BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fpcnyc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20220420T173501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T154016Z UID:21165-1775844000-1775854800@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:D. A. Group DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/d-a-group-3/2026-04-10 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20220317T221223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250612T160631Z UID:21166-1775845800-1775851200@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Save Her a Seat DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/save-her-a-seat/2026-04-10 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T155156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T155156Z UID:23573-1775901600-1775919600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:St. Joe's Soup Kitchen DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/st-joes-soup-kitchen-7/2026-04-11 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T180656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T180656Z UID:23953-1775986200-1775998800@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Child Care DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/child-care-5/2026-04-12 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T120000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T173151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T173151Z UID:23736-1775991600-1775995200@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Worship Service DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/worship-service/2026-04-12 CATEGORIES:Worship END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T120000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T181418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T171412Z UID:24069-1775992500-1775995200@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Church School DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/church-school-13/2026-04-12 CATEGORIES:Children & Youth Learning,Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T123000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20210914T200129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T200129Z UID:21167-1775995200-1775997000@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Coffee & Fellowship DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/coffee-fellowship-3/2026-04-12 LOCATION:The First Presbyterian Church\, 12 West 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011 CATEGORIES:Fellowship END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250806T132438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T144627Z UID:24405-1775995200-1776009600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Open Gallery: Dottie Sheppard Show DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/open-gallery-dottie-sheppard-show/2026-04-12 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250806T165556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T144908Z UID:24436-1775995200-1776009600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Closing Reception of the "Dottie Sheppard" Art Show DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/closing-reception-of-the-dottie-sheppard-art-show CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T122000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T182315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T143022Z UID:24130-1775996400-1775998800@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Student Choristers DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/student-choristers-3/2026-04-12 CATEGORIES:Children & Youth Learning,Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T133000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T181722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T181722Z UID:24092-1775997000-1776000600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:LGBTQ Brunch (offsite) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/lgbtq-brunch-offsite/2026-04-12 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T133000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250730T135205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T135205Z UID:24429-1775997000-1776000600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Presbyterian Women DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/presbyterian-women-23/2026-04-12 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T180000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20220329T174238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220329T174238Z UID:21168-1776002400-1776016800@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:BEE Church DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/bee-church-2/2026-04-12 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250805T174536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T174536Z UID:24378-1776099600-1776106800@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Personnel (hybrid) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/personnel-hybrid-12/2026-04-13 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T154433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T154433Z UID:23407-1776106800-1776110400@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Current Events (virtual) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/current-events-virtual-13/2026-04-13 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250805T153719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T153719Z UID:24350-1776187800-1776196800@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Village Campus Ministry DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/village-campus-ministry-2/2026-04-14 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T194500 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T154623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T154623Z UID:23492-1776192300-1776195900@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:No Name DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/no-name-6/2026-04-14 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T213000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20220317T223232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T223232Z UID:21170-1776194100-1776202200@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Save Her A Seat DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/save-her-a-seat-2/2026-04-14 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T134500 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250806T163147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T163147Z UID:24420-1776256200-1776260700@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Bible Study (hybrid) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/bible-study-hybrid-51/2026-04-15 CATEGORIES:Adult Learning,Connect ORGANIZER;CN="Rev. Dr. Barbara E. Davis":MAILTO:bdavis@fpcnyc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T183000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T173801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T155156Z UID:23857-1776274200-1776277800@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Conversational Spanish (virtual) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/conversational-spanish-virtual-5/2026-04-15 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250806T163735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T163735Z UID:24425-1776277800-1776283200@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Deacons (hybrid) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/deacons-hybrid-18 