Readings: Nov. 5 - Proper 26B

Readings for Proper 26 (31) or All Saints Day, Year B from the Revised Common Lectionary at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library

Sunday, Nov. 5: Lunch and Learn

A "Lunch and Learn: What it Means to be Reformed and Ever Reforming" and will be shared by Terry and all who wish to gather with her on Sunday, November 5th after the All Saints Communion Service. A special welcome to the folks who worship with us who might consider joining our church!

Readings: Oct. 29 - Proper 25B

Readings for Proper 25 (30), Year B from the Revised Common Lectionary at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library

Readings: Oct. 22 - Proper 24B

Readings for Proper 24 (29), Year B from the Revised Common Lectionary at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library

Saturday, Oct. 21: Thrift Sale

Thrift Sale at the New Utrecht Reformed Church Parish House on June 17, 2006. (Photo by Vincent La Marca)

THRIFT SALE
Saturday, October 21, 2006
10 AM to 3 PM

New Utrecht Reformed Church
Parish House
84th Street and 18th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 236-0678
mail@newutrechtchurch.org

Featuring:
(Both new and gently used)
Dishes, Glassware, Kitchenware,
Electronics, Pictures and Frames, Books,
Wearing Apparel, Shoes, Handbags, Linens,
Costume Jewelry,
Toys and Games.

Lunch Room:
Hot and Cold Lunch to Purchase.
Coffee, Tea and Soft Drinks.

Proceeds toward restoration of our historic sanctuary.

Flyer for Thrift Sale

Readings: Oct. 15 - Proper 23B

Readings for Proper 23 (28), Year B from the Revised Common Lectionary at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library

90-year-old Brooklyn Church, Community Leader Honored in Bensonhurst,

Eds: The special service at the New Utrecht Reformed Church was conducted September 24, with further 90th birthday celebrations later that day at the Bay Ridge Manor.

90-year-old Brooklyn Church, Community Leader Honored in Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge

BROOKLYN - Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of Troop 20 helped members of the New Utrecht Reformed Church, in Bensonhurst, celebrate the 90th birthday of a longtime church member and community leader in Brooklyn, Rose Giannini Lood. Later, at the Bay Ridge Manor, Mrs. Lood was honored at a large party of friends and invited guests where she received proclamations from the New York State Senate and Assembly and the New York City Council. She also received a $21,000 check from the historic organization, Friends of Historic New Utrecht, to be used toward restoration of the New Utrecht sanctuary, which dates to 1828. The church itself (within the mainline Reformed Church in America, RCA) was established in 1677. While the extensive $2 million restoration is under way, worship is conducted in the nearby Parish House within the historic complex at 18th Ave. and 84th St. The Scout troop is the country's oldest.

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1. Honoring New Utrecht Reformed Church member Rose Giannini Lood on her 90th birthday, State senator Martin J. Golden presents her with a proclamation during a party at Bay Ridge Manor.



2. City Council member Vincent J. Gentile presents a Council proclamation to Rose Giannini Lood, longtime New Utrecht Reforned Church member and community leader, on her 90th birthday at a party at Bay Ridge Manor. Mrs. Lood's daughter, Susan Hanyen, stands nearby.



3. State Assemblyman Peter J. Abbate, Jr., presents Rose Giannini Lood with a proclamation noting her 90th birthday. Left to right: Abbate, Mrs. Lood, District leader Delia Schack, Robert Buonovino and Supreme Court Justice Arthur M. Schack.



4. Robert Buonvino, President of Friends of Historic New Utrecht, presents a $21,000 check to Rose Giannini Lood to be used toward restoration of the New Utrecht Reformed Church. Mrs. Lood, at her 90th birthday celebration at Bay Ridge Manor, asked that anyone giving gifts put them toward restoring the historic church sanctuary.



5.Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts of Troop 20, the country's oldest troop, are among those who celebrated the 90th birthday of church member and community leader Rose Giannini Rose (Center) in the Parish House of the New Utrecht Reformed Church, near the historic sanctuary where an extensive $2 million repair and restoration is under way.



6. Rose Giannini Lood, holding roses given to her by Boy Scout Troop 20 in the New Utrecht Reformed Church Parish Hall where a celebration of her 90th birthday was held while construction continues during a $2 million repair and restoration of the nearby sanctuary, which dates back to 1828. The Scouts gave Mrs. Lood nine roses, one for each decade of her life.

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