We are worshiping in person!
Sunday, September 24 Worship at 11:00am
Bread for the Journey
Sunday, September 17 Worship at 11:00am
The Mercies of Traveling
Sunday, September 10 Worship at 11:00am
First Impressions
Sunday, September 3 Worship at 10:00am
Liberating Church
Sunday, August 27 Worship at 10:00am
Water Works
Sunday, August 20 Worship at 10:00am
Praise Report
Sunday, August 13 Worship at 10:00am
Defying Gravity
Sunday, August 6 Worship at 10:00am
Jesus Won’t Send You To the 7-Eleven!
Sunday, July 30 Worship at 10:00am
Be Still My Heart
Sunday, July 23 Worship at 10:00am
Life In the Spirit
Sunday, July 16 Worship at 10:00am
When God Comes To Live With Us
Sunday, July 9 Worship at 10:00am
Step Out To Look In
Sunday, July 2 Worship at 11:00am
Unbinding the Children and the Rest of Us, Too
Sunday, June 25 Worship at 11:00am
Whose Pride Goeth Before Destruction
Sunday, June 18 Worship at 11:00am
Freedom, Revived
Sunday, June 11 Worship at 11:00am
Tent Pitching
Sunday, June 4 Worship at 11:00am
Ready, Set, Go??
Sunday, May 28 Worship at 11:00am
Ch-Ch-Ch-Change
Sunday, May 21 Worship at 11:00am
Ready To Take Off
Sunday, May 14 Worship at 11:00am
Cite Your Sources
Sunday, May 7 Worship at 11:00am
Whose Coats Are We Holding?
Sunday, April 30 Worship at 11:00am
Feeling Sheepish? A Meditation on Psalm 23
Sunday, April 23 Worship at 11:00am
Lifted By Love
Sunday, April 16 Worship at 11:00am
Testifying Thomas
Sunday, April 9 Worship at 6:30am & 11:00am
Sunrise Service & Celebration of the Resurrection
Friday, April 7 Worship at 7:30pm
Good Friday
Thursday, April 6 Worship at 6:30pm
Maundy Thursday
Sunday, April 2 Worship at 11am
Who Is He?
Sunday, March 26 Worship at 11am
Growing Into Autonomy
Sunday, March 19 Worship at 11am
Getting to the Water
Sunday, March 12 Worship at 11am
Who Needs a Drink?
Sunday, March 5 Worship at 11am
Keeping It Together
Sunday, February 26 Worship at 11am
Resisting the Thrall of Perpetual Conflict
Sunday, February 19 Worship at 11am
A Call To Contemplative Action
Sunday, February 12 Worship at 11am
The Impossible Commandment
Sunday, February 5 Worship at 11am
Salt and Light
Sunday, January 29 Worship at 11am
Peculiar Blessings
Sunday, January 22 Worship at 11am
Nothing Special
Sunday, January 15 Worship at 11am
What Are You Looking For?
Sunday, January 8 Worship at 11am
Another Way
Sunday, January 1 Worship at 11am
Staying In Time
Christmas Eve Worship at 10:45pm and Christmas Morning at 11am
Sunday, December 18 Worship at 11am
Service of Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 11 Worship at 11am
Choosing Christmas
Sunday, December 4 Worship at 11am
Through the Wilderness
Sunday, November 27 Worship at 11am
The Begats, Embodied & Building Begats
Sunday, November 20 Worship at 11am
You Should Be Committed
Sunday, November 13 Worship at 11am
Don’t Look Away
Sunday, November 6 Worship at 11am (All Saints Sunday)
Looking Forward
Sunday, October 30 Worship at 11am
Showing Up With Our Shortcomings: Loved Into Freedom
Sunday, October 23 Worship at 11am
Behold and Beheld
Memorial Service for Dan Freda (Sunday, October 16 at 2pm)
Join us as we remember Dan Freda…
Sunday, October 16 Worship at 11am
An Impatient Persistence
Sunday, October 9 Worship at 11am
On the Move
Sunday, October 2 Worship at 11am
Faith and Faithfulness
Sunday, September 25 Worship at 11am
RSVP
Sunday, September 18 Worship at 11am
The Lost Parable
Sunday, September 11 Worship at 11am
Still Missing
Sunday, September 4 Worship at 10am
Laboring In Love
Sunday, August 28 Worship at 10am
Travel Mercies
Sunday, August 21 Worship at 10am
A Living Prayer
Sunday, August 14 Worship at 10am
Play To Pray
Sunday, August 7 Worship at 10am
Intent on Intercession
Sunday, July 31 Worship at 10am
The Persistence of Prayer
Sunday, July 24 Worship at 10am
Incarnating Love
Sunday, July 17 Worship at 10am
Distractions, Distractions
Sunday, July 10 Worship at 10am
Who’s Your Neighbor
Sunday, July 3 Worship at 10am
Interdependence Day
Sunday, June 26 Worship at 11am (Pride Sunday)
You Ain’t Imagining It
Sunday, June 19 Worship at 11am (Youth Sunday)
Oh, To Be Young
