Women's Economic Empowerment Across the Anglican World

Sunday, March 19, 2:00 p.m. (With a special sermon at the 11:00 a.m. service)

Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street, Manhattan

A panel discussion coinciding with the 61st session of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women, including presenters from Scotland, Argentina, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and South Sudan.

The preacher at the 11:00 a.m. Choral Eucharist will be the Rev. Terrie Robinson, Director for Women in Church and Society for the Anglican Communion. Attending will be friends and dignitaries from the wider Anglican Communion.

For more information on the UNCSW, click here.  For a flyer featuring the above events, click here.

Choral Evensong in Honor of the Anglican and Episcopal Delegates to UNCSW

The Rt. Rev. Mary D. Glasspool, preacher

Sunday, March 19, 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Epiphany, 1393 York Avenue at East 74th Street, Manhattan

The Global Women's Fund of New York and the Church of the Epiphany invite you to this special service where you can greet the Anglican and Episcopal delegates to the 2017 gathering of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Bp. Andrew Dietsche will offer greetings. Also participating will be the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies. The music will highlight the contributions of women to Anglican church music. A reception follows. For more information, click here or call 212-737-2720.

Water Justice: Trinity Institute 2017

Wednesday-Friday, March 22-24

Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street, Manhattan

The conference will provide guidance for churches and individuals wishing to take unified, faith-based action on the front lines of the water justice movement. Featuring Senator Barbara Boxer (keynote speaker), Maude Barlow, Winston Halapua, Katharine Hayhoe, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Christiana Peppard, and others.  For more information and to register, click here.

Partner Site: Please note that a simulcast will be available at St. James' Church, Hyde Park. For the flyer, click here. There is no charge, but registration is required by emailing connollyburkhardt@gmail.com.

Godly Play Commuter Core Trainings

One remaining Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Church of the Heavenly Rest, 2 East 90th Street, Manhattan

Start a Godly Play Program at your church. Godly Play helps children explore their faith through story, to gain religious language and to enhance their spiritual experience though wonder and play. Based on Montessori principles and developed using a spiral curriculum, Godly Play serves children through early, middle and late childhood and beyond. The three modules are below. Click on each for information and to register:

• March 25 - Liturgical Action

Cost: $155 per module. The daylong trainings include breakfast and lunch. For more information, click here or email Rhonda Sarrazin, Heavenly Rest's Director of Children and Family Ministries, at rsarrazin@heavenlyrest.org.

POSTPONED ~ Fierce Conversations: Learning to Communicate for Effective Organizational Growth and Change

Building Bridges: A Christian-Muslim Interfaith Dialogue

The Rev. Masud ibn Syedullah, TSSF, moderator

Sunday, March 26, 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, Manhattan

A thought-provoking "Conversation that Matters" will ensue as the speakers discuss and discover our common call as people of faith to bring justice, healing and peace to our world. The moderator is one of the founding members of what is now the Episcopal-Muslim Relations Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Free and open to the public. For more information and to register, click here. For the flyer, click here.

Episcopal Charities' New Grantseekers' Webinars

Tuesday, March 28, 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 26, 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 25, 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 27, 6:00 p.m.

Episcopal Charities offers online information sessions for anyone interested in applying for a grant. The webinar is required for all new grantseekers. For more information, click here. To register, click here.

Episcopal Charities' March Sustainability Institute Workshop (Webinar)
Wednesday, March 29, 3:30-4:30 p.m. 

Friday, March 31, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Would you like to provide more - and fresher - produce to the guests of your feeding program? Episcopal Charities' March Sustainability Institute Workshop (webinar), "Growing and Gathering: Adding nutritious, fresh food to your community kitchen or food pantry" will be presented by founders of the Pleasantville Community Garden. Whether you wish to start a garden or just increase fresh produce donations, father and son David and Devin Juros, members of St. John's Church in Pleasantville, will give you tools and advice to bring back a garden that has fallen into disrepair, start a new garden in a small space, rescue fresh produce from local vendors, and increase volunteer involvement, including youth. This webinar will be offered twice and is open to anyone affiliated with a parish outreach program in the Diocese of New York. To register, click here.

Power: Making the Transition to Renewable Energy

This environment workshop will be a time for congregations, vestry members, and clergy to share questions, knowledge, and experience about the transition to renewable energy in our church buildings. Sponsored by the diocesan Committee on the Environment. For more information and to register, click here.

Theology and Health Pastoral Dialogue: LGBT Issues and People of Color

Cathedral House Conference Room, on the Close of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan

A talk through the lens of the speaker's book Rainbow Theology: Bridging Race, Sexuality, and Spirit. For more information on Fr. Cheng, click here. For more information, on the event, click here or contact Chanmi Byun at cbyun@stjohndivine.org or 212-316-7483.

