The Feast of St John the Evangelist

Patronal Eucharist 11:00 am

27 December 2020

Sunday Mornings at St John’s

8:30 am Eucharist, said, webcast only from Sunday 3

11:00am Sung Eucharist with homily, cantor, and incense, webcast only from Sunday 3 January

WELCOME to the Church of St. John's in the Village. We are glad you have joined us today for worship. This leaflet will guide you through the service. All liturgies at St John’s at this present time are streamed on our YouTube channel (youtube.com/stjvny) except our Wednesday evening Eucharist at 6.15pm (which is in-person and not streamed) and Midday Prayer (which is presented by Br Andrew on his Facebook page). Sunday Eucharists are webcast only from Sunday 3 January.

If you would like to be on our parish e-mail or snail-mail list, have a prayer request or would like the priest to call you, please email the Rector ([email protected]) or the Administrator ([email protected]).

Morning Prayer, Evensong, and Compline are streamed at youtube.com/stjvny

The setting of the mass is Missa Brevis in F by Andrea Gabrieli (1533-1585).

Prelude: Trumpet Tune in C John Stanley (1712-1786)

The Choir sings

Introit:

Gaudeamus omnes in Domino diem Let us all rejoice in the Lord festum celebrantes celebrating the feast sub honore Sancti Joannis in honor of Saint John, de cuius solemnitate gaudent angeli. in which solemnity the angels rejoice.

THE WORD OF GOD

Acclamation:

Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Amen

The Celebrant says

The Collect for Purity

The Choir sings

Gloria in Excelsis

Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax Glory to God in the highest, and hominibus bonae voluntatis. peace to his people on earth. Lord Laudamus te, benedicimus te, God, heavenly King, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gratias almighty God and Father, we agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam worship you, we give you thanks, we tuam, Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, praise you for your glory. Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili Lord Christ, only Son of the unigenite, Iesu Christe, Domine Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, qui you take away the sin of the world: tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis; have mercy on us; you are seated at qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe the right hand of the Father: receive deprecationem nostram. Qui sedes our prayer. For you alone are the ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis. Holy One, you alone are the Lord, Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus you alone are the Most High, Jesus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus, Iesu Christ, Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of Dei Patris. Amen God the Father. Amen.

The Collect of the Day

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.

Shed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light, that we, being illumined by the teaching of your apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light of your truth, that at length we may attain to the fullness of eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The First Reading Exodus 33:18-23

Moses said to God, "Show me your glory, I pray." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, `The Lord'; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But," he said, "you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live." And the Lord continued, "See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen."

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

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Gradual Psalm: Psalm 92:1-4,11-14 Tone 5

Cantor and Choir sing the psalm and its antiphon

Antiphon: We will tell of your loving kindness early in the morning, O Lord: And of your faithfulness in the night season

It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to your Name, O Most High;

To tell of your loving-kindness early in the morning and of your faithfulness in the night season;

On the psaltery, and on the lyre, and to the melody of the harp. antiphon

For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord; and I shout for joy because of the works of your hands.

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, and shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon.

Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God; antiphon

They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be green and succulent;

That they may show how upright the Lord is, my Rock, in whom there is no fault. antiphon

The Second Reading 1 John 1:1-9

We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us-- we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

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The Choir sings the alleluia and verse

The word was made flesh and dwelt among us: and we have seen his glory. Alleluia.

The Holy Gospel: John 21:19b-24

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus said to Peter, "Follow me."

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about him?" Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!" So the rumor spread in the community that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?"

This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.

The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Homily: Brian Wehrle, Ordinand of The Episcopal Diocese of Albany

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven:

All genuflect or bow the head.

by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

All arise.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again, in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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The Prayers of the People Form IV.

The response to Lord, in your mercy is Hear our prayer.

These are the names of those who have asked for our prayers: the sick, the infirm, the departed, general concerns, and thanksgivings. At the appropriate place offer intercessions, petitions, or thanksgivings.

