O Lord, You are the wounded healer, whose hands brought health and wholeness two thousand years ago to those suffering in body, mind and spirit. Bless all those who are Your hands today, that they, consoling others with the consolation they have received from You, may quicken every life they touch by Your Holy Spirit. Empower, shield and sustain all who are called to serve the sick that they may love and care for them with gentle wisdom, tactful respect, swift compassion, steadfast generosity, and inexhaustible tenderness.

We know that You suffer with us because You are love and love shares. Grant unto us all, bound together in this mysterious fellowship of shared suffering, human and divine, such solidarity with one another and with You, our crucified Savior, that through us You may pour out health and wholeness of body, mind and spirit upon a world in anguish. Grant this, O Thou our Great Physician, who came into this world that we might all have life and have it more abundantly. Amen.

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WORTH QUOTING

Idolatry

“Idolatry makes sense; it just doesn’t work.”

--Randall L. Roberts, Ministry (Seventh-Day Adventist) September 2007

How Things Get Done

“If there is a problem somewhere, this is what happens. Three people will try to do something concrete to settle the issue. Ten people will give a lecture analyzing what the three are doing. One hundred people will commend or condemn the ten for their lecture. One thousand people will argue about the problem. And one person—only one—will involve himself so deeply in the true solution that he is too busy to listen to any of it.

Now, which person are you?”

--Elias Chacour, Blood Brothers, quoting his mentor Father Longere

Faith, Doubt, Mother Theresa, & Margaret McManus

Faith is not - and here, perhaps, is the nub of the modern misunderstanding - mere credulity. Doubt, that is, uncertainty about everything one is supposed to believe, is not just normal; it's human.

Faith is what you bet your life on. As with any bet, there is risk. There are moments, maybe many of them, when you say to yourself, "Maybe I'm wrong; maybe it's all smoke and mirrors." But you push ahead anyway. I am placing the same bet as Mother Teresa: on Jesus. That he is the way to go, that he is the truth about us and the world, and that he is what life is all about. . . .

My dear departed friend, Margaret McManus' favorite verse of Scripture. . . is Mark 9:24, voiced there by the father of a son whom dad prays Jesus will heal, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"

--the Rev. Robert Howard (www.criticalchristian.com)

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WORTH READING: Contesting Texts & The Horrors We Bless & Evolution for Everyone

In September 2000 four prominent Jewish scholars issued Dabru Emet (Hebrew for “Speak the Truth”), declaring that Jews and Christians should build new relationships, because in the decades since the Holocaust, “Christianity has changed dramatically.” These scholars and the hundreds who signed Dabru Emet helped create new dialogue between the two faiths.

More recently, four Christian seminaries sponsored an interfaith conference on one of the most interesting—and challenging—aspects of this dialogue: how we read the Bible.

Contesting Texts: Jews and Christians in Conversation about the Bible (Fortress Press), edited by Melody D. Knowles, Esther Menn, John Palikowski, O. S. M., and Timothy J. Sandoval, is a terrific book that grows out of Dabru Emet and this conference.

The editors open with a survey of issues that unite - or divide - Christians and Jews. Christians, they note, often fail to understand the depth of Jewish commitment to Israel and “are often nonplused at the intensity of Jewish hope that dialogue presuppose, or at least give birth to, a recognition of the Jewish claim to the land.” And, this critic would add, Christians often unreasonably assume that Jewish colleagues agree with them about the rights of Palestinians. Muslims likewise often assume progressive Christians see things from their point of view.

Like Christians in Israel and Palestine, we get caught between warring factions, neither of whom necessarily wants to hear about the sufferings of our people at the hands of “their” side. Barbara Rossing, who teaches New Testament at Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, agrees that Christians must support Israel’s right to exist but adds, “As a Lutheran Christian I have a responsibility not only to Jews but also to Lutheran Palestinians longing for an end to the Israeli occupation, who suffer as a result of Israel’s construction of the separation barrier.”

This sort of honesty about the sources of interfaith conflict marks the essays in Contesting Texts. Steven Weitzman, who teaches at Indiana University, for example, notes that Jews and Christians must fess up to the glorification of violence in their own traditions if they want Muslims to reject suicide bombers. He notes that the tomb of Baruch Goldstein, killed after he murdered twenty-nine Palestinian worshipers, calls him a martyr and a saint, a “righteous and holy man.”

Sarah Tanzer’s essay on the portrayal of Jews in the Gospel of John is particularly helpful with a hard topic: what can we do with a book that commands love while seeming to condemn Jews? Tanzer, Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at McCormick Seminary in Chicago, incisively surveys various ways to read these problematic passages. As less hateful than the command to kill Amalekites in the Old Testament? As mild in comparison to the prevailing polemic aimed by others at the Jews—and among Jews at one another? As referring only to Jewish leaders? Or does Hoi Ioudaioi refer to Judeans rather than Jews?

Tanzer takes this last possibility quite seriously and suggests creative ways to honor Scripture without fostering anti-Semitism. In places, though, she would have us give away the store. Christians need to take a hard look at the notion that Jesus somehow nullified Judaism, but it is odd to fret about Jesus superseding the Temple in Jerusalem when you consider what Elijah did to the temples - and prophets - of Baal.

Lawrence L. Edwards, Rabbi of Congregation Or Chadash in Chicago and an adjunct professor at the Catholic Theological Union there, likewise provides an extremely helpful essay suggesting that we misread the Gospel of Luke if we think of Pharisees and followers of Jesus as completely separate communities. He argues, along with Jack Sanders, that those Luke calls Pharisees are Jewish Christians trying to remain faithful to the Torah. Essays such as this can do much to further the work of dialogue and reconciliation that was advanced seven years ago by Dabru Emet.

The Horrors We Bless: Rethinking the Just-War Legacy

A few decades ago, major Christian denominations differed sharply over the morality of military action. In recent years, though, there has been a remarkable, ecumenical convergence about the ethics of combat.

Dan Maguire, a professor of ethics at Marquette University in Milwaukee, begins his brief, incisive book The Horrors We Bless: Rethinking the Just-War Legacy (Fortress Press, 2007, $7) by noting that it is not easy to get normal human beings to march into battle. Both front-line soldiers and men assigned to firing squads often resist pulling the trigger, so we cloak ritualized slaughter in euphemisms such as “police action” and “use of force.”

