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Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House

This is the place you were welcome, long before you arrived!

351 East 74th Street (Between 1st & 2nd Avenues - Closest to 1st Ave.)
New York, New York 10021-3701 (212) 288-6743 Phone; (212) 879-0929 Fax
greetings@janhus.org

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church - Sunday Worship at 11 A.M.
Followed by Fellowship Lunch; Communion Sunday - The First Sunday of Each Month.

Children Welcome, Always! Your Pets Welcome? Absolutely!

Korean Baptist Church - Sunday Worship at 2:00 P.M.

Indonesian Presbyterian Church Sunday - Worship at 3:00 P.M.
The Rev. Alice Hermanus-Rampengan

Mission Study Surveys

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and Neighborhood House is conducting a survey to better understand how we serve the diverse community in which we worship and support our outreach missions. Please take a moment to fill out an online surveys. All information is anonymous and we really appreciate your input as we seek to be a better neighbor and contributing partner in our community.

Everyone is invited to respond.

There are two surveys. One for the guests of our outreach program and one for those who worship with us or are part of our building community. Depending on your situation you may wish to fill out both!

Thank you in advance!

Outreach Program Guests Survey
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Worship & Building Community Survey
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Outreach News for April & May Click on the page for a larger view or Click Here to Download or View in PDF

Mission Statement for the Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Program (HOAP)
The mission of our outreach is two-fold. The first part is to be committed to our faith tradition and teachings as a Christian community and church that calls us to our greatest practices of love, hospitality, and justice, in welcoming the stranger among us. We are called to feed those who are hungry, clothe those who are poor, and see all as sisters and brothers. The second dimension of our mission reflects the first, without any requirement of our guests: it is to provide a genuine welcome, followed by the services we offer, among them: access to our food pantry, clothing center, dinner meals, office equipment, and general assessment services for referrals, including support for shelter, employment, medical care, and other needs to assist our guests in moving forward in their lives.

Thank you Philoptochos Society
*Our Great Thanks to the* The Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Philoptochos Society and SPECIAL THANKS for the recent CLOTHING DRIVE! You make a difference!
	Sharing the Mission Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity 319 E. 74th Street website	Thank you to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Philoptochos Society Our neighbor and friend who provides weekly support for our shared Outreach Dinner each Tuesday, including donations for food and exceptional help in preparing the meals. We are grateful and blessed to share together as partners in this mission.
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The Czech Vocal Choir "7 Rays in New York" Thank you for an amazing performance! Friday, September 9, 2011 Listen to the Music

A Letter from Archbisop Desmond Tutu

Open Letter from Desmond Tutu (pdf)

To Rev. Grayde Parsons, Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dear Brother in Christ,

I am writing you with the request that you share these thoughts with my brothers and sisters in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):

It is incumbent upon all of God�s children to speak out against injustice. It is sometimes equally important to speak in solidarity when justice has been done. For that reason I am writing to affirm my belief that in making room in your constitution for gay and lesbian Christians to be ordained as church leaders, you have accomplished an act of justice.

I realize that among your ecumenical partners, some voices are claiming that you have done the wrong thing, and I know that you rightly value your relationship with Christians in other parts of the world. Sadly, it is not always popular to do justice, but it is always right. People will say that the ones you are now willing to ordain are sinners. I have come to believe, through the reality shared with me by my scientist and medical friends, and confirmed to me by many who are gay, that being gay is not a choice. Like skin color or left-handedness, sexual orientation is just another feature of our diversity as a human family. How wonderful that God has made us with so much diversity, yet all in God�s image! Salvation means being called out of our narrow bonds into a broad place of welcome to all.

You are undoubtedly aware that in some countries the church has been complicit in the legal persecution of lesbians and gays. Individuals are being arrested and jailed simply because they are different in one respect from the majority. By making it possible for those in same-gender relationships to be ordained as pastors, preachers, elders, and deacons, you are being a witness to your ecumenical partners that you believe in the wideness of God�s merciful love.

For freedom Christ has set us free. In Christ we are not bound by old, narrow prejudice, but free to embrace the full humanity of our brothers and sisters in all our glorious differences. May God bless you as you live into this reality, and may you know that there are many Christians in the world who continue to stand by your side.

God bless you.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (Cape Town, South Africa

Take a look...

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and Neighborhood House
highlighted in Presbyterian News Service

Church: it�s not just for Sunday mornings anymore; NYC church follows gospel example of hospitality, generosity by hosting neighborhood programs during week. Presbyterian News Service, JUNE 16, 2011

"If you use the model of judging a church�s health by how full the sanctuary is on a Sunday morning, you might think that the small gathering of worshippers is a sign of a church in trouble.�

But that... is not the entire story.
Full Article

"The weak can never forgive; forgiveness is an attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi

"If you've really made a decision to turn your life and will over to the care of God,
a you understand God, you have nothing to worry about." - Jim McManus

"We call upon the church to reexamine our own fear and ignorance that continues to reject the inclusiveness
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ," panel members wrote while finding Spahr guilty in Napa last August.
"We as a church need to be able to respond to � reality as Dr. Jane Spahr has done
with faithfulness and compassion."

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