The sick Barbara Davison, Fr Alan Dennis, Linda Filippelli, Fr Dagnall Free, Brenda Gallagher, Anne Hundley, Robert Johnston, Steve Jones, Kathleen Kelley, , Bob Ochiltree, Courtney Rodebush, Lauren Rodebush, Caroline Rodebush, Brother Michael Rudman OSF, Joel Schlosser, Marsha Serafin, Susan Stinson, Paul Tucker, Gary Williams. All suffering from COVID-19.

The aged, infirm, and vulnerable Beverly Campbell & Gretchen Phillips, Ellen Carollo, Carmen Grange.

Community Paul Reitz, Mother Suzanne Culhane, Deborah Culhane, Joanna Johnson and family. Owen and Fernella Lewis. Steven McCrimmon and son. Terry Greiner. Daniel Nieciecki and Mark Gonzalez. Jenny Dennis and the Dennis family. Fran Sanderlin.

Departed Richard Culhane, Ken Sanderlin, and Edwina McCrimmon, recently departed. Those who have died recently in disease, fear, or pain. Maximilian Elser, whose anniversary of death falls at this time.

The Confession of Sin and Absolution

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

The Celebrant pronounces the Absolution.

The Peace

The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.

Welcome and Announcements

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CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION

Offertorium:

O Quam Gloriosum Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

O quam gloriosum est regnum, O how glorious is the kingdom in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes in which all the saints rejoice with Sancti! Christ, Amicti stolis albis, clad in robes of white sequuntur Agnum, quocumque ierit. they follow the Lamb wherever he goes.

The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer 2

The Celebrant says

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.

The Choir sings

Sanctus and Benedictus:

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Lord God of Hosts. Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria tua. Heaven and earth are full of your Hosanna in excelsis. glory. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Osanna in the highest. Domini. Blessed is he who comes in the Osanna in excelsis. name of the Lord. Osanna in the highest.

The Great Amen

The celebrant says:

…to you be honor, glory, and praise, for ever and ever.

The people respond:

Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

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The Breaking of the Bread:

We break this bread to share in the body of Christ. We who are many are one body, for we all share in one bread.

The Choir sings

Agnus Dei:

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, O Lamb of God, who take away the miserere nobis. sins of the world, have mercy upon Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, us. dona nobis pacem. O Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Post Communion Motet:

Praise God for John Evangelist

Postcommunion Prayers:

Let us pray.

Grant, O Lord, we pray, that the Word made flesh proclaimed by your Apostle John may, by the celebration of these holy mysteries, ever abide and live within us.

God our Father, whose Word has come among us in the Holy Child of : may the light of faith illumine our hearts and shine in our words and deeds; through him who is Christ the Lord. Amen.

The Ceremony of the Poisoned Wine

The poisoned wine is placed in a flagon upon the Altar, and the traditional prayers are said.

The Blessing and Dismissal

The people respond

Thanks be to God.

Postlude: Processional in G John Stanley (1712-1786)

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Celebrant: The Reverend Graeme Napier, Rector

Preacher: Brian Wehrle

Servers: Geoffrey Ream Alan Kanen Daniel Nieciecki

Choir: Barbee Monk Mary Ellen Assue Douglas Conwill

Organist: Gordon King

Please join us at about 12.30pm by Zoom for Pre-Prandial Potations: Meeting ID 824 4427 8898 No Passcode

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Announcements

from Monday 28 December Participate in most liturgies and concerts via the parish website (www.stjvny.org); except Midday Prayer (which is accessed at Br Andrew’s Facebook page: facebook.com/ap.jones) and Wednesday evening Eucharists, which are in-person in church but not webcast. Sunday’s 8.30am and 11am Eucharists are both webcast and in- person on Sunday 27 December and webcast only thereafter.