Sunday, June 12 Worship at 11am (Peace with Justice Sunday)
From Trouble To Hope
Sunday, June 5 Worship at 11am (Pentecost)
Something Needs To Be Said
Sunday, May 29 Worship at 11am
The Sacred Search
Sunday, May 22 Worship at 11am
Open Hearts, Humble Minds
Sunday, May 15 Worship at 11am
Free to Love (How To Be Church)
Sunday, May 8 Worship at 11am
An Incarcerated Incarnation
Sunday, May 1 Worship at 11am
Slow Leak
Sunday, April 24 Worship at 11am
Banned Books
Sunday, April 17 Easter Sunday Worship
Recognizing Resurrection
Sunday, April 10 Palm Sunday Worship at 11am
The Things That Make For Peace
Sunday, April 3 Worship at 11am
Homeward Bound
Sunday, March 27 Worship at 11am
God’s Prodigal Son
Sunday, March 20 Worship at 11am
The Oddity of Theodicy
Sunday, March 13 Worship at 11am
Rituals of Rebellion
Sunday, March 6 Worship at 11am
The Devil You Know
Sunday, February 27 Worship at 11am
Taking It From the Top
Sunday, February 20 Worship at 11am
Reckoning and Reasoning
Sunday, February 13 Worship at 11am
When Nothing Makes Sense
Sunday, February 6 Worship at 11am
This Far By Faith
Sunday, January 30 Worship at 11am
Going His Way
Sunday, January 23 Worship at 11am
In the Power of the Spirit
Sunday, January 16 Worship at 11am
When the Wine Runs Out
Sunday, January 9 Worship at 11am
Unwrapping Wisdom
Sunday, January 2 Worship at 11am
The God Who Makes Things New
Sunday, December 26 Worship at 11am
A Word About That Word
Christmas Eve Services at 5pm & 10:45pm
Sunday, December 19 Worship at 11am
Service of Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 12 Worship at 11am
Mother of God!
Sunday, December 5 Worship at 11am
When the ‘Good News’ is Bad News
Sunday, November 28 Worship at 11am
Towards a Fearless Embrace
Sunday, November 21 Worship at 11am
Abundant Living, Abundant Gratitude
Sunday, November 14 Worship at 11am
Abundant Living, Abundant Awareness
Sunday, November 7 Worship at 11am
Abundant Living, Abundant Giving
Sunday, October 31 Worship at 11am
Reformation: Reforming Our Intentions
Sunday, October 24 Worship at 11am
Reformation: Reforming Our Intentions
Sunday, October 17 Worship at 11am
Reformation: Our Part in the Progress
Sunday, October 10 Worship at 11am
Reformation: Re-forming the World
Sunday, October 3 Worship at 11am
Reformation: Re-forming the World
Sunday, September 26 Worship at 11am
Getting To Our Enemies
Sunday, September 19 Worship at 11am
Love Like We Do
Sunday, September 12 Worship at 10am
The Still More Excellent Way
Sunday, September 5 Worship at 10am
Loves Labor Found
Sunday, August 29 Worship at 10am
Moving Those Mountains
Sunday, August 22 Worship at 10am
Agent of Shield
Sunday, August 15 Worship at 10am
Working Faith
Sunday, August 8 Worship at 10am
Finding Faith
Sunday, August 1 Worship at 10am
Finding Faith
Sunday, July 25 Worship at 10am
What’s Stopping Freedom?
Sunday, July 18 Worship at 10am
Freedom From Ourselves
Sunday, July 11 Worship at 10am
As You Are
Sunday, July 4 Worship at 10am
Towards Freedom
Sunday, June 27 Worship Service
Pride in Process!
Pride Sunday at SPSA
Sunday, June 20 Worship Service
Be Opened
Sunday, June 13 Worship Service
Crossing Jordan
Sunday, June 6 Worship Service
Getting Ready
Summer Pop-Up Events for Kids & Youth
Following Jesus into the streets, beginning July 11.
Sunday, May 30 Worship Service
Simple Gifts of Community
The Next Steps: Together Again
- Outdoor gatherings continue
- Indoor, in-person worship will resume on July 11
- Community programs and meetings will return the week of September 19
Sunday, May 23 Worship Service
Scene Change
Sunday, May 16 Worship Service
The Soul Must Sing
Down From the Heights
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
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
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”
“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”
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
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
Read the full article from UM News…
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
Read the full article from UM News…
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.