Presented to Lonnie Kulick  For 30 Years of Ministry of Music in the Hudson Valley   April 10, 2009

Following the service, cake was served in Schadewald Hall to further commemorate the event.
 

We congratulate Lonnie on this significant achievement, spanning thirty years.

Easter Sunday

HOLY WEEK April 5 10:00am Palm Sunday Morning Worship Services Mark 11:21–11, “Living Under a Cloud” Distribution of Palms Easter egg hunt for children during coffee hour April 8 7:30pm Maundy Thursday Evening Worship Service John 13:1–20; 31–35, “Serving Lessons” Celebration of the Lord’s Supper April 9 Noon–2:00pm Good Friday Joint worship services at Fair Street Church, Kingston Sponsored by the Kingston Area Council of Churches Seven Last Words of Christ John 19:30, “It Is Finished,” Dr. Robert L. Gram CELEBRATE THE RISEN CHRIST April 12 6:30am Easter Dawn Services in the sanctuary led by the Youth Group 7:30am Easter Breakfast Buffet in Schadewald Hall sponsored by the Youth Group $5.00 adults/$2.00 children 9:00am and 11:00am Easter Morning Worship services John 20:1–18, “Seeing Clearly”

Dr. Gram opens the luncheon

Gary Bellows, Hurley Town Supervisor

James Craven arranged and hosted the luncheon. Dr. Gram opened the meeting with his observations of arriving in the stone house neighborhood from his perspective as a newcomer to the area. Gary Bellows, the Hurley Town Supervisor, was a guest speaker at the event.

Jon McGrew gave a presentation regarding the behind-the-scenes making of the Stone House Day event, explaining, for instance, how we market and advertise the event.

McGrew gives a presentation on the Making Of Stone House Day

 
Chef Russell Glass prepared a luncheon for the group that was representative of what is being planned for the Stone House Day event in July.

This luncheon provided a good opportunity for the event planners to be able to give some information to the homeowners as to how they are being supported, and we heard some ideas from the homeowners as to what might make the Stone House Day event even better.

Many thanks to the Brooks crew for their wonderful dinners, and to the many Hurley Reformed Church volunteers who made everything work so well.   The Brooks crew produced over 800 dinners this evening!   By any measure, it was a wildly popular evening. Yum!   Aromatic smoke filled the sky above the parking lot as dinners for 800 were being lovingly grilled throughout the afternoon.   …Some potatoes with that?

But this was much more than a mere spaghetti dinner; this was antipasto featuring oven-roasted tomato and grilled asparagus, marinated zucchini and roasted red peppers with a balsamic glaze and parmesan cheese, warm garlic bread, dressed italian salad, then spaghetti with red sauce and Roma-style meatballs, and finishing with homemade old-fashioned apple crisp with vanilla ice cream. You see, we had Chef Russell Glass handling the dinner for us this year. Yum!

The Valentine’s Day spirit was in the air as two sold-out seatings enjoyed a great dinner, prepared by an enthusiastic church staff under the direction of Chef Glass.   Dick Morone was on hand to serenade us with Italian love songs, accompanied by Lonnie Kulick at the keyboard.   A great time—and a great meal—was enjoyed by all.

Thank you to all of the many people who helped to make this event a success, working with meal preparation and cleanup, ticket sales and handling, table service, and music.