First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia

Pastor’s Message

I admit to being surprised when I was asked to speak at Caz Pride. I’ve only been in town for four months, so to be offered such an opportunity was truly humbling. The choice to accept was an easy one – the event focused not on political issues, but on […]

Pastor’s Journal

July 1, 2022 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

Published in 1871, Lewis Carol’s Through the Looking Glass was written as a sequel to his immensely successful 1865 work, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. While the latter introduces us to the familiar characters of the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat, it is in Through the Looking Glass that we […]

Pastor’s Message – May 2022

May 1, 2022 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

This week, you’ll start noticing two key changes in our order of worship. The first is the addition of corporate recitation of the Apostles’ Creed just prior to our Scripture readings. I was delighted to hear that a number of you had requested this, since this ancient summary of the […]

Pastor’s Message – March 2022

March 1, 2022 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

Pastor Anna Standing by a United Van Lines moving truck — Greetings to all my new friends at Caz Pres, On Monday night, after six days and 3,018.195 miles on the road, I finally made it home to Cazenovia! Greta (my domestic shorthair), Lucius (my guppy), Nova (my goldfish), and I settled in nicely at our temporary home and I was […]

A message from Pastor Anna

February 17, 2022 in Pastor's Message by C1stpresbymainaddy

Sam’s Retirement Now that my time as your interim pastor is growing very short, people have been asking me what my plans are. Will I seek another interim position? Will I retire? My first professional work in the church was in 1980 as an interim camp director. Then I was […]

Pastor Sam’s Retirement

January 31, 2022 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