Thank you to all who helped organize, donate items, bought items at our Silent Auction.  As a result of all your help, it was a great success again.  We made a lot of money with it so we can continue our benevolence and other good works!  Thanks again!
Even though there were not many people available for the Women’s Guild meeting, we did accomplish a lot. Â The Tea Party is almost completely planned. Â It will be on June 22nd (see invitation). Â Let Erie know if you can help by providing a teapot and/or some food. [ more » ]
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submitted by Patty Tsai
The Fund-raising Committee and the Invitation & Outreach Committee have joined forces! We have been hard at work these past few months brainstorming fund raising events and ways to raise funds for the Preservation Project. We will be planning a lecture series for Fall 2009, which will explore spirituality today. We hope that this will be reflective of the times we are in and address people’s need to understand spirituality. [ more » ]
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by Church Staff on June 13, 2008
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Submitted by Gary Bernhofer
On Sunday, May 18th, Walter Boyles was confirmed during our regular service. This celebration was the culmination of almost two years of meetings, discussions, curriculum planning and teaching. Sandy, Hartmut and members of the Christian Education Committee did not want to simply proclaim Walter confirmed because he reached a predetermined age. We all wanted this to be meaningful. Covering traditional Reformed theology with Walter was not possible. So what could be done? [ more » ]
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by Rev. Susan Kramer-Mills on June 11, 2008
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Once again the sanctuary was hung with the saffron hangings as one would find in the French community of Taizé, forming a tent-like construct in the middle of our large space. The hangings make a structure within a structure, bracketing us into a enclosed community. [ more » ]
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by Rev. Dr. Hartmut Kramer-Mills on June 11, 2008
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Pentecost is one of the high church holidays we cherish especially well at First Reformed Church. Why is that? It is, because we have declared it a bracket in time and space, where we can do things that we would normally do differently. For Pentecost, this includes many features that bear the mark of Taizé, the ecumenical community in France that draws thousands each year to pray, sing, and find direction in life. [ more » ]
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by Rev. Dr. Hartmut Kramer-Mills on June 11, 2008
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Do you know how special it is when someone is ten years into her retirement and then graduates from seminary? And Maria Owens did not just graduate from the certificate program at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, but was also chosen to be the student speaker on graduation day on May 10th!
With this, Maria gave great testimony to the fact that God did not mean the human spirit to end curved into itself but to continue on its life-long journey of exploration, adventure, and expanding the limits.
We are proud of her, and we are blessed to be a congregation that nourishes Maria’s view of life. May God bestow her now with many years of special ministry through her art, her praying and reading!
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