Our primary mission as Christians is to make all disciples of Jesus Christ and to reach the world outside our door with the Gospel, to honor God with our lives and our praise and worship.
Welcome!
You are invited to Collamer United Church
Worship with us Sundays 9am
Sunday School from 9:15 to 10am.
Nursery provided.
We are handicap accessible
6865 FLY RD., EAST SYRACUSE, NY 13057
315-463-4939
Welcome our new Pastor!
Rev. Eric Adamcik
He will be serving Collamer United Church and the First United Church of East Syracuse.
Chicken & Biscuit Dinner (Drive-thru)
Saturday, April 13 4:30 to 6pm
$13.00 adults/$6 under 12
Our Fellowship Hall is available for rent for special occasions, meetings, and other activities. Maximum capacity is 140, we have seating for 122. There is also a well equipped commercial kitchen which is available for an extra charge. Please contact the church office for information. 315-463-4939
Click here for the april CIRCUIT RIDER
SERENITY MEMORIAL GARDEN
The garden features, in addition to bushes, plants, and bench(s), etc., engraved bricks given in memory or in honor of loved ones.
This will be a continuing project...so more can be added at any time.
Get your orders in soon as there will be a a new order for bricks placed in March!
Memorial Garden Engraved Brick Order Forms are available in the Narthex for single and multiple orders.
Pricing
$50 for 4"x 8" brick
$100 for 8"x8" brick
Any inquiries please call church office at 315-463-4939.
OUR MANY MISSIONS
Collamer United Church is involved in many community missions, we have a new mission each month, please check our monthly newsletter for the current months mission.
We have made up Survivor Kits to be distributed to the homeless that you see on the street corners. These contain water, granola bar, toiletries, handwarmers, hat and socks.
We have a bank set up for donations of spare change that supports Ronald McDonald House.
We collect food donations that we donate to St. Matthew's food bank which serves the East Syracuse area.
We occasionally prepare and serve a meal at Brown United Methodist Church which is located in an underserved area in the city of Syracuse . Click on this video to see us in action. (Video by Shawn Ellis)
Every year in conjunction with the ESM School district we provide Christmas gifts to three needy families.
In the Spring and Fall we participate in the highway cleanup program on a one mile portion of Fly Road.
190 Years Ago…
The first roots of Collamer United Church were planted in 1828 when a Methodist Circuit rider, Rev. Seth Young, visited the little cluster of houses known as Britton’s Settlement. His purpose was to gather the Christian people together and form them into a class, which was the custom of the early Methodists in communities that were not strong enough to support a church.
A tavern, a blacksmith shop and a few houses (scarcely more than cabins built of logs) constituted Britton’s Settlement. Only five months after the class was formed, a subscription for the erection of a church, was started. The building was started in 1829, but not completed until two years later.
Methodist church as it stood in front of the cemetery on Route 298 (a house stands there now).
The Presbyterian Church was formed some 14 years later in 1842 by the Rev. Richard Cleveland (father of future US President, Grover Cleveland.) The building was erected in 1843 at a cost of $600.00 One of the founders was Orlando Spencer, (great, great grandfather of current members Lois Hale Klein and Carol Featherly Gilkey.)
Presbyterian church as it stood on the corner of Route 298 and Law Dr. (a house stands there now).
The Methodist and Presbyterian churches were an important part of the village that eventually became known as Collamer. Spiritual growth was accomplished individually as well as jointly through combined services and religious education in the little two room cobblestone elementary school house, (which, by-the-way is still standing: it is the house at the corner of Loucks Rd. and Rte. 298 across from Collamer Stop and Shop.)
As the years went on, it became evident that our needs would be better served by uniting. Collamer United Church was formed on October 17, 1974 following congregational voting in both denominations.
Nineteen years later, on July 18, 1993, ground was broken for our new building at 6865 Fly Rd. The first service was held on June 5, 1994.
Take a tour of our church today!
Watch the video. Video by Shawn Ellis