Just-war theory developed in the Middle Ages as “a noble effort to minimize the harm of war” by requiring a just cause, a declaration of a war by a competent authority, right intention, avoiding harming non-combatants, exhausting all alternatives to combat, and doing less harm than good. The problem is not that the rules themselves are bad but rather that nations twist them to justify what they have already decided to do. We pervert, Maguire argues, rules developed to restrain the violence into a way of excusing the inexcusable. And when war cannot meet these criteria, politicians often ignore them.

Just War theory may have been shaped, Maguire notes, by a certain theological pessimism about the human condition. We tended to romanticize both primitive human societies and our fellow primates as peaceable and to despair that among modern humans, “there have always been wars and will always be wars.”

This pessimism turns out to be ill-informed. As Nicolas Wade points out in Before the Dawn (Penguin Press, 2006), scientists have demonstrates pretty conclusively that chimps are at least as warlike as we are and that prehistoric societies were far more murderous than our own.

There is good reason to hope, Maguire argues, that we as a species are beginning to see the folly of war and to envision alternatives. A “politics of peacemaking” is emerging, in which citizens demand both security and justice, and this holds the promise that we may move toward a just peace.

Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives

Many people think science and religion are locked in a fight to the death, but David Sloan Wilson argues that it is high time for researchers to approach faith as an aspect of human evolution. Wilson, a professor of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University, is an ardent evolutionist who tackles unusual topics. His previous books include Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, and The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative. Charles Darwin, a man of wide-ranging interests himself, certainly would approve.

Wilson is not a conventional believer himself, but he insists in his new book Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives (Delacorte Press, 2007) that “Evolutionists must include religion as part of what it means to be human, and when religious believers describe their groups as like bodies and beehives, they have nothing to fear from science.” Science may disprove some notions held by a faith community, Wilson contends - if you think that the earth is only 6,000 years old or that it rests on the back of a turtle, scientific evidence may disturb you - but far from disproving religion, Darwin’s theory affirms the practical value of belief: “building strong communities, helping others in need and being helped in return, transmitting our best values to our children, and the possibility of transformative change.”

Even religious leaders, he notes, often describe faith in evolutionary terms. John Wesley, for example, said that passions of revival movements tend to cool off, “For religion must necessarily produce both industry and frugality,” and these lift the poor out of poverty and into a more genteel life. “Religions not only adapt to their social environments but also change their social environments.”

Religion can also aid scientific exploration. Wilson contends that Darwin’s success was due largely to his humility — a virtue encouraged by nearly every religion. He shared his theory with people of all walks of life, treating them with respect, cordiality, and good humor. Far from thinking himself better than other people, he maintained a wide-ranging correspondence with folks scattered around the globe on everything from plant distribution in India to the expression of emotions in Africa. Darwin may have strayed from some doctrines of the Church of England, but he embodied the best of Christian humility.

At a time when best-selling atheists proclaim that religion is toxic and “God Is Not Great,” Wilson defends faith communities from skeptics who point out imperfections. “Criticizing religions for failing to achieve universal brotherhood is like criticizing birds for failing to break the sound barrier,” he says. “Can’t we just admire them for flying as well as they do? As for the mayhem created by interactions among religious groups, according to my random sample of religions, the proportion that spread by violent conflict is actually rather small. Most religions spread by offering a good deal to their members. What is the track record of nonreligious groups, such as communist and totalitarian regimes, by comparison?”

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WAYS TO AVOID FORECLOSURE — “SHORT SALES” & “IN LIEU”

As we noted in last month’s Prelude, when you are having trouble paying your mortgage “Nothing is worse than doing nothing.” With the recent meltdown of the sub-prime mortgage market and soaring interest payments on Adjustable Rate Mortgages, homeowners may fear that they have no alternative but to walk away from their house and their mortgage, particularly if the value of their home has declined. Doing nothing is almost always a huge mistake. Foreclosure has a devastating effect on your credit history and makes you more vulnerable in the future. Is there a better way out?

Legitimate lenders want to avoid foreclosure as much as you do, since it costs them oodles of money to take your home and resell it. Banks often will agree to “short-sale.” This is how it works, you tell the lender that you cannot possibly make the mortgage payments, and refinancing is not an option, since your home is now worth less than the amount you owe. Either you or the banker finds a realtor who is experienced in short sales. The bank agrees to settle your debt and pay any outstanding taxes and realtor’s fees. The house is sold for its appraised value and the bank clears the mortgage, taking a loss rather than incurring the loss of foreclosure. Not pleasant, but better than doing nothing. At this point, an estimated 7,000 short sales are under consideration on Long Island.

The amount of the debt forgiven in a short sale becomes taxable income, however. If there is little difference between the amount you owe and the value of the home, a better option would be to ask your lender if they would accept a “Deed in lieu of foreclosure.” In this case, the small amount forgiven is probably not taxable income.

Even better, of course, is to talk with your lender as soon as you get in trouble, while there may be time to work out better alternatives. Best of all, go to a home buyers seminar before you buy, get mortgage counseling from a not-for-profit such as the Long Island Housing Partnership (to which the LICC belongs — you can reach Lynn Law or Kisha Wright at 631-435-4710), and join a First Home Club at a local bank so that you can receive matching funds toward the money you save for a down payment.

The Long Island Council of Churches offers seminars on how to manage your money well - and not get ripped off. Our presentations usually run an hour to 90 minutes, and we will tailor it to the needs of your audience, such as a shorter program for a college class, campus ministry group, or youth group and their parents. They could be a great addition to your congregation’s stewardship campaign, helping people to think faithfully about our stewardship of all our resources.

The LICC will arrange speakers, educational materials, and other freebies. There is no charge for this program. Thanks to grants from Astoria Federal Savings, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citibank, Dime Savings Bank (Washington Mutual), Greenpoint Bank Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Ridgewood Savings Bank, and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage for making it possible for the Long Island Council of Churches to provide this free program. We have speakers who can handle a variety of languages. If you would like to have such a seminar, call 516-565-0290, ext. 206, fax 516-565-0291, or e-mail licchemp@aol.com.

