(1) From the Reformed Church Center at New Brunswick Seminary:

     an early alert for all who want to enjoy a day of colonial church history:

Saturday, October 24th, COLONIAL CLERGY CONFERENCE: DUTCH TRADITIONS AND AMERICAN REALITIES.

For details and registration: www.nbts.edu/clergyconference; 

     or go to the seminary webiste: www.nbts.edu and click on Reformed Church Center, then Events.  

Eminent historians/scholars from the Netherlands and from the Eastern and Mid-west US will present in-depth protraits

     of early pastors: their work, their setting, their lives, their challenges. 

This is a two-site event:

     9/27-28 in Holland, MI and 10/24 at First Reformed Church, New Brunswick.

Also included in the day: a tour of the historic cemetery and bell tower, lunch, times for you to react/respond to presentations,

     and an opprotunity to purchase a book based on the papers presented.

This extraodinary event is part of the larger celebration of the 400th anniversay of Henry Hudson's arrival in the New World.

 

 

(2) From the Reformed Church Center at New Brunswick Seminary - 1) The Poppen/Young Fellowship is available annually for some one who has a research project in mind or underway that is focused on worship in the Reformed tradition.  The recipient recieves a stipend, travel costs, 2-wk. residency, access to library resources and denominational archives, and an opportunity for presentation of research.   2) A similar opportunity, The Smith Fellowship, is available annually for someone whose work is in the area of Reformed history.  Interested?  For detailed information and application forms, go to www.nbts.edu, follow the link to Reformed Church Center, and clink on Research and Scholarship.  Also, you can contact me any time to talk further about either of these possibilities.  And if you know someone who might be a good candidate, please encourage them, and better yet, forard to me their name and email.