St John's In The Village

Today, Saturday 17 October, our concerts are at 4pm and 8pm. At 4pm we enjoy song from Monteverdi to Rogers & Hammerstein in 'Baroque to Broadway', streamed here: https://www.musae.me/marawaldman/experiences/839/baroque-to At 8pm we enjoy Baroque music for harp, harpsichord, and viola da gamba, streamed here: https://www.musae.me/parkerramsay/experiences/831/a-golden... Tomorrow, Sunday 18 October, is the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost and the theme is Stewardship. Eucharist at 8.30am and 11am. Both Eucharists are live-streamed and can also be attended in person (face-coverings, distancing etc). 8.30am Eucharist: https://studio.youtube.com/video/oaXAoKARyZs/edit/basic 11am Sung Eucharist: https://studio.youtube.com/video/CYtp7cJ7ExE/edit/basic

At 4pm on Saturday 17 October we webcast Baroque to Broadway, the concert performed in church to an in-person audience on Saturday 3 October, generously sponsored by Alan Kanen. Baroque to Broadway is a recital of song from the 17th to the 20th centuries spanning art song, aria, and musical theatre. Music by: Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Massanet, Puccini, Bizet, Wagner, Rogers & Hammerstein, Alan Menken, Victor Herbert, and more. Mara Waldman, piano, with a line-up of professional and semi-professional vocalists. Tickets (from $5) via the parish website or here: https://www.musae.me/mara/experiences//baroque-to-broadway

This evening (Thursday 15 October) NYC Unwired CMA Group (for those suffering from, struggling with, or recovering from crystal meth addiction) meets in Revelation Gallery at 9pm. St John’s 12-step groups are now regathering in person. Red Door (Alcoholics Anonymous) now meets at 7pm on Fridays only (but soon on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7pm). These three meetings are LGBTQ+ friendly but are, of course, open to all. If interested in attending, contact by email ([email protected]) or look online (nyintergroup.org) for up to date information. Our new 12-step group is Crystal Meth Anonymous (NYC Unwired CMA Group). This meeting gathers on Thursday evenings at 9pm. Contact by email ([email protected]) if interested in attending. For all 12-step groups the capacity is 20 persons. Masks are worn and seats are more than six feet distanced. Temperature testing is conducted open entry and every attendee must give some contact information for tracking and tracing. Sanitization is conducted before and after each meeting. For all 12-step groups enter the Gallery at 224 Waverly Place. See more

On Wednesday 14 October we keep the Feast of St Edward the Confessor (transferred) with a said in-person Eucharist at 6.15pm. St Edward, 11th century King of England, was a Christian ruler whose example of faith, humility, service to his people, and maintenance of peace, is an example to all those in power today, for whom, at this time especially, it is mete for us to pray. Here is the address given for St John's in the Village by the Precentor of Westminster Abbey from St Edward's Shrine there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBYe16Md-g

Due to the generosity of our sponsor this Saturday's concert 'A Golden Wire in Concert' (8pm Saturday 17 October) for harp, harpsichord, and viola da gamba, is free to attend in person. These places (up to our COVID-safety limit) are allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Seats are placed more than 6 feet apart and face-coverings must be worn during the concert. All the details are here: https://www.musae.me/parkerrams/experiences//a-golden-wire If you cannot attend in person but would like to experience the concert, on Saturday at 8pm or any time thereafter, you can watch on any device for as little as $5.

If you missed Sunday's Eucharists (11 October) with our guest preacher Canon Suzanne Culhane, of the Diocese of Long Island, you can still view her homily and the whole Sung Eucharist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2039xrDdqI&t=962s

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day (known by various names in different nations in the Americas), marking the day in 1492 when Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island in what is now the Bahamas. Acknowledging both the good and ills which arose for Americans and Europeans alike in the centuries following this first contact (pace the Viking colony in what is now Canada) we offer Vespers in prayer for the indigenous peoples of the Americas in a form such as would be recognizable to Columbus and his men in the 1490s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFFMwe8TB20

This Sunday, 11 October, with October being the Month of Stewardship, we welcome as our guest preacher the Reverend Canon Suzanne Culhane, who is the Canon for Stewardship in our neighboring Diocese of Long Island. She preaches at both the 8.30am Eucharist (said) and the 11am Sung Eucharist. You can join these Eucharists at the appropriate time here: http://www.stjvny.org/this-sunday-10-october

Tonight, Tuesday 6 October, being the first Tuesday of the month, we open our October exhibition in Revelation Gallery. Twenty-Twenty, new work by Joyce Rezendes, is a collection of acrylics on canvas (2'x2' and 3'x3') in singletons, diptychs, triptychs, and one quartet. There are still some places at tonight's opening from 7pm to 8pm. If you would like to attend, please email [email protected] before 5pm today. The show runs throughout October and usual opening hours are 11am... to 3pm Monday to Friday. Viewings are also possible following the 6.15pm in-person Eucharist on Wednesdays evenings and following the 8.30am in-person Eucharist on Sunday mornings. [November's exhibition, by Kazuya Morimoto, will have its 'opening' reception on Tuesday 10 November, because Tuesday 3 November is Election Day. The show will, however, be open to the public (at the usual hours) from Tuesday 3 November]

If you missed The Preaching to the Birds from St Francis Day (4 October) you can still view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dELZbo9fFwo

Tonight, Saturday 3 October, at 5pm, we present a recital of song from the 17th to the 21st centuries: Baroque to Broadway. Music by: Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Massanet, Puccini, Bizet, Wagner, Rogers & Hammerstein, Alan Menken, Victor Herbert, and more. Mara Waldman, piano, with a line-up of professional and semi-professional vocalists. There are still a few in-person seats (six feet apart) in the church. Places are free, but you would need to be seated by about 4.45pm.

Tomorrow, Sunday 4 October, at 4pm, we webcast the concert of Beethoven violin sonatas performed to a live audience here at St John's last week. Rolf Schulte (violin) and Joseph Liccardo (piano) perform Beethoven’s violin sonatas Opus 30, number 2 and 3. Tickets (free) via the parish website or here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org//classical-interludes-rolf-vi

Tomorrow, Sunday 4 October, is the calendar date of the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. At 8.30am on Sunday we have the Service of the Preaching to the Birds. All are welcome to bring their birds; in cages, or, for those birds (such as parrots and cockatoos) happy to perch on their human's shoulder, at liberty within the church. Our own Franciscan brother, Br Andrew Jones OSF, preaches to the parish parakeets (pictured) from the Ambo (the eagle pictured). The service if followed by refreshments in the Courtyard: millet for birds and mimosas, soft drinks, and coffee, for the humans. (If the weather is inclement the refreshments will be in Revelation Gallery). Masks should be worn while indoors. Seats are set more than six feet apart.

1 October is the anniversary of the dedication and consecration of St John's in the Village (by Bishop Paul Moore in 1978). We celebrated this liturgically at the Eucharists on Sunday 27 September, which can still be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDBhOU4U330&t=2332s Tonight, Thursday 1 October, at 6pm EDT, following 5pm Evensong, we welcome The Moving Orchestra, which performs our (free) Dedication Anniversary Concert 2020. Immerse yourself in the beautiful space and acoustic of St John's in the Village in this concert of improvised chamber music for sound and movement. Joey Chang (piano), Alfredo Colon (EWI), Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim (violin), Carol Chave & Brooklyn Collier & Thomas Woodman (dance). You can tune in (free) at 6pm here: https://youtu.be/Fg94dtRxMOA