Each presentation is shaped around the needs of the audience and we are prepared to address a wide variety of topics. Here are some we have dealt with recently that might be of interest to students and their parents:

• How to shop for a good loan
• How to get a good deal on checking and savings accounts and other financial services
• How to manage credit cards and other forms of credit
• How to “repair” a bad credit history
• How to reduce expenses on things you think are essential.
• How to convert a loan you already have into a better deal.
• How to talk with your kids (or your parents) about how they manage their money.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS MONTH WITH MICAH
A Campaign to End LI Poverty

The Long Island Council of Churches has joined with Catholic Charities, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Bread for the World, Mazon: a Jewish Response to Hunger, the Islamic Center of Long Island, and many other organizations to launch a year-long interfaith campaign to reduce hunger in our region, called MICAH, for Mobilized Interfaith Coalition Against Hunger. Here are some highlights for the coming month:

• September 27, 7:30 PM - Interfaith Sukkot Visit at Temple Sinai (131 Washington Ave. in Lawrence)
• September 30, 5:30 PM - Interfaith Iftar at Islamic Center of Long Island (Brush Hollow Rd. in Westbury)
• September 30 - Interfaith Iftar at Sufi Circle (at St. Peter's Lutheran Church (11 Ogden Court in South Huntington)
• October 1 - Interfaith Sukkoth/Ramadan at Oceanside Jewish Center - not sure about the time. Is this the one at 2860 Brower Ave.?
• October 2, 7:30 PM - Sukkoth/Ramadan service at Temple Beth El with ICLI (5 Old Mill Road in Great Neck)
• October 12 - Keys to the Homeless Conference sponsored by the Nassau/Suffolk Coalition for the Homeless
• October 19, 8:00 AM - Poverty on Long Island Legislative Breakfast at Central Synagogue in Rockville Centre
• October 21 - Children’s Sabbath sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund, providing liturgical and educational materials for an interfaith focus on children without health insurance.
• October 26, 8:30 AM - Anti-Hunger Task Force Forum

Lectionary Possibilities for Working with Themes of M.I.C.A.H.
By the Rev. A. Erik Rassmussen, Bellport United Methodist Church

September 30th: Reading from Luke 16: 19-31 - The Story of Lazarus and Dives

• The problems of the invisibility of the poor and our inaction with regard to their care
• Who are our invisible poor?
• Dealing with the Sin of INACTION
• What do we need to do to see, feed, and empower the Lazarus people?
• Does our religious community do enough to offer that care? Do we?
• Does being an undocumented immigrant suggest that one should be invisible or that one is unworthy?
• What does Jesus’ concern for the poor suggest to us about our priorities?

October 7th: 2 Timothy 1: 1-14 - “I am reminded of your sincere faith…for this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you…for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power, of love, of self discipline…join us in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God, who saved us and called us … not according to our own works but according to God’s own purpose…”
While the above passage is written to a persecuted church to encourage a strong witness to the gospel, trusting in God’s power and grace, it might also:

• Raise concern about how bold we are in faith to witness to a gospel that empowers the “least of these” and
• whether we are following in God’s purposes or our own in our choices and
• what we value as we seek to live in the power of divine love and self-discipline.

October 14th: Luke 17:11-19 - The Story of the 10 Lepers

• Reminds us of the inclusive gospel of Christ – caring for the “unclean” and that the eyes and hearts of the faithful do not always give time or space for thanks. It is the foreigner, the different one, the doubly cursed leper who teaches Jesus’ listeners about the importance of recognizing that inclusive healing presence and living thankfully.
• How well do we see and claim the wisdom and faith the poor model for us?
• Do we see the poor of Long Island as more than brokenness in the community…as those who bring gifts to our plates (not just cheap labor)?

October 21st: 2 Timothy 3:14 - 4:5 - The closing exhortations noting patient teaching for people with “itchy ears” who chase after myths (idols)

• What idols “itch our ears” or those of our congregations, so that we wander after them rather than follow the more difficult way of the cross?
• How shall we commit ourselves in our teaching the gospel of compassion?

Luke 18: 1-8 - The Persistent Widow

• How persistent will we be…
• How long will we focus on this injustice?
• Do we have the hope that if we persist in the power of the Spirit we will bring change – get an implacable system to respond?

October 28th: Luke 18: 9-14 - The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

• How does our pride separate us not only from the “outsider” in our community but also from our access to the grace of God – as we see ourselves better than these others … worthy and hard working taxpayers and “church attendees” that we are?

To receive the weekly bulletin/newsletter inserts for the MICAH campaign, email robinson.mary@catholiccharities.cc and add to your address book koubek.richard@catholiccharities.cc.

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DID YOU KNOW?

• According to a recent CNN poll, 64% of Americans now think the government should provide national health insurance for everyone, even if that requires higher taxes.

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NEEDED/OFFERED

Needed:

Building Bridges Volunteers:

The Long Island Multi-Faith Forum needs more volunteers who are willing to describe how they practice their faith for audiences in local schools, workplaces, and houses of worship. You do not need to commit great amounts of time to volunteer. Panelists are used entirely on an as-needed/as-available basis. Some are available only weekdays, some only weekday evenings, some only on weekends. Some offer to serve only in Nassau County, others only on the East End - we could use more volunteers on the East End, in fact, whenever they may be available.

If you want to explore volunteering, please contact LICC Executive Director Tom Goodhue at licchemp@aol.com or 516-565-0290. He will lead a training for volunteers on Monday, Oct. 1, at 3:00 p.m. at Sayville United Methodist Church, following the LIMFF’s “Building Bridges” presentation there. The church is located on the south side of Main Street (Montauk Highway), one block west of Lakeland Avenue. Turn south at Green Avenue for parking.

Church World Service “Sub-Depot” in Southwest Suffolk:

We need a new “sub-depot” somewhere in Southwestern Suffolk County to collect Gift of the Heart Kits on the last Saturday in April for Church World Service, our ecumenical partner in disaster response. A room in your congregation or even a covered porch at your home will do fine.

Spiritual Care Volunteers:

Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home in West Islip (part of Catholic Health Services) is piloting a program there and at St. Catherine's Hospital called "Spiritual Care Companions." These are volunteers who visit residents to talk with them about their families, their needs, and their spiritual faith journey. It will be an interfaith program serving about 70 Protestant residents and several Jewish ones in addition to Catholic residents. Protestant and Jewish volunteers and those of other faiths are welcome—and needed. There will be a six-week training program from early October to mid-November. Those interested can call Mary T. O'Neill, D. Min., Vice President for Spiritual Care and Pastoral Education, Catholic Health Services at 631-474-5663 for more information.

