ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL Church
Allison leading the benediction at SUNY Ulster‘s commencement
Pentecost at St. Andrew's
Building Renovation News
Share your ideas for public space in New Paltz
Hello and welcome!
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, located at 163 Main Street in the Village of New Paltz, has the opportnity to renovate its buildings and property. The Building Committee is exploring ways to redesign the space to better serve both our congregation and the broader community.
To inform our work, we are reaching out to individuals and organizations to share where they see needs for space. We are exploring space for one-off activities, part-time, and/or full-time use of spaces suitable for bringing people together.
Please take the survey (click below) to help the Building Committee.
Sincerely,
Reverend Allison, Tyler, MaryAnn + Noa
Work for Justice
Action Items
Actions we can take to incarnate God's love and care:
Faithful America
Tell Target Corp: Christians want ICE out of Minnesota
EPISCOPAL PUBLIC POLICY NETWORK
Speak Out Against Reckless Immigration Enforcement.
The increasing use of dehumanizing and deadly force by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including in Minneapolis, and alarming conditions and death rates in immigrant detention, have sparked nationwide protests and calls for investigation, justice, and an end to this approach to immigration policy.
This violence underscores systemic problems within ICE and CBP and the urgent need for oversight and de-escalation. Additionally, this month, Congress is considering the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, which includes funding for ICE.
Act now for the dignity of all people, especially those being targeted by immigration enforcement.
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ADVOCACY ALERT
Join Action to Protect SNAP Benefits!
For information and to protect SNAP, click here
Take Action:
- Call your Members of Congress using the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Let them know you oppose the SNAP provisions in H.R.1 and urge immediate action to stop the SNAP cost shift to states.
- Post on social media using FRAC’s toolkit. Tag your members of Congress.
- Email your Members of Congress using FRAC’s action tool.
Resources from FRAC:
- SNAP Cost-Shifts Will Increase Hunger, Strain State Budgets, and Deepen Economic Risk
- Table: Economic Strain and New SNAP Cost-Shifts Under H.R. 1 Across All States
- Cuts to SNAP Threaten the Child Nutrition Programs
“Empathy and Action” is a podcast by Rural & Migrant Ministry as part of our Journey of Empathy Caravan to Save New York’s Rural Economy. In this podcast series we will hear stories from the past and present that hold up the resilience, struggles, and positive impact of rural communities and immigrants in New York State. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Jennifer Rogers-Brown and features interviews, music, and inspirational stories. Find the link to listen here:https://ruralmigrantministry.org/empathy-and-action-podcast/
Episcopal Church offers resource for those participating in protests and demonstrations
As Episcopalians, our faith calls us to stand in solidarity with vulnerable people, to proclaim justice and peace, and to love our neighbors. This “Protesting Faithfully” toolkit—with content updated and adapted from “The Episcopal Street Action Handbook”—offers spiritual grounding and practical resources for faithful presence at protests and public demonstrations.
These materials, which include downloadable songs, prayers, and Scriptures in English and Spanish, integrate spiritual care, nonviolence training, and the logistics of safe, compassionate Christian witness.
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BULLETIN FOR SUNDAY
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Tri-Church Sunday School
The Tri-Church Sunday School (St. Andrew's Episcopal, New Paltz United Methodist, and Redeemer, New Paltz) meets the first and third Sundays of each month in the Community Room at Redeemer, New Paltz starting at 10:45am with icebreakers, snacks and music, followed by the Sunday School Lesson, and wrapping up by 12pm. Redeemer Lutheran Church is located at 90 Rt. 32 South, New Paltz.
Wonderful leadership for Tri-Church Sunday School includes Alex Brown as teacher. Alex has been teaching 7th grade in Montgomery for nearly twenty years. Rich Carroll and Janet Frommer will be taking turns leading music and teaching the children various church camp songs. Rich is a principal at Arlington High School and will also be taking turns leading icebreakers and get-to-know-you games. Janet Frommer is the church organist at St. Andrews in New Paltz and teaches piano locally and for Dutchess Community College.
PARISH HALL AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL
Parish Hall available for weekly, monthly or occasional rental to non-profit organizations and individuals. Approximate space 30 x 22 feet plus kitchen. Call 845-255-5098 or email standrewnp@hvi.net for details.
Our Community
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is called to love God and to love one another through worship, fellowship, education and outreach; and looks for opportunities to collaborate and serve throughout our community and the world. A “three-legged stool” is often used to describe the threefold sources of authority in Anglicanism - scripture, tradition and reason. We pray, we listen to each other and God, we ask all sorts of questions and don't necessarily agree on the answers, but in the process each member and the congregation as a whole expands its perspective about how God is inviting us to love and serve and strive for more healing, justice, and joy.
Our Clergy
The Rev. Allison Moore, Ph.D. started ministry with St. Andrew’s in February, 2020. She brings experience from many years of parish ministry in the metropolitan New York City area, directing an HIV/AIDS support program, work with survivors of domestic violence and their children, and a decade of teaching philosophy, world religions, theology and ethics at Simmons College, Bergen Community College, and St. Peter’s University in Jersey City. She loves the synergy of parish ministry and college chaplaincy and social service ministry and social justice advocacy--multiple ways to serve God and grow in faith! She has two young adult children. Kayaking, yoga, and playing with various forms of art keep her (relatively) sane. Learn more...