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Third Annual Martha Award Celebration

The women of the church are preparing for their Third Annual Martha Award Breakfast. On March 3rd we will gather once again and celebrate a woman from the New Brunswick community who goes above and beyond her call to do something good for the residents of New Brunswick. This year we have chosen Agnes Crespo, a music teacher in the New Brunswick school district. For years she has brought groups of her students to our Lunchtime Recitals, students she feels would benefit from a specific concert, sometimes it is because the performer plays the same instrument or another good reason to bring them. It must not be easy to do that since so many districts have trouble finding funding for field trips. But every year she comes walking with a group of students from the Livingston School to have these children experience some life music and a nice luncheon afterwards.
A sign up list will be posted for all to sign up to bring some breakfast items. We have some gifts for Agnes in the making to go with her Award. I hope that all of you can come and support us at the Award. The breakfast is open to all. Continue reading

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The Rainbow Children’s Choir Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy – Part II

At this special celebration, Benjamin Berman, otherwise known as the music director of FRC, is also the leader of the Interfaith Rainbow Children’s Choir. The choir does not run under the auspices of the church, but is a part of New Brunswick’s Interfaith Coexistence Project. Consequently, children of several houses of worship attend. The common denominator is that they all come from religious communities, be they Jewish, Muslim or Christian. Continue reading

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The Rainbow Children’s Choir Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy – Part I

The Rainbow choir had a wonderful performance on Sunday, January 22 in the Randolph Room to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We collaborated with the musicians from the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble to make music that expounded the tenets of love, tolerance, and peace. Hartmut and Susan gave a warm welcome that included an interesting explanation of the beautiful stained glass chalice in our Randolph Room, a symbol of 1) color diversity and 2) the dangers of marginalizing people who don’t fit the norms of society. Continue reading

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Hall Education Fund, Inc. planning Wine Tasting Fundraiser

A Wine Tasting Fundraiser is being planned for Friday, March 16, by the Hall Education Fund, Inc.

The event will be at the First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard St. in New Brunswick from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will be conducted by Brian’s Wine Store, Stelton Road, Piscataway. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward scholarships for needy and deserving New Brunswick high school students for post-secondary educational expenses. Continue reading

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Come Share the Joy! Dutch Psalm Singing, Food and Dance!

The Congregation of First Reformed Church would like to cordially invite you to partake in our series of events to celebrate our 200th anniversary. The year 2012 marks an important anniversary for the history of our church. We would be honored to have your company as we converge on this milestone. Continue reading

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Relics and Rubbish

We had an event of a different kind on January 7, when our Fundraising Team hosted an Antiques’ Appraisal in fellowship hall. Joseph Bodnar and colleague Allen had come to introduce us to the auctioneer’s profession and to offer opportunity to have heirlooms and other antiques appraised. It was an Antiques Roadshow of sorts and turned out to be highly educating. In fact, there was so much suspense in the room that I did not even offer a church tour! We still had a table with church artifacts displayed. Please see the pictures. Continue reading

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Block Party 2011

Part of our ministry here at First Reformed Church is the offer of space to various groups of the neighborhood. With this, we hope to not just support our utility costs, but, indeed, to build community. In order to be even more intentional, we invited representatives from all eleven groups to a “block party” in the end of the year. Ben Berman, Lolly Schenk and Susan and I prepared a feast with food from the Phoenician Supermarket in North Brunswick. Continue reading

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