Christ Church Riverdale Parish Hall, 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx

Representatives from Alliance of Families for Justice, Getting Out Staying Out, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison and Kairos Outside New York City will share what their organizations are doing and offer attendees opportunities to volunteer to help address the problems of mass incarceration. Follows the 11:00 a.m. service, but open to the public.
For more information, call Roberta Todd at 347-721-9077 or visit www.christchurchriverdale.org.

Good Friday Blues

Blues and gospel music woven around the Passion, with veneration of the cross and communion from the reserved sacrament. For more information, click here or call 212-674-6377.

Clergy Retreat: Re-Joice, Re-Plenish, Re-Create, Re-Lax

Led by Rev. Gwyneth MacKenzie Murphy

Wednesday-Friday, April 19-21

Holy Cross Monastery,  1615 Route 9W, West Park

Designed especially for clergy following the busy time of Holy Week and Easter. There will be opportunities to reflect, pray, have fun with fellow clergy, or just relax. There are jigsaw puzzles to complete, a labyrinth to walk, a library to peruse, chanting at the daily office, exceptional food, places inside and out to sit and read ... all in the context of Benedictine spirituality and hospitality. Cost: $245 ($80 deposit). For more information on this and other retreat programs at Holy Cross Monastery, click here or call 845-384-6660.

Lower Children's House, Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, 6 Greenacres Avenue, Scarsdale

Co-sponsored by the Church of St. James the Less, Scarsdale, the Coffee House benefits Rural & Migrant Ministry and will feature talent from both St. James' Episcopal and Hitchcock Presbyterian, as well as offer a brief introduction to the mission of RMM and an opportunity to hear from Youth Arts Group leaders. We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fun evening! Tickets: $15 in advance/$20 at the door; students/seniors: $10 in advance/$15 at the door. To purchase, call 914-723-6100 or email officemanager@stjamesscarsdale.org.

Holy Trinity Church, 316 East 88th Street, Manhattan

This training teaches participants to recognize the signs of sexual abuse and the behavior of sexual perpetrators, how to respond to those signs and behaviors when they are observed, and provides screening information to help stop abuse before it happens.

Who should attend Safe Church Training? To view updated attendance requirements and expectations, click here.  For more information on this training, and to register, click here .

Congregations at a Crossroads: Working Together in the Resurrection of Hope in Our Congregations

Eucharistic Minister/Eucharistic Visitor Training (Cornwall)

Please note new date!

Saturday, April 29, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

St. John's Church, 66 Clinton Street, Cornwall

This training, required for these licensed lay ministries, will cover the Holy Eucharist, the roles of the Eucharistic Minister and Eucharistic Visitor, and offer hands-on experience in what it means to serve in these capacities.  (Originally scheduled for March 18.) For more information and to register, click here.

Sábado, 29 de abril, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Christ Church/San Marcos Mission, Tarrytown

Aprenderás...

• ¿Qué es la Santa Eucaristía?
• ¿Cómo sirves tu como Ministro Eucarístico?
• ¿Cómo sirves tu como Visitante Eucarístico?

Tendrás experiencia práctica sobre lo que significa servir en estos ministerios laicos licenciados.

Para inscribirse en este curso, haga clic aquí.

New York Altar Guild Workshop

Saturday, April 29, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Church of the Heavenly Rest, 2 East 90th Street, Manhattan

Save the date. Topics will include maintenance of vestments, sources of supplies, demonstration of practices, and ongoing training resources. Further information and registration materials will be mailed to all altar guilds in the Diocese in March. For further information, contact Judith Barba at 845-298-0552 or jbadm@aol.com.

CareerSearchers

Wednesday Night Interfaith Bible Study

Phone Line Prayer

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Songs of 1917

With the Rev. Michael Shafer and Robin Freund Epstein

Tuesday, March 21, 6:30 p.m.

House of the Redeemer, 7 East 95th Street, Manhattan

As part of the celebration of the House's Centennial, Fr. Shafer, March priest-in-residence, accompanied by Ms. Epstein, will present music and poetry current in 1917. Free of charge.

For more information on this and other programs at the House of the Redeemer, click here. To RSVP, email info@houseoftheredeemer.org or call 212-289-0399.

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion

Choir of New College, Oxford and the English Concert Players ~ Robert Quinney, conductor

Tuesday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.)

St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue at East 51st Street, Manhattan

The timeless setting of the Passion according to St. John, and an established masterwork of the choral repertoire. Tickets: $100, $40, $25 (students and seniors receive a $10 discount for each category). Commbined pricing with the April 4 concert available. For more information and to purchase, click here.

