Rebekah Anne Brown and Thomas Jacob Kostelak were married Jan. 12 at 501 Union, an events space in Brooklyn. The Rev. Richard Acosta, a friend of the couple who was ordained through the Christian Fellowship Center, officiated.
Mrs. Kostelak, 28, is a law clerk at Sullivan & Cromwell, the Manhattan law firm. She graduated cum laude from Rice University and received a law degree from Columbia.
She is the daughter of Mary E. Brown of Houston and Michael D. Brown of Henderson, Nev. The bride’s father is a renewable energy consultant based in Las Vegas.
Mr. Kostelak, 25, is a structural engineer in the Manhattan office of Dewberry, an engineering firm based in Fairfax, Md. He is also studying for a master’s degree in structural engineering at N.Y.U. He graduated cum laude from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
He is a son of Andrea C. Kostelak and Robert L. Kostelak Jr. of Bernardsville, N.J. The groom’s mother is a special-education teacher at Bedwell Elementary School in Bernardsville. His father is an assistant vice president of technology at AT&T in Bedminster, N.J.
The couple met in 2016 during a retreat in Rosendale, N.Y., hosted by their church, the Church in New York City.
