Chapel at Croton Falls

06/16/2022

The closing celebration/ceremony of our precious chapel on June 12th. It was attended by our community with messages from Rev. Gary Deinstadt, Rev. June Tompkins (Pastor), Rev. Hans Hallundbaek, Chaplain Ian Lynton, Rev. Melanie Gambino and Rev. Deborah Moldow.

It was beautiful and sad as we gathered to be together.

06/08/2022

Since 1899, The Presbyterian Church of Croton Falls (affectionately called The Chapel) has been the spiritual home for both Presbyterian members and their friends of other faiths through the monthly Interfaith services.

As the mission of the Chapel winds down, we will celebrate the spiritual life of this special place and its congregation in a celebratory service on Sunday, June 12th at 2p.m.

We welcome all who would like to celebrate with us and look forward to our guest speakers and ministers.

Rev. June Tompkins, Pastor
Rev. Hans Hallundbaeck, Former Pastor
Rev. George Cook
Chaplain Ian Lynton
Rev. Deborah Muldow, Interfaith Program Founder
Rev. Melanie Gambino, Chapel Interfaith Minister
Rev. Gary Deinstadt
Dorinda Violante, Presbytery Moderator Elect

Join Us! Refreshments afterwards.

05/21/2022

There will not be a service at the chapel this Sunday, May 22, 2022.

04/25/2022

Rev. Melanie at our Sunday Interfaith service honoring The Earth: Rebirth, Revitalization, Resurrection and Beyond!

04/22/2022

Join us this Sunday, April 24 for our Interfaith Service to celebrate EARTH DAY

Earth Day: Rebirth, Revitalization, Resurrection, and Beyond!

Sunday, April 24th, 2022 at 10:30 am at the Chapel and on Zoom

Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76467457487?pwd=NkppcnBhQnpxdXlzbVFTVkdGeHExZz09

What does it mean to be Transformed by the light?

What role do grace, hope, faith, and joy have in this transformational process resulting in a rebirth, increased awareness, and a new perspective? How does the concept of resurrection fit into our lives today and beyond?

This will be an Interfaith Service. We will explore through story/metaphor, word, prayer, meditation, contemplation, reflection, and practices the gifts of Spring, Easter, Earth Day, and many interfaith principles, concepts, and interpretations of resurrection and celebrations that happen at this time of year. We will contemplate our present situation in the world and in our own lives. Together we will seek to bring meaning, understanding, and compassion to our present situation by using the principles of our faith and multiple faith traditions!

Join us as we explore how these practices and traditions resonate in us, our community, and the global community. Led by Rev. Melanie Gambino, with contributions by members of our Croton Falls Chapel Interfaith Community.

03/19/2022

Spring Equinox Interfaith Service on Sunday, March 27th, 10:30 am at the Chapel and on Zoom!

Spring is almost here! Let's usher it in together!

"The Winds of Change: Birthing Renewal and Sprouting Hope!"
We are also Celebrating "World Water Day!"

Come join us as we celebrate the start of the Spring Equinox. With Spring comes new beginnings and a fresh burst of energy. Come and refresh as we have another chance to begin again with a new perspective. As we emerge out of the dream-like state of the gestation period of Winter the seeds that we have planted are ready to sprout and grow! Let us pray, practice, meditate and celebrate together the beginning of this very fertile Season of re-birth and renewal.

Below is the Zoom Link.

Date: 3/27/22 Time:10:30-11:30 am

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79121234229?pwd=RWx4WERoWlZPakh0YjV0Q1NINGhCZz09

Meeting ID: 791 2123 4229
Passcode: 4EYzvA

We hope to see you in person at the Chapel or on Zoom! (Weather depending!)

Many Blessings,

Rev. Melanie Gambino Director of Interfaith Services at the Chapel at Croton Falls.

02/17/2022

Join us via Zoom for our next Interfaith Service on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at 10:30 a.m.

Let's Celebrate, Meditate, and Contemplate the meaning of Divine Love and Light in our Lives with our Croton Falls Chapel Interfaith Service. Please Join Rev. Melanie Gambino and the interfaith community for this time of prayer, contemplation, reflection, and meditation on zoom.

Melanie Gambino is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Divine Love
Time: 10:30-11:30 am Sunday 2/20/22

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79121234229?pwd=RWx4WERoWlZPakh0YjV0Q1NINGhCZz09

Meeting ID: 791 2123 4229
Passcode: 4EYzvA

Thank you All, I hope to see you on Zoom!
Love and Blessings,
Melanie

01/10/2022

“Dreaming our Dreams of Peace, Hope, and Healing for the New Year!”

