Stony Brook Community Church, Long Island NY
Stony Brook, NY
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Welcome to the Stony Brook Community Church Online! We are proud to be an active United Methodist congregation.
Here you will find information concerning our church and its ministries. We hope you enjoy visiting our website. Our church is a warm, friendly fellowship, and we want you to feel comfortable and at liberty to call on us for anything you need. Feel free to browse through the various areas of our website and learn about our people and programs. Call me to learn more about our congregation, or if you have a family or a personal need for spiritual assistance.
When you come and worship with us, you will find:
- A caring congregation that will welcome you;
- Preaching and teaching that is centered on the Word of God;
- Ministries to meet the spiritual and social needs of our community, the region and the world;
- Worship services that are informal yet dignified, joyful but concerned, musical and uplifting.
From the Pastor - Reflections on the bombings in Boston:
Guns and Bombs! I’ve had enough of demented hatred! I’m angry! Anger is natural but what do I do with my anger. Paul Raushenbush, religious editor for the Huffington Post, has helped me think about this. He distinguishes between demonic anger and holy anger. Demonic anger is the fury that wells up in us and just wants to lash out with vengeful radical emotions and even violence. It’s the anger that jumps to conclusions and passes on the worst rumors. We all have those moments that short circuit our normally healthy hearts. It’s hard to resist this anger, but resist it we must if we are to experience peace, both within and around us.
This doesn’t mean we should not be angry! Holy anger however requires that I stop, and in my prayers, ask for wisdom to not let my anger take over my heart. Instead, may it fuel the kind of response that truly reflects the kind of person that I want to be in the world.
How else do we respond? Of course, we cry with the injured and the loved ones of the dead. We hold our own loved ones tighter. We hope for a quick answer – suspects rounded up – and the signs of the violence washed away. None of that will happen. So we wait.
How do we wait? As people of faith, we pray – with compassion, we pray for the victims; with gratitude and deep respect, we pray for the first responders – and the bystanders who instinctively reached out to help; we pray for hard work of those who will be continuing to find the answers; and we pray for the strength to endure another painful time.
Desmond Tutu penned these words that we sang last Sunday:
Goodness is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than Hate. Light is stronger than Darkness; Life is stronger than Death. Victory is ours! Victory is ours in Christ Jesus”
Peace, Pastor Liz
Elizabeth Braddon, Pastor
Pastor's Study: 631-751-0659
Parsonage: 631-689-2986
Email: elizabeth.braddon@gmail.com
Office hours: Usually Monday - Thursday, 9-1pm or by appointment (please call first)
Keep abreast of church news in The Church Herald:
CLICK HERE: April 2013 Church Herald
CLICK HERE: March 2013 Church Herald
CLICK HERE: February 2013 Church Herald
CLICK HERE: January 2013 Church Herald
CLICK HERE: November/December 2012 Church Herald
CLICK HERE: The October 2012 Church Herald
CLICK HERE: The September 2012 Church Herald
CLICK HERE: The July/August 2012 Church Herald
216 Christian Avenue
Stony Brook, New York 11790
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This July, as we bid farewell and happy retirement to Pastor Liz, we will also be welcoming our new pastor, Reverend Chuck Van Houten. Rev. Van Houten is currently Senior Pastor at Centerport United Methodist Church, where he has served since 2001. He has also served in Mamaroneck United Methodist Church, as Associate and Assistant Pastor, and at the United Methodist Church of Port Washington, as Student Assistant Pastor. A native of Long Island, Rev. Van Houten graduated from Syosset High School (class of '79). He earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Music from Long Island University, C.W. Post Center, and a Masters in Divinity and Theology from Drew University, Theological School. Opportunities to meet Rev. Van Houten will be announced in the coming months.
Our role in this world-wide United Methodist initiative may not be huge, but it will be mighty! On Sunday, May 19th, after a short worship service in the sanctuary beginning at 9:30 a.m., our SBCC work teams will set out to help designated households in the community by doing yard work and minor repairs. Afterward, we will regroup in the Community Room to share lunch and our experiences.
Last month you marked your calendars; this month consider joining a team. Our existing teams are Team Michele Dexter, Team Alyssa Smith, Team Pat Martin, and Team Whitney Roberts. Each group will consist of @7-8 people. ALL OF US: men, women, young adults, and children are encouraged to be a part of this very important morning. There is a job for everyone!
Contact Pat Martin for further information, to join a work team or be a team leader, or to indicate a homeowner who needs our help. Look for sign-up sheets in the Community Room.
Once again, let’s have a great day
changing the world in our own small way!
Please click here for a 2013 registration form.
Please click here for an album of 2012 pictures.
Please click here for more information.
