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Advent Lessons and Carols The churches of Salem and Hebron combined on the evening of December 4, 2011, for the fourth annual Advent Service of Lessons and Carols. An ecumenical choir was conducted by Jared Stamm and parish organist William Briggs played the organ. Lay people and clergy from all of the churches read the lessons and led the prayers of the service. (Click here to see the service leaflet.)
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The Bishop's Visitation On Sunday, 9 October 2011, the Right Reverend William
Love, Bishop of Albany, made his regular visitation to St. Paul's. Bishop
Love celebrated and preached at the Sunday Eucharist and was the guest of
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Although Hurricane Irene was technically only a tropical storm by the time she hit Salem, New York, on Sunday, 28 August 2011, she left tremendous destruction in her wake, flooding many buildings and leaving at least five homes so badly damaged that they had to be condemned. One of the victims of the storm was the Salem Food Pantry which is a lifeline for many area families. For many years, the Salem pantry has been housed in the basement of First United Presbyterian Church. When the church basement flooded, a great deal of food was ruined, as well as freezers and refrigerators. When St Paul's senior warden Philip Gould learned that the pantry needed a new home, he quickly proposed offering Burton Hall as a temporary home. On Friday, September 2nd, members of St Paul's, First United, and others from local churches and the community at large cleaned and equipped the main floor of Burton Hall for this purpose and the food pantry opened at its usual time on Saturday. (read more here....)
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Members of the community pitched in and local businesses contributed goods and services for a benefit dinner on Saturday evening, September 17th. More than $2,000 were raised, as well as contributions of food to stock the shelves of the pantry. The meal was served in Burton Hall in the same space that is now occupied by the food pantry. Music was provided by Bob Warren and local government officials helped serve the food which was prepared in the kitchen of the Old Washington County Court House, which is also recovering from the flood caused by hurricane Irene. Annette Nielson coordinated the effort. |
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Following a sabbatical in New Mexico, where he became acquainted with the traditional sacred art of the Hispanic community, Fr Kriss commissioned a young, award-winning santero (sacred artist), Nicolas Otero, to create a new reredos for the Lady Chapel at St Paul's. The centerpiece of the reredos is the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as Our Lady of Peace, Santa Maria de la Paz. "Salem" is a form of the Hebrew word shalom, "peace." Thus, Our Lady of Peace is Our Lady of Salem. The new reredos was dedicated on the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, at a service that both remembered the victims and heroes and also reflected on the themes of peace and reconciliation. The process of creating the reredos in the santero tradition is similar to the process of creating Eastern Orthodox icons. The slide show below follows the creation of the reredos from a pencil sketch to its installation and blessing in St Paul's Church. |
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As part of the renovation of the church building, a new floor was installed in the sanctuary. The aging carpet was removed and a floor of gray and red slate, quarried in nearby Granville, New York, was installed.
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