Confirmation Transformed: Wrestling with Doubts, Learning to Pray
Confirmation Is Not What It Used To Be. “During the years Paul Wolfe taught Confirmation classes as Senior Pastor, we had no youth...
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Barbara Meachin
- Apr 1, 2017
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Misbehavior, Moral Failings, and Church Governance
Stories about church governance are not usually found on Page Six, but Session minutes from our founding years would certainly have...
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Barbara Meachin
- Mar 1, 2017
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Brick Church Headliners in History
Most of us who walk through Brick Church’s doors will not feature in tomorrow’s history books. But some of our fellow members and...
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Barbara Meachin
- Feb 1, 2017
- 2 min
Sunday School: From Memorizing to Asking Deep Questions
“Children were treated as smaller adults, little men and women who happened to be dressed in bibs and pinafores.” This sentence explains...
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Barbara Meachin
- Jan 1, 2017
- 2 min
From the Sidelines to the Pulpit: Presbyterian Women Step Up
For nearly 2000 years, women were hard to find in prominent church positions. By the 20th century, Protestant denominations were opening...
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Rev. Henry van Dyke
- Dec 1, 2016
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Keeping Christmas
from In The Spirit of Christmas; Published Oct., 1905 by Charles Scribner’s Sons “He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord.”...
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Barbara Meachin
- Dec 1, 2016
- 2 min
From Humbug to Hallelujah! Christmas at The Brick Church
You may have heard Presbyterians referred to as the “frozen chosen.” This is particularly unfair to Brick Church. We attract thousands to...
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Barbara Meachin
- Nov 1, 2016
- 3 min
From Pew Rents to Pledges: How We Support Brick Church
If it’s November, it must be Stewardship Campaign time. Anyone who’s been a Brick Church member for over a year is familiar with the...
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Barbara Meachin
- Oct 1, 2016
- 3 min
Preaching and Passion: The Brick Church Pulpit in History
If you walk through Brick Church, you can’t escape the portraits. Rooms and hallways are populated with formal figures from the past, in...
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Peter H. Brown
- Oct 1, 2016
- 2 min
Tumultuous Times: Early Presbyterians in New York
Presbyterian worship in New York City began under the Dutch West India Company, which founded a trading post, New Amsterdam, in 1624....
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Barbara Meachin
- Sep 28, 2016
- 2 min
How The Brick Church Got Its Name
Some Presbyterian churches in NYC are named for their seniority: First and Second. But only Brick Church is named for its building material.
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Margaret Van Cott
- Sep 28, 2016
- 2 min
George Washington, Samuel Osgood and The Brick Church
When New York City became the first capitol of the United States in 1789 the newly elected president needed a house for his family while...
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