Archive | Religion RSS feed for this section

Plymouth Church Hosts 144th-Annual ‘Juneteenth Celebration’ 06/09

By on May 21, 2013 9:00 am in Brooklyn Heights, Events, Music, Religion

Plymouth Church will host its Juneteenth Celebration on Sunday, June 9 at 7 p.m., featuring performances by Daptone Recording artist Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens and Asthmatic Kitty’s The Welcome Wagon. Both acts perform gospel music, and are produced by Sufjan Stevens. The 2013 celebration is the historic church’s 144th Juneteenth Celebration, which commemorates [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 15, 2013 11:59 pm in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, Comedy, DUMBO, Election 12, Election 13, Events, Gardening, Government, Kids, Maritime, Nature, Obituaries, podcast, Red Hook, Religion, schools, Shopping

This coming weekend is a big one for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. On Sunday, the Park will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge with a marathon reading of Hart Crane’s epic poem The Bridge at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1 starting at 3:00 p.m. More details here. The [...]

Read full story · Comments { 2 }

Four Brooklyn Heights Churches in “Sacred Sites” Event This Weekend

By on May 13, 2013 2:47 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, Events, History, Religion

This coming weekend–Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19–the New York Landmarks Conservancy will hold its third annual Sacred Sites Open House event. Among the houses of worship participating are four Brooklyn Heights churches. The First Unitarian Church, 50 Monroe Place (corner of Pierrepont) will be open Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There [...]

Read full story · Comments { 1 }

Rev. Dr. David C. Fisher Announces Retirement As Plymouth Church’s Senior Minister

By on April 30, 2013 11:57 am in Brooklyn Heights, News, Religion

The Rev. Dr. David C. Fisher, Senior Minister of 
Plymouth Church, has announced his retirement from the historic Brooklyn Heights locale. He has been in the pulpit for 43 years, with nine years at Plymouth (75 Hicks Street). Rev. Al Bunis will serve as interim Senior Minister beginning October 1, following Rev. Fisher’s retirement at [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Hosts Open House Shabbat Service Friday, 4/19

By on April 8, 2013 11:23 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Events, Religion

Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, 131 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Henry) will host an open house Shabbat service on Friday evening, April 19, starting at 6:30. BHS describes itself as “a thriving, inclusive Reform Jewish congregation” consisting of “families, couples, and singles living in nearby Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods, DUMBO, lower Manhattan” and beyond. In addition to [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

‘Cotton Patch Gospel’ Comes To St. Ann & Holy Trinity April 21

By on April 5, 2013 1:47 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, charity, Events, Music, News, Religion, Theater

Off-Broadway musical “The Cotton Patch Gospel”—with music by Harry Chapin—will be staged at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. The one-man show, performed by Phillip Kaufmann, will raise money for programs to help fight hunger. Admission is $10 plus goodwill offerings at the door, with 100% of proceeds [...]

Read full story · Comments { 2 }

The Stained Glass Windows of Grace Church

By on March 25, 2013 4:24 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Religion, Visual Arts

At Grace Church’s Community Open House yesterday, parishioner Bob Whiteford (photo at top) gave a guided tour of the stained glass windows that decorate the nave. The Te Deum (“To God”) window dominates the east end of the nave, behind the chancel, altar, and carved alabaster reredos. The figures on the four panels of the [...]

Read full story · Comments { 2 }

Update: Brooklyn Heights’ Montague Street Remains Rousing Retail Success Story

By on March 16, 2013 12:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Food, Fun, History, News, Real Estate, Shopping, Streets, Tourism, Watchtower

In May 2012, BHB wrote about an appreciable renaissance taking place along the Montague Street retail corridor, during which a dozen new businesses moved in along the avenue over the year preceding. Another snapshot of Brooklyn Heights “Main Street” this week reveals that Montague remains a bustling success story, with restaurants, spas, bodegas, bakeries and [...]

Read full story · Comments { 13 }

First Presbyterian Church & Key Food Partner To Replenish ‘Mission Brooklyn’ Food Pantry

By on February 26, 2013 9:52 am in Brooklyn Heights, charity, Events, Religion

The First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn has partnered with Key Food to help fulfill its “Mission Brooklyn” initiative. On Friday, March 1, from 7-8 p.m., locals may donate contributions and food items at the Key Food @ 102 Montague Street, to help restock FPC’s Food Pantry. After several months of increased need, the church’s pantry, [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Plymouth Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Visit

By on February 8, 2013 10:03 pm in Events, History, Music, Religion

This weekend is the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Plymouth Church, during which he delivered a sermon titled “The American Dream.” As Francesca Norsen Tate reports in the Eagle, the Church (Orange Street between Henry and Hicks) will mark the event with a forum beginning tomorrow (Saturday, February 9) at [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }
Older posts