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Church & Community Events for 2025

*All bold listings are Church events

May 2025

  • Monday, May 5 – 4 pm – Church Council Meeting (Zoom)
  • Sunday, May 18 – 10 am – First Worship Service
  • Friday, May 23 – Acorn Studios Opens for the Season (10 am – 5 pm)
  • Sunday, May 25 – 10:00 am – Memorial Day Weekend Worship Service (Rev. Jeff McArn)

June 2025 

  • Sunday, June 1 – 10 am – Worship Service (Rev. Mike Weeden & Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Tuesday, June 3 – 9:30 am – GIRHC Board Meeting – Upper (Red) Schoolhouse and Zoom
  • Friday, June 6 – 6:30 pm – Dodge Memorial Hall First Summer Meeting
  • Sunday, June 8 – 10 am – Worship Service (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Sunday, June 15 – 10 am – Worship Service (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Monday, June 16 – 10 am – Church Council Meeting 
  • Wednesday, June 18 – 5:30 pm – Church Parsonage Dinner
  • Friday, June 20 – Grindstone Island Winery Opens for the Season
  • Sunday, June 22 – 10 am – Worship Service and Communion (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Tuesday, June 24 – 9:30 am – GIRHC Board Meeting – Upper (Red) Schoolhouse
  • Sat. June 28 – 1 pm – 5 pm – Heritage Museum Opening
  • Sunday, June 29 – 10 am – Worship Service (Rev. Jeff McArn & Rev. Tom Mousin)
  • Monday, June 30 – 10 am – noon – GIRHC Summer Camp begins – Upper (Red) Schoolhouse

July 2025

  • Friday, July 4 – 11 am – GIRHC Mule Parade – Upper (Red) Schoolhouse
  • Saturday, July 5 – 8 pm – Dance at Dodge Hall with Jason Johnson
  • Sunday, July 6 – 10 am – Worship Service at Aunt Jane’s Bay (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Monday, July 7 – 10 am – Church Council Meeting
  • Tuesday, July 8 – 4 pm – Blessing of the Animals (Squash Court – Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Friday, July 11 – 9 am – Co-Ed Coffee at the Church Carriage House
  • Friday, July 11 – 5:30 pm – Dodge Hall Carnival
  • Saturday, July 12 – 5:00 pm – Grindstone Island Annual Turkey Dinner – Church Carriage House
  • Sunday, July 13 – 10 am – Worship Service and Communion (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Wednesday, July 16 – 4 pm – Blessing of the Animals (raindate) Squash Court
  • Saturday, July 19 – 8 am – 9 am – Loon Census (TILT)
  • Saturday, July 19 – 5 pm – Cornhole Tournament – Dodge Hall
  • Saturday, July 19 – 8 pm – Dodge Hall Dance
  • Sunday, July 20 – 10 am – Worship Service/Communion (Rev. Molly MacWade) @ Cardemon’s Barn
  • Sunday, July 20 – 3 pm – 5 pm Special Photography Exhibit by Camilla Smith – Heritage Museum
  • Tuesday, July 22 – 9:30 am – GIRHC Board Meeting (Heritage Museum)
  • Wednesday, July 23 – 5 pm – Clayton Town Board Meeting on Grindstone (Dodge Hall)
  • Thursday, July 24 – 5:30 pm – Church Parsonage Dinner
  • Friday, July 25 – 9 am – GIRHC Coffee and Speaker – Upper (Red) Schoolhouse
  • Saturday, July 26 – 8 pm – Dance at Dodge Hall
  • Sunday, July 27 – 10 am – Worship Service (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Sunday, July 27, noon – Old Homes Day (sponsored by Dodge Hall) at Potter’s Beach
  • Thursday, July 31 – TILT 40th Anniversary Grindstone Island
  • Thursday, July 31 – GIRHC Summer Camp ends

August 2025

  • Sunday, August 3 – 10 am – Worship Service – Annual Memorial Service (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Tuesday, August 5 – 9:30 am – GIRHC Board Meeting – Lower Schoolhouse/Museum
  • Wednesday, Aug. 6 – 4 pm – Church Mission Wine & Cheese Fundraiser – Grindstone Isl. Winery
  • Sunday, August 10 – 10 am – Worship Service (Rev. Jeff McArn)
  • Sunday, August 10 – 11 am – 2 pm – GIRHC Annual Picnic/Auction – Upper (Red) Schoolhouse
  • Monday, August 11 – 10 am – Church Council Meeting
  • Thursday, August 14 – 5:30 pm – Church Parsonage Dinner
  • Sunday, August 17 – 10 am Worship Service @ Cardemon’s Barn
  • Sunday, August 17 – 11 am (after church) Pancake Breakfast @ Dodge Hall
  • Sunday, Aug. 24 – 10 am – Worship Service/Church Conference (Rev. Jeff McArn/Rev. Yohang Chun)
  • Tuesday, August 26 – 9:30 am – GIRHC Annual Meeting – Upper (Red) Schoolhouse)
  • Saturday, August 30 – 5 pm – Heritage Museum Closes for the season
  • Sunday, August 31 – 10 am – Worship Service -Labor Day Weekend (Rev. Jeff McArn)

September 2025

  • Sunday, Sept. 7 – 10 am – Worship Service (Charlie Moehs)
  • Sunday, Sept. 14 – 10 am – Prayer & Praise Service (Charlie Moehs)
  • Monday, September 15 – 4 pm – Church Council Meeting
  • Saturday, Sept. 20 – Grindstone Island Chili Party – Chuck Baum’s House in Rusho Bay
  • Sunday, Sept. 21 – 10 am – Prayer & Praise Service (Art Couch)

Let the Circle be Unbroken

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11440 N. Shore Road
PO Box 411 | Clayton, NY 13624
Jeff McArn, Summer Minister
315-825-8570 | jmcarn@gmail.com
Charlie Moehs, Lay Minister
315-955-0051 | charlie.moehs@gmail.com
Art Couch, Lay Minister
317-501-4722 | acouch1@aol.com

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