J.S. Bach:  St. John Passion

Arvo Pärt: Passio

St. Bartholomew's Choir and soloists ~ William K. Trafka, conductor

Tuesday, April 4, 7:30 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.)

St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue at East 51st Street, Manhattan

The Estonian composer's Passio (1982), a setting of St. John's Passion in Latin, was inspired by the austerity of medieval monophonic settings of the Passion, but infused with Pärt's individual, compelling harmonic style. Tickets: $35 general admission; $25 students/seniors. Combined pricing with the March 28 concert available. For more information and to purchase, click here.

An Evening with Dave Barry

A Benefit Performance for St. Stephen's, Armonk

Benjamin Britten: War Requiem

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St. James' Church Grants

Applications due Friday, March 24

Grants are available for local non-profit organizations, specifically direct-service programs that meet human needs in New York City, with particular interest in programs providing food and shelter and services to strengthen families, rehabilitate prisoners and enhance educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth. The grant range is $3,000-7,000, and priority will be given to small, community-based organizations with budgets under $300,000. Parishes are asked to share this information with eligible organizations in the area (especially those that partner with churches or work within the boundaries of the Diocese). For the request for proposal/application, click here. For questions, contact Susana Ferrer at 212-774-4236 or sferrer@stjames.org.

4th Annual Young Adult of the Year Awards

Applications/nominations due Friday, April 14

The Church Club of New York is currently accepting applications and nominations for the Young Adult of the Year Service Recognition Award,  a tri-state regional program that provides recognition to an outstanding young adult (in his or her 20s or 30s), or group of young adults, for exceptional volunteer missionary service work within the individual's or group's church or other community ministry acknowledged in the Episcopal Dioceses of New York, New Jersey, Newark, Long Island, or Connecticut. The Award is accompanied by a $1,000 honorarium, of which $500 is designated to the awardee and $500 to the church or community ministry, presented at the Church Club's Annual Meeting in June 2017. For application forms and complete guidelines click here.  For additional information, contact the Church Club office at churchclubny@gmail.com or 212-828-7418.

First Steps and Next Steps Grants

Applications due Monday, May 15

First Steps Grants are expressly intended to provide funds to create stronger, healthier parishes. Funds awarded are to support activities that will serve as a catalyst for spiritual and numerical growth throughout the diocese.

A Next Steps Grant is given to support a congregation making the transition from pastoral to program size by providing temporary, partial funding for an assistant clergyperson.

For more information and to apply, click here.

Bedell Fund Grant

Open to churches in Region II (Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties)

St. Matthew's Church, Bedford is accepting applications from Region II churches for a grant for capital projects from the Bedell Fund.  The applicant must demonstrate stability and vitality and the commitment of the congregation to the project.  For more information and to apply, click here.

Church Club of New York Welcomes Episcopal Clergy to Join

The Church Club of New York has made changes to its Constitution and Bylaws, allowing Episcopal clergy to join for the first time in its 130 year history.  The Church Club provides inter-church fellowship and educational programs, and supports theological education and service ministries conducted by young adults. In addition to inviting clergy to become members, the Church Club has revised its dues structure to make it easier for everyone to connect and engage. Anyone interested in learning more about the Church Club may call Susan Ridgeway at 212-828-7418, email churchclubny@gmail.com, or simply click here to view the membership page.

Clergy Rental Housing Available

City Island, Bronx

Light, airy 4-bedroom rectory in waterfront community. Renovated eat-in kitchen. 2 bathrooms/tub. Wood floors throughout. Washer/dryer on main floor. Spacious dining room. Living room with French doors to full front porch. Den/office. New windows, siding and roof. Closets in all bedrooms. Expansive side and back yards. Walking distance to highly ranked public school (K-8). Steps away from bus stop and express bus; 45 minutes from Manhattan. Walk to restaurants/and shopping. $2,500/month; utilities included. For more information contact Grace Church City Island's Senior Warden Paul Nani at paul.nani@yahoo.com.

Creative Arts Camp

June 26-30, 3:30-5:30 p.m. each day

Calvary Church, 277 Park Avenue South, Manhattan

All children ages 4-15 are invited to participate in a time of creativity which includes singing, drama, crafts and story telling. Free of charge and only 100 spots available, so register now.  For more information and to register, click here or call 646 723-4178.

Deacons' Conference

Friday and Saturday, October 20-21

Details, location and times to be announced.

Diocesan Confirmations and Receptions

Saturday, June 3, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan

Diocesan Convention

Saturday, November 11, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan

Diocesan Investment Trust (DIT) Annual Shareholders' Informational Meeting

Wednesday, May 17, 12:00-12:45 p.m.

