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June 2024Kate Hymes At the end of the Civil War, Fulton Cox, formerly enslaved in Virginia, arrived in New Paltz. He came to New Paltz in the company of Captain Peter Eltinge, son of Edmund and Magdalene Eltinge. Cox and Eltinge likely met in Virginia where Eltinge’s regiment,156th New York, fought in several battles. Eltinge

March 2024Rev. L. Grace Harmon Recently, I had the privilege of taking a group of clergy people in the ordination process to Philadelphia for a Methodist history tour. I had so much fun seeing the city I love through the fresh eyes of these new friends. And I realized how blessed I have been to

June 2024Anna Louise Bates, Church Historian The Willing Workers of the New Paltz M.E. Church was organized on November 18, 1887. In the years prior to its disappearance from the church minutes during the 1960s, the Willing Workers served as a valuable fundraising and community support club. Over the years, the Workers devised many clever

March 2024Anna Louise Bates, Church Historian I am writing this piece on International Women’s Day, and I decided to honor the efforts of a remarkable group of senior women in our congregation. The Seekers was organized in 1922 from an Adult Women’s Sunday School class, while the church was in its former location on Church