Category Archives: Building Vision

Status of Construction

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Rev. Dr. Hartmut Kramer-Mills

The construction is moving forward very well. The dumpster and several contractor cars in the driveway have been a persistent problem, though. We arranged with the parking authority that three specific cars of volunteer staff can park free in the Wolfson Deck. In addition, Architect Margaret Westfield has banned all contractor cars from the driveway. However, the information does not reach everybody. On one morning, there were five different cars of workers and contractors successively parked in front of the dumpster. I approached only two and was quickly tired of the game. Continue reading →

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Town Clock Community Development Corporation Update

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Rev. Susan Kramer-Mills

The progress with the re-design project of our Town Clock Community Development Corporation has moved a bit slower this month. There were several meetings, but they were more of internal importance. We received support from the real estate developers: Bergen County’s United Way together with the Madeline Corporation, allowing us to move forward with architectural plans. And we narrowed our program provider pool to Women Aware. Their statistics proved that there were enough single women domestic violence victims in the year of 2011 to fill six efficiency apartments. Finally, Pastor Susan is supervising Jaime Johnson, a student at the Rutgers School of Social Work. His focus is on the development of nonprofit boards. Continue reading →

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Concert at Crossroads Theatre

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Janet Waanders

On Jul 16th, we were privileged to use the Crossroads Theater for a fund-raising concert we called A Spiritual Crossroads. The theater’s own name and philosophy inspired us to think about our congregation’s experience over the years of engaging with people from many origins and faith traditions.
Three of those origins and traditions were represented by the gifts of music at the concert. Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble played music from Afro-Cuban rumba spiritual masses and batá chanting and drumming from the Orishas or forces of nature. Jeanel LeBlanc sang hymns and spirituals originating in or important to the African American experience. And Wind of Anatolia played Turkish folk music in the Anatolian tradition. By evening’s end, audience members were dancing first in the aisles and then, at Pastor Susan’s invitation, on stage with Wind of Anatolia. Continue reading →

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Town Clock Community Development Corp.

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Rev. Susan Kramer-Mills

It has been another busy two months for the TCCDC, which I will just report with bullet points in order
to make it easier on our readers.
1. Applications for various funds have been made to the Middlesex County Continuum of Care,
Middlesex County Homeless Trust Fund, Johnson & Johnson Volunteer Grants, Housing Mortgage
and Finance Agency, HOME Dollars through the city of New Brunswick.
2. The architectural agency Design Ideas met with the Consistory, presenting the next draft of their redesign
plans.
3. Two program agencies have been identified as partners for the social services which will be offered
to the residents. These are Women Aware Domestic Violence agency and University Behavioral
Health Care. Meetings with these two social service providers have taken place in order to coordinate
the program offerings.
4. An intern from Rutgers School of Social Work has joined the board for a year. His name is Jaime
Johnson. Continue reading →

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The Work Must Go On

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Rev. Dr. Hartmut Kramer-Mills

MPG’s work on the front of the church ended in May when D.D.S., another one of our contractors, intensified its efforts of soffit painting in the same location. But how could they accomplish this with the scaffold of the previous contractor down? The solution was a rented lift. Continue reading →

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Town Clock

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Church Staff

The Corporation of Supportive Housing Loan of $50,000 for preliminary start up costs is requesting a further underwriter for
the loan. Pastor Susan made an application with the Synod Foundation of our Regional Synod of the Mid-Atlantics. (The Synod
Foundation has approved of supporting the project.]) Continue reading →