St John’s is open every weekday for private prayer and devotion from 11am to 3pm. However, the church and office will be closed for staff holidays from Monday 28 December to Friday 1 January, except for the in-person events listed below. Fr Ryan Bennett SSM, Associate Priest, resident in Wainright House (the Rectory building), is in charge of the pastoral and liturgical life of the parish during this week.

Monday 28 from 7am Morning Prayer (webcast only) The Holy Innocents from 5pm Evensong sung to the music of plainsong (webcast only) 7.30pm Concert: The Last Three Beethoven Piano Sonatas (webcast only)

Tuesday 29 from 7am Morning Prayer (webcast only) St Thomas à Becket from 5pm Evensong sung to the music of plainsong (webcast only)

Wednesday 30 from 7am Morning Prayer (webcast only) from 5pm Evensong sung to the music of plainsong (webcast only) 6.15pm NB: No Eucharist this evening. 7.30pm Greenwich Village Chamber Singers in-person

Thursday 31 from 7am Morning Prayer (webcast only) 1.30 – 2pm Silent prayer (Dignity) in-person from 5pm Evensong sung to the music of plainsong (webcast only) 9pm Crystal Meth Anon meeting (Revelation Gallery) in-person 9pm New Year’s Eve Concert: The Pass (webcast only)

Friday 1 from 7am Morning Prayer (webcast only) The Naming of Jesus from 5pm Evensong sung to the music of plainsong (webcast only) 7pm AA meeting (Revelation Gallery) in-person

Saturday 2 8pm New Year Concert: A Ukrainian (webcast only)

Sunday 3 8.30am Sung Eucharist (webcast only) 11am Sung Eucharist (webcast only)

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Our three Eucharists of Christmas are still available here: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YiMPeW9b5s Dawn Eucharist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZQf_D0OymU&t=1573s Christmas Morning Eucharist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg_aA9NqBCA

Caroles by Candel-lēoht: our service of readings from John Wycliffe’s 14th century English Bible (read in Middle English) with medieval chant and carols, is still available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSmsTtKMruo&t=982s Feel free to share this link this with others, in any part of the world, who might enjoy this early music-making from St John’s.

Handel’s Messiah at St John’s This month St John’s presented a seasonal performance of Handel’s beloved oratorio Messiah, first performed in Dublin in 1742. This performance features all the ‘Christmas’ sections and other solos and choruses, sung by artists of the studio of Lis Stevens, soprano and voice coach. For tickets for this streamed concert (from $15) see the parish website or here: https://www.musae.me/lis/experiences/905/quarantine-sing This concert was generously sponsored by Randolph Trumbach in memoriam Bernard and Gary Trumbach.

Today, Sunday 27 December is the Feast of St John the Evangelist, and thus our Patronal Festival. Eucharists are celebrated at 8.30am (said) and 11am (sung by full choir). They are both in-person and also live-streamed. (We are, sadly, unable to host our long-table boar’s head dinner this year, because of COVID-19 safety protocols.)

Cessation of In-Person Worship The Bishop of New York has strongly encouraged all parishes of the Diocese to cease in- person worship. The Rector, in consultation with the Wardens, has decided to follow the Bishop’s recommendation from Monday 28 December, with the exception of our regular Wednesday evening Eucharists. (But note that there will be no Eucharist on Wednesday 30 December). It is important that the Blessed Sacrament be available to any Christian who wishes to partake of it, and we are confident that this weekly Eucharist can be celebrated with full COVID-safety. Please let us know via the parish office, by the Monday prior, if you intend to attend a Wednesday Eucharist. The next such Eucharist will be of The of Our Lord on Wednesday 6 January (see below).

The Rector will be away on annual leave from Monday 28 December to Friday 8 January. During that time Fr Ryan Bennett SSM, Associate Priest, will be in charge of the pastoral and liturgical life of the parish. He can be reached by telephone (347 417 2981) or email ([email protected]) or, from Monday 4 January, via the parish office. Fr Ryan will be the preacher of the Eucharists on Sunday 3 January (8.30am and 11am), and the celebrant and preacher on Wednesday 6 January (6.15pm: The Epiphany of Our Lord). The Eucharist of the Epiphany will also be webcast as well as in-person in the church. The Daily Office, Morning Prayer (from 7am) and Evensong (from 5pm), continues to be webcast during the Rector’s absence.

