Woodstock: Overlook Woodstock New York

 

Overlook United Methodist Church

Pastor(s)

Ralph A. Merante - Pastor

Church Contact Information

Phone
(845) 679-6800
Email
Website/Social Media
Mailing Address
233 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498-1429
Physical Address
233 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498

 

District
Catskill Hudson

Cooperative Parish
Onteora Cooperative Parish

Service Times

Main Service Time
10:30 AM in person – with continuing COVID-19 social distancing protocols in place (effective July 4, 2021).

Summer Service Time
10:30 AM

Handicap Access
Narthex and sanctuary are easily accessible. Restrooms are accessible via a separate entrance.

Established in 1832 as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Woodstock and expanded in 1869 as the Woodstock Charge – which included Little Shandaken, Yankeetown (now the town of Wittenberg), and Bristol (now the town of Shady) – Overlook today represents the merger in 1960 of two congregations: Wittenberg and Woodstock.

The Reverend James W. Cook served as pastor when the Woodstock and Wittenburg churches were consolidated as well as during the 1967 move to the present site. Easter Sunday 1982 marked a grand 150th anniversary year celebration – the first service was held in the newly completed sanctuary with Dr. Francis S. Goh officiating. Rev. Ralph Merante is the congregation’s newest pastor, and was named Onteora Parish Coordinator to serve both the Overlook and Phoenicia churches effective August 2022.

Weekly services are held on Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM. It is also home to NYS Office of Child and Family Services-licensed First Steps Early Childhood Education Center. Community outreach programs, including Promises and New Visions, utilize the complex, which is located at 233 Tinker Street (Route 212) in the town of Woodstock.


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