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Building on the Rock
We still have room for workgroups for this summer. Come join us for a week of building our Arts Center. Download a registration form. Youth over 14 and adults welcome. |
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Greetings!
It has been said that the only constant is change and here at Stony Point Center that is truer than ever. We are doing our best to ensure that you experience spiritual rejuvenation and tranquility while you are here. What you might not notice is our team's hard work behind the scenes to support your purpose. Here are just some of the ways we are transforming to serve you better: - We recently implemented a new system to better manage our dining room and meal preparation. We'll ask you to present a wristband to a host who will greet you at our buffet line. This helps us to better track and anticipate meal counts, keeping our costs low.
- In order to improve our service and facilities, we are asking group leaders to complete a guest exit survey.
- Our Fair Trade Shop at the Point will soon offer speciality beverages and homemade treats.
- Our intentional multfaith community continues to flourish and invites you to register now for our annual Seder ceremony on April 10th at 6 pm.
- By summer, we'll have changed the names of our lodges to reflect the natural environment that we work so hard to protect.
Find us on Facebook to learn more and stay abreast of happenings here! Read our 2011 Annual Report highlighting our achievements that will sustain Stony Point Center for future generations. Grateful for your support, Paula Sandusky Manager of Communications |
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Kairos USA event held at Stony Point Center
Skype call from Bethlehem kicks off the event
Participants at the gathering of Kairos USA were treated to a key-note address from afar. Stony Point Center Conference Services made possible a Skype address from Rifat Kassis in Bethlehem. Read an article from Spencer Chiimbwe, a CLT Interfaith Fellow who attended the event. |
Becoming better stewards  Changes you'll notice in the dining room
In order to better manage our food costs, we now hand out wrist bands to overnight guests and tickets to day guests. Our dining room host will ask to see your wrist band or collect your ticket. This helps us to know exactly how many meals we serve over a week or month, and our food service manager can have better information for planning and ordering. We are pleased at how easily our guests have made the transition to our new system - Thank you!
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| Thank you, Jane
Thanks to Jane Searjeant Watt for our new Town & Country minivan. We've already put it to good use shuttling homeless guests to shelter for Rockland Helping Hands.
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Sisters Stand and Walk Together
Presbyterian Women of the Synod of the Northeast's Sisters Stand and Walk  Together is taking enrollment for its third class on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Sisters Stand and Walk Together is a three year program designed to acclimate and motivate new immigrant women from congregations within the Synod to Presbyterian Women. Thus far, participants and organizers have come from four continents and six countries-Brazil, Ghana, Korea, Nigeria, Taiwan and the US. There is no cost to the participant. The purpose of the program is to prepare these women for leadership roles not only within Presbyterian Women but throughout all levels of the Presbyterian Church USA. Visit our website for more information. |
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Convocation of Peacemakers:
Peace Church BETA: Waging Peace in a Time of Empire
April 26-29, 2012
Join peacemakers from across the country to fellowship, plan, and organize:
The PC(USA)'s discernment to become a Peace Church, Israel/Palestine,
General Assembly Advocacy,
Antiracism,
Preventing Gun Violence,
Colombia Accompaniment and Advocacy
This is not a normal conference, but a working meeting for peacemakers, organizers, and activists from across the church to plan together for effective advocacy and action.
For more information and to register online, visit PPF's website. |
| Cultivating Quiet
I descend the spiral stairway of my soul
Reaching the depths to that which is old
It frightens me
I embrace the fear
I ascend the spiral stairway of my soul
Energized, at peace, restored and whole
--by Chris Malmgreen, written during a Cultivating Quiet retreat
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 Shop at the Point
Our gift shop has always been a favorite destination of retreat participants, and under the direction of Gabriela Russek we'll be opening a cozy coffee bar in the shop. Starting the last week in March, we'll offer specialty drinks, homemade treats and books to browse. Sit and stay a while! |
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Renaming to reflect our values
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Stony Point Center is a place of welcome for all people, a place to build community, and a place to live in harmony with creation. As we work to live into these values, we are changing the names of some the buildings on campus to be more consistent with and to more accurately reflect our efforts. We are using names of trees that are found on the campus to rename Lakota, Beta, Latin America, Africa and Asia buildings as Evergreen, Maple, Magnolia, Walnut and Beech respectively. This will encourage all of us to be more conscious of the natural environment at Stony Point and all the ways we are dependent upon it. Join us as we work to preserve and enhance this great resource.
Find us on facebook to see pictures depicting our new names. Our header for this enews includes one of the many types of evergreens found on our campus. |
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See you at your next event, sojourn or a CLT program.
Stay connected, we'll see you on facebook.
From the Staff, Volunteers and Co-Directors
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Recipe
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SPC
Kitchen
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Zucchini & Carrot Bread*
1 cup natural apple sauce
3 large eggs
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 tsps ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
3 tsps vanilla extract
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup chopped shredded zucchini
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3 cups flour
Directions
1.Grease and flour two 8x4"pans. Pre-heat oven to 325° F (165° C).
2.Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3.Beat eggs, apple sauce, vanilla and sugar together in a large bowl.
4.Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well.
5.Stir in zucchini and carrot until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
6.Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
7.Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool. | |
*from fatsecret.com
and one of the many tasty treats soon to be available for sale in the Gift Shop. |
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