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Pastor couple leads Methodist church in Port Pair brings foreign, rural experience BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The United Methodist Church of Port Washington appointed two new pastors in July, adding a couple with a blend of experience in foreign, rural and southern congregations. Pastors David Collins and Romana Abelova served in seven churches since moving to New York, including ones in the Catskills, Carmel, Lake Mahopac and Purdys. But while many of their churches were in rural settings, they said this strengthened their passion for ministry and community. “As a married couple working together, we know we can bring the best that both of us have to oer to our congregation and to Port Washington,â€? Collins said in a statement. Collins met Abelova during his ďŹ rst year of seminary and they married two years later in 2009. He then moved to New Jersey to be
with her, transferred to Drew Theological School, and became a pastor at the United Church of Roscoe, according to his online biography. Collins, who was born in South Carolina, graduated from the University of South Carolina and Drew Theological School. Abelova, born in Bratislava, Slovakia, received her master’s with honors from Comenius University. Abelova, as a Lutheran, trained in the First Lutheran Church of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, and then volunteered at the Ascension Lutheran Church while at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. She then returned to Slovakia in the summer of 2008 to assist the Bratislava International Church, before going to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Union, New Jersey, for three years. In 2011, she transferred her membership to the United Church of Roscoe and became a United Methodist. Abelova served Hankins UnitContinued on Page 95
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Participation in this summer’s Camp Invention in Port Washington tripled compared to last year.
Camp Invention in Port draws flock of kid scientists BY N O A H MANSKAR The world’s next great inventors might have just launched their careers in Port Washington. Camp Invention, a nationwide summer program for children interested in science and engineering, returned to
Sands Point last week for a second year. Enrollment tripled this year to about 120 students from 43 last year, drawing students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Port Washington, Manhasset, Roslyn, Great Neck and Sea Cli, said Rachel Gilliar, a Port Washington school board trustee who
directs the weeklong program. Camp Invention supplements typical science classes by oering an “open-ended,â€? hands-on curriculum based on studies of how real inventors played as kids, Gilliar said. “The process is as important as the end product,â€? Gilliar said after the camp’s Continued on Page 95
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