Author: admin

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Candlelight. The warmth from the old wood stove. Fellowship.  Singing familiar carols together.  And once again, sharing the sacred story of the birth of our Saviour.  These are the hallmarks of Christmas Eve at the Old Dutch...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The church's annual Christmas Dinner took place Tuesday December 10th in Ammerman Hall, with over 100 people gathering to enjoy fellowship, a great meal catered by Tarry Tavern, and music, music, music!  Kinny Landrum provided the keyboard...

This past Saturday I ventured forth from the Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground to our neighbor, just to the north, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, for a pop-up book club evening held in the Washington Irving Memorial Chapel. Under the auspices of the Warner Library and the Historical Society...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] When is a witch not a witch?[spacer height="20px"] On Reformation Sunday, Oct 27th, Rev. Jeff Gargano recalled the persecution of Hulda of Bohemia and dedicated the memorial marker that now binds her story to the story of The Old...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seems the message is really getting around!  The Old Dutch Church Fest is the place to be in October.  Pastor Jeff snapped a photo of this couple in the Bronx recently. We already know that folks from across the...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]At worship on November 10, the children learned how God's gifts are transformative to our lives, as he donned a chef's hat and apron (with help from Stephanie!), and proceeded to make a batch of yummy lemonade...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]The Sunday School will present their pageant "That Is Not What I Expected" on Sunday December 15th at the 10:30 service.  Be there to support our youth as they learn about working together as a team, and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] For the month of November Sunday School Students will focus on Gratitude.  The children spent Sunday November 3rd making cards for the helpers of our world--fire fighters, police officers, and military.  Through Operation Gratitude, those cards will...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]This season's Old Dutch Fest culminated on Sunday October 27 with a special 10am worship service in celebration of Reformation Sunday.  The congregation was joined by Kent Tritle. renowned choral conductor and organist at the Cathedral of...