Andrew Hall, St. Thomas' Church, 1 West 53rd Street, Manhattan

Shareholders, beneficiaries, and prospective DIT investors are cordially invited to send one or more representatives to this meeting, at which reports will be received from the President and from the Investment Managers of our DIT Funds. In addition, representatives of legal counsel and of the independent public accountants for the Funds will be present. They and the Trustees will be pleased to respond to any questions from the floor. Lunch will be served. For planning purposes, please click here to register.

Diocesan Liturgy Festival

Saturday, October 7, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan

Save the date. Details and registration to follow.

Global Mission Fair

Saturday, October 14, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Details, location and exact times to be announced.

Mid-Hudson Regional Council

Saturday, September 30, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Details, location and exact times to be announced.

Nightwatch Crossroads at the Cathedral

2016-2017 Season

For information on the Crossroads Christian and Crossroads Interspiritual retreats for middle and high school students, youth groups and their adult chaperones at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, click here.

Ordination of Deacons

Saturday, May 13, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan

Ordination of Priests

Saturday, September 9, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan

Wardens' Conference

Saturday, June 17, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

St. Thomas' Church, 168 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck

This important annual event is designed for both new and experienced wardens.  Save the date! Registration to follow.

Missional Voices National Gathering

Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22
Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia

This year's gathering brings together church leaders, seminarians, church planters, entrepreneurs, artists, and everyday innovators to discuss innovative ministries and missional communities both within and outside of the traditional church context. Cost: $99 (includes meals); free to current seminarians. For more information and to register,  click here.

Tour: The Best of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Hosted by Bishop Mary Glasspool and Canon James Newman

Monday, June 12-Friday, June 23

Itinerary includes Belfast, Derry, Galway, Connemara, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Blarney and Dublin. For more information, including the trip brochure and reservation form, click here.

Cultivate: Resilient Hope ~ The  Young Adult and Campus Ministry Leadership Conference

Sunday-Wednesday, June 25-28

St. David's Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas

An Episcopal Church conference for leaders in ministry with young adults on and off college campuses. The focus will be on how leaders and mentors can "cultivate resilient hope" in the midst of everyday lives, the current events in our country, and in our communities. For more information, click here. To register, click here.

New Community Clergy and Lay Conference:  Affirming Life, Liberty and Justice

Wednesday-Saturday, July 19-22
Camp Allen, Navasota, Texas

This gathering of Asian, Black, Latino/Hispanic and Native American clergy and lay leaders provides a safe place for them to explore mission in ethnic ministries, share resources, best practices, hopes and dreams, needs and concerns, gifts and ministries, suffering and joy in the context of being the new community. It is a venue for the four ethnic groups to learn from each other to enable them to become successful partners in ministry. For more information, click here. To register, click here.

Holy Land Pilgrimage

A wonderful pilgrimage and all-expense-included guided journey to the Biblical sites of Israel. The guided tour will be led by Journeys Unlimited.

Cost: $3,398 - includes round-trip airfare, hotel, breakfast and dinner daily, touring in a private air-conditioned motor coach with a professional tour guide to sites in Galilee, Jerusalem, Masada, and Tel-Aviv.

For the flyer with detailed information, click here. To reserve your space, please fill out the application on the back of the flyer and send in your deposit to Journeys Unlimited. Please also notify Rev. Dauer-Cardasis or Cheryl Seeley, Parish Administrator at stpetersbronx@gmail.com or 718-931-9270.

Bookkeeper/Parish Administrator/Office Assistant (part time)

For the announcement, click here.

Clergy Positions Open in the Diocese of New York

Click here to view them on the diocesan website.

Positions at The Episcopal Church

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Positions at the Seamen's Church Institute

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Positions at Trinity Wall Street

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Sexton

St. James' Church, Hyde Park

For the posting (current 3/16), click here.

Bibles, Prayer Books and Hymnals

Diocesan Calendar of Intercession

The Episcopal Church Foundation has published a new edition of the

Vestry Resource Guide which is distributed through Forward Movement and is available in English and Spanish, and in both print and e-book formats. This new edition helps vestry members and clergy work together to become an effective, even transformational leadership team. Topics include the ministry of the vestry, leading a community of faith, stewardship, and navigating transitions in clergy leadership. Cost: $15. To order, please call Forward Movement at 800-543-1813 or visit www.forwardmovement.org.

Episcopal Church Foundation - Vital Practices

Episcopal News Service - News in English, French and Spanish

NYC Clergy Parking Permits

Public Affairs Toolkit

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