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 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!
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 […]
Click here to see the worship bulletin! Unfortunately, COVID has touched our team and forced us to change our previously scheduled worship. At 6:00 p.m. ET, click here to watch a live rebroadcast of last year's New Year's Eve worship, sermon by Wesley Rowell. Due to the rising threat of the COVID omicron variant in […]
Click here to see the worship bulletin! Unfortunately, COVID has touched our team and forced us to change our previously scheduled worship. At 6:00 p.m. ET, click here to watch a live rebroadcast of worship first Sunday in January 2021, sermon by Rev. Natalie Renee Perkins. Due to the rising threat of the COVID omicron […]
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. […]
Join our ministry team and congregation directly after service in a virtual meet-up to discuss the sermon and be in community! Click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link.
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.
Queer self-care for folks who need it, claiming our right to radiance and joy. This four-week series is designed to highlight queer dimensions of self-care too often ignored in an impoverished and commodified public discourse. Each week will incorporate a different theme, but the overarching project will offer wisdom and resources for how people are […]
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!
Click here to see the worship bulletin! Scripture: John 1:1-9 Sermon: "Into the Unknown" by Rev. Natalie Renee Perkins Due to the rising threat of the COVID omicron variant in New York City, are worshipping online through the end of January. We will continually assess COVID threat levels, and communicate when we feel it's safe to return […]
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. […]
Right now, and always, fighting for voting rights and ensuring fair and equal elections is God's work. Our work Voter Reform Project focuses on voter registration and ending voter suppression, and mobilizing voters for elections. Together, we sent more than 50,000 postcards during the 2020 election! To join the team, contact votingproject@middlechurch.org. Click here to RSVP and […]
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.
Queer self-care for folks who need it, claiming our right to radiance and joy. This four-week series is designed to highlight queer dimensions of self-care too often ignored in an impoverished and commodified public discourse. Each week will incorporate a different theme, but the overarching project will offer wisdom and resources for how people are […]
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!
So you've joined the movement of love and justice. Now what? Meet a minister and others who have joined to get more information on what it means to be a member. If you haven't yet, please fill out our join form! This gives us the best way to be in touch with you, and also lets […]
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 queerblackmeninthemiddle@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 […]
Join Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis for a congregational meeting, to talk about next steps in our Middle Rising plan! (This will take the place of our usual Bible in the Middle meeting.) We have information to share from the architectural assessment, thoughts and dreams about where we're headed. And it will be so good to […]
Click here to see the worship bulletin! Scripture: Psalm 36:5-10 Sermon: "Ain't It Shocking What Love Can Do" by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Due to the rising threat of the COVID omicron variant in New York City, are worshipping online through the end of January. We will continually assess COVID threat levels, and communicate when we feel […]
Join the Middle Church ministry team for a free Martin Luther King Jr. Day teach-in about how to cultivate the kind of fierce love we need to heal this country. Particularly on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, it's clear that a chasm is widening between neighbors. And we simply cannot […]
Education of our children was a key component to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's vision of beloved community. Six out of ten New York children do not read at grade level, and with the COVID-19 pandemic straining our education system it is important that we rise to support child literacy. On Monday, January 17th, for MLK […]
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.
Queer self-care for folks who need it, claiming our right to radiance and joy. This four-week series is designed to highlight queer dimensions of self-care too often ignored in an impoverished and commodified public discourse. Each week will incorporate a different theme, but the overarching project will offer wisdom and resources for how people are […]
Our community continues to mourn the death of Michelle Go, and the ongoing violence against Asian neighbors in our city. There will be a candlelight vigil in Times Square at the red steps tonight, organized by Asians Fighting Injustice: We will say her name, honor and remember her. If you would like to join people […]
Click here to buy tickets! The beloved community that Dr. King promised requires radical honesty and true repentance, a journey upon which white American society stubbornly refuses to embark. Even […]
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!
Click here to see the worship bulletin! Scripture: Luke 4:14-21 Sermon: "Release. Recovery. Reparations. Oh My!" by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Due to the rising threat of the COVID omicron variant in New York City, are worshipping online through the end of January. We will continually assess COVID threat levels, and communicate when we feel it's safe […]
Join Ms. Alesha 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.
Join a group of other parents as we try to muddle through what raising loving, justice-oriented kids looks like during COVID-19. Click here to RSVP and receive Zoom Call […]
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.
Queer self-care for folks who need it, claiming our right to radiance and joy. This four-week series is designed to highlight queer dimensions of self-care too often ignored in an impoverished and commodified public discourse. Each week will incorporate a different theme, but the overarching project will offer wisdom and resources for how people are […]
Middle is thrilled to join our siblings at Brotherhood Synagogue to put some interfaith love into the world. Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis will speak, and our Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir will offer a special pre-recorded offering. In these moments, we are only as strong as the connections that bind us to our neighbors. And Middle […]
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 queerblackmeninthemiddle@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 […]
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!
Every year, the many faith traditions in our beloved East Village of New York City come together for a beautiful musical performance, highlighting the sounds and splendor from each of our traditions. Our Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir will offer a musical performance, and Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis will offer words in this can't-miss exhibition of […]
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Sermon: "Crazy, Rule-Breaking Love" by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Due to the rising threat of the COVID omicron variant in New York City, are worshipping online through the end of January. We will continually assess COVID threat levels, and communicate when we feel it's safe to return to in-person/online hybrid worship. Love means keeping one […]
Join Ms. Alesha 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.
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 a conversation led by Queer Black Men in the Middle about our January “Seeking Stained Glass Softness” series. We’ll tie together the conversations from each week, and offer love and support for one another in community. Click here to register for the Zoom 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!
Join Ms. Alesha 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. […]
Right now, and always, fighting for voting rights and ensuring fair and equal elections is God's work. Our work Voter Reform Project focuses on voter registration and ending voter suppression, and mobilizing voters for elections. Together, we sent more than 50,000 postcards during the 2020 election! To join the team, contact votingproject@middlechurch.org. Click here to RSVP and […]
