St Pauls on the Hill Ossining NY in Westchester

Episcopal Church in the Anglican Communion located in Ossining NY in Westchester County

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26

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7:15 AM Distribution of Ashes at Trinity Church Ossining 7:30 AM “Ashes to Go” on the sidewalk at Trinity Church Ossining NOON: Holy Eucharist at St. Paul’s Ossining g. Preacher: Fr. Nils Blatz 1:00 PM Distribution of Ashes & Communion at All Saints Briarcliff 7:00 PM Holy Eucharist at Trinity Ossining … [Read more...]

Tour the Center for Jewish History

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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM The Episcopal Jewish Relations Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of New York is sponsoring a tour of the Center for Jewish History and Yeshiva University Museum $12.00 for the tour $14.50 for lunch (optional) Carpool available Sign up through St. Paul’s church office: 914 941 6627 Center for Jewish History: https://www.cjh.org/ … [Read more...]

Presentation of the Lord

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February 2, 2020, Charles D. Mayer Looking back over the past few years, during which I have been here at St. Paul’s on the first Sundays in February, I notice that we have not observed the feast of the Presentation of the Lord on those first Sundays (it is optional, but not required, if the Feast does not fall on a Sunday).  So, it is a special thing that it falls on a Sunday this … [Read more...]

Mardi Gras Pancake Supper

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Join St. Paul’s on the Hill and Trinity Episcopal Churches in Ossining for this pancake supper with a special twist.  “Gumbo, Jambalaya, Pancakes and More.”  SUGGESTED DONATION:  $15/adult; $10/seniors and children 6-11; Children 5 and under free.  ALL ARE WELCOME!  Walk-ins are also accepted if space is available. When:  Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 6 PM Info:  … [Read more...]

Look! Here Is the Lamb of God

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January 19, 2020, 2 Epiphany, Charles D. Mayer Throughout the three-year cycle of lectionary readings, each of which is built around one of the Synoptic Gospels, there are Sundays that depart from the Synoptic Gospel – this year it is Matthew – and bring us a text from the Gospel of John.  So, we never get a chance to follow John through week after week for an entire year.  I … [Read more...]

We Christians Must Stand Publicly with our Jewish Brothers and Sisters

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Dear Brothers and Sisters, On Sunday thousands of New Yorkers came out and into the streets to walk in solidarity with and loyalty to the one and a half million Jews of the New York City metropolitan region, in outrage and sorrow for the rapidly escalating pattern of anti-Semitic violence across America and in this our own New York. Episcopalians from our diocese participated in the March, and our … [Read more...]

Bring Us Together in Peace and Love

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Advent 3A 2019 Arthur Hultgren of the Lather Seminary once said “these days we live in a world where people are divided into two categories” [those who are valued and those who are not valued] “but Advent introduces an opening to New Ways of Thinking.” And at no time is that more true than on the 3rd Sunday of Advent when we both recite the Magnificat (Mary’s Prayer) and hear today’s … [Read more...]

Who Is Our Joseph?

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Bethlehem in Germany,Glitter on the sloping roofs, Panels of nativityOpen paper scenes where doorsOpen into other scenes. Leaning from the cliff of heaven,Indicating whom he weeps for.Joseph lifts his lamp aboveThe infant, like a candle crown.Let my fingers touch the silenceWhere the infant’s father cries.Gjertrude Schnackenberg, Advent Calendar Who is our Joseph, really? He is a figure … [Read more...]