Organist, conductor, and composer David Schelat will retire from a 38-year tenure as minister of music at First & Central Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Delaware, on June 3. During his tenure he led the church to acquire a 29-stop Gabriel Kney organ in 1989 along with new Steinway and vintage Mason & Hamlin pianos, as well as Orff instruments. In 2009 he helped form and led a non-profit organization, Market Street Music, to administer the church’s outreach music programs.
On May 4th, Riverfront Ministries, in partnership with Wilmington Alliance, Grace United Methodist and First & Central Presbyterian Church, announced the addition of nine food entrepreneurs who will use its commercial kitchen facilities. The Kitchen Collective is a community-based project de