NOTE (Friday, September 27, 2019): Newtown Congregational Church has announced that due to a reported illness, Rev Dr Foy Crabtree's planned visit on September 29 is being postponed. A new date will be announced.

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Newtown Congregational Church is inviting the public to join members when they host an afternoon of conversation, coffee, and refreshments with the Reverend Dr Davida Foy Crabtree.

The special event is planned for Sunday, September 29, from 3 to 4:30 pm, in The Great Room of the church, 14 West Street.

The Rev Dr Foy Crabtree is a United Church of Christ minister who has served in a variety of settings across the Church, including as interim vice president for advancement at Andover Newton Theological School. Prior positions include serving as interim and acting conference minister in Florida and Missouri Mid-South Conferences and as conference minister for Connecticut (14 years) and for Southern California (5 years).

In between, she has served as senior consultant to the Collegium of Officers of the UCC nationally for three years, and as consultant to local churches. Before her call to Southern California in 1991, she served as a local church pastor in Connecticut for 11 years.

Rev Dr Foy Crabtree has a keen interest in the application of the faith to daily life. As a result, she earned her Doctor of Ministry from Hartford Seminary, with a focus on connecting Sunday and Monday in laity’s lives. That interest also has given her a lifelong passion for both contemporary social movements within Christianity and for the history of our life as the United Church of Christ and especially its Congregational heritage in which she grew up.

There is no charge to attend. All are welcome to join the time of conversation and learning with Rev Dr Foy Crabtree as she reflects upon her esteemed career and the future of organized religion.

Additional information is available by calling the church office at 203-426-9024.