Recent News
Adult Spiritual Formation, July/August 2020
We are using online platforms for Adult Spiritual Formation gatherings during social-distancing. Thursday Voices Thursdays 12:00-1:00pm via Google Meet: During the summer season, the group will discuss articles from “The…
Children’s Ministry Update, July/August 2020
Children’s Bulletins: Third Church children will continue to receive Children’s Bulletins through the summer. As always, please let us know if your preferences change, and we will update our mailing…
Z-Notes, June 18, 2020
Greetings, Third Church Friends! I’ve had about a dozen more interactions with various groups of you by way of Google Meet or Zoom since last Thursday. I’m a dedicated face-to-face…
Z-Notes, June 11, 2020
Greetings, new Friends! It’s been a pleasure meeting so many of you, mostly by way of Google Meet. A very nice feature of that method is that names and faces…
Z-Notes, June 4, 2020
Greetings, new Friends! I arrived in Rochester on June 1, after a little more than a week tending to matters around my Ohio estate (a 50’ x 140’ city lot,…
Your Generosity at Work
Because of your generosity, of time, talent, and treasure, Third Church has not let the pandemic stop our work to minister to strangers, neighbors, and each other. Our hunger programs…
Social Distance Penpal Program
Knowing that many folks are “zoom-fatigued,” we thought it might be fun to connect the old-fashioned way for a change. If you’d be interested in joining a pen pal program—as…
Z-Notes, First Edition
Greetings, soon-to-be Friends! I key in these words from a currently-sunny though cool Jacksonville, Florida—not as cool as the Northeast this Mothers’ Day weekend! I moseyed over to the beach…
Adult Spiritual Formation, June 2020
We are using online platforms to continue offering Adult Spiritual Formation gatherings during social-distancing. Thursday Voices, Thursdays 12:00-1:00pm via Google Meet: During the summer season, the group will discuss articles…
Children’s Ministry Update, June 2020
Thank you, families, for keeping in touch! We are sorely missing your smiling faces and your presence with us. We hope that some of our online options like “Virtual Qabats”…
Focus on ASL Interpretation
If you have attended church over the past seven months, in person or online, you will have noticed an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter participating in leading worship. We have…