Offered:

Workshop on Pastoral Care for Vets & Their Families:

8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (79 Middleville Road in Northport, Building 5) will host a community clergy symposium on “Ministering to Families affected by Military Deployment.” All community clergy are invited.

The program will consist of three parts. You will hear from chaplains who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. You will meet members of our hospital staff who devote their full time to addressing the needs of our OIF/OEF (Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom) veterans as they share what they do with you. The third and most important part of the program will be an opportunity to talk in small groups, to discover what is already being done for our troops and their families and to develop new initiatives to ease their pain.

Our troops are putting their lives on the line and their families are making great sacrifices. It takes a village to assist them. We are that village.

Please RSVP by Oct. 10 to Chaplain Paul Swerdlow at 631-261-4400, extension 7204, or paul.swerdlow@va.gov. Since lunch will be provided, please indicate if you have any dietary requirements.

Resources for 100th WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY:

Churches around the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian unity next January 18-25. "Pray without ceasing" is the theme for the 2008 week. This appeal from the apostle Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians stresses "that prayer is an integral part of the life of Christians precisely as they seek to manifest the unity which is given them in Christ."

Worship resources in three languages are available for free from the World Council of Churches, along with the theological and historical background of the Week of Prayer, in a brochure jointly published and produced by the WCC's Commission on Faith and Order and the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. It also includes an outline for an ecumenical service and prayers for the eight days of the week. The brochure is now available for download in English, French and Spanish. German and Portuguese translations are to follow.

More information on the Week of prayer for Christian unity can be found at http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=3193.

You can download the 2008 brochure:

• in English (pdf, 279 KB): http://www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2007pdfs/WPCU2008_Booklet_EN.pdf
• in French (pdf, 245 KB): http://www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2007pdfs/WPCU2008_Livret_FRA.pdf
• in Spanish (pdf, 190 KB): http://www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2007pdfs/WPCU2008_Oracion_SPA.pdf

Here’s one prayer for the Centenary Week:

“Lord Jesus Christ,
You said to your apostles,
‘I leave you in peace, my peace I give you.’
Look not on our sins but on the faith of your Church,
and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom,
where you live forever and ever. Amen.”

Free Food for Seniors:

The Commodities Supplemental Food Program/FAN offers free food for seniors 60 and older, including cheese, fruit, milk, cereal, juice, vegetables, meat, and more. Singles whose gross income is $1107 a month or less and couples whose gross monthly income is $1484 or less are eligible. For more information in Nassau or Suffolk, call 516-623-4568 or 516-623-4387.

Free Food for Women and Children:

The Commodities Supplemental Food Program/FAN offers free Enfamil Formula (both regular and soy) and free food for women who are pregnant, for women who have delivered a baby in the past year, and for children under six years of age who are not receiving WIC. Eligibility is based on income. A family of two, for example, is eligible if their weekly gross income is $488 or less and the limit goes up $124 for each additional family member. For more information in Nassau or Suffolk, call 516-623-4568 or 516-623-4387.

Refundable Tax Benefits for People Who Work:

Many taxpayers qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and Electronic Filing (e-filing) is the best way to claim your credits on your 2007 tax returns.

If you:

• Worked in 2006, AND
• Had children living with you, AND
• Earned less than $39,783

THEN YOU COULD QUALIFY! THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL CREDIT FOR 2006 IS $4,716 FOR THOSE WITH 2 OR MORE QUALIFYING CHILDREN, OR $2,853 WITH ONE QUALIFYING CHILD. WITH NO CHILDREN, THE MAXIMUM CREDIT IS $ 428.

NEW YORK STATE ALSO GIVES AN EITC THAT IS 30% OF THE FEDERAL CREDIT, AND NYC GIVES TAXPAYERS AN ADDITIONAL 5%!

You can E-file to claim the credits you’ve earned AND get your refund in half the time, or much less! The e-file program offers a safe, accurate and fast alternative to filing on paper. And best of all, you can avoid the refund anticipation loans that cost you big bucks by giving you a refund loan just a few days earlier than a regular e-file refund would be received at no additional charge.

Call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to learn more and find out about FREE tax help, including e-filing.

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LONG ISLAND BLOOD SERVICES
UPCOMING COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES FOR OCTOBER 2007

Event Date	Site	Address	Start/End Time	Chairperson/Phone
10/1/07	Lutheran Church of Ressurection	420 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530	3:30 PM 9:00 PM	Linda Wardley (516) 877-0308
10/1/07	Bellmore Presbyterian Church	Bellmore Ave & Martin Ave. Bellmore 11710	3:00 PM 8:30 PM	Thelma Gerold (516) 826-1765
10/1/07	LICC Floral Park	United Methodist Church Floral Park 11001	3:30 PM 9:00 PM	Gaius Sikes (516) 354-0059
10/2/07	Grace Methodist Church School	21 S. Franklin Avenue Valley Stream 11580	3:00 PM 8:30 PM	Bob DiSalvo (516) 561-2513
10/2/07	Christ Lutheran Church	3384 Island Road Wantagh 11793	3:00 PM 8:30 PM	Regina Coons (516) 798-4492
10/2/07	First Presbyterian Church	474 Wantagh Avenue Levittown 11756	3:00 PM 8:30 PM	Betty Towner (516) 465-3682
10/5/07	Community United Methodist Church	100 Park Blvd. Massapequa Park 11762	3:00 PM 8:30 PM	Laura Fiorillo (516) 478-5024
10/6/07	Queens Seventh Day Adventist Church	40-34 102nd Street Corona 11368	12:00 PM 5:30 PM	Aurora Sandoval (917) 572-4408
10/7/07	Miracle Christian Center	334 Fulton Avenue Hempstead 11550	2:00 PM 6:00 PM	Lorena Thompson (516) 546-6778
10/7/07	The Church in the Gardens	50 Ascan Ave. Forest Hills 11375	10:00 AM 3:30 PM	James March (212) 553-5428
10/7/07	Huntington United Methodist Church	180 W. Neck Road Huntington 11743	9:00 AM 1:00 PM	Bette Jack (631) 223-3606
10/9/07	Gloria Dei Lutheran Church	22 East 18th Street Huntington Station 11746	3:00 PM 8:30 PM	Pat Draser (631) 549-7469
10/9/07	LICC Smithtown	First Presbyterian Church Smithtown 11787	2:45 PM 8:15 PM	Adele Carson (631) 473-2162
10/13/07	St. Stephen's Church	9 Carlton Ave. Pt. Washington 11050	10:00 AM 3:30 PM	Donna Kerner (516) 314-9199
10/14/07	Christ Lutheran Church	189 Burr Rd. E. Northport 11731	9:00 AM 1:00 PM	Andrea Moon (631) 486-8834
10/15/07	St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church	Shrine Place Greenlawn 11740	3:30 PM 9:00 PM	Maria LaMalfa (631) 584-0177
10/16/07	Union United Methodist Church	1018 Pulaski Road East Northport 11731	3:00 PM 8:30 PM	Patsy Van Dyke (631) 261-1303
10/17/07	Christ Lutheran Church	Carleton Ave. & Nassau St. Islip 11752	4:00 PM 9:30 PM	Joan Heitz (631) 665-0925
10/20/07	Corona Seventh Day Adventist Church	35-30 103rd Street Corona 11368	6:00 PM 10:00 PM	Marcia St. Hill (516) 333-1551
10/21/07	Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection	1400 Cedar Swamp Rd. Brookville 11545	10:00 AM 2:00 PM	Ann Alexander (516) 759-9338
10/21/07	Queens College Student Union	65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing 11367	8:30 AM 2:00 PM	Lucette Robinson (718) 784-6925
10/21/07	Korean Evangelical Church of New York	88-22 Corona Avenue Elmhurst 11373	11:00 AM 2:00 PM	Hyewon Jeon (718) 760-2262
10/21/07	Centerport United Methodist Church	97 Little Neck Road Centerport 11721	9:00 AM 1:00 PM	Elsie BIckler (631) 427-6308
10/27/07	Church of Christ	25 Old Indian Head Road Commack 11725	10:00 AM 3:30 PM	Mary Crane (631) 271-8248
10/28/07	Presbyterian Church of St. Albans	190-04 119 Avenue St. Albans 11412	9:30 AM 3:00 PM	David Roberts (646) 210-3979