At 7.30pm on Monday 28 December we welcome the Ukrainian pianist Irena Portenko for a concert of Beethoven piano sonatas (postponed from earlier this month). Tickets (from $5) for this live-streamed concert are available here: https://www.musae.me/musicinthealps/experiences/917/the-last This concert cis webcast only.

The church and parish office will be closed from Monday 28 December to Friday 1 January, and there will be no Eucharist on Wednesday 30 December. Morning Prayer and Evensong will be webcast, as normal, Monday through Friday that week.

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Our New Year’s Eve Concert, at 9pm on Thursday 31 December is The Pass. The Pass, by Denise Marsa (St John’s in-house concert producer) is an honest and intimate look at the ups and downs of a musician working in the music business through four decades. Denise is an award-winning singer-songwriter and producer. Unwilling to compromise her ideals and vision of success, singer-songwriter Denise Marsa tells her story through 18 vignettes with her original music intertwined. Travel with Denise as she starts her career towards the end of the ’70s through the highly volatile and emotional 80’s continuing on through the start of the tech-driven ’90s into the 21st century. From her start in her West Village studio apartment to London to West Hollywood and back again, Denise shares her stories. Tickets (from $5) are available via the parish website and here: https://www.musae.me/keymedia/experiences/906/the-pass

Our New Year Concert for 2021 is at 8pm on Saturday 2 January: Koliadky Reimagined: Ukrainian Carols in the 21st Century. Christmas in Ukraine falls on 7 January and in this concert traditional Ukrainian folk meets contemporary classical music in a stunning survey of Ukrainian carols () across generations. Tickets (from $5) are available via the parish website and also here: https://www.musae.me/razom/experiences/909/koliadky-reimagined

Next Sunday, 3 January, is the Second Sunday after Christmas. In-person worship will have ceased (apart from Wednesday evening Eucharist) by that time. One single Sung Eucharist will be available from 8.30am and again from 11am. The preacher is Fr Ryan Bennett SSM, Associate Priest.

Our December-January exhibition in Revelation Gallery is Urban Native Artists. This is a group show by four Native American artists. The exhibition is open from 11am to 3pm from Monday to Friday, re-opening on Monday 4 January. Enter at 224 Waverly Place. The exhibition is open until Friday 15 Janaury.

The Epiphany of Our Lord: Wednesday 6 January Morning Prayer (webcast only) from 7am. Evensong (webcast only), sung to the music of plainsong, from 5pm. Sung Eucharist at 6.15pm. This is both in-person and also webcast. The celebrant and preacher at the in-person Sung Eucharist, sung to plainsong, is Fr Ryan Bennett. At the webcast Sung Eucharist, with full choir, we welcome Dr Richard Major as our guest preacher, joining us from Jerusalem.

At 8pm on Friday 8 January, continuing our celebrations of the 40 days of Christmas, we welcome back Ǣeon Ensemble to St John’s for a concert of Carols and Lullabies, a fresh and offbeat exploration of sounds inspired by the holiday season. One cello and four voices will highlight 20th and 21st century Polish composers alongside masterpieces by Bach, Tavener, and Sollima. The concert highlights Polish composers Henryk Gorecki, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Witold Lutoslawski, with a New York premiere by Norbert Blacha. This concert is one which can be sponsored. See below for details of how to sponsor a concert. For tickets (from $5) and more information see the parish website or here: https://www.musae.me/aeon/experiences/908/carols-lullabies

St John’s in the Village Annual Parochial Meeting 12.30pm EST on Sunday 31 January The Annual Parish Meeting in 2021 will be held by Zoom. If you do not already use Zoom, please note that it is free and easy to use. You can download the software to your computer, phone, or other device (zoom.us). If you do not have a computer or a smart phone, or choose not to use Zoom, you can dial into the meeting from any ordinary phone, enabling you to hear and be heard (though unable to see people’s faces, of course). Details of the Zoom link and of the dial-in method will be published nearer the time. You can attend the APM from anywhere in the world.