CATEGORIES:Care ORGANIZER;CN="Rev. Dr. Barbara E. Davis":MAILTO:bdavis@fpcnyc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T194500 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T154623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T154623Z UID:23493-1776278700-1776282300@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:No Name DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/no-name-6/2026-04-15 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20220420T173501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T154017Z UID:21173-1776448800-1776459600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:D. A. Group DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/d-a-group-3/2026-04-17 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250806T163242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T163242Z UID:24422-1776448800-1776459600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:The New Shul DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/the-new-shul-24 CATEGORIES:General Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20220317T221223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250612T160632Z UID:21174-1776450600-1776456000@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Save Her a Seat DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/save-her-a-seat/2026-04-17 CATEGORIES:Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T155156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T155156Z UID:23574-1776506400-1776524400@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:St. Joe's Soup Kitchen DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/st-joes-soup-kitchen-7/2026-04-18 CATEGORIES:Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T101500 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T180615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T180615Z UID:23920-1776591000-1776593700@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Worship Circle with Babies & Toddlers DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/worship-circle-with-babies-toddlers/2026-04-19 CATEGORIES:Children & Youth Learning,Connect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T103000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250806T164609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T164609Z UID:24431-1776591000-1776594600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Coffee & Theologians (hybrid) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/coffee-theologians-hybrid-8/2026-04-19 CATEGORIES:Adult Learning,Connect ORGANIZER;CN="Rev. Dr. Barbara E. Davis":MAILTO:bdavis@fpcnyc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T103000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250807T143225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T143225Z UID:24440-1776591000-1776594600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Choir Rehearsal DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/choir-rehearsal-69/2026-04-19 CATEGORIES:Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T102415 CREATED:20250729T180656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T180656Z UID:23954-1776591000-1776603600@fpcnyc.org SUMMARY:Child Care DESCRIPTION:Welcome to The Tower\, a new\, regular column where members can share how we bring our mission to life in our community. We will publish monthly\, deep dives into different focus areas. For a broad overview\, check out our monthly Session Digest. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wherever You Go\, I Will Go \n \n \n \n \n An earlier retreat at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center\n \n \n \n \n \n Our meeting room at Holmes after a long day of discussion.The church Session — the elected leadership of our congregation — recently gathered at Holmes Camp and Retreat Center for an intense discussion on what God is calling our church to do. For inspiration\, we turned to the Bible and looked for passages and stories that resonated with where we felt the church was and where we may be headed. As we read and discussed where the church had been\, where we are now\, and where we are headed\, several important truths began to emerge. The first insight we had was that\, while there are many pressing needs in our community and our world\, we are blessed with an ambitious congregation filled with caring people who are eager to serve in various ways. The next insight was that\, as a church\, we feel compelled to truly serve our community and reflect God’s love for all God’s people as best we can. As we reflected on these observations and searched scripture for our story\, we felt a particular resonance with The Story of Ruth. “But Ruth said\, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go\, I will go; where you lodge\, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.”In this story of two women who walk together in a journey of devotion and loyalty\, we see many ways that our church can grow into a better relationship with our community. With this new lens through which to view ourselves and our work\, three aspects of our mission came into focus\, each representing a different layer of our community. …where you lodge\, I will lodge;As members of a global community to all who call this Earth our home\, climate change is a clear and pressing concern.  We all have work to do to mitigate a growing crisis. Our building and ground have ample opportunity to improve\, by reducing our carbon footprint created by antiquated systems\, to greenspace that can better be used. To investigate these opportunities\, we formed “A Green Building Initiative.” your people shall be my people\,As New Yorkers\, we live among a growing group of migrants with pressing needs. To discover how we can better serve our community\, we formed the “Migrant and Asylum Seeker Outreach\,” whose task will be to communicate with the existing Refugees and Immigrants Action Group to explore more of the many specific ideas that emerged from the retreat in this area. and your God\, my God.First and foremost in all our work\, is the devotion we share with one another to the loving God whose presence is felt in our church community. To strengthen our ties to each other and to share the joy of our work\, our third initiative is a community-building committee that will look inward and outward to explore how we can better work together and grow our sense of togetherness and purpose. With these three initiatives in mind\, we built a board of ideas for which areas we could focus\, who and how we might be of use\, and where we could lean into our purpose. Many ideas emerged\, organized loosely in several patterns. Two things were clear: we serve a diverse congregation with many interests. From our ongoing commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and anti-racism to our relationship with artists in our community\, and much\, much more\, we have a diverse range of constituencies to serve. A special thanks to Sorrel Ann Alburger and Juna Tuazon for their data collection and graphic design.Looking ahead\, we’re excited to see how our call to serve in these areas. We invite all members to familiarize yourselves with the story of Ruth’s courage and commitment. Take a moment to reflect and pray on this image of devotion\, and see how it calls you to our community. Think about what you need and what you can offer. We look forward to growing into a greater partnership together. If you have any thoughts or ideas\, we invite you to reach out. URL:https://fpcnyc.org/event/child-care-5/2026-04-19 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR