PW in the Albany Presbytery Summer 2023 Newsletter & Save the Date for the Fall Gathering 2023

Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of Albany

Fall Gathering 2023

Wednesday, October 25 – 11:00 am to 2:30 pm
at
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Impediments to Children’s Literacy

“Train a child in the way they should go and when they are old they will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6

Dr. Kimberly Wilkins, recently retired New York State Educational Deputy Commissioner of P – 12 Instructional Support

Bisi Shofu, Past PWSNE Moderator

Betty Dietz, Volunteer at Wizards Wardrobe, an after school reading tutoring program and member of Presbyterian Women at Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church

– Registration: rsvp to Andrea Ralph at ARalph20@hotmail.com or 516-849-3220

by Oct, 10 if possible so the host church can make appropriate arrangements.

– Registration fee of $5.00 will be collected at the door.

– Bring a bag lunch. Dessert and beverage are provided.

– New and gently used books (reading level grades 1-3) will be collected for the Wizard’s Wardrobe

– A freewill offering will go to the Wizard’s Wardrobe. Make out checks to Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of Albany, with Wizard’s Wardrobe in the memo line.

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Direction to :

Westminster Presbyterian Church – 518-436-8544

Church address: 262 State St. Albany, NY, 12210

Parking address: 85 Chestnut St., Albany, NY 12210 (use parking address for GPS)

From Northern New York

Drive south on Route 87 (Northway) to I-90 east (Albany/Boston).
Drive east on I-90 to the exit for Route 787 (Troy/Albany).
Drive Route 787 south to Exit 4B (Route 9 North/Clinton Avenue).
See below for A-J steps.

From Southern New York

Drive north on I-87 (Thruway) to Exit 23.
Drive north on Route 787 to Exit 4 (Downtown Albany, Routes 9 and 20).
Follow signs to Clinton Avenue (Route 9 North).
See below for A-J steps.

From Eastern New York

Drive west on I-90 to the exit for Route 787 (Troy/Albany).
Drive Route 787 south to Exit 4B (Route 9 North/Clinton Avenue).
See below for A-J steps.

From Western New York

Drive east on I-90 (Thruway) to Exit 24.
Drive east on I-90 to the exit for Route 787 (Troy/Albany).
Drive Route 787 south to Exit 4B (Rote 9 North/Clinton Avenue).
See below for A-J steps.

From all Directions

At the first traffic signal at the bottom of the ramp, take a left turn onto Broadway.
Continue on Broadway to State Street.
Take a right turn onto State Street and continue up the hill toward the State Capitol. You’ll cross Pearl Street and then come to the State Capitol at Eagle Street.
At the State Capitol, veer toward the right and continue up the hill – this is Washington Avenue.
Continue on Washington Avenue through two (2) traffic signals (at Hawk Street and then at South Swan Street – no street sign, but the Alfred E. Smith Office Building is at the far-left corner).
At the third traffic signal, take a left turn onto Dove Street.
Continue on Dove Street through the first traffic signal /intersection with State Street.
At the second traffic signal, take a left turn onto Chestnut Street (one-way street, heading east). Westminster is on the left at 85 Chestnut Street (this is the business and parking entrance address), between Dove Street and Swan Street, just a half a block west of the State Capitol and the Empire Plaza.
Parking for visitors is available in the church parking lot, which is just before the church building. If the lot is full, parking may be found on nearby streets.
Ring the doorbell.