SPSA Announcements, Updates, and Online Worship

We are worshiping in person!

Sunday, September 24 Worship at 11:00am

Bread for the Journey

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Sunday, September 17 Worship at 11:00am

The Mercies of Traveling

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Sunday, September 10 Worship at 11:00am

First Impressions

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Sunday, September 3 Worship at 10:00am

Liberating Church

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Sunday, August 27 Worship at 10:00am

Water Works

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Sunday, August 20 Worship at 10:00am

Praise Report

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Sunday, August 13 Worship at 10:00am

Defying Gravity

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Sunday, August 6 Worship at 10:00am

Jesus Won’t Send You To the 7-Eleven!

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Sunday, July 30 Worship at 10:00am

Be Still My Heart

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Sunday, July 23 Worship at 10:00am

Life In the Spirit

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Sunday, July 16 Worship at 10:00am

When God Comes To Live With Us

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Sunday, July 9 Worship at 10:00am

Step Out To Look In

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Sunday, July 2 Worship at 11:00am

Unbinding the Children and the Rest of Us, Too

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Sunday, June 25 Worship at 11:00am

Whose Pride Goeth Before Destruction

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Sunday, June 18 Worship at 11:00am

Freedom, Revived

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Sunday, June 11 Worship at 11:00am

Tent Pitching

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Sunday, June 4 Worship at 11:00am

Ready, Set, Go??

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Sunday, May 28 Worship at 11:00am

Ch-Ch-Ch-Change

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Sunday, May 21 Worship at 11:00am

Ready To Take Off

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Sunday, May 14 Worship at 11:00am

Cite Your Sources

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Sunday, May 7 Worship at 11:00am

Whose Coats Are We Holding?

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Sunday, April 30 Worship at 11:00am

Feeling Sheepish? A Meditation on Psalm 23

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Sunday, April 23 Worship at 11:00am

Lifted By Love

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Sunday, April 16 Worship at 11:00am

Testifying Thomas

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Sunday, April 9 Worship at 6:30am & 11:00am

Sunrise Service & Celebration of the Resurrection

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Friday, April 7 Worship at 7:30pm

Good Friday

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Thursday, April 6 Worship at 6:30pm

Maundy Thursday

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Sunday, April 2 Worship at 11am

Who Is He?

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Sunday, March 26 Worship at 11am

Growing Into Autonomy

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Sunday, March 19 Worship at 11am

Getting to the Water

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Sunday, March 12 Worship at 11am

Who Needs a Drink?

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Sunday, March 5 Worship at 11am

Keeping It Together

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Sunday, February 26 Worship at 11am

Resisting the Thrall of Perpetual Conflict

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Sunday, February 19 Worship at 11am

A Call To Contemplative Action

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Sunday, February 12 Worship at 11am

The Impossible Commandment

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Sunday, February 5 Worship at 11am

Salt and Light

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Sunday, January 29 Worship at 11am

Peculiar Blessings

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Sunday, January 22 Worship at 11am

Nothing Special

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Sunday, January 15 Worship at 11am

What Are You Looking For?

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Sunday, January 8 Worship at 11am

Another Way

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Sunday, January 1 Worship at 11am

Staying In Time

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Christmas Eve Worship at 10:45pm and Christmas Morning at 11am

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Sunday, December 18 Worship at 11am

Service of Lessons & Carols

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Sunday, December 11 Worship at 11am

Choosing Christmas

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Sunday, December 4 Worship at 11am

Through the Wilderness

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Sunday, November 27 Worship at 11am

The Begats, Embodied & Building Begats

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Sunday, November 20 Worship at 11am

You Should Be Committed

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Sunday, November 13 Worship at 11am

Don’t Look Away

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Sunday, November 6 Worship at 11am (All Saints Sunday)

Looking Forward

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Sunday, October 30 Worship at 11am

Showing Up With Our Shortcomings: Loved Into Freedom

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Sunday, October 23 Worship at 11am

Behold and Beheld

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Memorial Service for Dan Freda (Sunday, October 16 at 2pm)

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Sunday, October 16 Worship at 11am

An Impatient Persistence

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Sunday, October 9 Worship at 11am

On the Move

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Sunday, October 2 Worship at 11am

Faith and Faithfulness

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Sunday, September 25 Worship at 11am

RSVP

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Sunday, September 18 Worship at 11am

The Lost Parable

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Sunday, September 11 Worship at 11am

Still Missing

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Sunday, September 4 Worship at 10am

Laboring In Love

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Sunday, August 28 Worship at 10am

Travel Mercies

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Sunday, August 21 Worship at 10am

A Living Prayer

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Sunday, August 14 Worship at 10am

Play To Pray

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Sunday, August 7 Worship at 10am

Intent on Intercession

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Sunday, July 31 Worship at 10am

The Persistence of Prayer

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Sunday, July 24 Worship at 10am

