The media is a public face of Old First: we have had stories written about us, and have written about ourselves as well. Links below ordered by most recent at top.
About Old First
Church Kitchen in Park Slope Creates Many Meals for Sandy Victims
NY1 story and video, January 10, 2013
New Park Slope Holiday Tradition for Christians and Jews to Celebrate Together
New York Daily News , December 11, 2012
News 12
Road to Recovery | Two Boots Restaurant at Old First
November 12, 2012
Historic Park Slope Church needs money to fix sanctuary ceiling
New York Daily News , September 23, 2012
A Church Seeks a Rescue
Wall Street Journal , September 17, 2012
Collapsed Ceilings Lead to Big Mitzvah: After Shared Disaster, Beth Elohim Gives $15,000 to Church
The Jewish Daily Forward , June 4, 2012
Historic Church to Celebrate Easter Services at Synagogue
Brooklyn Daily Eagle , 30 Mar 2012
VIDEO
Crumbling Churches
Brooklyn Indepedent Television , first aired 23 Jan 2012
Play video above or
link to story on BIT website
Brooklyn Rallies to Help Landmark Sanctuary
Brooklyn Eagle , 04 Jan 2012
Donations Rolling in for First Reformed Church Repair
Park Slope Patch , 29 Dec 2011
Sweet Charity: Faithful Flock to Help Crumbling Church
Brooklyn Daily , 29 Dec 2011
No Hail Marys — just hailing plaster
Brooklyn Daily , 24 Dec 2011
Historic Park Slope Church Still Needs Help for Repairs
Brooklyn Eagle , 23 Dec 2011
Park Slope churchgoers feeling down after ceiling caves
News 12 , 23 Dec, 2011 _ with Video
Brooklyn Church Without Sanctuary for Christmas
NBC New York , 23 Dec, 2011
Historic Park Slope church will have Christmas Mass in tiny Sunday school hall
New York Daily News , 22 Dec 2011
Damaged Ceiling at Old First Reformed Church, Services Moved
Park Slope Patch , 22 Dec 2011
Old First Dutch Reformed Church Accepts All to Remember 9/11
Park Slope Patch , 11 Sep 2011
A Night on the Other Side:
A night spent volunteering at Old First's new homeless respite shelter
Park Slope Patch , 01 Aug 2011
Living on a prayer! Old First Reformed opens a homeless shelter
The Brooklyn Paper , Jul 28 2011
A New Respite for Homeless at Old First
Park Slope Patch , 28 Jul 2011
Jingle Bell Jamboree
Brooklyn Independent Television , December 2010_ Archive Video
Old First's Mission Missing?
Save the Slope , 17 Jun 2010
Atlantic Yards Confession
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn , 31 May 2010
A Faith-Based Chat with Park Slope's God Squad
Brooklyn Paper , 16 Mar 2010
Old First Reformed Church Hosts Authentic 1600s Worship, Dinner
Brooklyn Eagle , 24 Nov 2009
Youth Group, Homeless Men Connect on Service Project
RCA.org , 13 Oct 2009
Brooklyn, NY – Park Slope Reform Shul will Daven Yom Kippur in a Church
Jewkey.com , 26 Sep 2009
Old First Reformed Church to House Congregation Beth Elohim to Celebrate Yom Kippur
New York Daily News , 26 Sep 2009
Park Slope's Old First Church to Host Beth Elohim's Yom Kippur Services
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn , 25 Sep 2009
Restoration of Slope Church Begins
Brownstoner.com , 26 Jun 2009
39 Volunteers from Ohio Begin Restoration of Historic Brooklyn Church
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn , 24 Jun 2009
Second Annual Herring Festival
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn , 19 Jun 2009
HomeTeamNYC Houses 28 in One Day
Common Ground Blog Archive , 22 Jan 2008
Pastor and Rabbi Unite to Help Slope Homeless
Brooklyn Paper , 1 Dec 2007
Miracle Would Save Organ
Park Slope Paper , 13 Oct 2007
Cleanliness and Godliness
Park Slope Paper , 16 Jun 2007
Club Loco for Teens
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn , 13 Feb 2007
Brooklynites Cross Religious Boundaries to Condemn War in Iraq
NY1 , 12 Oct 2006
Church Offers Chamber Music in Bite-Sized Pieces
RCA.org , 28 Jul 2006
Opinions, Essays, and Mentions By Old First
The Ordeal of the Sermon by Rev. Daniel Meeter
Perspectives, Sep 2010
An Unexpected Benefit of Weekly Communion by Rev. Daniel Meeter
Perspectives, Dec 2009
The RCA and the Kingdom of God by Rev. Daniel Meeter
Perspectives, Mar 2008
Watching the Anglicans by Rev. Daniel Meeter
Perspectives, Jun/Jul 2008
Gay Folks and DORT by Rev. Daniel Meeter
Room for All.org, 2005-2010
The Magnificat by Rev. Daniel Meeter
Perspectives, Dec 2007
Apologetics and Widows by Rev. Daniel Meeter
Perspectives, Oct 2007
Plan for Arabic School in Brooklyn Spurs Protests Rev. Daniel Meeter is quoted
New York Times, 4 May 2007
Reader comment on: A Madrassa Grows in Brooklyn by Rev. Daniel Meeter et al.
New York Sun, April 28, 2007
Letter to the Editor, re: A Brooklyn Imam: Conflicting Views by Rev. Daniel Meeter
New York Times, 12 Mar 2006
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