Prayers requested:

If you would like to add a name to the prayer list or an event, please email the Rector.

We pray for all our ministries and all who participate: for our worship partners, St. Martin’s & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church; for the Mail Service (Mon-Friday 10am-2pm), Everyday English, Welcome Center & Movie Night; for St. Mary’s vitality; for on site ministries: Alanon, AA, CHHMP Medical Clinic, Connie & Jessie Mae’s Pantry (next 10/23), Martial Arts, Movie Night, NA, Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC), Three and a Half Acres Yoga, and Urban Qi (tai chi & qi gong).

for everyone in our parish: 

for an end to war and violence everywhere, for release of all hostages and captives, and for an end to antisemitism, Islamophobia, and every kind of oppression.
for our neighbors and partners: St. Mary’s Center, people experiencing homelessness, for all refugees, Unity Fellowship Church NYC, Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, African Services Committee, the 26th precinct, and Old Broadway Synagogue.
Today: Friday, September 27

11 am Alanon in the Undercroft

2:30 pm Welcome Center for more information and/or to volunteer contact Lysander Puccio.

6 pm St. Mary’s Movie Night – 5 pm set up
Movie Night needs your help! Sign up to bring and/or prepare food on a future Friday. Prepared food or sandwich makings & drinks for 20 people.
9 pm Compline Online St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem facebook page
Saturday, September 28

2:45 pm Gentle Yoga in the Undercroft

Sunday, September 29

10:30 am, Eucharist for 19th Sunday after Pentecost
with our partners from St. Martin’s/St. Luke’s, Harlem
Meeting ID: 700 867 563
Passcode: praise

10:30 am Service Zoom link

to call in by phone: 1 929 205 6099,
enter meeting ID
and then passcode: 820010

or go to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem page on facebook for the 10:30 am service.

followed by coffee hour		Worship Slides

Worship Readings  

Participate in Close Rikers!

Over the next month St. Mary’s will be working to help the Campaign to Close Rikers to collect at least 2,027 postcards from New Yorkers across the city demanding that Mayor Adams follow the law and take steps NOW to Close Rikers on time in 2027. The postcards will be delivered en masse to City Hall on December 10th, Human Rights Day. Do your part! Fill out a card to make an impact at church on Sunday or at the Parish Office M-F, 10 am-2 pm. view text of postcard

Participate in Close Rikers!
Over the next month St. Mary’s will be working to help the Campaign to Close Rikers to collect at least 2,027 postcards from New Yorkers across the city demanding that Mayor Adams follow the law and take steps NOW to Close Rikers on time in 2027. The postcards will be delivered en masse to City Hall on December 10th, Human Rights Day. Do your part! Fill out a card to make an impact at church on Sunday or at the Parish Office M-F, 10 am-2 pm. view text of postcard
Participate in Voter Registration for High School Students!

Join St. Mary’s Team to register young, new voters before the coming election, and encourage those not voter-eligible to participate in civic actions.

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters’/Union of Black Episcopalians’ this Youth Civic Engagement and Voter Registration Project needs people who can:
 attend a Team Meeting the last week of September or first week of October
 “flex” their weekday schedule to be available for two meetings at a Harlem public high school during October between 8am and 2:30pm.

EMAIL Celia.braxton@gmail.com. For more details, click HERE.
8 am, Monday-Friday Online Morning Prayer with the Diocese of New York

A 30 minute Zoom service: join together daily in shared prayer— the foundation of our Anglican tradition and our lives as Christians.  Using the 1979 Book of Common Prayer rite II morning prayer liturgy, the service will include different leaders as officiants and feature diverse voices to offer brief daily reflections.

Join Morning Prayer with the Diocese of NY here
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, October 5

CHHMP Flu Shot Fair 11 am to 4 pm in the Undercroft
Offered by the Columbia-Harlem Healthcare Medical Partnership
If you cannot come on October 5, and/or need your COVID vaccine booster, use:
NYC COVID vaccine finder
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, October 6
St. Francis observance

10:30 am Blessing of the Animals
We will have a “Celebrate St. Francis” moment during worship, all pets are welcome to come for blessing during the prayers of the people.

12:30 pm Understanding St. Mary’s Financial Challenges
All are invited to a meeting to talk about St. Mary’s finances and what it means for our ministry together & our ministry as part of the Diocese.
Always remember to take care of yourself and stay connected!

If you are not feeling well, please stay home from activities with others;
log in to Zoom and/or give us a call 212-864-4013.

If you have questions or want more information about COVID 19 in New York,
please call the NY Department of Health hotline: 1-888-364-3065,
or its designated website.
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