Acting Class
Acting Class
Come to class and be prepared to move. Bring loose clothes and yoga mats. Work on scenes, monologues, dance, and music to help build your own one-person show. Led by […]
Church isn't a building with four walls, it's the wondrous vibrant community that carries God's love wherever it's needed. Every week, we offer fabulous ways to connect in community, care and fun! And almost all our events have a virtual component, so wherever you live, you can call Middle home. Look through the calendar below and join whatever sparks joy!
Come to class and be prepared to move. Bring loose clothes and yoga mats. Work on scenes, monologues, dance, and music to help build your own one-person show. Led by […]
Join Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Ph.D. for a moment of love and prayer to start your day. Bring whatever you're carrying and we'll hold it together. Click here to register and receive Zoom information!
All are welcome to attend Thursday rehearsals and join this volunteer, no-audition required choir. Due to COVID-19, this group now meets over Zoom. For more information, contact John Del Cueto. Click here to learn more about the Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir!
Ukulele beginners gather for fun and instruction! This group gathers on the first Wednesday of each month. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we gather on Zoom! Click here to RSVP and Receive the Zoom Link
Join other seniors for conversations about how we are doing in the wake of COVID-19, and to share community! Due to the pandemic, this group meets online. New Adventures is a wonderful space for making new friends and trying new adventures. Members have had wide-ranging conversations about civil rights history, sang carols, tried chair yoga, collages […]
Participants meet weekly in a supportive, creative, and fun environment where ideas move from head to paper. They build connections as they work to express the writer that lives in […]
Scripture: Acts 2:1-21 Sermon Title “(Re)Birth” Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Click here for the worship bulletin! Pentecost Sunday: The birthday of the Church Join us in-person at East End Temple (245 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003) or online on Facebook, YouTube or our homepage for our worship celebration! After worship today, in-person […]
Join Ms. Lauren for an interactive education & faith related lesson. Geared for ages Pre-K-5th Grade, though all are welcome! For Zoom call information, click here to RSVP.
Explore scripture through the lens of Love. Period. Clergy and lay teachers create a safe space for asking the questions in our hearts, and seeking answers for a life of faith today. Join lively conversations exploring scripture for deeper meaning! Together, we dig into the historical context, consult theological interpretations, and learn from one another. […]
Come to class and be prepared to move. Bring loose clothes and yoga mats. Work on scenes, monologues, dance, and music to help build your own one-person show. Led by Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the class is held online. For Zoom call information, RSVP here.
So many of us grieve the opportunity to connect with others during our lunch breaks in this COVID time — if we even take a lunch break! Join Elise and Rev. Ben for an intentional time of informal queer community as we nourish our bodies and spirits for an hour. Click here to RSVP and […]
This group examines Middle's own history of indigenous exploitation and Black enslavement, to help us think about how we can use the resources generated by white supremacy—from which we still benefit—to create a more just world. To create continuity in this work, the group is currently closed, but if you'd like to join at the […]
Join Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Ph.D. for a moment of love and prayer to start your day. Bring whatever you're carrying and we'll hold it together. Click here to register and receive Zoom information!
Queer Black Men in the Middle redefines the intersectionality of Black gay spirituality and experience. Our mission is to unconditionally love, affirm and support queer Black men through honest dialogue and thought-provoking content that creates and renews our commitment to ourselves and to our community. For more information, please email Queer Black Men at queerblackmen@gmail.com
Join other seniors for conversations about how we are doing in the wake of COVID-19, and to share community! Due to the pandemic, this group meets online. New Adventures is a wonderful space for making new friends and trying new adventures. Members have had wide-ranging conversations about civil rights history, sang carols, tried chair yoga, collages […]
Join other 20- and 30-somethings to engage the connections between real life, faith, and justice. Together, we talk about faith, politics, leadership, sex and gender, creativity, collective struggles—whatever topics are resonating in our communities. Share stories, ask questions, or wrestle with career and relationships in a safe and supportive space. Sundays: Click here to register […]
Participants meet weekly in a supportive, creative, and fun environment where ideas move from head to paper. They build connections as they work to express the writer that lives in all of us. Coordinated by writer and Middle member Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this group meets online. Click here to register and receive […]
June 11, 2022 March for Our Lives (Washington, D.C.) 10:00 am - 12:00pm ET Washington Monument, 2 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20024 Join us in Washington, DC as we did in 2018 to march for our lives and demonstrate to our elected officials that we demand and deserve a nation free of gun violence. Please register […]
Saturday, June 11, 2022 11:00 AM 5:00 PM 5th Ave between Union & 9th Street(map) Contact Elise if you're planning to attend for a meet-up group! Come on down to Park Slop’s 5th Avenue to enjoy a cross-section of the borough’s business, community, and city-wide organizations. In addition to the vendors, there will be a fabulous entertainment […]
June 11, 2022 March for Our Lives (NYC) 12:00 - 1:00pm ET Washington Square Park, New York, NY 10012 Join us in Washington Square Park as we march for our lives and demonstrate to our elected officials that we demand and deserve a nation free of gun violence. Please register here and then email Middle member […]
Sermon by Wesley Rowell Click here for our worship bulletin Join us in-person at East End Temple (245 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003) or online on Facebook, YouTube or our homepage for our worship celebration! Every Sunday, we are bow in in-person/online hybrid worship. Before you come in-person, please read the list of policies our COVID […]
Queer Black Men & Middle Out Loud present the June edition of our Queer Roundtable series: Speak Up, Stand Out. As systems continuously seek to disenfranchise and "closet" queerfolks across the country and world, it is important for us to speak up for ourselves and others in the community, stand out from the crowd and claim […]
Join Ms. Lauren for an interactive education & faith related lesson. Geared for ages Pre-K-5th Grade, though all are welcome! For Zoom call information, click here to RSVP.