Incarnating Love

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Sunday, July 17 Worship at 10am

Distractions, Distractions

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Sunday, July 10 Worship at 10am

Who’s Your Neighbor

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Sunday, July 3 Worship at 10am

Interdependence Day

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Sunday, June 26 Worship at 11am (Pride Sunday)

You Ain’t Imagining It

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Sunday, June 19 Worship at 11am (Youth Sunday)

Oh, To Be Young

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Sunday, June 12 Worship at 11am (Peace with Justice Sunday)

From Trouble To Hope

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Sunday, June 5 Worship at 11am (Pentecost)

Something Needs To Be Said

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Sunday, May 29 Worship at 11am

The Sacred Search

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Sunday, May 22 Worship at 11am

Open Hearts, Humble Minds

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Sunday, May 15 Worship at 11am

Free to Love (How To Be Church)

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Sunday, May 8 Worship at 11am

An Incarcerated Incarnation

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Sunday, May 1 Worship at 11am

Slow Leak

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Sunday, April 24 Worship at 11am

Banned Books

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Sunday, April 17 Easter Sunday Worship

Recognizing Resurrection

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Sunday, April 10 Palm Sunday Worship at 11am

The Things That Make For Peace

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Sunday, April 3 Worship at 11am

Homeward Bound

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Sunday, March 27 Worship at 11am

God’s Prodigal Son

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Sunday, March 20 Worship at 11am

The Oddity of Theodicy

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Sunday, March 13 Worship at 11am

Rituals of Rebellion

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Sunday, March 6 Worship at 11am

The Devil You Know

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Sunday, February 27 Worship at 11am

Taking It From the Top

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Sunday, February 20 Worship at 11am

Reckoning and Reasoning

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Sunday, February 13 Worship at 11am

When Nothing Makes Sense

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Sunday, February 6 Worship at 11am

This Far By Faith

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Sunday, January 30 Worship at 11am

Going His Way

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Sunday, January 23 Worship at 11am

In the Power of the Spirit

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Sunday, January 16 Worship at 11am

When the Wine Runs Out

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Sunday, January 9 Worship at 11am

Unwrapping Wisdom

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Sunday, January 2 Worship at 11am

The God Who Makes Things New

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Sunday, December 26 Worship at 11am

A Word About That Word

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Christmas Eve Services at 5pm & 10:45pm

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Sunday, December 19 Worship at 11am

Service of Lessons & Carols

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Sunday, December 12 Worship at 11am

Mother of God!

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Sunday, December 5 Worship at 11am

When the ‘Good News’ is Bad News

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Sunday, November 28 Worship at 11am

Towards a Fearless Embrace

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Sunday, November 21 Worship at 11am

Abundant Living, Abundant Gratitude

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Sunday, November 14 Worship at 11am

Abundant Living, Abundant Awareness

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Sunday, November 7 Worship at 11am

Abundant Living, Abundant Giving

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Sunday, October 31 Worship at 11am

Reformation: Reforming Our Intentions

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Sunday, October 24 Worship at 11am

Reformation: Reforming Our Intentions

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Sunday, October 17 Worship at 11am

Reformation: Our Part in the Progress

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Sunday, October 10 Worship at 11am

Reformation: Re-forming the World

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Sunday, October 3 Worship at 11am

Reformation: Re-forming the World

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Sunday, September 26 Worship at 11am

Getting To Our Enemies

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Sunday, September 19 Worship at 11am

Love Like We Do

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Sunday, September 12 Worship at 10am

The Still More Excellent Way

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Sunday, September 5 Worship at 10am

Loves Labor Found

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Sunday, August 29 Worship at 10am

Moving Those Mountains

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Sunday, August 22 Worship at 10am

Agent of Shield

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Sunday, August 15 Worship at 10am

Working Faith

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Sunday, August 8 Worship at 10am

Finding Faith

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Sunday, August 1 Worship at 10am

Finding Faith

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Sunday, July 25 Worship at 10am

What’s Stopping Freedom?

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Sunday, July 18 Worship at 10am

Freedom From Ourselves

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Sunday, July 11 Worship at 10am

As You Are

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Sunday, July 4 Worship at 10am

Towards Freedom

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Sunday, June 27 Worship Service

Pride in Process!
Pride Sunday at SPSA

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Sunday, June 20 Worship Service

Be Opened

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Sunday, June 13 Worship Service

Crossing Jordan

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Sunday, June 6 Worship Service

Getting Ready

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Fun’s A Poppin’!

Summer Pop-Up Events for Kids & Youth

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Outdoor Worship!

Following Jesus into the streets, beginning July 11.

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Sunday, May 30 Worship Service

Simple Gifts of Community

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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

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Sunday, May 16 Worship Service

The Soul Must Sing

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Sunday, May 9 Worship Service

Down From the Heights

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Sunday, May 2 Worship Service

What’ll You Have?

