Recent Performances

As part of Lafayette LIVE! on the second Sunday of the month, The Lafayette Band, Joylynn Holder and Charlie Holder-Foster, Co-directors, performed outside on the patio, under the flags. Fort Greene neighbors stopped by to enjoy the music and to take sneak-peek tours of the sanctuary. In this clip, the inter-generational group of musicians perform John Lennon's "All You Need is Love."

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Lafayette LIVE! is a new series of performances after Sunday morning worship services on the second Sunday of the month. On October 12, 2025 The Lafayette Band, an intergenerational project of the LAPC creative community brought it to the patio under the flags. And on the snare drum, that's Dwayne 'Cook' Broadnax! Stop by at 12:30pm the second Sunday of the month. Also happening at that time, sneek-peek tours of this Fort Greene church's amazing sanctuary, its Tiffany windows, and Hank Prussing mural.

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Lafayette LIVE! held under the flags in #fortgreene on Sunday, September 14, 2025, featured poet Elvis Alves reading from his new book EXILE IS HOME. Here he is reading "Meet Me In the City," after Junior Kimbrough.

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Link to Program: bit.ly/JazzVespersSep7
Link to Give: lapcbrooklyn.org/donate
Music: Claudia Acuña – vocalist, Manu Koch – piano, Carlos Henderson – bass, Yayo Serka – drums
Time for Poetry: Clara Freeman
Meditation: Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson
Curator: Craig Bannister

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The church community gathered after worship on July 20, 2025 for a celebration of Rev. Emily Brewer as she was about embark on a time of parental leave. There were prayers, good wishes, lots of joy, and of course... cake! In this video clip, Director of Music J. David Williams leads those gathered together in a verse of "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds." Rev Brewer is schedule to return in November.

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ANNUAL SPRING GOSPEL CONCERT
THE LAFAYETTE INSPIRATIONAL ENSEMBLE
Janis Russell, Director
Special Guest: The Lafayette Band
Concert Program: bit.ly/LAPCEnsembleMay2025
Link to Give: lapcbrooklyn.org/donate

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February 23, 2025: Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd, author and illustrator, present their new picture book, "When I Hear Spirituals," along with music by the Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble, Janis Russell, Director. Welcome from Rev. Emily Brewer, Pastor. Co-hosted with Greenlight Bookstore in #fortgreene

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During its 2024 Christmas and Gospel Concert, The Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble invited former members of the Ensemble to join current members and together they sang "Perfect Praise". You can watch the entire concert on YouTube anytime you need it. Grateful for all those who made this special event possible.

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SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Worship Bulletin: bit.ly/LAPC8DEC
Link to Give: lapcbrooklyn.org/donate
Link to Pledge: bit.ly/LAPCPledgeForm2025
Pastor: Rev. Emily Brewer
Director of Music and Organist: J.David Williams
Music: The Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble
Liturgist: Anna LaSala-Goettler

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Link to Program: bit.ly/LAPCjazzvespers23JUNE
Link to Give: lapcbrooklyn.org/donate
Music: The Tyler Bullock Trio
Time of Word: Kofi Williams, Amy Evans
Meditation: Rev. Emily Brewer
Curator: Craig Bannister

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Join us for our annual spring concert Sunday May 19, 2024 @ 4pm. Directed by Janis Rusell and supported by the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Band. Thanks for joining!

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Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble:
Annual Christmas and Gospel Concert

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