Thoughts from Pastor Eleanor...
The world in which we live so often, and in so many different ways, tells us that it is all up to us. It tells us that we have to be strong and independent. It tells us we can't and shouldn't count on anyone or anything else. And yet, I know, as many of you know, that the strength of God is very often experienced in the strength of the faith community. Hear these words from Dr. Gerald May:
"God's grace through community involves something far greater than other people's support and perspectives. The power of grace is nowhere as brilliant nor as mystical as in communities of faith. Its power includes not just love that comes from people and through people but love that pours forth among people, as if through the very spaces between one person and the nest. Just to be in such an atmosphere is to be bathed in healing power."
May our faith community here at First United Methodist Church project such grace and love to all we encounter within our walls, and more significantly, outside the walls of our church building. May it ever be so!
Together in Christ's love and service,
Pastor Eleanor Collinsworth
Greetings in the name of the One who calls us "beloved!"
I am Reverend Eleanor Collinsworth, Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Seneca Falls. I was appointed to serve this church as pastor beginning on July 1, 2010. My husband Mark and I moved to Seneca Falls from Brockport, NY. We are grateful to be living in such a beautiful area, and have been warmly welcomed by the members of this faith community and the greater Seneca Falls community.
I am a "second-career" pastor, having answered a call from God to pastoral ministry after a 26-year career in manufacturing engineering and management. I served as pastor of Carlton United Methodist Church for two years before being called to serve here in Seneca Falls. I have recently completed coursework at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and graduated on May 14, 2011 with a Masters of Divinity degree.
I am enjoying the ways I can be in service to and with the members and friends of the church and the Seneca Falls community in my role as your pastor!
I am Reverend Eleanor Collinsworth, Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Seneca Falls. I was appointed to serve this church as pastor beginning on July 1, 2010. My husband Mark and I moved to Seneca Falls from Brockport, NY. We are grateful to be living in such a beautiful area, and have been warmly welcomed by the members of this faith community and the greater Seneca Falls community.
I am a "second-career" pastor, having answered a call from God to pastoral ministry after a 26-year career in manufacturing engineering and management. I served as pastor of Carlton United Methodist Church for two years before being called to serve here in Seneca Falls. I have recently completed coursework at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and graduated on May 14, 2011 with a Masters of Divinity degree.
I am enjoying the ways I can be in service to and with the members and friends of the church and the Seneca Falls community in my role as your pastor!
