{"id":109540,"date":"2019-10-18T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109540"},"modified":"2019-10-18T11:12:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:12:41","slug":"cazenovia-presbyterian-church-celebrates-the-502nd-anniversary-of-the-reformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109540","title":{"rendered":"Cazenovia Presbyterian Church celebrates the 502nd anniversary of the Reformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cross-church1-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51621\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, The First Presbyterian Church in Cazenovia will celebrate the 502nd anniversary of the Reformation. Jack Heims will play the bagpipes, and plaid tartan ribbons will be handed out in honor of the church\u2019s Scottish heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morning worship begins at 10 a.m. A fully-equipped and staffed nursery is available for infants and toddlers. School-aged children are dismissed to a special Sunday school mid-way through the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heims started piping at the age of 15. He played with all\nthe bands in the Central New York area, until he formed his own Pipe Band in\n2003, called the City of Syracuse Highland Pipes and Drums. The Highlanders\nperform at parades, sporting events, music in the parks events, fundraisers for\nvarious events, etc. During the weekends, you will find him performing at weddings,\nfunerals, parties, etc., in and around Central New York. If Heims is not\nperforming in a church, you might just find him playing the pipes at Lafayette\nApple Festival, Skaneateles Dickens Days, Sept. 11, 2001, ceremonies all across\nCentral New York, Relays for Life, Shamrock Run\/Walk, Paige\u2019s Butterfly\nRun\/Walk and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the morning worship service, there will be a\npancake brunch with all the trimmings: sausage, scrambled eggs, special\nbreakfast cakes, fruit salad and assorted beverages. The breakfast is free and\nopen to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Presbyterian Church celebrates Reformation Sunday on the\nlast Sunday of October, commemorating a significant event in the history of the\nReformed tradition. It was on Oct. 31, 1517, that Martin Luther posted his 95 theses\non the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. Luther was protesting\nagainst the corruption of the Church in Rome and the great abuses attending the\nsale of indulgences. Luther, a German priest and professor, is credited with\nstarting the movement known as the Protestant Reformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some 20 years later, a French\/Swiss theologian, John Calvin\nfurther refined the reformers\u2019 new way of thinking about the nature of God and\nGod\u2019s relationship with humanity in what came to be known as Reformed Theology.\nThis theology proved to be the driving force of the Reformation, particularly\nin Germany, France, the Netherlands, England and Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva,\ntook Calvin\u2019s teachings back to Scotland. The Presbyterian Church traces its\nancestry back primarily to Knox in Scotland and to England. The First\nPresbyterian Church is Cazenovia was started in 1799.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are looking for an open and friendly place to\ncelebrate Sunday morning worship, the Cazenovia Presbyterian Church welcomes\nyou. Child Care and Sunday school are available during the service. For more\ninformation, call 315.655.3191 or visit cazpres.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, The First Presbyterian Church in Cazenovia will celebrate the 502nd anniversary of the Reformation. Jack Heims will play the bagpipes, and plaid tartan ribbons will be handed out in honor of the church\u2019s Scottish heritage. Morning worship begins at 10 a.m. A fully-equipped and staffed nursery is available for infants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cross-church1-150x150.jpg?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-suM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}