First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia

Pastor’s Message

Dear Caz Pres Congregation, The time has come to form a Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) and begin the search for your next installed pastor. At Session meeting Monday evening, we decided on a plan. First of all, the PNC is to be representative of the congregation, reflecting the diversity of […]

Pastor Nominating Committee Forming

April 20, 2021 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

Do you remember the survey I asked the congregation to complete late last fall, as the first step of your study and conversation process to prepare for the pastor search? The Session met on Sunday afternoon, March 21, to review the results and identify what they could learn about needs, […]

Why Are You Here?

April 1, 2021 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

As the month of March begins, we are a couple of weeks into the season of Lent. On the Christian calendar, that is. It could be just March, or late winter. Some mark time by the approach of the equinox. However you mark time, this is a season of change. […]

Noticing

March 1, 2021 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

Dear Congregation, This is a note to encourage you not to get weary, not to lose heart, as we slowly work our way through this all-church conversation about past, present, and future, and while we endure the deprivations of the pandemic. Were we not constrained by the pandemic, we would […]

Transition Update

March 1, 2021 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

Dear Caz Pres Family, We’re now about five months into my time with you. At this point we are in the middle of the second bunch of small-group meetings. That’s the second of four sets. Now that we’ve completed the first cycle, we’re familiar with the process and may just […]

A Message from the Pastor

February 1, 2021 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy