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Article: New pastor leads an old church; The Rev. Nina Nichols holds first service at Christ Church United Methodist in Troy.(Capital Region)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2006
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Byline: MARC PARRY Staff Writer
TROY - If you passed the open doors of State Street's Christ Church on Sunday morning, maybe you saw the four purple-eyed Mr. Potato Heads staring out from the church's flat-panel televisions.
The vintage mix-and-match toy was the metaphorical backdrop for the Rev. Nina Nichols' first message as pastor: The church is one body, many parts.
Nichols, who started Sunday, is the newest part. She also is the first female senior pastor for a historic congregation that traces its Troy roots back 200 years.
"I know this has been a crazy year so far here at Christ Church," Nichols, 35, said during her first service at Christ Church ...