Our Church Family
Outreach Hip Hop Pastor Rev. LaDana Clark, aka “LADYJAM,” is passionate and powerful! LADYJAM led our worship service on Sunday, October 21, with a message that was inspiring and thought-provoking.
Combining music and ministry for over 30 years, LADYJAM is a professional educational entertainer on a mission to educate youth & young adults and to inspire the young at heart in schools, churches, prisons, and other places in the community. She is an LGBTQIA+ and gospel-rap activist; an inspirational speaker, rapper, singer, songwriter, and musician; and founder of Church-N-the-Hood, the Hip Hop 4 Life! Jesus, Justice, and Community Street Movement. LADYJAM recently moved to Oneonta on her latest “divine assignment” after over 30 years of witness and urban ministry in Sumter & Columbia SC, Austin, St. Louis, Louisville, Huntsville AL, Atlanta, and Plainfield NJ. You can read more of her story online at churchnthehood.org.
Coffee Fellowship Refreshments
Want to provide refreshments one Sunday? Sign up on the church bulletin board across the hall from the sanctuary.
Tablecloths, napkins, plates, and serving dishes are in the kitchenette, off the Library Lounge, for your use.
All offerings are welcome!
Christmas Flowers
Join in celebrating the Savior’s birth by adorning the sanctuary with kalanchoe plants and poinsettias on Sunday, December 23 and Christmas Eve.
Flower orders are due to the church office by Sunday, December 9. See the order form for more information.
In Memoriam
Barbara Ann Bartholomew, 90, passed away on November 21, 2018, at her home in Kirkwood. She was born on May 30, 1928, in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania to parents Adan and Beatrice Bohner. She is survived by her high school sweetheart, Richard E. Bartholomew, to whom she was married for 70 years; her children, Ann Bartholomew Garcia, Lynn Bartholomew, Alan (Anne) Bartholomew, and Dan (Terri) Bartholomew; and 8 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild. She was predeceased by her parents, brother Roger, and grandson Christian.
After high school, Barbara attended Cedar Crest College in the nursing program. While raising her 4 children, she sold Tupperware and Avon. She grew up surrounded by music of all kinds. She played the piano and gave piano lessons to her children and others. She was especially interested in classical opera and was a patron of the Tri-Cities Opera.
She was socially active and was involved in the Binghamton Girl Scouts, Girls Club, 4-H Club, State Hospital, Planned Parenthood, and Roberson. She worked with low income families and was also a member of the interagency board of Job Core. As an active member of the United Presbyterian Church, her dedication to the church included serving as an Elder, a Deacon, a member of Session, and a Sunday school teacher, and she was an instrumental force behind the startup and success of the Tuesday Community Meal.
In addition to her passion for the church mission, she spent the last 27 years deeply involved in Sister Cities International Program serving as Treasurer of the Binghamton Borovichi Sister City. At BBSC, she was very active in the student exchange program, working with various high schools in the Triple Cities area. She and her husband Richard spent 2 months each spring in Borovichi, Russia, working with students and teachers in both elementary and high schools to build Russian-American relationships. The many intimate friends and “family” in Russia treasure their memories of Barbara as a loving, giving, and warm-hearted person.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Lourdes Hospice, 4102 Vestal Rd, Vestal, NY 13850.