St Pauls on the Hill Ossining NY in Westchester

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

Cooper at Canterbury

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The Sabbatical ended last Sunday and since then, Peter and I have been vacationing here in England. Our first stop was to ser Yejide in a lovely town called Shrewsbury. She has taken on the leadership of two parishes here and the are both beautiful.Now we are in Canterbury where we were able to attend the Eucharist and Evening Prayer yesterday. It is just as wonderful as you can imagine. Today … [Read more...]

4 Pentecost (Proper 9)

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July 7, 2019, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charles D. Mayer A couple of weeks ago, as we began our journey through Ordinary Time, I said that a distinct characteristic of Ordinary Time is that we are journeying with Jesus and his early followers through their experiences beforethe events of Easter and Pentecost and Ascension. So we do well to try to suspend some of what we know happens later in … [Read more...]

Feast of St. Peter & St. Paul

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June 30, 2019, Charles D. Mayer I have shared a number of times from this pulpit that while I felt called to ordained ministry quite early in my life, I was also quite resistant to the idea. It really was for me an experience of being pursued by the “hound of heaven.” For a lot of my life, my sense has been that what I was resisting most was what I pictured as the lifestyle of the clergyperson. … [Read more...]

Summer Service Schedule

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In the summer our schedule of services changes and services alternate between St. Paul's and Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Ossining. Note that services at St. Paul's are at 9:30 AM on Sundays, while Trinity's Services start at 10:00 AM. Sunday, July 7th: 10 a.m. Joint Service at Trinity. Celebrant/Preacher: The Rev. Charles Mayer. Sunday, July 14th: 9:30 a.m. Joint Service at … [Read more...]

The SPIRE Volume 65

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Number 7, 8, 9 June - August 2019 The Wonderful Pilgrimage to Ireland To read the entire Spire, including many photos from Ireland, from the Spring Youth Music Program Concert and more, click here. Below - Members of the Pilgrimage including Elaine Blair, Julie Gross, Sally Evans, Mo. Cooper Conway, Ann Edmonds, Bill Langham, Art Hightower, and Carolyn Black. … [Read more...]

Summer Music Camp

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ST PAUL'S YOUTH MUSIC CAMP BEGINS, July 8, 2019Our program provides small group music lessons for children (between the ages of 4 and 17) in:  SINGING, KEYBOARD, DRUMS, DANCE, and GUITAR. The program serves young people from the community as a whole and does not include religious content. COST: $50 per family per week; $100 for 2 weeks. SCHEDULE: July 8 – 19, Monday-Friday, 6 PM to 8 PM. … [Read more...]

Strategic Visioning

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Please join us on May 19th (and in June and October.) Come with your thoughts, dreams and aspirational goals for this journey.*MAY 19: Celebrating and Learning From Our History*JUNE 30: Understanding Who We Are Now*OCTOBER* 20 or 27 (TBD): Discerning Who, Where, And How God Is Calling Us To Be In The Next 3 Years Trinity and St. Paul's on the Hill have created a Strategic Visioning Team to … [Read more...]

Sixth Sunday of Easter

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Charles D. Mayer, May 26, 2019 This morning’s Gospel is such a rich and fascinating one. Some of you were present for last Sunday’s visioning meeting, at which our facilitator Bill Cruse invited us to be in dialogue with this text as a part of exploring the histories of our two Ossining Episcopal parishes. Bill intended that work to set the stage for today’s reading of this same Gospel. So … [Read more...]