Senior Lunch
The C.L.A.S.S. Lunch for June will be held on Wednesday, June 4th at 12:00 pm. This will be our last lunch before we take a break for the summer. We look forward to seeing all our friends there and if there are any questions or special requests contact Linda Muratore at 365-2432.
New Contemporary Worship Series
A new series is coming. It's fun and it's new, with rhymes and with riddles and Seuss-ical view! We'll worship, we'll wonder, we’ll laugh and we’ll pray, in a colorful, whimsical, faith-growing way! Starting June 8th we will be reviving our Dr. Seuss contemporary worship series. We hope you can join us as we explore Dr. Seuss's timeless stories through a faith lens! As a reminder, the last day of Contemporary Worship will be June 29.
Service Auction
Our annual Service Auction in coming on Saturday, June 14 at 2:30pm. Admission is free. Snacks and beverages are also free. You can bid on dozens of items from baked goods to condo vacations. We will also be raffling off several items. We hope to see you there for this fun event.
Welcome to Our New Director of Music
Please welcome our new music director, Matthew Ho, to CLC! We are excited to have him lead our musical ministry and look forward to the music he will bring to our services.
Sugar Kelp Project
We have something new for the Tyson Galloway Celebration Garden. We have been chosen as one of four master gardens in Huntington Township, for the “Sugar Kelp Project”. This is part of the Rotary Environmental Action Coalition of Huntington or REACH. The REACH rotary club is dedicated to service projects based on environmental sustainability with a primary focus on improving water quality, restoring habitats and supporting aquaculture by reintroducing keystone indigenous species to local embankments. This group works with the DEC, Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Programs, and local towns. REACH is currently permitted by the DEC and The Cornell Cooperative Marine program to cultivate Sugar Kelp. This indigenous macro algae helps extract carbon dioxide and nitrogen from our waters and acts as a bio stimulant for lawns and gardens through fertilizing with the kelp. At CLC we have 3 test beds that have been treated with sugar kelp granules. We will track growth of plants and vegetable size comparing it with our control beds. We hope to stimulate root growth and drought resistance in our selected plants. This is exciting work for CLC. I am excited to see how we do.
Oyster Reefs Project
The “Oyster Reefs Project” is another marine project promoted by REACH. This project is about building oyster reefs to improve water quality, and restore habitat and to support aquaculture and our heritage maritime industry. These oysters are not for consumption but are raised for reef restoration. One oyster filters about 50 gallons of water per day. This allows millions of gallons of water to be filtered each day. The restoration of oyster habitat will provide the reefs with food and shelter to many species of fish and will help kickstart the natural food chain. Our man-made oyster reefs serve as spawning grounds introducing millions of oyster larvae and promoting wild reef set formations throughout our water bodies. In the first 2 seasons on the docks The Oyster Reef Project produces over 450,000 oysters and deployed them into our bays. There are currently four reefs, two in Huntington Bay, one in Centerport Bay, and one in Northport Bay.