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The Missing Records of 1937 and What They Revealed
The Brick Presbyterian Church keeps bound records of Orders of Worship, financial statements, and important documents dating back to 1885...
Lucy Thorpe
Aug 213 min read
The Real Presence: Rev. Merrill’s Final Sermon on 37th Street
In his last sermon preached at the pulpit of the Brick Church on 37th street, Reverend William Pierson Merrill spoke to a crowd in limbo....
Lucy Thorpe
Aug 213 min read
The Making of Peace: From Brick Church Pulpit to Global Stage
Rev. William Pierson Merrill was a prominent Presbyterian minister and public advocate for peace in the early 20th century. He served as...
Maria Cardova
Aug 212 min read
Welcome Back Reverend Lewelyn David Bevan (1876 – 1882) and William Rogers Richards (1902 – 1910)
The Building and Grounds Committee recently undertook a reorganization/cleaning of the attic storage area inside the clock tower. This...
Patrick Barrett
Dec 8, 20231 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
May 1, 20173 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
Apr 1, 20172 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
Mar 1, 20173 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
Feb 1, 20172 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
Jan 1, 20172 min read
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.”...
Rev. Henry van Dyke
Dec 1, 20162 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
Dec 1, 20162 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
Nov 1, 20163 min read
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...
Barbara Meachin
Oct 1, 20163 min read
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....
Peter H. Brown
Oct 1, 20162 min read
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.
Barbara Meachin
Sep 28, 20162 min read
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...
Margaret Van Cott
Sep 28, 20162 min read
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