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SCHEDULE A CONVENIENT APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL 1-800-933-BLOOD (2566)

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ADS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Job Opening: Organist/Choir Director

Responsibilities include playing organ for weekly Sunday service and directing adult choir while accompanying them on the organ or piano, plus extra services during Holy Week and Christmas Season. Otherwise, one choir rehearsal weekly and one Sunday service weekly is required. Send cover letter and resume to:

Grace Lutheran Church
1294 Bellmore Ave.
North Bellmore, NY 11710
Telephone number 516-785-5029
Fax number 516-409-5184
E-mail: gelcnb@aol.com

“BUILDING BRIDGES” Oct. 1 IN SAYVILLE & Oct. 15 IN HUNTINGTON

Sayville United Methodist Church invites one and all to “Building Bridges” on Monday, October 1, at 1:00 p.m. This presentation by the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum will help you to better understand your neighbors of other faiths and how they practice their beliefs in their daily lives. LICC Executive Director Tom Goodhue will moderate the panel discussion. The panelists will be Raj Singh (Sikh), Sanaa Nadim (Muslim), Sangeeta Kulkarni (Hindu), and Bernice Suplee (Baha’i).

The church is located on the south side of Main Street (Montauk Highway), one block west of Lakeland Avenue. Turn south at Green Avenue for parking.

St. Patrick’s Church in Huntington (400 Main Street) invites the community to a “Building Bridges” program on Monday, Oct. 15, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain panelists will discuss their daily religious practices, spirituality, worship, rituals, ethics, sacred writings, and religious authority in our various traditions.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER

“WALKING THE MOURNER’S PATH” is a unique Christian program designed to help people work through their mourning and grief and begin the healing process, transforming grief into joyful living. Guided by Deacon Meg Fielding from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Rockville Centre and Deacon Betty Belasco from St Stephen's Episcopal Church in Port Washington, group members share experiences, victories in faith, and how God has entered their lives and is healing their pain. You will learn that you are not alone on your Mourner’s Path. The eight-session series runs Sunday, September 30 to Sunday, November 18, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at the Mercer School of Theology in Garden City. There is an $80 materials fee, but full scholarships are available and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. To register or receive more information, contact Meg Fielding at 516-536-8393 or deaconmeg@optonline.net.

Jesus Alive Benefit Concerts Oct. 13 & 20

Benefit Concert for “Colleen’s Kids” Saturday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m. at 1st United Methodist Church of Oceanside (2915 Davison Street). Guest artists include Nightsong, the Jewels dance group, and combined choirs of Oceanside. The guest speaker will be Colleen Moseman, director of the Long Island Toy Lending Center for Children with Disabilities. There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will be received for the LITLC. Please bring non-perishable food, also, to help feed our neighbors who are hungry. For further information, visit www.JesusAliveMinistries.org.

Jubilee Concert Saturday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m. at Lake Ronkokoma United Methodist Church, 792 Hawkins Ave in Lake Grove. Featuring Beyond the Cross, Frank Rendo, the Jesus Alive Choir, and Laurie Ann Mackie. Please bring non-perishable food to help feed our neighbors who are hungry. For further information, visit www.JesusAliveMinistries.org.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WORK
Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University, Monday, November 12, 8:30 – 4:00

Workshop Choices:

• Strengthening Ties and Understanding Through Intergenerational Arts Programs
• Developing Intergenerational Environmental Stewardship Projects
• Creating Multi-Age Connections at Diverse Shared Sites
• Serving Youth Needs by Older Adults - Serving Older Adult Needs by Younger People
• Intergenerational Public Policy Advocacy
• Engaging Immigrant Elders and Youth
• Creating Intergenerational Activities in Health Settings
• Addressing Intergenerational Housing Alternatives
• Facing Intergenerational Workplace Issues

Register online at www.igstrats.org

Healing Ministry in Glen Cove Nov. 17-18

The Healing Ministry of the Reverend Nigel Mumford is coming to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Glen Cove (28 Highland Road) the weekend of November 17 & 18.

