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Pre-Service Prayer

  • St. Paul's 315 West 22nd Street New York, NY, 10011 United States (map)

All are welcome! Join us in the Community Hall of St Pauls as we pray for our church, our community, and our world every Sunday before the gathering.

Earlier Event: July 2
Post-Gathering Picnic!
Later Event: July 9
Sunday Gathering at St. Paul's

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Remember to look up today. #nyc #beauty #gratitude #psalm96 #tgcchelsea
“For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever,” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭16:10-11‬. Today in the church calendar we remember Joseph of Arimathea, who took and prepared the body of Christ for burial. This August, take time to visit the Cloisters Museum in NYC to stand beneath this crucifix and consider the body represented before you. Perhaps imagine what it would have been like for Joseph to handle the body of the Messiah after his death. Meditating on Psalm 16, consider the good inheritance Jesus' death has purchased for us. Our lines have fallen in pleasant places. Thanks be to God! #august #nyc #tgcchelsea #christ #inheritance #cloisters #josephofarimathea
This poem by Mary Oliver echoes the ancient wisdom of Christ's words: "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these," (Lk. 12:25,27). Meditations like these interrupt our standards and question the common assumptions we live by. What does Jesus have to teach us about flourishing? What happens when we let go of the anxieties of tomorrow? #poetry #today #dontworry #nyc #maryoliver #jesus #wisdom #trust
R H Y T H M / / Quiet tick-tock can soothe or lull into frenzy. "Where did the time go?" "What am I doing with my life?" "How am I going to get this done in time!?" • Stop. Breathe. Listen. • Those clicks of time passing are gifts, each a moment that we have a choice how to spend. We can hustle with joy or worry, entertain with growing friendships or escapism, invest in screens or the unseen people who live around us. • Each day of 86400 moments can be filled with choices of contentment, diligently doing your work for the glory of Someone so much more important than your boss, speaking well of your fellow human, seeking to include the awkward and lonely. The funny thing is when we do this, there seems to be so much more life in our clock's time. . . . #seekbeauty #findthetime #Godinourmoments #NewYorkminute #pause
O A S I S / / Where do you find your rest? Do you create clear calendar moments where you can stop? Places where gratitude and contentment can take root in your life and shape how you see the world and your role in it. • "Come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest." - Jesus. • Sometimes we need to pause just to take that all in. #summerrest #oasis #rhythmandritual #seekbeauty
S T I L L / / The first morning-hours in summer whisper their wake up and add a slower beat to pounded pavement and a less rushed rush hour. Can you feel it? The luxurious quiet. You'll be swimming in tourists and running late summer interns by 9:00am, but can you steal one of the calmer minutes before that? With earphones off and screens tucked away, can you hear our city breathe? There is a part of us that fills to have our streets so empty, unshared and unhurried. Seeking out the quiet refreshes and awakens us, not only to the beauty of this place, but draws us to find Him in the space the stillness creates. . . . #skipthesnoozebutton #snoozeandlose #rythmandritual #Godwithus #seekbeauty
D E P E N D E N C E / / Happy 4th!🇺🇸 And the above is not a typo. Consider for a minute the ways we choose dependence. Allowing friends to see our lives up close, asking for help when we need it, pouring into community, even knowing that we risk getting attached. Acknowledging that our dependance on God is sometimes terrifying and always the safest investment of our lives we could make. Now go eat a hot dog (/tofu dog) while waving the flag and enjoy this gorgeous day of independence together. (Also, this kid ☝🏼has the BEST smile.) . . . #independenceday #chosingdependence #dependableGod #hotdogsandhamburgers #happy4th
C O M M U N I T Y / / Reposting @briancveith's beautiful capture of our Sunday picnic rhythm. These are the sustaining rituals that bring us life and fill those tanks specifically design for community. Join us next week? . . . #churchfamily #Godwithus #summersundaypicnic
S A C R E D / / Our meeting place is beautiful, but it's not the building that sets this space apart. It's the people. From around this city we meet together, nourish our sense of community while allowing the spoken Word of God to form us, shape us. We surrender our time and preferences to recognize our longing for the Holy Spirit to work in our lives today as we've seen Him work in the book of Acts. Every week, 4:30pm. . . . #takemetochurch #rythmandritual #onearthasitisinheaven #Godwithus

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