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Commitment to Recovery: Giving for 2021 It is not too late to commit to pledging to the parish for 2021 or to committing to a one- off gift to any one of our ministries. To do so, or to ask for more information, please feel free to email Kyle DeBlasio ([email protected]), Chair of the Stewardship Committee, or contact the Rector ([email protected]) or Treasurer ([email protected]) as is most appropriate.

Concerts at St John’s: Sponsor a Concert St John’s Concert Series in the time of COVID-19. Since the pandemic began St John’s has invested in high quality audio-visual equipment and skilled personnel to enable us to continue as a patron of the arts here in the Village. This has enabled musicians (classically trained and of other traditions) to continue to perform, now to on-line audiences (in the USA and beyond). More recently, with all protocols for safe opening in place, these live-streamed concerts have also welcomed a small in-person audience (16 units). It has been a great joy to see Villagers once more enjoying live music in the beautiful acoustic of St John’s. The skilled personnel we engage (three sound/IT engineers per concert) are remunerated appropriately and this outlay is St John’s financial input to every concert. In short, each concert costs St John’s $300 to present. Thus far, a few generous benefactions have enabled us to cover all these fees, but that benefaction is coming to its end. If you would like to sponsor a concert ($300) either anonymously, or with your name associated with it, or perhaps in memoriam a departed loved one, or in celebration of a birthday or other life-event, or as a Christmas present (eg concert in late December and January), or simply to make it free to the public or parishioners or Villagers, we would be glad to hear from you. This will enable our concert series to persist through the time of the pandemic. With all concerts this would allow you to attend the concert gratis in person and with your own invited guests (gratis) in person (up to 14 or 16 units). Enjoy live music in a beautiful setting once more. Contact the Rector ([email protected]) if interested or seeking more information.

St John’s with Invisible Hands In response to the ‘stay-home’ order in NYC St John’s now runs a free grocery service for vulnerable people in Manhattan who have no internet access (and cannot therefore order online) and no non-vulnerable friends or family to shop for them. We work in collaboration with Invisible Hands (invisiblehandsdeliver.com). Our phone-line is staffed daily from Monday through Friday between 11am and 1pm: 929 292 9235 St John’s, using funds accessed from the UK specifically for this purpose (over 20K GBP), and other donations, pays for groceries and arranges delivery with Invisible Hands. Do give this number to seniors in Manhattan with no internet access.

Volunteers needed for our Grocery Program for the Vulnerable The pandemic has caused many elderly and otherwise vulnerable people to stay home and not venture into populous places such as grocery stores. Some such people have access to the internet (and can order groceries in) or non-vulnerable friends or relatives nearby (who can shop for them), but many, especially here in the Village, have neither. St John’s has been running a phone hotline through which such vulnerable people are able to place grocery orders to be delivered to their homes. St John’s volunteers staff our phone-line and fill in a form online and our partner Invisible Hands arranges the delivery. You can staff the phone-line from your own home (we connect our line to you phone for the session). If you could spare 11am to 1pm on any one weekday, have a smart phone and also a computer, we would be grateful for your assistance. Communicate through the Parish Office if you think you might be able to help. See below for more details of the program. If you know seniors, or other vulnerable people, in this predicament, please phone them and give them information about our program.

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YouTube All our streamed liturgies are accessible on our YouTube channel (youtube.com/stjvny). It is worth bookmarking, saving, or subscribing to that channel (subscription is free). The channel presently has just over 2000 subscribers.