Saturday, November 17:

• 1:30 p.m. - Session 1 – Encouragement and Empowerment
• 2:45 p.m. - Break with refreshments
• 3:00 p.m. - Session 2 – Forming Prayer Teams
• 4:30 p.m. - Prayer Service
• 5:00 p.m. - Holy Eucharist with Laying on of Hands and Anointing for Healing

Sunday, November 18:

• 8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist & Healing – Nigel Mumford, Guest Preacher
• 9:00 a.m. - Coffee and Conversation – Nigel Mumford, Leader
• 10:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist & Healing – Nigel Mumford, Guest Preacher

The Parish Resource Center of Long Island

Presents
Creative Worship
Saturday, Nov 17, 2007
8:00am - 4:30pm
Location: Grace Lutheran Church, 400 Hempstead Ave, Malverne
Presenters: Len Wilson & Jason Moore of Midnight Oil Productions

Rediscover creativity. Experience real and memorable moments of worship.

If you've ever seen an excruciating PowerPoint presentation in worship then you know that for many churches new media has nothing to do with new energy and creativity in worship. Just jumping on the digi-bandwagon does not necessarily create instant congregational renewal. That's because there's a big difference between technology and culture. We're still operating out of old, text-based mindsets when the world around us, and even our own congregations, has learned to live and think in image.

The real story in worship now is not the use of screens, but how screens and other forms of media come together to create powerful God experiences. Our newly redesigned seminar invites you to come explore what happens next with our latest thinking on culture, art, teams and technology.

People will often write or call and ask us if our seminars are most useful for "newbies" or more advanced worship producers, designers and leaders. The answer is, both. The seminar is helpful for a wide variety of people, regardless of proficiency level. So, we have designed the Creative Worship seminar to be equally instructional for those wanting to take initial steps and those needing direction to re-ignite and flame their ministry efforts.

Also, and this is just as important: The Creative Worship seminar is best experienced together, as a team, with the other members of your worship and media design process. Many times we ask during the seminar how many have come alone. Of the minority that raise their hand, we ask how many wish they had their pastor/media director/music leader with them. Everyone keeps their hand raised. Our seminars are not just for techies, but for anyone who wants the screen to be a vital part of the worship experience.

Registration and Welcome (8:00-8:30)
The host church provides morning refreshments, so make sure to come early, eat, and network!

Session 1 - Digital Storytellers: Worship in the Digital Age (8:30-10:15)
We in the church may have new media, but we have old mindsets. We are still stuck in an old world of textual analysis. If we can discover the power and potential of metaphor, we can transform worship. Includes sample services.

Session 2 - Design Matters: The Art of Communicating the Gospel (10:35-12:30)
Creating powerful images for worship is not just for another congregation with more resources. Sit in on a "design master class" and discuss 6 principles for making images. Explore preaching with images, as well. The session finishes as we walk through a step-by-step tutorial on building an image for worship.

Film Festival (12:30-1:30)
Over lunch, watch a variety of short videos and animations we've created for ministry in local churches during our years on the job.

Session 3 - Taking Flight: Worship Design Teams That Work (1:30-3:00)
Many have attempted to design worship with a team of people, only to discover that it is difficult to form a team that actually works. We'll look at a series of obstacles that befall teams of sincere, hard working people, and explore through teaching and interactivity how to create worship design teams that take flight.

Session 4 - The Wired Church: Technology, Resources and Next Steps (3:20-4:30)
The essential need-to-know information to establish, grow, and fortify your media ministry, including how to get started, resources, technical information, and more.

The Presenters

Len Wilson

Len is a pioneer in communicating the gospel to digital culture. His passion is high quality, theologically grounded, experiential media in worship that meets people at a human level using the digital language of film, television and computers.

Jason Moore

An award winning digital artist, Jason strives to help churches reach today’s culture. Know for his pioneering work in digital worship imagery, he is continually developing professional, highly emotive graphics, animation and video that is being emulated in churches nation wide.

Midnight Oil Productions

We're passionate about worship that authentically communicates to today's digital culture. Our goal for Midnight Oil is to further the vision of worship for the digital age through ideas, resources and seminars that work for local churches. The vision for Midnight Oil began in 1998 and the ministry in April 2002. It is the continuation of a calling that started for each of us a long time ago, and has developed through our work at Ginghamsbug Church and Lumicon Digital Productions, as well as through our teaching, speaking, and with The Wired Church, Digital Storytellers, and our Fresh Out of the Box series of resources.

Members of the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
please call 631-821-2255 for scholarship information!

Group Size	The Early Bird Price Register by Oct 3	The Regular Price Register anytime, including walk-ins
Individual	$89	$99
2-4 (Same church)	$69 each	$79 each
5+ (Same church)	$49 each	$59 each

Register with your credit card online at www.midnightoilproductions.com/seminar/long_island.php
Or mail in your registration with a check to:

• Parish Resource Center, 89 Hallock Landing Rd., Rocky Point, NY 11778
• Parish Resource Center, 919 Elmont Rd., Valley Stream, NY 11580

Cancellation Policy: Seminar registrations become non-refundable 45 days prior to the date of the event. Registration fees may be exchanged for store credit in the event that registrant(s) cannot attend the seminar. Credit may be redeemed through our online store or may be used at the product table during the seminar.

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CHAPLAINS AND CAMPUS MINISTERS

October is Pastoral Care Month. Chaplains and campus ministers serve on the frontline of ecumenical and interfaith work. October would be a great time, by the way, to make a special gift to support the work of the LICC’s chaplains with those who are incarcerated! Please contact Sara Weiss (516-565-0290, ext. 207 or saraweiss@optonline.net) if you would like bulletin inserts or special offering envelopes.

Do you know a student who has just started college on Long Island? Do you have a parishioner who is hospitalized? Would you like to help with worship in a local jail? These folks can help!

