Our task this month is to unlearn a long practice of forgetting. This practice started with the families who listed these names and numbers in their wills alongside livestock and furniture, forgetting their humanity in order to enslave them. It continued as our congregation left out the memories and stories of these people from our church’s history over the decades and centuries that followed. This […]
Our task this month is to unlearn a long practice of forgetting. This practice started with the families who listed these names and numbers in their wills alongside livestock and furniture, forgetting their humanity in order to enslave them. It continued as our congregation left out the memories and stories of these people from our church’s history over the decades and centuries that followed. This […]
Join us for virtual service this Sunday, August 9th, at 11 AM. This Sunday, we are blessed to hear once again from Reverend Gregory Seal Livingston. An electrifying speaker and visionary leader, Reverend Livingston’s faith in Jesus Christ shapes his life and provides the impetus of his commitment to the holistic uplift of all people especially the poor and disadvantaged — so that the Will […]
Join us for virtual service this Sunday, July 5th, at 11 AM. This Sunday, we are blessed to hear from Reverend Gregory Seal Livingston. An electrifying speaker and visionary leader, Reverend Livingston’s faith in Jesus Christ shapes his life and provides the impetus of his commitment to the holistic uplift of all people especially the poor and disadvantaged — so that the Will of God […]
Join us for virtual service this Sunday, June 14th, at 11 AM. Please have ready your bowl with water, a cloth, your candle, your bread, and your cup of wine or juice for communion. Information to join is below: Service Bulletin Children’s Bulletin (1) Children’s Bulletin (2)
Join us for virtual service this Sunday, May 3rd, at 11 AM. Please have ready, your serving bowl with water, a nice cloth, your candle to light, your plate with bread, and a cup with wine, juice, or water. Also, for the Children’s Message, please have ready for every child a small bowl with oil in it. Olive oil, or if not, then baby oil, […]
Attention Friends, This Sunday, April 5th, at 11 AM Eastern Time, we will be having our Palm Sunday virtual service. Please have a houseplant or two ready and near you on Sunday morning for our Blessing of Houseplants (instead of Palms)! If you don’t have a houseplant, go get a couple small branches or some other greens from outside. Below is a link to the […]
Attention Friends, This Sunday, March 29th, at 11 AM Eastern Time, we will be having our second virtual service. Below is a link to the service and bulletin: Service Bulletin Below is a video of some members singing a hymn for the service.
Easter celebration at Old First Reformed Church will feature Pastor Daniel Meeter, with the Accord Treble Choir and organist Aleeza Meir performing ancient and modern music April 21, 2019 at 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Old First Reformed Church, 7th Avenue at Carroll Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Contact: Alix Friedman, AlixCFriedman@gmail.com, 646-468-4269 BROOKLYN, NY: April 5, 2019 – Brooklyn’s oldest congregation, Old First Reformed […]
One of the unsung heroes of Old First: our kitchen stove. We use it on the second Saturday of each month to cook our meals for Christian Help in Park Slope (CHiPS), the Fourth Avenue soup kitchen and social service provider. CHiPS partners with local churches, synagogues, civic groups and volunteers to cook and deliver food to the hungry and homeless. It serves as many […]