Danger
Pastor’s Update
As many of you know by now, my father, Lee Knight, passed away early this morning. I am so grateful to have been his daughter, and to have had such a wonderful father. Howard essentially took it upon himself to be my father’s caregiver, and I will be forever grateful for his love, help, and support of my dad. Howard and I are grateful to each and every one of … Continue reading →
Lori Shares
Pastor Lori shares brief videos to help us through these difficult times. You can find these videos on our YouTube Channel. Here are links to each, with most recent at the top of the list:
5 29 Lori Shares a Prayer of Thanksgiving
5 27 Lori Shares from Buechner’s Godric
5 5 Lori Shares Pied Beauty poem
4 28 Lori Shares Prayer of St. Francis
Lori Shares Easter-tide Psalm 118
Lori Shares 2 Corintians 5 on Holy Saturday
Lori Shares on Good Friday Matt 27
Holy Week and Easter are coming!
It is going to be a very different Holy Week and Easter this year, but worship will go on. Currently, services are being put together from many different churches in Hudson River Presbytery (including New Hempstead!) There will be what I think of as “patchwork worship”: different parts of the service read, performed, or preached by different folks in the presbytery. There will be a service for Maundy Thursday, Good … Continue reading →
From the Pastor
My Dearest Congregation, On Thursday, March 19, I woke with a fever of 100.1. I called my doctor, who listened to my symptoms and said it sounded like I had a cold with a secondary infection. He prescribed antibiotics. By Monday, March 23, I still felt, I still felt bad and was running a temperature (~99.) I called my Dr. again, and he said it sounded as if I was … Continue reading →
Another Use for the Church Directory
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Continue reading →Lenten Series
From Pastor Knight-Whitehouse: Lent is often a time of
Continue reading →Bible Study begins January 7
We will begin a new Bible study Sunday, January 7, after coffee hour. We will gather with our coffee in the sanctuary and spend an hour or so in Holy Conversation around the Gospel of Mark. This is not instead of Ed Garcia
Continue reading →Race & White Privilege Discussion Group Resumes in September
On Wednesday, September 6th at 7:30pm, Pastor Lori will resume our discussion group on race and white privilege. The group will be reading and discussing “The Star Side of Bird Hill” by Naomi Jackson and “Between the World and Me” by Ta Nehisi Coates.
Belhar Confession Discussion
There will be a panel discussion on the newest edition to our PCUSA Book of Confession, the Confession of Belhar from 2-4 PM on Sunday, November 6 at Germonds Presbyterian Church. This statement of faith came out of the apartheid-era Reformed Church of South Africa. It was ratified by the General Assembly of the PCUSA last summer, after being accepted by a two-thirds majority of the Presbyteries of the denomination. … Continue reading →