2024 Fall Breakfast
“50 Years of Medicine” Saturday, October 26 from 9-11 am at Brighton Presbyterian Church in the Blossom Room* Come and bring your friends, family, and/or colleagues. Cost is $10 for students and $15 for community caregivers, payable at the door. Click here for a PDF flyer you can distribute. Dr. Élise van der Jagt Élise will be sharing a thoughtful perspective from his 50 years of experience as a Christian physician and educator. *** * Enter by the back door, and the Blossom Room is around to the right on the main floor. We’re looking forward to a very edifying time, so mark your calendar...
Read MoreChase Miller in Kenya
A month of ENT care Chase Miller has just returned this week from a month of arduous service at Tenwyk Hospital in Kenya that she’s been reporting on their blog. Jimmy’s work with providing pure water resources in remote communities has been greatly aided by their collaboration with Tenwek Hospital Community Health using the Tenwyk Hospital supply room as an intermediary for necessary shipments. Please take some time to read Chase’s weekly blog reports (here’s her 3rd week report as an example) and consider supporting their valuable work. Welcome back,...
Read MoreRemembering Dr. Zaky
A Life Well-Lived One of MCCF’s long-standing members, Dr. Dawlat Zaky, recently passed away in December at age 85 after a very fruitful life of faith as a mother, friend, and primary care physician. She was one of the most gentle souls we’ve ever known and was an inspiration and source of encouragement to all who knew her who will be missed deeply. Click here to read her tender obituary. Please hold her family and those who knew and loved her in your...
Read MoreMissions Report
Launching into the New Year We had a wonderful gathering yesterday morning at Solid Rock (formerly Brighton Presbyterian) Church in their spacious Wallace Hall with over 40 colleagues in attendance, including nearly 10 students from the U of R Medical Center Christian Fellowship. After joining in prayer we gathered around tables to share in fellowship and a delicious breakfast of exotic granola with yogurt, fresh fruit, and home baked blueberry or pumpkin spice muffins, all accompanied by hot beverages and juice. About half an hour in, we interrupted our fellowship to welcome our four...
Read More2024 Missions Breakfast
Coming soon! Sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 9-11 am Wallace Hall at Solid Rock (formerly Brighton Presbyterian) Church, 1775 East Avenue, Rochester 14610 We’re looking forward to some inspiring presentations (see list below or click here to open flyer) so mark your calendars, respond to Susan by email, calling (585) 775-9548, or by using our RSVP page, and come out to hear how some of your colleagues are crossing cultures to share their faith and skills with people groups in need. Dr. Jim Wood (IM) – India Dr. Nancy Green (Family Med) – Honduras...
Read MoreMinistry of Medicine
Our Fall Breakfast This morning about 20 of us gathered in the Blossom Room at Brighton Presbyterian Church for a wonderful time of greeting friends, meeting new colleagues and students, and sharing fellowship over a delicious breakfast together. One of our colleagues, Dr. Hank Paszko, brought us a message of encouragement, experience, and insight from his years of medical and pastoral ministry (click here to download a PDF of his PowerPoint). Afterward there was an active time of discussion with practical Q&A about how we might be even more effective in our encounters with others as...
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