A Liturgical Musician is needed for Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Watervliet/Green Island While there are three masses per weekend there is a musician for the Saturday 4pm Vigil Mass. This position would include music for the Sunday morning Masses at 8:30am and 11am. The church has both an electronic keyboard and an organ. Call the parish at 518-273-6020 or emailinfo@ihm.rcpw.weebly.com to contact the pastor, Fr. Don Rutherford.
The Book Nook is open on Saturday morning, February 1 from 9 AM until Noon. The February half-priced specials are on all authors whose last name begins with “F.” The historical novels, biographies, cookbooks, religious and self-help books are all $1 each. Children and young adult books are 6/$1. we’ve had some great donations, so please stop by and check us out! Thanks for your continued support and see you at the Book Nook! Don’t forget, we are still accepting donations of your gently used books at the church entrances between 9a.m and 2p.m Monday thru Thursday only (please, do not leave books outside). Thanks again for your support and see you at the Book Nook!
Thank you to everyone who helped with our Christmas Giving Tree. Your efforts filled a bus and a car with gifts and food for those in need. More importantly you filled their hearts with the joy of the season.
LENTEN FISH FRY FRIDAYS WILL BE UPON US SOON. We are looking for more people to volunteer in all areas—from soup to nuts! If you can assist in any way, for any amount of time, or if you have any questions regarding what help is needed, please call Ellie DeBonis at 518-235-0337. WE WANT YOU.
Donation boxes are at the church entrances for items for our area schools that send food home with children in need, those who may go hungry on the weekend. Suggested items are those non-perishables in singles containers that are easy for a child to use (mac n’cheese, chili, pastas, cereals, fruit, snack, etc.) Items will be delivered to our local schools on a regular basis.
We are starting to collect items for the FISH FRY BASKETS. Please help us fill them. Suggestions: gift cards, wine , home goods, movie tickets, food items, gardening. PLEASE, ONLY NEW ITEMS.
Happy New Year! The Book Nook is open on Saturday morning, January 18 from 9 AM until Noon with a winter clearance sale on ALL BOOKS—half-priced!!. That’s $1 for most hardcovers and .50 for most paperbacks! Looks like it’s going to be cold and snowy, so stop by and stock up on your winter reading. Great books at great prices. Don’t forget, we are still accepting donations of your gently used books at the church entrances between 9a.m and 2p.m Monday thru Thursday only (please, do not leave books outside). Thanks again for your support and see you at the Book Nook!
The Book Nook would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Nook will be open again on Saturday, January 4th and 18th with many half-priced specials. Thank you for your continued support and we’ll see you in January.
We are still in need of 1 Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist for Christmas Eve 4:30pm Mass in Schaghticoke. Please use either the program to volunteer or call Pat at the above number to sign up. Please consider serving your parish as a Lector, Extraordinary Minister or Altar Server. Feel free to reach out using the contact information above. Training provided.
Christmas trees are up at each site. ALL GIFTS MUST BE RETURNED BY DECEMBER 15. Please return the gifts with the tag attached as this identifies where and to whom we need to deliver the gift.
The Book Nook is open from 9AM until Noon on Saturday, December 7 and 21, with the following half-priced author specials: Preston & Child, JA Jance and Nora Roberts. In addition we have had a large donation of LARGE PRINT books. Those books are on special 3/$1. They are great novels by some of your favorite authors — JUST EASIER TO READ!. Also, during December, CD’s are 3/$1 and DVD’s are $1 each. Please stop by and check out these new donations and our selections of biographies, historical novels & so many other options!. Thanks for your continued support. See you at the Book Nook!
The next meeting of the book club will be in Speigletown on Tuesday December 3, 2019. The meeting will begin at 6:00 pm, and people are asked to bring a canned good. The next book we will be discussing is “The Things We Do For Love” written by Kristin Hannah. Please join us on December 3 for an evening of lively discussion about “The Things We Do For Love.”
THANK YOU! On November 10 we hosted a packing event for the Military Moms in Action. We packed 600 quart size snack bags filling 50 boxes. These will be delivered to our active duty troops stationed all over the world. Thank you for all your donations, time spent packing and great clean-up effort. GREAT JOB!!!
The Book Nook is open from 9AM until Noon on Saturday,16 with the following half-priced author specials: Mary Higgins Clark, Clive Cussler, Debbie Macomber & John Sandford. Four great authors at a great price! In addition we have had a large donation of LARGE PRINT books. Those books are on special 3/$1. They are great novels by some of your favorite authors—JUST EASIER TO READ!. Please stop by and check out these new donations and our selections of biographies, historical novels & so many other options!. Thanks for your continued support. See you at the Book Nook!
We will be packing the boxes after the 8:30 am Mass in Schaghticoke on November 10, so please have your donations to us before then. Monetary donations are accepted to offset the cost of shipping.