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 Place & Movie Night; for St. Mary’s vitality; for on site ministries: Alanon, AA, CHHMP Medical Clinic, Connie & Jessie Mae’s Pantry (next 12/18), 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 the repose of the soul of: Peter Westbrook (L Slocum)

for those baptized last Sunday: Marcus Greene, Michelle Rollins

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, December 13

11 am Alanon in the Undercroft

2:30 pm The Welcome Place
Volunteers needed! 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, December 14

2:45 pm Gentle Yoga in the Church with instructor Timothy Lewis all ages and abilities are welcome. 

Sunday, December 15, 2024
10:30 am, The Third Sunday of Advent
bilingual service & healing prayers
with our partners from St. Martin’s/St. Luke’s, Harlem

10 am, Hymn Practice!
come learn and practice new hymns *
aprendemos y practicamos himnos nuevos!

10:30 am Service Zoom link

Meeting ID: 700 867 563
Passcode: praise

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  
4 pm Clement Clarke Moore Candlelight Service
at the Church of the Intercession, Bway & 155th

The service will continue its time-honored tradition of the reading of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore with the classic poem being read by Bishop Matthew F. Heyd, 17th Bishop of New York.
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

please spread the word!
PANTRY is this coming week! December 18 at 1 pm because of the Christmas Holiday,


New hours at the Cathedral branch office:
Sunday 9 a.m.-4 p. m. Monday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The New York Episcopal Federal Credit Union now has office on Cathedral grounds

The New York Episcopal Federal Credit Union offers free checking, savings accounts, CDs, and online, mobile, and in-branch banking. All accounts are insured up to $250,000. Your membership supports underserved communities, including asylum seekers. Open an account today to help build financial equity. Visit NYEFCU.org.

Save the Date!
Special services & event coming up in December and January
¡Reserve la fecha!
Servicios especiales y eventos en diciembre y enero

Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice UWS Posadas

St. Mary’s will host Dec 20 at 4 pm, starting at the Forum (125 & Broadway)

Las Posadas is a Christmas tradition celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries that commemorates Mary and Joseph’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, asking for lodging/Posada.

Join us one evening or all evenings as we prepare for a petition delivery to End Child Poverty in New York on our last evening together. New York State continues to have the worst income inequality and some of the highest child poverty rates in the nation, yet we also have the resources to solve these problems.

(To sign the petition go to bit.ly/SIGNON.)

Candlelight Christmas Eve Eucharist December 24, 5 pm with musical guests April Armstrong & Ayodele Maakheru

Kwanzaa Celebration Sunday, December 29 10:30 am Eucharist
David and Fatima Logan-Altson (who have contributed to our Pinkster celebrations the past couple of years) will lead us in exploring the purpose, symbols, and positive outcomes of celebrating Kwanzaa with drumming, dance, a song, and congregation participation during the morning Eucharist.

Three Kings Day/Tres Reyes Fiesta/Celebration for Children/Niñ@s Saturday, January 7 An annual celebration for children with crafts (crown-making a favorite), gifts (see below to donate), and treats.
To volunteer! Help needed to support children’s activities in craft-making, gift-choosing, or snack provisions.
To donate new toys! In the past toys have been donated by Columbia Community Service; this year we are welcoming donations of new toys for all ages.

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.

To schedule your COVID vaccine use: NYC COVID vaccine finder.
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