Grace Church in New York

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Advent Meditations

The period of Advent, often experienced as a “mini” lent, is rife with opportunities to explore our faith. Being able to share our meditations with each other, electronically, will be a great enhancement to both the spiritual and physical journey through these seasons of contemplation and discovery.

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Advent Drives 2020

You can help our neighbors in need. Participate in the Advent Drives today.

Weekly Epistle 2025-03-23

Dear Friends, On a recent weekday I had a meeting in my office with a prospective new member, who arrived early and spent about 15 minutes sitting inside the church. “Wow,” he said, “I was surprised by how many people were there in the pews.” He’s right. The church is...

Worship – Week of March 23, 2025

Sunday, March 239:00 am – Holy EucharistSermon: The Rev. Julia Macy OffingerMusic: The Adult Choir11:00 am – Morning PrayerSermon: The Rev. Julia Macy OffingerMusic: The Adult ChoirLive Streamed @ 11 AM6:00 pm – Holy EucharistGrace Church ChantrySermon:...

Sermon – March 16, 2025

[print_link]CITIZENS OF HEAVENThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Second Sunday in LentMarch 16, 2025Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us … Our citizenship is in heaven, and it...

Weekly Epistle 2025-03-16

Dear Friends, What really happened? A few summers ago, my family and I were on vacation in Texas. Something I had always wanted to see was Dealey Plaza, the site where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. It was a day that stunned the...

Sermon – March 9, 2025

[print_link]THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe First Sunday in LentMarch 9, 2025After his baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days...

Weekly Epistle 2025-03-09

Dear Friends, We begin today on a sad note. On Wednesday morning, word reached the parish office that John Berringer had died just after midnight. John was 71 years old, and had been battling a stubborn cancer for over five years. He lived long enough to hold his...

Sermon – March 2, 2025

[print_link]THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BEThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Last Sunday after the EpiphanyMarch 2, 2025And while (Jesus) was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. (Luke 9:29)Every so...

Weekly Epistle 2025-03-02

Dear Friends, The New York Times featured an article yesterday with an encouraging title: “Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted.” The author, Ruth Graham, cites recent survey results that are significant. It is true that over the past 30 years, the...

Weekly Epistle 2025-02-23

Dear Friends, Those who pay close attention to the Prayers of the People on Sundays may have noticed that we have dropped “Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury” from our petitions. Why? The simple answer is that Justin Welby stepped down from the position last month, and...

Weekly Epistle 2025-02-16

Dear Friends, Over the past few months, my son Luke and I have been indulging ourselves in episodes of Better Call Saul, a television series that ran from 2015 to 2022. The two main characters – Jimmy McGill (who later becomes Saul Goodman) and Kim Wexler – are...

Weekly Epistle 2025-02-09

Dear Friends In my sermon last week, I noted the numerous titles we have attached to February 2. Not only was it the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, but principally the Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple, a Christian feast day that used to be...

Weekly Epistle 2025-01-12

Dear Friends, We have much to look forward to on Sunday. At 10 am in the reception room, Professor Nick Birns will offer a terrific presentation on the life an ministry of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., particularly focusing on King’s quote: “the arc of the...

Weekly Epistle 2025-01-19

Dear Friends, We have been hearing much in the news lately about Presidents. First came the death of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. Carter lived to be 100, and most people, regardless of their politics, experienced him as a person of humility...

Sermon – February 2, 2025

[print_link]SEEING ANEWThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the TempleFebruary 2, 2025Simeon praised God, saying, “My eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared before the face of all people, to be a...

Weekly Epistle 2025-02-02

Dear Friends, Some years ago Bishop Roskam was making an annual visit to Grace Church for Confirmation. In her sermon she talked about how the outside world often looks askance at “organized religion.” Her punchline was, “The real joke is that they think we’re...

Sermon – January 26, 2025

[print_link]A SERMON ABOUT SERMONSThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Third Sunday after the EpiphanyJanuary 26, 2025Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen.” (Nehemiah 8:6)The title of the sermon that...

Weekly Epistle 2025-01-26

Dear Friends, A story that may be apocryphal is told of how President Reagan once took Communion at the National Cathedral. Being a Presbyterian, he wasn’t quite sure how to receive in an Episcopal church. When he confessed as much to his wife, Nancy, she replied,...

Sermon – January 5, 2025

[print_link]NO PLACE TO PARK The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Second Sunday after Christmas DayJanuary 5, 2025The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; by the side of your altars, O Lord of hosts, my...

Sermon – December 24, 2024

[print_link]GOD COMES DOWNThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkChristmas 2024For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the...

Worship – Week of December 22, 2024

SundayDecember 22, 20249:00 am – Holy Eucharist Preaching: The Rev. Julia Macy OffingerMusic: Hymns with Organ11:00 am – Morning PrayerPreaching: The Rev. Julia Macy OffingerMusic: The Adult ChoirLive-Streamed @ 11 AM6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist Preaching: The...

Sermon – December 15, 2024

[print_link]HOLIDAY JOY? The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Third Sunday of AdventDecember 15, 2024Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry...

Sermon – December 8, 2024

[print_link]HIGHWAY TO HELLThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Second Sunday of AdventDecember 8, 2024Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God. (Baruch 5:1)Last Tuesday...

Sermon – November 24, 2024

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Sermon – November 17, 2024

[print_link]MY FAVORITE THINGS The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Twenty-sixth Sunday after PentecostNovember 17, 2024Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he...

Sermon – November 3, 2024

[print_link]BLESSED ARE THE GIVERSThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkAll Saints’ Sunday + November 3, 2024Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are...

Advent Drives 2020

You can help our neighbors in need. Participate in the Advent Drives today.

Daily Meditations

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“…O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death’s dark shadows put to flight”

A special thank you to the following people who gave so generously of their time, thoughts, and hearts to enrich our season of Advent:
Ginger Blake, Shingmin Lai, Walter Perry, Mary Jenkins, Rebecca Dixon, Eva Dixon, Lilly Dixon, Dana Foote, Kristen Whitehurst, Jason Slibeck, Lethe Black, Helen DuBois, Nancy Dobi, Melinda Weir, Rachel Kuhns, Martha Hirschman, Diana Benet, Douglas Evans, Jennifer SanCartier, Laura Holt, Nicholas Birns, Elana Foundos, Maeve Cannon, Sara Queen, Anderson Westerman, Teresa Conway, The Very Rev. Harry E. Krauss, The Rev. Thomas J. Szczerba Jr., Carolyn Ratcliffe, Cathy Minuse, James Gomez, The Rev. Julia Macy Offinger, and The Rev. J. Donald Waring.