Sunday, May 16 Worship Service
The Soul Must Sing
Sunday, May 9 Worship Service
Down From the Heights
Sunday, May 2 Worship Service
What’ll You Have?
Sunday, April 25 Worship Service
Time to Jump Ship?
Sunday, April 18 Worship Service
On the Road Again
Sunday, April 11 Worship Service
Up Close and Personal
Sunday, April 4 Worship Service
Easter Sunday: The Story Doesn’t End There
Maundy Thursday & Good Friday Worship Services
Journey with Jesus to the cross
Sunday, March 28 Worship Service
Palm Sunday: Embodying a New Way
Sunday, March 21 Worship Service
Listening for Lent: The Christ Connection
New St. Paul & St. Andrew Apparel Available on Bonfire
A portion of each purchase supports ministry at SPSA
Sunday, March 14 Worship Service
Listening for Lent and Walking Among the Snakes
Sunday, March 7 Worship Service
Listening for Lent: Sacred Spaces
Sunday, February 28 Worship Service
Listening for Lent: Cross References
Sunday, February 21 Worship Service
Listening for Lent: Wild Times
Sunday, February 14 Worship Service
Transfiguration Sunday
Sunday, February 7 Worship Service
“Recovering from Spiritual Amnesia”
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
Sunday, January 31 Worship Service
“The Faith of a Few Friends”
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Sunday, January 24 Worship Service
“Left in the Boat”
Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Sunday, January 17 Worship Service
“Then Go and Explore”
Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Sunday, January 10 Worship Service
“Like the First Morning”
First Sunday after the Epiphany
Sunday, January 3 Worship Service
“All Through the Night”
Epiphany Sunday
Sunday, December 27 Worship Service
“Making All Things New”
First Sunday after Christmas
Advent & Christmas Eve at St. Paul & St. Andrew
Experience our seasonal traditions in a new way, from the safety of your home.
Christmas Eve Worship Services
5:00pm – Family Service
11:00pm – Candlelight Service
Sunday, December 20 Worship Service
“Lessons & Carols”
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 13 Worship Service
“A Good News Story”
Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 6 Worship Service
“The Beginning of Good News”
Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday, November 29 Worship Service
“Alert, Awake, Alive”
First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, November 22 Worship Service
“No Time for the Timid”
Thanksgiving Sunday
Sunday, November 15 Worship Service
“No Time for the Timid”
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, November 8 Worship Service
“Holy Worry”
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, November 1 Worship Service
“For All Our Saints”
All-Saints Sunday / Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, October 25 Worship Service
“In It For the Long Haul”
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, October 18 Worship Service
“Monumental Errors”
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, October 11 Zoom Worship Service
“Not at Home”
Stay-at-Homecoming Sunday
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, October 4 Worship Service
“Reclaiming Covenant”
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Blessing of the Animals
This Sunday, October 4 from 2-4pm on the West End Ave steps
Sunday, September 27 Worship Service
“Water from a Rock”
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 20 Worship Service
“Wide Open Spaces”
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 13 Worship Service
“Just Go”
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 6 Worship Service
“A Labor of Love”
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 30 Worship Service
“Smoke Signals”
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 23 Worship Service
“That Sinking Feeling”
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 16 Worship Service
“Be Still”
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 9 Worship Service
“Today is a Good Day to Arrest the Killers of Breonna Taylor”
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 2 Worship Service
“Making Mustard”
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 26 Worship Service
“Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances”
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 19 Worship Service
“Zizania Mania, or, When Bad Seed Happens on Good Soil”
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Draw the Circle Wide
Our physical space and relation to it has changed, yes, but our work and connections have continued. In fact, our church has been thriving!
Sunday, July 12 Worship Service
“Am I Teachable”
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 5 Worship Service
“On the Fifth of July”
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 28 Worship Service
“Breaking the Walls”
Pride Sunday
Sunday, June 21 Worship Service
“A Sacred Conspiracy”
Third Sunday After Pentecost
Sunday, June 14 Worship Service
Sunday Service with the New York Annual Conference
Sunday, June 7 Worship Service
“Therefore Go”
Sunday, May 31 Worship Service
“Blown Away”
Sunday, May 24 Worship Service
“Stay Grounded”
From Your Pastors: Church Reopening?
We will gather for worship when epidemiologists and other health professionals tell us it is safe to do that. Not before.
Sunday, May 17 Worship Service
“Looking Ahead”
Sunday, May 10 Worship Service
“Many Rooms”
Sunday, May 3 Worship Service
“The Last Breakfast”
Sunday, April 26 Worship Service
“The Hidden Gems of Jesus”
Sunday, April 19 Worship Service
“The Opposite of Fear is Faith”
Easter Sunday Worship Service for April 10, 2020
“When the Promise is Enough”
Easter Sunday Sunrise Service
April 12, 2020
Join us for an Easter sunrise service on Zoom to start off the holiday celebrations.
Good Friday Live Service for April 10, 2020
For today’s Good Friday service we will join together live on Zoom at 6:30pm for a time of reflection, reading, song, and prayer.
Maundy Thursday Digital Worship for April 9, 2020
This service will guide us by reading, song, and reflection, through the movements of a communion liturgy: thanksgiving, blessing, and the mystery of faith.
Palm Sunday Worship Service for April 5, 2020
The Power of We
Coronavirus Resource Guide
April 4, 2020
There is a wide variety of resources available for housing, financial support, unemployment, food insecurity, mental health, remote learning, and activities to do at home.
In the News: Being the church at epicenter of US pandemic (UM News)
April 3, 2020
In New York City, no worship is taking place at the United Methodist Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew. But a vital mission remains, which is filling the pews of the sanctuary at West 86th Street and West End Avenue.
Read the full article from UM News…
Sunday, March 29, 2020 Worship Service
Finding Hope in Our Hopelessness
From Your Pastors: Supporting Essential Ministries in Times of Need
March 27, 2020
We cannot do this alone. We are called to live in community because through this holy connection, the impossible can happen! Our resources multiply and miracles manifest.
In the News: Coronavirus pandemic compounds dire situation for poor Americans (ABCNews.com)
March 27, 2020
By 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the line outside St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York City stretched around the block. But this wasn’t any ordinary morning.
Read the full article from ABCNews.com…
In the News: Helping Children During the Covid-19 Crisis (UM News)
March 25, 2020
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 Worship Service
We are not forgotten, God knows our name.
From Your Pastors: Urgent Covid-19 Update
March 17, 2020
We are closing the building to all partners and the public as of 6pm today. We are scheduling a deep cleaning and disinfection of the entire building by an outside professional company, who will follow the guidelines of the Department of Health.
In the News: Churches Overcome Social Distancing to Continue Outreach (UM News)
March 17, 2020
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Sunday, March 15, 2020 Worship Service
Practicing social distancing while staying spiritually connected. For this third Sunday in Lent, we are starting worship services online.
Inter-generational Connect & Care Groups
March 13, 2020
We are church, even when we cannot gather together physically. We can draw wisdom and learning from the practice of those early communities about how to stay connected and continue to be a source of support, prayer, and care for each other.
From Your Pastors: Online Worship Services and Note from Bishop Bickerton
March 13, 2020
These are strange times. Our first priority as a community of followers of Jesus is to keep the body of Christ safe and whole, so that we are able to act as God’s people in a fear-filled and hurting world.
From Your Pastors: SPSA’s Ongoing Response to COVID-19
March 12, 2020
As a precautionary measure, we will be suspending all in-person programming until further notice. This includes Homework Help, coffee hour, committee meetings, after-worship programming, youth group, Sunday School, and Bible & Brew.