Facebook Our Facebook page has over 1200 likers, who find Facebook a useful way of keeping in touch with the many services and events taking place at St John’s. We usually make only one or two posts per day, alerting friends to up-coming events. If you would like to keep in touch that way, please like our Facebook page: facebook.com/stjohnsinthevillge

E-Bulletin We issue a weekly e-bulletin, usually on Thursdays or Fridays. If you would like to receive information in that way please email our Administrator ([email protected]) and ask to be subscribed.

Recording and Live-Streaming at St John’s Arts events are much affected by the public health precautions now in place. In collaboration with Musae (musae.me) we are now equipped with high quality audio- visual equipment, allowing us to offer a venue for musicians, no longer able to perform to full live audiences, to live-stream or record their performances to a professional standard. Musae helps promote and sell tickets. A small fee is necessary to cover the work of the sound engineer (who accesses the input remotely at sound-check and manages streaming). Many of these concerts are such that it is possible to attend in person and, indeed, sponsor the concert (see above).

Our Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute (PSI) continues to offer psychotherapy services from St. John’s Counseling Center, with offices located in Wade House, accessed through the ‘horse walk’ at 222 West 11th street, though now mostly remotely (eg by Zoom or Skype) rather than in person. PSI has established a strong reputation for spiritually informed psychotherapies and pastorally grounded treatment. PSI therapists are experienced in incorporating clients' spiritual interests and concerns in their work of healing, recovery, and overall well-being. For more information see out PSI website, psinyc.org. To speak to a therapist or make an appointment for a confidential consultation, call 212 285 0043.

• Our therapy sessions are offered on a sliding scale. • All PSI therapists are licensed in the State of New York. • Some of our therapists accept in-network insurance coverage; all are eligible for out-of-network coverage, depending on the client’s plan.

Please RSVP for in-person services Please let the church office know if you are planning to attend in-person services. RSVP to [email protected] or call the church office at (212) 243-6192. Reservations for the Wednesday Eucharist should be made by 4pm on the Monday prior. Please include your full name, email or phone number, and which service you wish to attend in your reservations.

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Daily Prayer Clergy and laity pray together the ‘offices’ of Morning Prayer and Evensong every weekday at St John’s. (They are available on our YouTube channel.) From our earliest Anglican beginnings in the mid-16th century a distinctive Anglican spirituality arose in which lay people (rather than monastics only) began to pray these short services of Bible readings, psalms, canticles, prayer, and praise, either in church with the clergy (who take a vow upon ordination to pray these offices daily) or at home. That spiritual tradition is strengthening once more today after a period of some falling off. The offices allow us to round the day in prayer and praise and also give us a continuous reading of passages from the Bible (two daily, or four each day if we pray both offices) which allow us to hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the Scripture much more than we might otherwise. As the pandemic has encouraged us to participate in more and more activities from our own homes, so participation with others in the Daily Office has become easier – as, if the office is webcast, one does not need to travel to church. The offices from St John’s are available at our YouTube page from 7am (Morning Prayer) and 5pm (Evensong or Evening Prayer). They can, of course, be participated in at any time thereafter. This allows Morning Prayer and Evensong to be available to people of very diverse diurnal routines. A good spiritual habit is to choose the time of Morning Prayer and/or Evensong which best suits your particular routine and try to be consistent in that. Morning Prayer should precede the main activities of the day. Evensong is a limen or threshold between the day that is past and the evening that lies before us, where we give thanks for what is past and pray for what is to come. Evensong at St John’s is usually sung simply to the timeless music of plainsong (but you do not need to sing to participate!). In addition to Morning Prayer and Evensong, St John’s offers Midday Prayer with Br Andrew Jones via his Facebook Page (facebook.com/ap.jones), a pause for prayer as ‘time-out’ of the busy-ness of the day, and Compline, the service (invariable in its format and readings) which ends the day, and is best participated in just before retiring for the evening. Compline by Candlelight from St John’s is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=h5a9W3oV9YE

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