Here are the programs and activities scheduled for July and August, 2019
Check back occasionally for Updates!
Room Location Notes:
Hall of Worship, Assembly Hall, Conference Room and Chapel – 40 E 35th Street (Church Bldg)
Gallery, Front Lounge and and 3rd Floor Classrooms - 28 E 35th Street (Look for red door and ring buzzer.)
Summer Sunday Worship Schedule:
Join us at 11 am in the Assembly Hall - Speaker Schedule
Weekly:
Hatha Yoga with Nafisa Degani
Tuesdays, 6-7:30 pm / Saturdays, 10:30 am -12 pm, FrontLounge
Hatha Yoga is a branch of yoga which concentrates on physical health and mental well-being. Hatha yoga uses bodily postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), and meditation (dyana) with the goal of bringing about a sound, healthy body and a clear, peaceful mind. Please bring a yoga mat to the class. (No sessions on major holiday weekends.)
NYC Street Singers
Most Tuesdays, 7 pm, Sometimes Offsite in the Summer
The NYC Streetsingers are now doing community outreach with Sing for Hope, a volunteer artists program that performs in Healthcare facilities throughout NYC. We will be singing in small concert venues and at bedside performances. Open to all who also believe in the transformative power of the arts to inspire and unite, please join us on Tuesday evenings. For more information please contact clisbin25@aol.cpm
Pranayama Breathing Exercises with Nafisa
Fridays, 1:15 pm, Chapel (by appointment) – No Session July 5
Learn the breathing technique which improves breathing capacity, opens the upper chest muscles, strengthens the lungs and opens air passages while releasing tension through the spine and shoulders. Requested Contribution: $20
Other Classes/Programs:
Speech Support Group
Tuesdays, July 2 & 16, August 6 and 20, 6:30-8:15 pm, 3rd Floor Classroom
This monthly group is open to Community members and friends. It welcomes anyone who is a secondary stutterer – that is an adult who acknowledges he/she does stutter, and one who always has "anticipatory anxiety", the expectation to fail, to be dis-fluent. Our meetings start with relaxation breathing, then follows with specific exercises and then conversation using the taught techniques. There is a $2 fee per meeting.
Secular Humanist Society of New York Book Club
Thursdays, July 11and August 1, 6, 7-8:30 pm, Front Lounge
Some of us will have dinner together afterwards at a nearby (inexpensive) restaurant. Please join us. Join us even if you haven't finished reading. The book club is open to all ... and free! See www.shsny.org for titles.
Art & Card Making Circle
Sunday, August 18, 1-3 pm, Gallery
Join us after Fellowship Hour for an afternoon of crafting fun. Supplies will be provided but feel free to bring your own as well.
Social Tea – Summer Break
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Save the Dates - Special Times with Rev. Peggy
Homecoming Sunday
Sunday, September 8
11 am Worship - Rev. Peggy will officiate her first service with us!
The Installation of Senior Minister Rev. Peggy Clarke to our Pulpit
Sunday, October 27, 4 pm
Invite family and friends. A celebratory reception will follow the service.
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Governance/Committee Meetings
Please note there may be changes due to holidays or other events
Most will take a summer break
Board of Trustees Meetings – 4th Wednesdays, 6 pm, Gallery
Church Council Meetings – Meets Quarterly 7:30-9 p (next meeting date TBA)
Finance Committee – 3rd Wednesdays, 6 pm, Gallery
Shelter Committee – 2nd Sundays – 9:30-10:30 am, Shelter Kitchen
UN and Global Affairs Committee – 2nd Sundays, 1-2:15 pm, Conference Room
Gallery35 at Community – 1st Wednesdays, 6:30-8 pm, Gallery
Other Opportunities:
People's Voice Café – Most Saturdays (Sept-May), 8 pm, Assembly Hall - www.peoplesvoicecafe.org
