Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03
CHURCH
70 YEARS OLD
Anniversary will be Observed
Four Days in Keyport, Conn.,
mencing Tomorrow

KEYPoRT. June 3.-The Re-
formed church of which Rev. F. I.
y. Reynolds is pastor will observe
the seventy-ffth anniversary of its
founding with several special serv-
ices beginning tomorrow morning
and concluding on Wednesday eve
ming. The first service TO be held
in connection with the celebration
will be that of the morning service
on Sunday at which the pastor will
give an address on the history and
founding of the church. Special
music will be rendered and the Sac
rament of the Lords supper will
be administered.
On Tuesday, the second of the
special services will be held at s
O'Clock Z. NJ. and will be called the
Young Peoples Service The main
address of the service will be given
by Mrs. f. NJ. Kyle. of Bayonne.
On Wednesday evening at s z. M.
The Fellowship of Service" will
take place and the speakers will
include Rev. Garret NJ. Conover,
the senior member of the Chassis
of Month, and Rev. A. l.. lszard.
senior pastor of the borough.
A brief history of the church as
prepared by the present pastor, Rev.
f. T. B. Reynolds. follows:
The Reformed church Of the bor-
ough of Keyport was the result of
efforts on the part of the Chassis of
New Brunswick which requested
the Rev. A. C. Millspaugh. minister
of the Reformed church of Middle
town. to conduct a service in the
borough each Sunday here. He re-
sponded to the wish of the Consis-
.-. - -rNaaLAI ~ tha hnrnroh
on Sunday afternoons. Nathan f.
Chapman, a student from the theo-
logical seminary at New Brunswick.
was then secured and he conducted
the work from his ordination in
1S47 until 1850.
At this time the original men,
bers of the church were Daniel
Sloan, Jr., Abraham Van Woerts.
Mrs. Dorcas Van Woert. Mrs.
Maria C. Arrowsmith. Mrs. Mar
garet Ackerson. Peter L.. Snyder,
Mrs. Jane Snyder. Miss Catherine
Snyder, from the Middleton Re-
formed church,: William H. Coulter,
Mrs. Sarah Post. from the Bergen
Reformed church, Mrs. Mary Lam
bard, Mrs. Maria Barnes, from the
Port Richmond Reformed church,
and Mrs. Sarah Johnson, from the
4 CSDy lclldn ClluICu VI IIlO
During the next three years the
congregation grew rapidly and the
church was in charge of the Rev.
John Minor and the Rev. jeremiah
Searle. The Rev. Samuel Lockwood
was the first minister of this thriv-
ing church and was installed in
1854. He remained as pastor until
1863 and was succeeded by the Rev.
A. A. Zabriskie, whose p~astorate in
cluded three successful years. In
1873, Rev. Elias Mead began his
ministry here and continued as pas
tor of the Reformed church for sew
%enteen years. being followed in 1890
by the Rev. James T. Schock who
continued as pastor for seven years,
at this time concluding to accept
the principalship of the local school.
Rev. E. w. Greene came here in
1898 and served until 1900. Dur
ing the year following the pulpit
was supplied by students from the
New Brunswick Seminary after
which time the Rev. Floyd Decker
was called and accepted the pas
torate and served over two years.
From 1904 to 1909 the pastor was
the Rev. Henry S. Van Woert. now
pastor of the Gould Memorial
church at Roxbury, N. Y. Rev.
William E. Compton. B. D., sue
ceeded the Rev. Mr.. Van Woert
and served from September. 1910,
to May, 1913. In the same year
Rev. Frank Ten Brock Reynolds
the present pastor was installed
Mr.. Reynolds is the ninth minister
and to date has served the church
faithfully for the past nine years
Under his pastorate great work has
been accomplished, which includes
among other notable features. the
erection of a handsome new church
house which is used for all the So
cial events of the church.
During the seventy-five years OF
the church's organization. it has
grown steadily in membership and
influence. The pastor and congre-
cation are seriously considering the
rebuilding of the present church
ediflce and when this is completed
the entire church property will be
one of the finest in the vicinity.
The present consistory of the
church includes the following:
President. Rev. F. T. B. Rey-
thur S. Van Buskirk, John c. Os-
born. Henry E. Ackerson, Jr.
Harry =. Crawford: deacons. Johr
t. Ackerson. Charles ]. Smith. ]
Arch. Mac EVAN, George NJ. Mason
Cecil S. Ackerson; clerk. George S
Hyer; financial secretary. Mrs. A
Stilwell Van Buskirk; treasurer, A
Stilwell Van Buskirk.
Invitations have been issued TO
the residents of the borough in gen.
eral and their friends to attend any
or all of the anniversary services
all of which will be of particular
interest to all who attend.