In Nassau:

Adelphi University 516-877-3114

• Lisa Yu (IVCF) 516-877-3114
• Rabbi Barry Dov Schwartz 516-764-4100
• The Rev. Jerome Taylor 516-378-5486
• Marisa J. Pennacchia (Catholic) 516-877-3116

A. Holly Patterson Nursing Home 516-572-1479

• The Rev. R. Michael Reid
• The Rev. Delores Miller
• The Rev. Doris Stephens

Chaminade High School

• The Rev. Garret Long 516-742-5555

C. W. Post/Long Island University

• The Rev. Edward J Brown 516-299-2229
• Marisa J. Pennacchia (DRVC) 516-877-3116
• The Rev. Dennis Carter (LIUCM) 516-299-3207
• Jill Kirschner 516-299-2217

Franklin Hospital Medical Center 516-256-6189

• The Rev. Dr. James Barnum
• The Rev. Augustine Okochi
• Mrs. Kathy Martino

Good Shepherd Hospice (Nassau) 516-868-9532

• Sr. Mary Lou Kelly
• Sr. Joan Bernich
• Ms. Shevawn O'Connor

Hempstead Police Department

• Rev. Dr. Pedro Bravo-Guzman 917-626-1206

Hofstra University

• Rev. Richard Hayes (LIUCM) 516-385-3272
• The Rev. Brian Barr (DRVC) 516-463-6814
• Joe Bruno (DRVC) 516-463-6814
• Rabbi Meir Mittelman 516-463-6922
• Dr. Mamdouh Farid 516-463-6012
• Dan Brady (IVCF) 516-782-9618

Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, Hicksville 516-433-2900

• The Rev. Gerard Gentleman

Hospice Care Network—Nassau 516-832-2520

• Jerry Calhoun, Manager of Pastoral Care 224-6460
• Sr. Marge Caulsen 516-832-2520, ext. 1064
• The Rev. Alan Bentz- Letts ext. 1058
• George Teachey ext. 1048
• Vimala Thomas ext. 1118

Kellenberg Memorial High School

• The Rev. Thomas Cardone 516-292-0200

Long Beach Medical Center

• The Rev. Joseph Paul Fernando
• Patricia & Thomas Regan

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

• Rabbi David Moseson

Long Island Lutheran Middle & Senior High School

• The Rev. Ron Gothberg 516-626-1700

McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School

• The Rev. Michael 631-727-5900

Mercy Medical Center 516-705-1414

• Sr. Mary Alice Aschenbach CIJ, Administrator
• Rev. Francis Oranefo
• Rev. Anthony Madu
• Ms. Mary Ellen Eichmann
• Sr. Norma Jean Lokcinski, CIJ
• Sr. Elizabeth Scanlan RSM
• Sr. Kate Thornton

Nassau Community College

• (DRVC) 516-572-8064
• Alex Thomas (IVCF) 201-376-2547

Nassau County Correctional Center--LICC 516-572-3625

• The Rev. Richard Lehman
• The Rev. Lillian Frier Webb
• The Rev. Nancy Schaffer
• The Rev. James Parker
• The Rev. Lawrence Swensen

Nassau County Correctional Center--Catholic--516-572-3622/3623

• The Rev. Ralph Ferro
• Sr. Virginia Waters
• Br. Jack Moylan 631-969-0837

Nassau County Correctional Center--Muslim--516-572-3624

• Imam Davo Ramadhan

Nassau County Correctional Center—Unified Council of Churches 516-572-6288

• The Rev. Willie Reid
• The Rev. Milton Rochford

Nassau County Correctional Center--others

• The Rev. Kevin Hennessey 516-572-4147
• Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum

Nassau County Juvenile Detention Center

• The Rev. Maureen Kessler (LICC)
• Brother Jack Moylan (Catholic) 516-571-9153
• Sr. Dolores Castellan, CIJ (Catholic) 516-571-9153
• The Rev. Theodore Lomax

Nassau University Medical Center

• Sr. Maureen Chase OP 516-572-6069
• The Rev. Sebastian Owusu-Mensah
• The Rev. Joseph D’Angelo
• The Rev. Willie Reid 516-572-6288
• Al-haaj Ghazi Khankan 516-889-0005

New Island Hospital, Bethpage 631-520-0222

• Deacon William Griffin

New York Institute Of Technology

• Deacon Patrick Dunphy 516-686-7794
• Marisa J. Pennacchia (DRVC) 516-877-3116

North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove

• The Rev. Fred Kutubebi 516-674-7300

North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset 516-562-4043

• Jon Overvold, Director of Pastoral Care
• The Rev. Isaac Mensah
• The Rev. Anthony Xavier

North Shore University Hospital at Plainview

• The Rev. Jose Simon Palliparambil 516-719-2285

St. Anthony Diocesan High School

• The Rev. Gerard Gordon 631-271-2020

St. Francis Hospital 516-562-6720

• Sr. Pauline Gilmore FMM (Director, Pastoral Care)
• Sr. Minda Castrillo FMM
• Sr. Elisea Fernando FMM
• The Rev. Christian Ike
• Sr. Rita Sculti OP
• The Rev. Peter Igwilo
• Mary Toole
• Ms. Barbara Ludeman
• Sr. Claire McDonald OP
• Maryann Annunziata
• Patricia Tarpinian
• Mary Ellen Bencivenga
• Sr. Mari Garesche

St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School

• The Rev. James Vlaun 631-587-8000

South Nassau Communities Hospital 516-763-2030

• Rev. Benet Uwasomba
• Deacon Charles Muscarnera

S U N Y at Old Westbury

• Katie McEvoy 516-376-3031

U. S. Merchant Marine Academy 516-773-5306

• Catholic Chaplain Keith Shuley—leaving Aug. 1, 2007

Wedgewood Nursing Home, Great Neck

• The Rev. Anthony Xavier 516-562-0100

Winthrop University Hospital 516-663-9524

• Jill Boden, Acting Director of Pastoral Care
• Vimala Thomas, CPE Chaplain Resident
• The Rev. Rose Marie Martino
• The Rev. Megan Kelly
• The Rev. Ehel Anarado
• The Rev. Polycarp Nnajiofor
• Joan Guevara

In Suffolk:

Avalon Gardens Nursing Home & Rehab Center, Smithtown

• The Rev. Charles Froehlich, 631-499-8656
• Deacon Hans Weiderman

Brookhaven Hospice 631-687-2966

• Deacon Robert Gronenthal
• Sr. An McHugh OSU

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital 631-654-7100

• The Rev. John Attakruh

Catholic Health Services—Clinical Pastoral Education Program

• Mary O’Neil 631-474-5663

Catholic Home Care—Hauppague 631-929-8200

• Sr. Marjorie Devlin OP
• Kevin Danaher
• Linda Smith

Dowling College

• Thomas M. Smith 631-244-5034

East Hampton Police Department

• The Rev. Al Thompson 631-324-6100

Good Samaritan Home Health Care (Bay Shore)

