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Sunday is the center. The rest of the week is where the friendships happen: big questions over a pint, young adults who actually show up for each other, kids who love coming to church.

Friends side by side in the pews at St. John's

Big questions. Good company.

Pub(lic) Theology

About once a month, Rev. Ben leads a conversation about faith and the big questions, in a bar or a café, not a church basement. No background needed; bring a friend who’d never come to church.

Thursdays, 7–8:30 PM at Beer Street South, 550 Vanderbilt Ave
Saturdays, 10–11:30 AM at Mille-Feuille, 622 Vanderbilt Ave

Ask Rev. Ben

The 2026–27 season

Sat, Nov 14The Lives (and Afterlives) of the SaintsMille-Feuille
Thu, Dec 10Advent: a theology of fasting and mortalityBeer Street South
Sat, Jan 16The Bones of an Interior Life: a rule for prayer and practiceMille-Feuille
Thu, Feb 11Lent and the Works of MercyBeer Street South
Sat, Mar 13Thin Places: a Celtic theology of heaven on earthMille-Feuille
Thu, Apr 8The Spiritual Discipline of Feasting: joy, resurrection and EucharistBeer Street South
Smiling St. John's children dressed up in front of the altar

Kids & youth

Sunday School & Youth Corp

Sunday School for kindergarten through 6th grade every Sunday at 10, and Youth Corp for grades 6–12 on Sunday evenings, both led by Chelsy DeHart, the Diocese of Long Island’s director of youth ministry.

Sunday School & Youth CorpEmail Chelsy
A large group of young adults from St. John's together on an outing

Young adults

Adult(ish)

Our young adult group, for young adults and the young at heart: pizza nights, ball games, breweries, service projects, spontaneous hangs, and people who become real friends.

Email Jennifer Mills
The St. John's choir singing

Sing

The Choir

Jazz pianist Sterling Cozza leads volunteers and professional singers in hymns, spirituals, gospel, jazz and contemporary worship. Read music or learn by ear; if you can carry a tune, there’s room for you.

About the choirEmail Sterling
A small group from St. John's smiling together

After Sunday worship

Classes

Short series after the 10 AM service, like this fall’s “What Is Theology?”: the Bible, theology and the spiritual life, from whole books of scripture to Rowan Williams, Fleming Rutledge and James Baldwin. Missed one? The audio is on the podcast.

Email Rev. Ben
Families with Littles: parents holding babies and toddlers in the St. John's mural room

For parents

Families with Littles

Parents of babies and young children, getting together through the year for outings, play and the kind of company that makes the early years easier.

Email the office
St. John's members sharing a cookout under tents in the church garden

Now and then

Hikes, cookouts & serving

Every so often: a day hike outside the city, a summer cookout on the church patio, a Saturday serving with neighbors at CHiPS. Watch the newsletter for the next one.

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