Family Advent Night

November 28 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Come and help decorate the Church for the coming Advent Season. We will decorate the sanctuary, fellowship hall and the outside of the church building from 4:00–5:00 p.m. Following decorating we will share in a pot-luck dinner and then end our time together with some singing of our favorite Advent/Christmas carols. Bring your whole family!

Please sign up in Fellowship Hall to let us know that you will be coming and what dish you will share at the pot-luck. Bring a friend!

Living Nativity

Our Living Nativity presentation remains an important part of the Altamont Community Tradition holiday celebration. Our Living Nativity will take place on Sunday, December 13, at 3:00 p.m. on the front lawn of our church. Watch for details on this event. We need volunteers to take part in the nativity. Contact the church office to volunteer.

Up-coming Events

Congregational Meeting

Our annual meeting will be held in Fellowship Hall after our 10:30 a.m. worship service on November 22. Needed documents will be sent out via email shortly before the meeting, and some hard copies will be available at the meeting. Items on the agenda include a discussion on the projected 2027 church budget, and committee reports.

Hands to Hearts Prayer Shawl ministry

Our congregation has a wonderful Prayer Shawls ministry. Prayer shawls, blankets, quilts, pocket squares, etc. were collected for this year and dedicated on Sunday, June 7. Please feel free to drop donations off at church any time so our congregation can share in the blessing of these symbols of God’s love and compassion. If you know someone who would benefit from recieving a prayer shawl, please speak with Sue Farley or Theresa Lasselle.

Budget Business

It's that time of year to consider making your pledge to the 2027 church budget. One does not need to be a member to pledge. Watch for pledge letters including a pledge form, available in the the back of the sanctuary and in Fellowship Hall. If you have pledged before, you will find an envelope with your name on it in the back of the sanctuary. Please return the pledge form by mail to Financial Secretary Russ Twaddell, ARC, P.O. Box 671, Altamont, NY 12009 by November 12, or via the offering plate by Sunday, November 8.

Community Dinner

The Altamont Reformed Church will hold the next Community dinner on Monday, December 7th!

Don’t miss a chance to enjoy good food and fellowship. We serve 5:00-6:30 p.m. Invite a friend.

Holiday Adopt-a-Family

The ARC Benevolence Committee invites you to help make the holidays a little brighter for two local families. The sign-up sheet for gifts for adults and children will be up on November 22 so people can take advantage of Thanksgiving week shopping deals. Please sign up for an item by writing your name on the line and taking the post-it note with the name of the item with you. Return wrapped gifts with the post-it note (so we know what's inside) to the rear of the sanctuary by December 16. Cash donations and gift cards are also welcome. There will be an envelope attached to the board to receive cash or checks made out to ARC Benevolence with "family" on the memo line.