Join us via Zoom on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 at 10:30 for our monthly Interfaith Service led by Rev. Melanie Gambino.

Rise, Shine, and Create: Setting our personal and our collective intentions, dreams, and visions for the New Year. We will spend some time reflecting on the messages of MLK and others and how their visions have shaped our own world view.

Let us take time to slow down, and ground ourselves in our spiritual practices. Taking time to set new intentions, to in-vision and envision, deep and meaningful goals for 2022. Let the seeds of our hopes, dreams, and goals gestate and take root. With time and cultivation, we begin to come into the fullness of our spiritual lives. Let’s make time to practice together, to take a few Peaceful moments to light a candle, contemplate, meditate, co-create, pray, and invasion/envision our highest and finest good and the highest and finest good for our planet, humanity, and for the world.

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79121234229?pwd=RWx4WERoWlZPakh0YjV0Q1NINGhCZz09

Passcode: 4EYzvA

12/09/2021

**UPDATE**: The Winter Solstice service this evening has been changed to Zoom only. There will be no in-person service at the chapel. Please see below for Zoom information

The Chapel at Croton Falls will hold its 2021 Winter Solstice Interfaith Service on Sunday, December 19 at 6 p.m. on Zoom only.

Bringing The Light!

Rev. Melanie Gambino says, “This hybrid Service is intended as a contemplative reflection on and celebration of the solstice, the holidays, and the new year.”

Rev. Melanie Gambino will lead/host the event. Please join the Chapel’s interfaith team and community along with a very special guest to Celebrate the Season!

Many have attended The Chapel’s interfaith services and remember the joyful, uplifting, and light-filled winter solstice celebrations of the past. Please join us again this year on Zoom and spread the word – and the light – for this unique celebration filled with prayers, music, meditation, readings, and practices.

Let’s take some time to gather together to share experiences, set new intentions, and usher in a renewed sense of light, love, joy, peace, prosperity, and healing for the new year.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77733209159?pwd=NHN2SW1qSWRiOGM4N3RyNHVRL09xZz09

Meeting ID: 777 3320 9159
Passcode: Ybbe41

11/21/2021

A beautiful Interfaith service today with Rev. Melanie Gambino. It was in the church and on zoom where we gave thanks and expressed gratefulness.
Please note our Interfaith Solistice service will be on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at 7:00p.m. More information to come.

11/18/2021

Our next Interfaith service on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 10:30.
Gratitude and Thanksgiving: With Rev. Melanie Gambino and Members of the Interfaith Community at the Chapel at Croton Falls NY.

Come join us in person or on zoom as we Gather together to, acknowledge, share, and celebrate the gifts and blessings of our personal, communal, and global Harvest! We will also explore what we would like to envision for our individual and collective future.

In this service, we will take some time to meditate on and give thanks for the many blessings in our lives. We will give thanks and acknowledge what we have seeded in our lives. We will reflect on and share how those seeds have grown and come to fruition.

We will also explore new ways of discovering, honoring, and sharing our gifts, strengths, qualities, and abilities. We will take time with each other to name our needs and desires individually and as a community in various ways.


We will honor some Native American traditions, songs, and prayers to celebrate the Harvest and Give-Away Ceremony. We will begin to contemplate our lives as a Cornucopia/Horn of Plenty as a way to celebrate our abundance great and small!

Please join us in person at the Chapel or on Zoom at:
Topic: Thanksgiving Interfaith Service
Time: Sunday 10:30- 11:30 am 11/21/21
Join Zoom:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79121234229pwd=RWx4WERoWlZPakh0YjV0Q1NINGhCZz09

Plus we will be collecting for the St. Lukes Food Pantry

You can do a drop off items on your own or donate with a check. You can mention that you are donating on behalf of the Chapel/ Croton Fall Presbyterian Church Interfaith and Christian Services Community

The Pantry is open every Friday from 1:30-3:00 pm. For further information or questions regarding the food pantry please call the office at 914-277-3122.

The link to learn more or donate money online is below.
https://slcsomers.org/saint-lukes-food-pantry

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10/23/2021

A beautiful Interfaith service with the Reverend Melanie Gambino. We reflected on how this time of year can call us toward a deeper experience of reflection and perception of Spirit in our daily lives.