• Sr. Marjorie Devlin, OP

Good Samaritan Medical Center 631-376-4103

• Sr. Mary Anna Euring OP Director of Pastoral Care
• The Rev. Jerome Madumelu
• The Rev. Paul Nwobi
• The Rev. Doug Dower
• Sr. Betty Keegan FMM
• Sr. Ellen Moore, OP
• Sr. Gertrude O'Brien DW
• Sr. Rosemary Jermusyk, OP
• Sr. Ann Marie Pierce IHM
• Chaplain Mary Ann Bonner
• Chaplain Robert Block
• Sr. Moon Kyung Park
• Chaplain Carmen Springer

Good Samaritan Nursing Home 631-244-2400

• Sr. Doris Marie Deane
• The Rev. Francis Nuss

Good Shepherd Hospice (Babylon) 631-376-3850

• Sr. Joan Bernich

Good Shepherd Hospice (Port Jeff) 631-474-4040

• Sr. Joyce Osgood
• Sr. Lorraine Liebold
• Pauline La Valle

Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center 631-715-2613

• Rabbi Zev Schostak
• Deacon Hans Weiderman

Hospice Care Network—Suffolk 516-832-2520

• Sr. Caryn Brennan, Ext. 1112
• The Rev. William Feinberg Ext. 1123

Huntington Hospital

• The Rev. Thomas Edamattan 631-385-3311 x 221
• Deacon Edward Billia

Long Island State Veteran's Home, Stony Brook 631-444-8737

• The Rev. Peter O’Rourke
• The Rev. Timothy Stansberry
• The Rev. Gregory Leonard
• Rabbi Joseph Topek

Maryhaven Center of Hope 631-474-3400

• Sr. Maryaline Zierle OP
• Sr. Cathy Smith, OP

Mather Memorial Hospital 631-473-1320x4007

• Sr. Maeve O'Connor RSHM

McGann-Mercy High School

• The Rev. Michael Rieder

North Shore University Hospital at Huntington

• The Rev. Thomas Edamattam 631-351-2000
• Deacon Edward Billia

Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home, West Islip 631-587-1600

• Theresa McNally
• Margaret Nixdorf
• Sandra Smith
• Dorothy Sexton-Nagel
• Rabbi Kathleen Novick
• Rev. William Logan
• Dr. Eileen Digiovanna
• The Rev. Charles Froehlich, 631-499-8656

Peconic Bay Medical Center--Riverhead 631-548-6025

• Dorothy Nagel, Chaplain
• The Rev. John Worthley

Pilgrim Psychiatric Hospital 631-434-5136

• The Rev. Lawrence O’Leary
• Sr. Mary Judith Summerville CSJ

St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center 631-862-3104

• Sr. Patricia McDonnell, CSJ, Director
• The Rev. Mark Applewhite
• The Rev. Fred Hill
• The Rev. Anselm Okeke

St. Charles Hospital 631-474-6411

• Sr. Josefita Rodrigues OP (Dept. Head)
• The Rev. Samuel Aririatu
• The Rev. Joseph Mappilamattel CMI
• Sr. Mary Jo O'Connor DW
• Deacon Joseph Scollan
• Sr. Edith Menegus OSU

St. John the Baptist High School, West Islip 631-587-800

• John Sureau, Campus Minister

South Oaks Psychiatric Hospital 631-264-4000

• The Rev. Robert Hyatt PE

Southside Hospital 631-968-3000

• The Rev. Peter McCrann SMM
• The Rev. Christopher Okoli

Stony Brook University Hospital 631-444-8157

• The Rev. Stephen Unger, Dept. Head
• Sr. Lynn Queck, OP
• The Rev. Anthony Ewherido
• The Rev. Thomas Aidoo
• The Rev. Michael Udoekpo
• The Rev. Patrick Okafor
• Rabbi Abraham Rubenstein (ext. 7204)
• Anne Coulehan
• The Rev. John Paul Hankins
• The Rev. James Maltese

Suffolk Air Guard

• Lt. Col. James R. Thomas

Suffolk Community College--Riverhead

• Regina Keller 631-451-4369

Suffolk County Correctional Facility

• Sr. Maureen Hanahoe, MM 631-852-2294 Riverhead & Yaphank
• Sr. Rita Ashwell, CSFN 631-852-2294 at Riverhead
• Deacon George Nealis 631-852-4713 at Yaphank
• Deacon Chris Vigliotta 631-852-2294 at Riverhead
• The Rev. Charles Coverdale 631-852-2294 at Riverhead & Yaphank
• The Rev. Marvin Dozier 631-852-2294 at Riverhead & Yaphank
• Rabbi Leib Baumgarten 631-852-2294 at Riverhead & Yaphank

S U N Y At Stony Brook

• (LIUCM) 631-632-6563
• The Rev. Chen Chi 631-632-6563
• Jainnie San Pedro (IVCF) 631-928-1415
• Fr. Robert Smith 631-941-4141
• Sr. Margaret Ann Landry 631-632-6562
• Rabbi Adam Stein (Lubbavitch)
• Rabbi Joseph Topek (Hillel) 632-6565
• Sr. Sanaa Nadim 631-979-6156

Timothy Hill Children’s Home 631-369-1234

• Chaplain Max Chance

Touro Law School 631-761-7190

• Rabbi Moshe La Brie

V A Medical Center 631-261-4400

• John Speraneo, MSW, Chief of Service ext. 7030
• Rabbi Paul Swerdlow ext. 7204
• The Rev George E Lutz ext. 7795
• The Rev. Wayne Olson ext. 7202
• The Rev. John Malone ext. 7796
• The Rev. Rashid Peter Francis, SF ext. 7203
• The Rev. Lazar David Mani ext. 7194

Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice, 631.261.5170 ext. 467

• The Rev. Mark Bigelow, Pastoral Care Coordinator

If you have additions or corrections for this list, please phone them to 516-565-0290 ext. 206, fax them to 516-565-0291, or e-mail licchemp@aol.com. We will include an updated roster in the 2008 directory of Long Island churches and synagogues that we will publish this fall.

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The Long Island Council of Churches is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. The Long Island Council of Churches unites diverse Christians to work together in ministry with the poor and to promote interfaith understanding. All donations are tax-deductible and much appreciated.

The Rev. Thomas W. Goodhue
Executive Director
Long Island Council of Churches
1644 Denton Green
Hempstead, NY 11550
voice: 516-565-0290, ext. 206
fax: 516-565-0291
email:licchemp@aol.com
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