Stockade’s First Reformed Church’s history serves as reminder of ‘Resilient Schenectady’ | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 Every February, people around the Stockade neighborhood — particularly those at the First Reformed Church — seem to be a bit more interested in history. And while they don’t want to celebrate all that history — some of it is quite tragic — they do want to remember and honor it. That’s why First Reformed Church of Schenectady has come up with a particular theme for this weekend’s Heritage Sunday, “Resilient Schenectady.” “We look back on our congregation’s past each February, as several of the most formidable events in our history happened this month,” said Laura Lee, archivist at First Reformed. “We recalled those and other events to choose the theme for this year’s Heritage Sunday, and ‘Resilient Schenectady’ jumped out. We recognized how solutions to circumstances we’re facing today, amidst the current pandemic, have us searching for resiliency similar to what helped us rebound and rebuild many times over in the past.”