We’re going to have a kickball team in the Brooklyn Kickball League again this season. Games will be on Sunday afternoons in McCarren Park. The season starts soon, so please speak with Pastor Ann if you would like to join the team.
Easter is almost upon us! (Thank goodness, Lent is getting long in this final stretch.)
On Thursday, March 28th, we will be hosting a Maundy Thursday service at 7pm. This service commemorates Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. We invite you to come and enjoy some contemplative eating with us. The service will involve the serving and enjoying of a communal meal together.
On Good Friday, our service will begin at 7pm as well. Chidlcare will be provided on both Thursday and Friday
Once again on Easter, we present Easterpalooza! Our Easter worship celebration is a great opportunity to invite a friend. The gospel choir will be performing. After the service there will be an Easter egg hunt for children and a time for hanging out, making art, and enjoying some tasty food. Interested in helping with the food? Talk to Jon Herzog. Want to help dream up some of the art projects or organize the Easter egg hunt? Talk to Pastor Jen. Or you can just show up!
Our church has historically been aligned with the Dutch Reformed Church of America, ties that we have kept because of the historical and personal connections between our church and the others around the city and country. We are now considering becoming a dually aligned church (a church that belongs to two denominations simultaneously). So we would still keep our ties and relationship with the Reformed Church, and we have a relationship with the United Church of Christ (commonly called the UCC). The UCC is a progressive protestant denomination, in which both Pastor Jen and Pastor Ann have been ordained. On April 14th, after church every member of our church is invited to make themselves heard on this matter. We will have a congregation-wide vote to see if joining the UCC is the right direction for our church to move in, and to accept the bylaws we have written. In the meantime, there will be information about the UCC and copies of the bylaws to be voted on available in the church building (you can also check out www.ucc.org). If you have questions, feel free to talk to Pastors Ann, Jen or Amanda.