Prophetic dreams, the dreamer cast among lions; faithful witnesses willing to stand beneath flames rather than bend the knee to oppressive power; a prophet who refuses to defile himself with […]
The Rainbow Lullaby is the first-ever album of LGBTQIA+ music specifically for children, which features a song by Middle's very own Madge Dietrich. On Monday, June 13, you are invited to join album creator Ryan Bauer-Walsh for the album release party! Queer families and LGBTQ+ Youth need our support right now. Over 200 pieces of discriminatory legislation […]
Come to class and be prepared to move. Bring loose clothes and yoga mats. Work on scenes, monologues, dance, and music to help build your own one-person show. Led by Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the class is held online. For Zoom call information, RSVP here.
How to Tell New Stories About Race This four-part Zoom writing and discussion workshop begins with the idea that we don’t just create stories, stories create us. When enough of us believe certain stories, those stories become the topsoil in which our selves, families, and societies and cultures take root and grow. Stories help construct […]
Click here to buy tickets! Queer people and communities, though long-vilified in religious spaces, provide one of the most beautiful embodiments of what God is doing in our midst. Ethics of radical community care, joy as resistance, destabilizing false binaries/hierarchies, and the revolutionary power of art transform divine promise into worldly action. In this conversation, […]
Join Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Ph.D. for a moment of love and prayer to start your day. Bring whatever you're carrying and we'll hold it together. Click here to register and receive Zoom information!
Ukulele beginners gather for fun and instruction! This group gathers on the first Wednesday of each month. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we gather on Zoom! Click here to RSVP and Receive the Zoom Link
Join other seniors for conversations about how we are doing in the wake of COVID-19, and to share community! Due to the pandemic, this group meets online. New Adventures is a wonderful space for making new friends and trying new adventures. Members have had wide-ranging conversations about civil rights history, sang carols, tried chair yoga, collages […]
Participants meet weekly in a supportive, creative, and fun environment where ideas move from head to paper. They build connections as they work to express the writer that lives in all of us. Coordinated by writer and Middle member Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this group meets online. Click here to register and receive […]
All are welcome to attend Thursday rehearsals and join this volunteer, no-audition required choir. Due to COVID-19, this group now meets over Zoom. For more information, contact John Del Cueto. Click here to learn more about the Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir!
Poor People's Campaign - Moral March on Washington, D.C. On Saturday, June 18, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is organizing the Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. Middle Collegiate is organizing a bus to attend what promises to be a […]
Click here for the worship bulletin! Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29 Sermon: "Faith. Family. Freedom." by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Join us in-person at East End Temple (245 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003) for our a special Juneteenth worship celebration! To join us online on Facebook, YouTube or our homepage, attend the 11:45 a.m. ET worship […]
Click here for the worship bulletin! Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29 Sermon: "Faith. Family. Freedom." by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Join us in-person at East End Temple (245 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003) or online on Facebook, YouTube or our homepage for our a special Juneteenth worship celebration! Since we anticipate a large turnout and people will […]
Our free gift to your family is Juneteeth Now: The Remix, a special compilation of beautiful inspiring art from our previous Juneteenth Now programs, plus a new homily from Rev. […]
Prophetic dreams, the dreamer cast among lions; faithful witnesses willing to stand beneath flames rather than bend the knee to oppressive power; a prophet who refuses to defile himself with the clothes of empire: The book of Daniel is hella queer, and filled with resources for how to affirm LGBTQIA2S+ humanity in the face of […]
Come to class and be prepared to move. Bring loose clothes and yoga mats. Work on scenes, monologues, dance, and music to help build your own one-person show. Led by Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the class is held online. For Zoom call information, RSVP here.
