Welcome to the First Reformed church of bethlehem

New for October:

Important Links:

  • **ALL Upcoming Events*
    • Sunday, October 20 at 6pm Youth Group Meeting

    • Saturday, October 26 - Craft Time Saturday from 11:00 AM–1:00 PM. Cassie will lead us in creating a paper pumpkin using repurposed toilet paper tubes, and a cardboard box.  Please join us!

    • Sunday, October 27 at 10:30am The Great Donut Harvest– After church on Sunday 10/27, we will celebrate our annual donut harvest.

    • Sunday, November 3 at 10:30am All Saints Day and Windows Restoration Dedication

    • Bake sale - during the 2024 General Election at FRCB, Tuesday November 5

    • Friday, November 15 Lasagna Dinner 

  • Worshipping Information
  • Offerings

Finances and Fundraising:

Sunday Worship begins at 10:30 a.m.  Masks are optional within the church building.  If desired, you may attend in the privacy of your car parked in our parking lot.

If you would like to receive a box of weekly giving envelopes, please call the office at 518-767-2243.  Using these envelopes allows our treasurer to be able to credit your donations at the end of the year for tax purposes.


Online offerings may be made on-line via Tithe.ly and the Give button below. These donations will be deposited directly into the church bank account. You have the option to give to either the General or Renovation Fund. Both Tithe.ly and the church will record your donations.


Tithe.ly deducts a small fee per credit card transaction (2.65% plus $0.30). You have the option to cover these fees, if you wish. You may also choose to have Tithe.ly automatically donate for you weekly or monthly.


As always, thank you for your generosity.



EXCITING NEWS Phase 1 of the stained-glass window restoration project is complete! The project included the three Rose windows, four sanctuary front entrance vestibule windows, and two rectangular bell tower windows being studio restored and reinstalled with new vented glass coverings; installation of new glass coverings and ventilators for the (12) Gothic arch sanctuary windows; and new glass coverings for the four circular bell tower windows. Every sanctuary window frame was scraped, and framework touched up with epoxy where necessary, as well as all windows being cleaned, then primed and painted with BEHR Ultra Semi-Gloss Black Limousine Leather.


Please stop by and attend a Sunday service to appreciate anew the beauty of the stained-glass windows as well as the interior of the sanctuary, or stop by to see the exterior look of the windows. 

The FRCB stained glass restoration is underway!

Thank you to everyone that has brought in their bottles and cans. We are at $906, which is great!  Hopefully we can break a thousand by the end of October. Pennies do add up as we can all see. Keep up the great work.  Thank you, Arlene.

 

Thank you to all who have participated in our various fundraisers.

Other fundraising ideas:

  • A wall plaque will be created listing donor names making contributions in memory of loved ones.
  • Do you have additional suggestions?? Maybe a rummage sale, outdoor concerts, more church dinners??

Please share your ideas with a consistory member!