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Sunday, April 25 Worship Service

Time to Jump Ship?

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Sunday, April 18 Worship Service

On the Road Again

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Sunday, April 11 Worship Service

Up Close and Personal

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Sunday, April 4 Worship Service

Easter Sunday: The Story Doesn’t End There

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Maundy Thursday & Good Friday Worship Services

Journey with Jesus to the cross

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Sunday, March 28 Worship Service

Palm Sunday: Embodying a New Way

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Sunday, March 21 Worship Service

Listening for Lent: The Christ Connection

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New St. Paul & St. Andrew Apparel Available on Bonfire

A portion of each purchase supports ministry at SPSA

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Sunday, March 14 Worship Service

Listening for Lent and Walking Among the Snakes

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Sunday, March 7 Worship Service

Listening for Lent: Sacred Spaces

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Sunday, February 28 Worship Service

Listening for Lent: Cross References

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Sunday, February 21 Worship Service

Listening for Lent: Wild Times

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Sunday, February 14 Worship Service

Transfiguration Sunday

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Sunday, February 7 Worship Service

“Recovering from Spiritual Amnesia”
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

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Sunday, January 31 Worship Service

“The Faith of a Few Friends”
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

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Sunday, January 24 Worship Service

“Left in the Boat”
Third Sunday after the Epiphany

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Sunday, January 17 Worship Service

“Then Go and Explore”
Second Sunday after the Epiphany

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Sunday, January 10 Worship Service

“Like the First Morning”
First Sunday after the Epiphany

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Sunday, January 3 Worship Service

“All Through the Night”
Epiphany Sunday

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Sunday, December 27 Worship Service

“Making All Things New”
First Sunday after Christmas

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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

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Sunday, December 20 Worship Service

“Lessons & Carols”
Fourth Sunday of Advent

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Sunday, December 13 Worship Service

“A Good News Story”
Third Sunday of Advent

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Sunday, December 6 Worship Service

“The Beginning of Good News”
Second Sunday of Advent

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Sunday, November 29 Worship Service

“Alert, Awake, Alive”
First Sunday of Advent

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Sunday, November 22 Worship Service

“No Time for the Timid”
Thanksgiving Sunday

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Sunday, November 15 Worship Service

“No Time for the Timid”
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, November 8 Worship Service

“Holy Worry”
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, November 1 Worship Service

“For All Our Saints”
All-Saints Sunday / Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, October 25 Worship Service

“In It For the Long Haul”
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, October 18 Worship Service

“Monumental Errors”
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, October 11 Zoom Worship Service

“Not at Home”
Stay-at-Homecoming Sunday
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, October 4 Worship Service

“Reclaiming Covenant”
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Blessing of the Animals

This Sunday, October 4 from 2-4pm on the West End Ave steps

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Sunday, September 27 Worship Service

“Water from a Rock”
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, September 20 Worship Service

“Wide Open Spaces”
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, September 13 Worship Service

“Just Go”
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, September 6 Worship Service

“A Labor of Love”
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, August 30 Worship Service

“Smoke Signals”
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, August 23 Worship Service

“That Sinking Feeling”
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, August 16 Worship Service

“Be Still”
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, August 9 Worship Service

“Today is a Good Day to Arrest the Killers of Breonna Taylor”
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, August 2 Worship Service

“Making Mustard”
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, July 26 Worship Service

“Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances”
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, July 19 Worship Service

“Zizania Mania, or, When Bad Seed Happens on Good Soil”
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

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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!

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Sunday, July 12 Worship Service

“Am I Teachable”
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, July 5 Worship Service

“On the Fifth of July”
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, June 28 Worship Service

“Breaking the Walls”
Pride Sunday

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Sunday, June 21 Worship Service

“A Sacred Conspiracy”
Third Sunday After Pentecost

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Sunday, June 14 Worship Service

Sunday Service with the New York Annual Conference

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Sunday, June 7 Worship Service

“Therefore Go”

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Sunday, May 31 Worship Service

“Blown Away”

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Sunday, May 24 Worship Service

“Stay Grounded”

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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.

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Sunday, May 17 Worship Service

“Looking Ahead”

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Sunday, May 10 Worship Service

“Many Rooms”

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Sunday, May 3 Worship Service

“The Last Breakfast”

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Sunday, April 26 Worship Service

“The Hidden Gems of Jesus”

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Sunday, April 19 Worship Service

“The Opposite of Fear is Faith”

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Easter Sunday Worship Service for April 10, 2020

“When the Promise is Enough”

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Easter Sunday Sunrise Service 

April 12, 2020

Join us for an Easter sunrise service on Zoom to start off the holiday celebrations.

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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.

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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.

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Palm Sunday Worship Service for April 5, 2020

The Power of We

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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.

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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.

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Sunday, March 29, 2020 Worship Service

Finding Hope in Our Hopelessness

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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