Join Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Ph.D. for a moment of love and prayer to start your day. Bring whatever you're carrying and we'll hold it together. Click here to register and receive Zoom information!
Queer Black Men in the Middle redefines the intersectionality of Black gay spirituality and experience. Our mission is to unconditionally love, affirm and support queer Black men through honest dialogue and thought-provoking content that creates and renews our commitment to ourselves and to our community. For more information, please email Queer Black Men at queerblackmen@gmail.com
Have you joined Middle since 2020? Come join an informal opportunity to hang out with senior minister Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis! You’ll get to meet other new members, hear about […]
Join other seniors for conversations about how we are doing in the wake of COVID-19, and to share community! Due to the pandemic, this group meets online. New Adventures is a wonderful space for making new friends and trying new adventures. Members have had wide-ranging conversations about civil rights history, sang carols, tried chair yoga, collages […]
Participants meet weekly in a supportive, creative, and fun environment where ideas move from head to paper. They build connections as they work to express the writer that lives in all of us. Coordinated by writer and Middle member Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this group meets online. Click here to register and receive […]
Pride Our Way - June 24-35 What is Pride Our Way? Pride events have been inaccessible in a number of ways for too long. It’s time to change that. Pride Our Way is a global two-day virtual Pride event for the disabled and chronically ill community. When will it take place? June 24-25 Do I […]
On Pride Sunday, before worship we want to begin by honoring and celebrating the queer folks in our congregation. All LGBTQIA2S+ people are cordially invited to brunch in the East End Temple social hall before worship. Come for the food, stay for the laughter and frivolity. If you plan to attend, please email Elise Tiralli […]
Scripture: Luke 24:13-21; 28-32 Sermon: "Following the One Who Calls Us By Our Name," by Rev. Benjamin Perry Join us in-person at East End Temple (245 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003) or online on Facebook, YouTube or our homepage for our worship celebration! Every Sunday, we are bow in in-person/online hybrid worship. Before you come in-person, please […]
While we will be sending a delegation to the annual Heritage of Pride March, we also proudly support the Queer Liberation March as well, and encourage anyone who would like to participate in this fantastic effort to reclaim Pride as a protest. If you would like to help coordinate a contingent of Middle marchers, please […]
Prophetic dreams, the dreamer cast among lions; faithful witnesses willing to stand beneath flames rather than bend the knee to oppressive power; a prophet who refuses to defile himself with the clothes of empire: The book of Daniel is hella queer, and filled with resources for how to affirm LGBTQIA2S+ humanity in the face of […]
Come to class and be prepared to move. Bring loose clothes and yoga mats. Work on scenes, monologues, dance, and music to help build your own one-person show. Led by Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the class is held online. For Zoom call information, RSVP here.
How to Tell New Stories About Race This four-part Zoom writing and discussion workshop begins with the idea that we don’t just create stories, stories create us. When enough of […]
Join Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Ph.D. for a moment of love and prayer to start your day. Bring whatever you're carrying and we'll hold it together. Click here to register and receive […]
Have you joined Middle since 2020? Come join an informal opportunity to hang out with senior minister Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis! You’ll get to meet other new members, hear about […]
Join other seniors for conversations about how we are doing in the wake of COVID-19, and to share community! Due to the pandemic, this group meets online. New Adventures is a […]
Participants meet weekly in a supportive, creative, and fun environment where ideas move from head to paper. They build connections as they work to express the writer that lives in all of us. Coordinated by writer and Middle member Harold Slazer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this group meets online. Click here to register and receive […]
Join Ms. Lauren for an interactive education & faith related lesson. Geared for ages Pre-K-5th Grade, though all are welcome! For Zoom call information, click here to RSVP.
Explore scripture through the lens of Love. Period. Clergy and lay teachers create a safe space for asking the questions in our hearts, and seeking answers for a life of faith today. Join lively conversations exploring scripture for deeper meaning! Together, we dig into the historical context, consult theological interpretations, and learn from one another. […]
Scripture: Isaiah 66:10-14 Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Join us in-person at East End Temple (245 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003) or online on Facebook, YouTube or our homepage for […]