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!
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 […]
Middle celebrates the arts and all things creative. Come listen to Middle members as they discuss their specific works of books, articles, and essays, and gain insight into what it takes to become published writers. Do not miss this fun and engaging opportunity. Featured authors include: Kate Walter, author of Behind the Mask: Living Alone at the […]
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!
March Against Gun Violence and Rally for Hope, April 30, 11 AM. Those participating will be meeting at Delancey Street and Columbia Street at 10:30 AM and will begin the march at 11 am. Join clergy, local leaders, community organizers, schools, youth and local NYPD form the 7th and 9th precincts and PSAR for a […]
Kick off AAPIda month with this sweet rom-com about two queer Chinese American. This film screening & panel of Saving Face is a part of NewFest & Bam's "Queering the Canon: Rom-Com" series. Please RSVP your attendance to Elise no later than Thursday, April 28th. Tickets can be bought directly at newfest.org; for information about discounted […]
Click here to see the worship bulletin! Scripture: John 21:1-4;9-17 Sermon: A Floating Village by Victor Greene 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 […]
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.
Right now, and always, fighting for voting rights and ensuring fair and equal elections is God's work. Our work Voter Reform Group 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 […]
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.
disOrientalism Part 2: The Revenge of Hello Kitty, May 2, 7 PM EST at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre. New York’s premier Asian American performers -- tearing up the stage and changing the dynamic with their world class talent: Top notch performers from Broadway, Stand Up Comedy, Burlesque, Rock and Classical Music (with a […]
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 […]
Saturday, May 15th -- 1:00 - 4:00 PM ET Soar Over Hate's: AAPI Care Fair Columbus Park, NY, NY Mulberry Street &, Baxter St, New York, NY 10013 On Sunday, May 15th, Soar Over Hate invites all to celebrate AAPIDA Heritage Month. The past year has been taxing, with a devastatingly long list of traumatic events. […]
May 3, 2022 via web-streaming at 1:30 PM EDT / 10:30 PM PDT join the American Friends of Combatants for Peace to share sorrow and bring hope the the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Register online: https://afcfp.org/memorial/
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: Acts 9:36-43 Sermon by Chad Tanka Pak 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 […]
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. […]
Monday, May 9th -- 6:00 - 9:00 PM ET Blurring the Color Line Film Screening M.S. 131 - Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School Location: 100 Hester Street, New York, NY 10002 Mott Street Girls and Chinatown YMCA are hosting a screening and discussion for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Join us on Monday night […]
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 this first-ever-gathering of multifaith leaders and authors brought together for the first time by Auburn Theological Seminary, Middle Collegiate Church and Faith in Public Life, in partnership with the world-renowned Strand Books. We’ll be giving away signed books from each author throughout the event. (And parents, there’s a kids’ section, too!) Click here to […]
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 […]
Abortion is a health care and human right! Join Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Rev Amanda Ashcraft to process the recent leaked SCOTUS draft and how together we can act toward justice and care for one another well. We'll have time to process in small groups: How are you? What are you worried about? What […]
Abortion is a health care and human right! Join Rev. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft, Rev Natalie Perkins and Monique Fortune to process the recent leaked SCOTUS draft and how together we can act toward justice and care for one another well. We'll have time to process in small groups: How are you? What are you worried […]
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 […]
Saturday, May 14h, 11am (Walk); 1pm (Lunch) On May 14th, the 67th Precinct Clergy Council and the New York Coalition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Churches (NYCAAPIC) will be hosting a solidarity walk around Chinatown for peace and unity to support the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. We will stop by a few […]
This Saturday, May 14th, is a NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR ABORTION ACCESS. If you are in New York, join us at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn at 12pm. From there we will march across the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square where you will be welcomed into the movement with calls to action and volunteer opportunities. […]
The Collegiate Church of New York voted to rebuild Middle on our historic site in the East Village! We’re so excited to tell you all about it. If you have a question you'd like to make sure we cover in our time together, please send them to rising@middlechurch.org! Register for an important congregational meeting on […]
Click here for the worship bulletin Scripture: Rev. 21.1-6 Sermon "Can You Feel A Brand New Day" 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 worship celebration! Every Sunday, we are bow in in-person/online […]
The Collegiate Church of New York voted to rebuild Middle on our historic site in the East Village! We’re so excited to tell you all about it. If you have a question you'd like to make sure we cover in our time together, please send them to rising@middlechurch.org! Join us in-person at East End Temple, […]
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.
Click here to buy tickets! Our justice work is incomplete if it isn’t accessible for all people. Even though most people, at some point in their lives, will become disabled, our communities continue to fail to provide even baseline accommodations for universal access. A solution to this problem cannot rely solely on the goodwill 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 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!
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 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 task force has put […]
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.
Greenlight Bookstore's As She Appears with Shelley Wong On Zoom | 7:30 - 8:30pmGreenlight is proud to help welcome As She Appears into the world, a collection that sings of queer women of color in their being and becoming, of ecstatic joys and layers of memory. Wong will be joined by acclaimed poet John Murillo […]
Becoming Reparations People: A Salon presented by Middle's Reparations Task Force Tuesday, May 24 at 7:00 p.m. ET Faith communities around the U.S. and world have committed to making reparations, to healing the breach between those congregations and the Black and Indigenous peoples harmed by their religious institution. The Collegiate Church took its first steps […]
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!
Sermon by Jocelyn Lieu 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 task force has put together to […]
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.
Right now, and always, fighting for voting rights and ensuring fair and equal elections is God's work. Our work Voter Reform Group 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 […]
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!
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. 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. […]
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.
