Happy Friday! March 21, 2025

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), Welcome Place & Movie Night; for St. Mary’s vitality; for on site ministries: Alanon, AA, CHHMP Medical Clinic, Connie & Jessie Mae’s Pantry (next 3/26/25), Martial Arts, 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 all threatened with losing their livelihoods, including government civil servants, and for all threatened with deportation. 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, March 21 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, March 22 2:45 pm Gentle Yoga in the Church with instructor Timothy Lewis, sponsored by Three and a Half Acres

Sunday, March 23, 2025 10:30 am
Eucharist for the Third Sunday in Lent
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 in the Rectory 1 pm Vestry Meeting online & in the Parish Hall 1 pm Spirit & Strife Prayer Group in Rectory Common Room 102

Worship Slides Worship Readings

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

Vigils at Columbus Circle sponsored by The Interfaith Center of New York, Union Theological Seminary, The Jewish Theological Seminary, Episcopal Diocese of New York, and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness to Democracy 5:30 pm Columbus Circle Mondays through May, from 5:30–6 pm, at USS Marine statue on the SW corner of Central Park (or the NE part of Columbus Circle) Through prayer, song, and collective presence, we affirm the power of spiritual resilience in the face of challenges to democratic values. These gatherings serve as a space for reflection, connection, and public witness, reminding us of the shared moral responsibility across faith traditions to uphold justice and human dignity. ________ Harlem Chamber Players Women’s History Month Concert at the Forum 605 W. 125th Street PROGRAM Florence Price String Quartet No. 1 in G Major Akua Dixon We The People Courtney Bryan And What I Mean Is This for violin and viola Tania León Quartet No. 2 FREE & Reservation required ________ Zoom Bible Study on Wednesdays at noon during Lent register here _______ March 29, 9:30 am Practicing Community Connections: Multicultural Process and Tranforming Harm (Opening Workshop!) next Saturday + register now! ________ Morningside Rights Friday, April 4 at Union Seminary 12-5 pm Invitation from Morningside Heights Community Coalition to St. Mary’s family: “Given your leadership role in our neighborhood, we would like to invite your participation in an open community dialogue. Our sincere hope is that we’ll gather a diverse group of community stakeholders, including residents, institutional representatives, small businesses, local employees, students, government/public safety officials, and visitors in a good-faith discussion on our neighborhood’s past, present, and future. The response has been very positive thus far and we expect robust attendance and coverage. Our shared community of Morningside Heights has always been home to a unique blend of influences, origins, and perspectives. It is a good time now to examine and reinforce this mutual commitment and your voice would be a very important element of this effort. Thank you, in advance, for your consideration and best wishes during this time of concern on so many levels. Register here _______ 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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